Subject: Benjamin Lavender McMaham, 1821 Will, Sumter SC From: Steven J. Coker Date: August 12, 1998 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT 0F BENJAMIN LAVENDER McMAHAM Dated July 9, 1821, Proven October 12, 1821, Recorded March 28, 1822. In Will Book "AA" Page 315-316, Sumter District, South Carolina. McMaham In the name of God Amen I Benjamin Lavender + of the State of South Carolina & Destrict of Sumter Being Sick and weake in or of Body But of Perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God Calling unto mind the mortality of my Body & Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die Do Make & ordain this my Last will & testament that is to Say Principally & first of all I Give & recommend my Soul into the Hand of Almighty God that Gave it & my Body I recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing Doubting But at the General resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God & as Touching Such ["werly" struck out] worldly Estate wherewith it has Pleased God to bless me in this Life I give Demiss and Dispose of the Same in the following manner & forme after paying all my Just Debts I Give & bequeath to Maryann my Dearly Beloved wife all my Whole Estate real & personal During her natural life or widowhood to raise my Small Children on & then to be Equally Divided after her Death or marriag among the whole of my Children Sariah Welch John Lavender ["Nancy" struck out] Agnes Coker Benjamin Lavender Mary Lavender Catharin Lavender Zilpha Lavender Elizabeth Lavender Littelton Capel Lavender Roberd winter Lavender Isabel Lavender Except those that has had Some Parte Given them all the rest ["to" struck out] I wish to have in Proportion to them & Either when they Come to the age of twenty one or marriys if Convenient & if not at the Division then the whole of my Property Real & Personal to be Equally Divided amongst the whole of my Children as above named to wit Sariah welch John Lavender Agness Coker Benjamin Lavender Mary Lavender Catharin Lavender Zilpha Lavender Elizabeth Lavender Littelton Capel Lavender Roberd winter Lavender Isabel Lavender I likewise Constitute make & ordain my wife Maryama Lavender John Lavender & John Baker the Executors of this my Last will & testament & I do Heareby utterly Disallow revoke & Disannul all & Every other former testament wills Legacies bequeaths & Executors by me in any wise before named will & bequeathed ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last will & testament in witness whereof I have heare unto Set my hand & Seal this the 9th Day of July one thousand Eight Hundred & twenty one Signed Sealed Published Pronounced his Declared By the Said Benjamon + Lavender McMaham Benjamin Lavender McMaham mark As his Last will & testament in the Presants of us who in his Presants & in the Presants of Each other have heare unto Subscribed our names William Jones Henry Goodmon h1s Timothey X Lee Senr mark -=-=-=-=- STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) SUMTER DISTRICT ) By William Potts Esquire Ordinary for Said District Personally Appeared before me Henry Goodman who being duly Sworn Sayeth that he was present and Saw Benjamin Lavender McMaham sign Seal and pronounce the within instrument of writing to contain his last will and testament and that he the said Benjamin Lavender McMaham was at the time of sound and disposing Mind Memory and understanding as far as he (the deponent) knows or believes and that William Jones and Timothy Lee Senr did subscribe their Names with himself as witnesses thereto by the request of the testator in his presence and in the presence of each other Henry Goodman Sworn to before me this 12 day of October Anno Domini 1821 William Potts Ord-y S.D. ----------------------------------- Source: "The Lavender Line" Volume 1 #1, Fall 1982 TRANSCRIBED BY VIRGIL R. HELMS 2905 Kenwood Avenue Richmond, Va. 23228 New notes: 1. Square brackets [] have been added indicating items which were shown struck out in the published transcription. It believed, but not confirmed, that these were intended to indicate strike outs in the original rather than typographical corrections in the transcription. 2. Spelling is sic, any transcription errors being forgiven. It is left to the reader to verify the accuracy of this transcription prior to use. ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |