Strom Thurmond left an estate estimated at $200,000 and gave much of it to family, faithful aides and favorite institutions in bequests ranging from $250 to $50,000.

That $200,000 is only a preliminary estimate of Thurmond's estate. Its value might turn out to be more after all assets are inventoried, said Jim Jones, the personal representative of Thurmond's estate.

The late U.S. senator's nine-page will was filed Monday at the Aiken County Courthouse. It is the first of what will be several filings in coming months reflecting his final net worth after more than 65 years of public service.

Thurmond left his largest cash bequest - $50,000 - to his daughter, Julie Thurmond Whitmer, who lives in Washington, D.C.

The smallest bequests, $250 each, were given to the First Baptist Church of Edgefield and the First Baptist Church of Aiken.

Strom Thurmond remembered two schools in his will:

The Strom Thurmond Institute at Clemson University will get all his public correspondence, government papers and various memorabilia.

Strom Thurmond High School in Edgefield County will receive all the books owned by him at the time of his death.