Three representatives of the vestry of the Episcopal Church of the Parish of Saint James Santee ask the court to order the executors of the last will and testament of Jonannes Casper Hendrick Schneyder [Snyder] to pay the church a bequest of one thousand dollars. Schneyder's will directed that the money be used "for the best of the said Parish." Frederick Rutledge, acting on behalf of the estate, has refused to give the money to the church without the sanction of the court. Schneyder's will also made provisions for a "Mulatto Boy named Bill," who Schneyder wanted both freed "and protect[ed] ... in his freedom." Bill received a similar bequest of one thousand dollars, which Schneyder asked be "put out at Interest, and the Interest Money be given" to Bill. Schneyder also bequeathed money to Frederick Rutledge Jr. "to buy young Breeding wenches."
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
