Name/Title
Lease for a Year / Benjamin Huger Esq. to Mrs. Elizabeth Williams [Johnstons Street Property]Entry/Object ID
LEGARE.035.5Scope and Content
Lease agreement for property on Johnstons Street (now 35 Legare Street) in Charleston, South Carolina, to Elizabeth Williams from Benjamin Huger, September 12, 1772.
[Transcribed by Karen Emmons, 4/29/2014. Transcribed as written on original document. No added punctuation.]
South Carolina
This indenture made the fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy two and in the twelfth year of the reign of his majesty King George the Third. Between Benjamin Huger of Charlestown in the province aforesaid Esquire of the one part and Elizabeth Williams of the same place widow of the second part --- Witnesseth that the said Benjamin Huger for and in consideration of the sum of ten shillings lawful current money of the province aforesaid to him in hand well and truly paid at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents, by the said Elizabeth Williams the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath bargained and sold and by these presents doth bargain and sell unto the said Elizabeth Williams her executors administrators and assigns all that town lott [sic] of land situate lying and being on Johnstons Street in Charlestown aforesaid containing in front of the said street fifty five feet of assize and in depth backwards from the said street one hundred and sixty five feet butting and bounding to the [3 illegible words] Thomas Fair land to the north ward partly on St. Julien Marion's land partly on lands of the said Benjamin Huger and partly on Henry and Mary Ravenells land to the westward on lands of Isaac Mazyck and to the eastward on Johnstons Street aforesaid Together with all and singular the houses, outhouses, edifices, buildings, fences, wells, ways, paths, passages, lights, easements, commodities, advantages, emoluments, priviledges [sic], hereditaments, rights, members, and appurtenances whatsoever to or upon the said Town Lott of Land standing, being, belonging or in any wise incident or appertaining and the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remaindees yearly and other rents, issues and profits thereof and of every part and parcel thereof. To have and to hold the said Town Lott of Land and all and singular other the premises and appurtenances herein before mentioned or meant or intended to be hereby bargained and sold with their and every of their Rights Members and appurtenances unto the said Elizabeth Williams her executors administrators and assigns from the day next before the day of the date of these presents for and during and unto the full end and term of one whole year from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat [sic] and Ended. Yielding and paying therefore unto the said Benjamin Huger his heirs and assigns the Rent of one Pepper Corn on the last day of the said term if lawfully demanded to the intent and purpose that by virtue of these presents and of the statute for transferring of uses into possession and made of force in this province the said Elizabeth Williams may be in the actual possession of all and singuylar [sic] the aforesaid premises and be thereby enabled to accept and take a grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof to her the said Elizabeth Williams her heirs and assigns for ever by Indenture to be made by and between the said parties and to bear date the day next after the day of the date hereof. In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals on the day and in the year first above written.
Sealed & delivered Benjamin Huger [seal]
in the presence of Tho Bee (?)
Wm(?) Raven Mathewes
On verso:
Benjamin Huger Esq.
to Lease for a year
Mrs. Elizabeth WilliamsCollection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
LEGARE.035.Source or Donor
35 Legare Street (Rebecca Screven House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
LeaseNomenclature Secondary Object Term
ContractNomenclature Primary Object Term
AgreementNomenclature Sub-Class
Legal DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Legare Street, Easement Property, Deeds--South Carolina--Charleston, Real property--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--History--1660-1775--SourcesArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
Sep 12, 1772Archive Size/Extent
1 sheet (original document), 23.5" x 19"Archive Notes
Date(s): 1772
Finding Aids: See Finding Aid to Architectural Drawings, Maps, and Plats.
See List of Properties; then locate Cabinet, Drawer, Folder.
Level of Description: ItemLocation
Location
Container
Oversize Box 3Shelf
Archives D-14Room
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Condition
Overall Condition
FairNotes
Removed from acidic wood frame with wood backing; had been mounted on acidic mat board. Very brittle. Some sort of tape had been applied end-to-end to width of the back (presumably to strengthen folds).Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
2004.020.045, LEGARE.035.1, LEGARE.035.2a-y, LEGARE.035.3, LEGARE.035.4, LEGARE.035.6, LEGARE.035.7, LEGARE.035.9General Notes
Note
Notes: This deed had been framed and hung in the entry hall until HCF purchased the house. It had been given to the Davidsons by the previous owners, the Smythes.
Elizabeth Williams was Rebecca Screven's mother.
See Media link for pdf of transcript.Created By
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April 29, 2014Updated By
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February 17, 2023