![]() ![]() "'I give my beloved Louisa all my ready money-that she may never be alarmed at a sudden call. "'Thirdly,-As to the wealth with which God has been pleased to bless me and my dear Louisa and children, lovingly have we labored together for it-lovingly we have enjoyed it-and now, with a glad and grateful heart do I leave it among them. My dear family will, I know, follow my example. "'Secondly,-As to the poor, I have always treated them as my brethren. ![]() ![]() "'In the first place, as to debts, thank God, I owe none, and therefore shall give my executors but little trouble on that score. "After having, in the good old way, bequeathed 'his soul to God who gave it,' and 'his body to the earth out of which it was taken,' he proceeds:. She may have been "Judith Louisa"! Women's names were not of much consequence in those days. He calls Judith Marion "Louisa," but that is his picturesque way. ![]() We have not found the date of his death, but Horry gives the principal features of his will as he got them from the family. General Horry was a most zealous and devoted friend as a biographer his accuracy is questionable, his picturesqueness never. He was "pressed in a cheese-press" on account of his religious opinions. Granddaughter of Simon Ray, one of the original owners of the island. He graduated in 1771 from Rhode Island College (now Brown University) with distinguished honors. ![]()
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