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Thirteen Colonies Jurisdictions

Contemporary documents usually list the thirteen colonies of British North America in geographical order, from the north to the south.

New England colonies

• Province of New Hampshire, later New Hampshire, a crown colony

• Province of Massachusetts Bay, later Massachusetts and Maine, a crown colony

• Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, later Rhode Island, a crown colony

• Connecticut Colony, later Connecticut, a crown colony

Middle colonies

• Province of New York, later New York and Vermont, a crown colony

• Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey, a crown colony

• Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony

• Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware), later Delaware, a proprietary colony

Southern colonies

Note: Virginia and Maryland comprised the Chesapeake Colonies

• Province of Maryland, later Maryland, a proprietary colony

• Colony and Dominion of Virginia/Virginia Colony, later Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia, a crown colony

• Province of North Carolina, later North Carolina and Tennessee, a crown colony

• Province of South Carolina, later South Carolina, a crown colony

• Province of Georgia, later Georgia, northern sections of Alabama and Mississippi, a crown colony

Other divisions prior to 1730

Dominion of New England

Created in 1685 by a decree from King James II that consolidated Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Province of New York, East Jersey, and West Jersey into a single larger colony. The experiment collapsed after the Glorious Revolution of 1688–89, and the nine former colonies re-established their separate identities in 1689.

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Settled in 1630 by Puritans from England. The colonial charter was revoked in 1684, and a new charter establishing an enlarged Province of Massachusetts Bay was issued in 1691.

Province of Maine

Settled in 1622 (An earlier attempt to settle the Popham Colony in Sagadahoc, Maine (near present-day Phippsburg and Popham Beach State Park) in 1607 was abandoned after only one year). The Massachusetts Bay Colony claimed the Maine territory (then limited to present-day southernmost Maine) in the 1650s. Parts of Maine east of the Kennebec River were also part of New York in the second half of the 17th century. These areas were formally made part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the charter of 1691.

Plymouth Colony

Settled in 1620 by the Pilgrims. Plymouth was merged into the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the charter of 1691.

Saybrook Colony

Founded in 1635 and merged with Connecticut Colony in 1644.

New Haven Colony

Settled in late 1637. New Haven was absorbed by Connecticut Colony with the issuance of the Connecticut Charter in 1662, partly as royal punishment by King Charles II for harboring the regicide judges who sentenced King Charles I to death.

East Jersey and West Jersey

Settled as part of New Netherland in the 1610s, New Jersey was captured (along with New York) by English forces in 1664. New Jersey was divided into two separate colonies in 1674, which were reunited in 1702.

Province of Carolina

Founded in 1663. Carolina colony was divided into two colonies, North Carolina and South Carolina, in 1712. Both colonies became royal colonies in 1729.

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List of U.S. states by date of statehood

This is a list of U.S. states by date of statehood. It has the date when each U.S. state joined the Union. However, Virginia's peoples' convention in May-June 1776 prepared the first Constitution for a State Government, plus a Declaration of Rights. Other Colonies became States in late 1776 and into 1777 and used Virginia's Declaration of Rights as a pattern for their own Declaration. In the 1778 Articles of Confederation, which formed the first national government, it specified the name of the country as "The United States of America", stating "Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated." It also stated "Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the States or a Union of State Legislatures. The first 13 States thus were in this Union from 1778 to 1789, when the second national government was established by a Constitution, which, in list of purposes, "in order to form a more perfect Union". This does not make the States enter the Union only when it ratified the U.S. Constitution. 

#   State       Date joined    Colony Founded/What it was called before becoming a state

1   Delaware             Friday, December 7, 1787 ‡       Founded 1638 by New Sweden Company / Province of Delaware

2   Pennsylvania        Wednesday, December 12, 1787 ‡  Founded 1682 by William Penn / Lower Counties on Pensylvania

3   New Jersey          Tuesday, December 18, 1787 ‡   Founded 1664 by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret / Province of New Jersey

4   Georgia                Wednesday, January 2, 1788 ‡   Founded 1732 by James Oglethorpe / Province of Georgia

5   Connecticut         Wednesday, January 9, 1788 ‡   Founded 1636 by Thomas Hooker / Connecticut Colony

6   Massachusetts      Wednesday, February 6, 1788 ‡ Founded 1620 by Puritans / Province of Massachusetts Bay

7   Maryland             Monday, April 28, 1788 ‡           Founded 1633 by Lord Baltimore / Province of Maryland

8   South Carolina      Friday, May 23, 1788 ‡              Founded 1663 by Nobles with Royal Carhter / Province of South Carolina

9   New Hampshire    Saturday, June 21, 1788 ‡          Founded 1638 by John Mason / Province of New Hampshire

10  Virginia               Wednesday, June 25, 1788 ‡      Founded 1697 by London Company / Virginia Colony

11  New York            Saturday, July 26, 1788 ‡           Founded 1626 by Duke of York / Province of New York

12  North Carolina     Saturday, November 21, 1789 ‡ Founded 1653 by Virginians / Province of North Carolina

13  Rhode Island       Saturday, May 29, 1790 ‡          Founded 1636 by Roger Williams / Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

14  Vermont             Friday, March 4, 1791                Province of New York & New Hampshire Grants (ownership disputed), Vermont Republic

15  Kentucky             Friday, June 1, 1792                  Virginia Colony

16  Tennessee          Wednesday, June 1, 1796          Province of North Carolina, Southwest Territory

17  Ohio                   Tuesday, March 1, 1803*           Northwest Territory

18  Louisiana            Thursday, April 30, 1813            Orleans Territory

19  Indiana                Wednesday, December 11, 1816 Indiana Territory

20  Mississippi          Wednesday, December 10, 1817 Mississippi Territory

21  Illinois                 Thursday, December 3, 1818      Illinois Territory

22  Alabama             Tuesday, December 14, 1819     Alabama Territory

23  Maine                 Wednesday, March 15, 1820      Massachusetts

24  Missouri             Friday, August 10, 1821             Missouri Territory

25  Arkansas             Wednesday, June 15, 1836        Arkansas Territory

26  Michigan            Thursday, January 26, 1837        Michigan Territory

27  Florida                Monday, March 3, 1845            Florida Territory

28  Texas                  Monday, December 29, 1845     Republic of Texas

29  Iowa                   Monday, December 28, 1846     Iowa Territory

30  Wisconsin           Monday, May 29, 1848              Wisconsin Territory

31  California            Monday, September 9, 1850      California Republic, Mexican Cession, Alta California

32  Minnesota          Tuesday, May 11, 1858              Minnesota Territory

33  Oregon                Monday, February 14, 1859       Oregon Territory

34  Kansas                Tuesday, January 29, 1861         Kansas Territory

35  West Virginia       Saturday, June 20, 1863             Virginia

36  Nevada               Monday, October 31, 1864        Nevada Territory

37  Nebraska            Friday, March 1, 1867                Nebraska Territory

38  Colorado             Tuesday, August 1, 1876            Colorado Territory

39  †  North Dakota   Saturday, November 2, 1889      Dakota Territory

40 †  South Dakota    Saturday, November 2, 1889      Dakota Territory

41  Montana             Friday, November 8, 1889          Montana Territory

42 Washington         Monday, November 11, 1889     Part of Oregon Territory, became Washington Territory on March 2, 1853

43  Idaho                  Thursday, July 3, 1890                Idaho Territory

44  Wyoming            Thursday, July 10, 1890             Wyoming Territory

45  Utah                   Saturday, January 4, 1896          Utah Territory

46  Oklahoma           Saturday, November 16, 1907    Oklahoma Territory & Indian Territory

47  New Mexico        Saturday, January 6, 1912          New Mexico Territory

48  Arizona               Wednesday, February 14, 1912  Arizona Territory

49  Alaska                 Saturday, January 3, 1959          Alaska Territory

50  Hawaii                Friday, August 21, 1959             Kingdom of Hawaii

Legend

‡ Date ratified United States Constitution.

*Congress extended federal laws to Ohio on February 19, 1803, but no formal date of statehood was set by the act of admission or a later resolution, as occurred with all other new states. On August 7, 1953, Congress passed a law retroactively making Ohio a state as of March 1, 1803, the date when Ohio's first legislature convened.

† The actual statehood proclamations for North and South Dakota were intentionally shuffled so that no one actually knows which was admitted first. However, North Dakota's was published first in the Statutes at Large (since it is first in the alphabet); hence, it is considered admitted first by most sources (including the US Mint 50 State Quarters program).

State                       Date of Statehood

Alabama                 December 14, 1819

Alaska                     January 03, 1959

Arizona                    February 14, 1912

Arkansas                 June 15, 1836

California                September 09, 1850

Colorado                  August 01, 1876

Connecticut             January 09, 1788

Delaware                December 07, 1787

Florida                     March 03, 1845

Georgia                   January 02, 1788

Hawaii                    August 21, 1959

Idaho                       July 03, 1890

Illinois                     December 03, 1818

Indiana                    December 11, 1816

Iowa                        December 28, 1846

Kansas                     January 29, 1861

Kentucky                  June 01, 1792

Louisiana                 April 30, 1812

Maine                      March 15, 1820

Maryland                 April 28, 1788

Massachusetts        February 06, 1788

Michigan                 January 26, 1837

Minnesota               May 11, 1858

Mississippi              December 10, 1817

Missouri                  August 10, 1821

Montana                 November 08, 1889

Nebraska                 March 01, 1867

Nevada                    October 31, 1864

New Hampshire      June 21, 1788

New Jersey              December 18, 1787

New Mexico            January 06, 1912

New York                 July 26, 1788

North Carolina        November 21, 1789

North Dakota          November 02, 1889

Ohio                        March 01, 1803

Oklahoma               November 16, 1907

Oregon                    February 14, 1859

Pennsylvania           December 12, 1787

Rhode Island           May 29, 1790

South Carolina        May 23, 1788

South Dakota          November 02, 1889

Tennessee               June 01, 1796

Texas                       December 29, 1845

Utah                        January 04, 1896

Vermont                  March 04, 1791

Virginia                   June 25, 1788

Washington            November 11, 1889

West Virginia          June 20, 1863

Wisconsin               May 29, 1848

Wyoming                July 10, 1890

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DNA Genealogy Test - five things I've learned

Five Things I've Learned in My Search for My Roots

I admit to more than a casual interest in genealogy shows like PBS’s “Finding Your Roots” and Lifetime’s “Who Do You Think You Are?,” where famous folk find out that they’re descended from Founding Fathers or Scottish Kings. I, too, have been curious about my own genetic makeup, but since I’m not a celebrity, no one’s going to pay for my tests and send a film crew to reveal my results for dramatic effect.

So like more than 12 million people worldwide, I went the DIY route and did a consumer genetic genealogy test — two, in fact. 

Additional story at: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/entertainment/dna-genealogy-tests-five-things-learned-search-for-roots/Rc7hE8POCTgILLAOge5RYI/  

More focus on DNA studies

New Caledonia's indigenous rebuff DNA research
Researchers trying to trace the DNA of indigenous peoples have been rebuffed in New Caledonia.
According to the public broadcaster, New Caledonia's customary Senate, which represents the territory's Kanak people, has turned down bids by German and French researchers to obtain DNA samples.
The Senate said the DNA did not belong to any individual but to a clan.
Studies of the human genome have already been carried out in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea to try to reconstruct migratory patterns in the Pacific.
(www.radionz.co.nz)

Ancient DNA shows Asian farmers first Pacific people
A professor from New Zealand's Massey University has proven farmers from Asia were the first people to settle in the Pacific, thousands of years ago. The research, which has been published in the journal, Nature, comes from DNA extracted from 3000-year-old skeletons in Vanuatu and Tonga.
It refutes the belief that early Pacific settlers were of predominantly Papuan ancestry.
One of the co-authors of the research, Professor Murray Cox, said the research could bring about health improvements for Maori and Pasifika people by helping scientists better understand their genetic makeup's.

"By understanding what genes they got from where and what those genes do we hope to have a better understanding of what is happening in these populations today and from that, better healthcare outcomes."
(www.radionz.co.nz)

Is it genetically safe to marry your cousin ?

The Genetics of Cousin Marriages
James MacDonald

In much of the world, consanguineous marriage between cousins is very common. For most Americans, however, marriage between cousins is at best a punchline, at worst a taboo. In many states, it is illegal for first cousins to get married. The objections are ostensibly based on the risk of genetic problems. But is there an actual risk?

In 2005, Owen Dyer reported in BMJ that “A Labour MP has called for a public debate on the genetic risks of marriages between first cousins in Britain’s Pakistani community, after reports of an unusually high rate of autosomal recessive disorders among children near her constituency. Ann Cryer, MP for Keighley in West Yorkshire, said on the BBC television program Newsnight: ‘We have to stop this tradition of first cousin marriages.'”

The genetic risks in question are related to something called unmasking. It goes something like this: We each receive one copy of each gene from each of our parents. Thus, we inherit two versions of each gene (called alleles); one is dominant and one recessive. For a recessive gene to actually manifest in an individual, both copies of the gene must be the recessive allele. If an individual inherits only one recessive allele of the gene, the individual is considered a carrier who can pass on the illness to their offspring. But when an individual inherits two copies of a dangerous recessive allele, they the gene is said to be unmasked and inherit the condition.
Additional story and graph at: https://daily.jstor.org/the-genetics-of-cousin-marriage/
https://daily.jstor.org/the-genetics-of-cousin-marriage/

Can We Access the Memories of Our Ancestors Through DNA ?

We ask a philosopher about the scientifically-debated concept of genetic memory.

By Katherine Gillespie
Some psychologists, most famously Carl Jung, have theorised that we're born with the memories and experiences of our ancestors imprinted on our DNA. We're not necessarily unlocking them, but it's possible that our most basic survival instincts might stem from some long ago trauma experienced by a dead relative. It's a theory that's also subscribed to by television psychics, though, so you can see where things get tricky.

While you might not be able to remember the specific horrors experienced by a great grandfather in a WWI trench, or the weary footsteps taken by ancestors as they migrated from Africa to Europe, it's not an uncommon thing to feel in touch with those whose genetic material you share. We define ourselves by things like race and family history, and sometimes those experiences of the distant past feel very present.
So how possible is it that the memories of our ancestors are embedded into our DNA, perhaps influencing us in ways we are barely aware of?

Additional story at: https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/ypv58j/genetic-memory

South Carolina Archives Announces Large Digitization of Rev War Records

Press Release

Columbia, S.C. – The South Carolina Department of Archives and History (SCDAH) is pleased to announce that the records series “Accounts Audited of Claims Growing out of the Revolution in South Carolina 1775-1856” is now active and images are available on the Online Records Index. This record consists of 11,170 documents presented by citizens to the treasury in support of claims for military service, supplies, and other contributions rendered during the latter part of the Revolutionary War. Most of the files contain an auditor’s cover paper, which includes the name of claimant, a brief description of their service provided, and the amount of their claim and its adjusted value. Additionally, if an indent was issued, its number and the claimant’s signature verifying its receipt were also included as well as receipts and affidavits to the validity of the claim.

Over the last six months, the SCDAH completed the process of adding these records to the Online Records Index. Our greatest appreciation goes to the Southern Revolutionary War Institute and Mr. Michael Scoggins for providing the images to the agency. Mr. Scoggins was instrumental in having the images scanned through a grant funded to the Southern Revolutionary War Institute from the National Park Service. Scoggins is the historian for the Culture & Heritage Museums in York County and research director of the Southern Revolutionary War Institute. This series is one of the most requested records series at the SCDAH. Records such as audited accounts are vital resources for genealogists and historians. Having a series as valuable and expansive available in a digital format is a milestone for any individual with South Carolina ancestry.

To view the record series, please visit the Online Records Index (http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/). After opting to enter the Index, use the Advanced Search option, choose the Record Group “Combined Index to Records Series, 1675-1929” and the Series “ S108092: Accounts Audited of Claims Growing Out of the Revolution.” For questions about this series, please contact us at 803-896-0339 or info@scdah.sc.gov.

About the South Carolina Department of Archives and History

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History is an independent state agency whose mission is to preserve and promote the documentary and cultural heritage of the Palmetto State. The department houses one of the most comprehensive state archival collections in the nation, spanning more than 325 years of South Carolina history. 

https://scdah.sc.gov/news/2018-07/scdah-announces-digitization-over-11000-revolutionary-war-records

Need some extra cash ? Would you consider 'selling' or 'renting' your DNA ?

Consumers will soon be able to sell or rent their DNA to scientists who are trying to fight diseases as different as dementia, lupus and leukemia.

Bio-brokers want to collect everything from someone’s 23andMe and Ancestry.com gene data to fully sequenced genomes.
The data would be sold or rented to biomedical institutes, universities and pharmaceutical companies, generating money for consumers who share their genetic secrets.


The roundup is mostly led by Luna DNA of Solana Beach and Nebula Genomics of San Francisco, startups that are still figuring out how much a person would be paid for their contribution.
It’s part of the booming bio-economy, where so-called “sequencing subsidies” are starting to emerge.
Scientists say they need enormous amounts of genetic data from across different ethnic, racial and age groups, and different genders, to develop diagnostics and drugs.

Additional story at: The San Diego Union-Tribune: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/sd-me-genes-consumerguide-20180514-story.html
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Cherry Fritters - 1915

Like to prowl yard sales for vintage cookbooks ? So do I, among other "treasures, " to uncover. A recent find was, The Boston Cooking School Cookbook, by Fannie Merritt Farmer, copyright 1918.

In 1902, Mrs. Farmer left the Boston Cooking School and founded Farmer's School of Cookery. In addition to running her school, she traveled to speaking engagements around the United States and continued to write cookbooks. In 1904, she published Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent, which provided food recommendations for specific diseases, nutritional information for children and information on the digestive system, among other topics.

Farmer's expertise in the areas of nutrition and illness led her to lecture at Harvard Medical School. Farmer died January 15, 1915, at age 57. After her death, Alice Bradley, who taught at Miss Farmer's School of Cookery, took over the business and ran it until the mid-1940s. The Fannie Farmer Cookbook is still in print today.

Here's a sampling of a special treat from this vintage cookbook.


Cherry Fritters
2 cups scalded milk
1/4 cup corn-starch
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup cold milk
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup Marachino cherries
Mix corn-starch, flour, sugar and salt. Dilute with cold milk and add beaten yolks; then add gradually to scalded milk and cook fifteen minutes in a double boiler. Add cherries, pour into a buttered shallow tin, and cool.

Turn on a board, cut in squares, dip in flour, egg and crumbs, fry in deep fat, and drain. Serve with the Marachino Sauce.

Marachino Sauce
2/3 cup boiling water
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons corn-starch
1/4 cup Marachino cherries, cut in halves
1/2 cup Marachino syrup
1/2 tablespoon butter
Mix sugar and corn-starch, add gradually to boiling water, stirring constantly. Boil for five minutes, and add the cherries, syrup and butter.
(The Boston Cooking School Cookbook 1918)

Amazing new database of 18th and 19th Century Ireland launched

How was Ireland depicted in illustrations produced by traveller's from 1680 to 1860?

A new database of images drawn from travel accounts answers this question.

Based on years of research by a group of investigators at NUI Galway led by Professor Jane Conroy, Ireland Illustrated is now available to view online.

Ireland Illustrated, 1680-1860, is a database of over 500 images of Ireland – woodcuts, water colors,  engravings and other illustrations – with related text, drawn from more than 50 manuscript and printed works, and highlighting several neglected or rarely accessible sources.
Many of the pictures in the database, woodcuts, water colors, engravings and other illustrations, have rarely, if ever, been seen by the public.
(Galway Daily)

Additional story and sketches at: https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/amazing-new-database-with-pics-of-18th-and-19th-century-ireland-launched/

Scotch Tape - the curse of every conservator

Sticky tape was first invented in the mid-19th century, and it’s been making conservators’ lives hell ever since.

“Tape is the bane of the conservator’s existence,” says Margaret Holben Ellis, a professor of paper conservation at New York University. The problem is simply that tape works too well. Removing it can easily take off a layer of paper, and adhesives from old tape can sink into paper, staining it an unsightly yellow or brown.
You can’t really blame people for using tape, says Elissa O’Loughlin, a former conservator at the Walters Art Museum, who co-teaches a five-day course on paper conservation. “It’s just human nature,” she says. “It was seen as a miracle product.” Pressure-sensitive tape, to use the official term, is much more convenient and easy to use compared to older adhesives that required heat or water. Of course, people would use it to repair rips in drawings and documents, without thinking of conservators in the future.

To read more go to: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/how-to-get-scotch-tape-off-of-a-work-of-art/560738/

Maybe DNA Can't Answer All Our Questions About Heredity

HEREDITY is a powerful concept. It’s the thing that ties families together—that gives shape to their shared history of stories, of homes, of personalities. And more and more, it’s the way we understand families’ shared genetic inheritance. But that more modern biological notion of heredity comes with some new, technical baggage: It’s easier to talk about the high blood pressure that runs in your family than it is to discern the alleles that define it, all the meiotic divisions that had to occur before that trait was passed down to you. And misunderstanding the role DNA does or doesn’t play in determining one’s fate can have dangerous consequences.

Luckily, acclaimed science writer Carl Zimmer is here to unravel the tangled history of the science and pseudoscience surrounding heredity, in all its many forms. In his expansive, engrossing, and often enlightening new book, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh.

To read more on this fascinating concept, go to: https://www.wired.com/story/maybe-dna-cant-answer-all-our-questions-about-heredity/

Last Will & Testament of Zephaniah Clement

History of Early Bibb County, Alabama 1820-1870, by Ulysses Huey Abrams
The Will of Zephaniah Clement Will of Zephaniah Clement, Bibb Co., AL
Copied from the original will in the files of Probate Office.


I Zephaniah Clement of the Co. of Bibb & State of AL being weak in body, but of sound & perfect mind & memory, do make & publish this my last will & Testament, in manner & form following (to wit) First I give & bequeat unto my beloved son Stephen Clement One Dolar over & above the amount he has already received - I do also give & bequeat unto my beloved son William Clement One Negro girl named Nell & one Horse, & one cow & Calf worth Ten dollars & one Bed & furniture worth ten dollars & one Bed & furniture worth fifty dollars to him & his heirs forever -

I also give & bequeat unto my beloved son Thomas Clement on negro girl named Harriett one Horse worth $100 one Bed & furniture worth fifty dollars & one cow & calf worth ten dollars, to him & his heirs forever- I do also give & bequeat unto my beloved son Luellen Clemment one negro girl named Rose & one Horse worth $100 one Bed & furniture worth fifty dollars one Cow & calf worth fifty dollars, tho him & his heirs forever.

I do also give & bequeat unto my beloved son Alfred Clement one negro girl named Amy one Bed & furniture worth fifty dollars, & one cow & calf worth ten dollars, to him & his heirs for-ever I do leave in the care of my executors for the support & maintenance of my beloved dau. Isabel Clemment one negro girl named Writta one bed & furniture worth fifty dollars & one cow & calf worth ten dollars to her during her natural life, & then to return to her Brothers & sisters to be equally divided among them.

 I do also give & bequeat unto my beloved dau. Polly Wash one negro girl named Fanny one Horse worth one Hundred dollars, one Bed & furntiure worth fifty dollars one cow & calf worth ten dollars, eifht head of hogs worth fifty dollars to her & her heirs forever. I do also give & bequeat unto my beloved dau. Susanna Terry one negro girl named Mirah & Hundred dollars in money one bed & furniture worth fifty dollars one cow & calf worth ten dollars one sow & pigs worth ten dollars to her & her heirs forever- I do also give & bequeat unto my beloved dau. Leanna Clement one negro girl named Betty one Bed & furniture worth fifty dollars one cow & calf worth ten dollars to her & her heirs for ever - I do also give & bequeat unto my beloved dau. Nancy Hunt one negro girl named Dina one Mule worth one Hundred & fifty dollars One bed & furniture one cow & calf worth ten dollars, to her & her heirs forever -

I do also give & bequeat unto my beloved dau. Parsada Clement one negro girl named Juli one bed & furniture worth fifty dollars one cow & calf worth ten dollars to her & her heirs for ever - I do also give & bequeat unto my beloved dau. Anna Mariah Jones all my right & claim to certain tract of land lying in the state of SC Edgefield Co. Walnut Creek now contested by law, & in case she should fail to recover the said land that she is to receive four hundred dollars in lieu thereof out of the proceeds of my Estate to her & her heirs for ever - It is also my will that the following negroes (to wit) Gilbert, Nan, Milly, Lucy & Dicy, Judy, Pharo & Ester be kept together upon the plantation, under the care & direction of my Executors until the discharge of all my just debts, & after the discharge of said debts that the said Negroes be equally divided so as to make the smallest legacies equal with the greatest. & lastly,

I do appoint my beloved sons William & Thomas Clement & John Hunt my sole Exectuors of this my last will & Testament - hereby revoking all former wills by me made - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the 25th day of Jan. in the year of our Lord one thousand & eight Hundred & twenty two.

Signed Z. Clement His Seal Signed, sealed, published, & declared by the above named Zephaniah Clement to be his last will & Testament, in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in presence of the Testator: P. Watkins, Samuel Cammack, & Lewis Cammack. Peter Watkins & Samuel Cammak proved the Execution of the Will 25th Feby Feb. 1822. Let it be recorded. A.M. Lusk, Judge of Bibb Co. Ct.

This will also recorded in Book C pages 10, 11, & 12.
http://www.africanaheritage.com/uploads/564/FarrisFamilyPart2uploaded.txt

Signed, sealed, published, & declared by the above named Zephaniah Clement to be his last will & Testament, in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in presence of the Testator: P. Watkins, Samuel Cammack, & Lewis Cammack. Peter Watkins & Samuel Cammak proved the Execution of the Will 25th Feby Feb. 1822. Let it be recorded. A.M. Lusk, Judge of Bibb Co. Ct. This will also recorded in Book C pages 10, 11, & 12.

This was published in the "Alabama Sentinel" which was printed and published by Thomas B. Grantland of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  "March 24, 1826
 Adv. Bibb County 6 March 1826.  John Hunt, one of executors of will of Zephaniah Clement, deceased with William Clement and Thomas Clement to make final settlement."

Zephaniah's estate was appraised on March 9, 1822 for $7,087.50.
What cost $7,087.50 in 1822 would cost  $132,461.80 in 2017. Inflation Calculator http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

Roots Web Site is Currently Unavailable

We have been in the process of improving the site throughout 2017, and as a result of an issue we recently became aware of, we have taken the site offline while we work to resolve it. We take the security of our contributors and our viewers seriously. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but protecting our users’ personal information is our top priority.

Update: January 9, 2018

We have spent the last few weeks reviewing the functionality on RootsWeb and have created a plan to bring many of your contributions back online over the next few months. As we stated before, our first priority is security, and ensuring that every part of RootsWeb meets our stringent security standards. Our next priority is getting you, the users of RootsWeb and its services, access to your content.

Right now, the best way for us to meet both goals is to begin bringing portions of RootsWeb back online in a read-only state. This means you will have access to content, but you will not be able to load new content in these sections. While this may not be ideal, it is the best way for us to protect RootsWeb users while also providing the ability to use the content you value. This is an interim step while we continue to evaluate the potential for bringing more of the RootsWeb services back online in a more complete manner.

Here’s our current plan:

Hosted Web Sites: Soon we will begin bringing Hosted Web Sites back online. We will start with a few hundred and then add more over time, giving us a chance to scan the content.

Family Trees/WorldConnect: Family Trees or WorldConnect allows you to upload a GEDCOM file and publish it for others to see. It is currently being reviewed by our software engineers and security team and we plan on having a read-only, searchable version up in the next few weeks. The ability to upload new GEDCOM files will be available in the coming months.

Mailing Lists: Mailing Lists have been functioning as normal, but the archives have been unavailable. We plan to make the archives available to you once we have WorldConnect available to you in a readable version.

We will be making decisions about other functionality over time.

We appreciate your patience as we bring the different pieces of RootsWeb back online in a secure manner. You, our contributors and viewers, are what has made RootsWeb the vibrant free genealogy community it is.

The RootsWeb Team