John Foster deeds a gray mare to grandsons

1822 Deeds a Grey Mare to Grandsons

THUMBNAIL	YEAR	PLACE
	1822	Grindal Shoals, Union County SC
FAMILY INVOLVED/MENTIONED
	Jared or Jarrett Foster
James P. Foster
Thomas J. Foster
Transcription / Narrative

Recorded 13 July 1825

State of So. Carolina – Union District

Know all men by these presents that I John Foster of the District and State aforesaid for & in consideration of my affection for my two grandsons James and Thomas Foster _____ make over and deliver to the aforesaid James and Thomas All my right and title and interest of a certain gray mare to their own proper use and ______ to  have and to hold against myself & against every other person law fully claiming or to claim the same.  Given under my hand & seal this 18th day of August 1822.
John Foster (Seal)

Witness to the within

Wm. Henderson, Wm. W. White
Samuel Mosley, Jarrett Foster

1822 a grey mare gifted to grandsons Thomas and James

< A legal document declaring this certain grey mare is protected against “myself and any other persons lawful claim”.  Does this wording suggest debtor are circling?  Or simply a doting grandpa?  Maybe the old grey mare she ain’t what she used to be?

John Foster would be about 70 years old and describes as a ‘stiller’.

The witnesses are the famous William Henderson, W.W. White, Samuel Mosely and  Jared Foster – spelled Jarrett, now about 27 years old.