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- Prisilla Turner was supposedly related to and perhaps a sister of the (John?) Turner (and James Coate, son of Big John) that was in an incident that ended in the death of a Mr. Cox. Mr. Cox was possibly a Quaker as some members of the Bush River Monthly Meeting held that name. Mr. Turner was placed in the stocks for a day, whilst James fled the area, never to be heard of again in South Carolina. (C-1842) She died after 1820 when she and her husband and 2 Gaskins (daughter and son-in-law?) sue her son-in-law Henry and their daughter, Henry's wife, for some debt involved in the estate disbursement of Benjamin's father, William. (E) A summary of this record follows as forwarded by Charlotte Coats."LDS Film # 24219 FiledJune 30, 1819 Box 45, No. 11Priscilla Long, John Gaskins, his wife Decree - Bill of DiscoveryJudge Henry DeSaussureSarah Gaskins, and Benjamin F. Long Partition, Distribution & ReliefVsHenry Coate, Polly Coate his wife and William SpraginsWilliam Turner of Saluda made out his Will on February 1, 1774. The Will wasproved in Charleston October 25, 1776. Among other clauses in the Will, $250and land were bequeathed to a daughter Priscilla who later married BenjaminLong Sr. The children of Priscilla Long were Henry (Deceased), Elizabethdeceased (formerly wife of Benjamin Coate), Polly wife of Benjamin Coate,Sarah the wife of John Gaskins and Polly wife of Benjamin F. Long. BenjaminLong Sr. died 1817 intestate survived by wife Priscilla and children Pollywife of Henry Coate, Sarah wife of John Gaskins and Benjamin F. Long Jr. Inhis lifetime, On February 18, 1806 Benjamin Long Sr. conveyed to Henry Coate24 acres of the land given to his wife by her father through the persuasionof her husband. However, she never relinquished her right of inheritance. OnMarch 15, 1808 the remainder of the land belonging to Priscilla Long wasconveyed by Benjamin Long Sr. to William Coate. At that time Priscilla Longrelinquished her inheritance but did not join in the execution of the deed,nor did she sign away her dower. The question remained as to who had legalrights to the land.Also, on December 6 1791 Elizabeth Turner gave her grandson, William HenryLong, a 9-year-old slave named Frank. The slave was delivered to the father,Benjamin Long, who had benefit of the slave until he died. William HenryLong died intestate 1800 and survived by a father and siblings Elizabethdeceased wife of Henry Coate and survived by one daughter, Polly the presentwife of Henry Coate, Sarah the wife of John Gaskins and Benjamin F. Long.John Gaskins administrated the estate. The original papers recording thegift of Elizabeth Turner were recorded in Newberry Court and later lost ormislaid or in the possession of Henry Coate. After the death of WilliamHenry Long, Henry Coate took possession of the slave and maintained him forthree years and later sold him to William Spraggins. The yearly hire of theslave was worth $100/year. Elizabeth Turner made her Will July 19 1811 withcertain bequests to Priscilla Long wife of Major Benjamin Long and herchildren lawfully begotten of her body three slaves named Monday, his wifeSible and son Jacob; to her son Edward Turner she left slaves named Princeand Sarah; to her daughters Molly Edwards, Elizabeth Stephens, Deborah Cookand Priscilla Long share and share alike. In 1813 Elizabeth Turner died withHenry Coate and Benjamin Long as her executors.When Benjamin Long died he was insolvent. The only way Priscilla couldpreserve the ownership of her slaves after the death of her husband was torelinquish them to her children. The slaves had increased with three morechildren Monday, Charles and Salla. The Court was petitioned to determinewhat land and slaves were to be distributed among all the distributees namedand for relief for the administrators. The case and decree were written on33 pages and the decree alone was 2
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