[email protected] wrote:
> Thanks for putting the info about Benjamin Lavender's  estate on the list. I
> couldn't make sense of the amounts paid. Near the beginning it seems that
> dollars and cents are indicated. But the amounts appear to be separated into
> three groups like £|Š|p. I was wondering if you could clarify this part. Was
> it in 3 groups on the document or how do I read it.
> 
> Even better, can you tell me where I might be able to obtain a copy. Benjamin
> Lavender is my gggGrandfather.
> 
> You might like to know, if you don't already have the information, that
> Elizabeth DuBose is probably his daughter, Elizabeth Jane Lavender, who
> married Benjamin DuBose. Seborn J. DuBose is Seborn James DuBose who married
> his daughter, Zilpha Lavender. Benjamin Lavender, to whom money was paid is
> Benjamin Lavender, Jr. who married Lavinia S. DuBose, my link to the DuBose
> family. Lavinia, Seborn, and Benjamin DuBose were children of Zachariah
> DuBose and Susannnah Carter.

-----------Reply Below-----------

Lanny,

Re: Benjamin Lavender, 1836 Heirs, Sumter SC
http://members.tripod.com/~SCROOTS/wills.html

If your email reader shows the column headings as other than the dollar sign ($)
and cents mark (¢) then you are viewing it using a font which is inconsistent
with the standard ASCII text format.  I created the document in standard ASCII
using the common COURIER font.  Try viewing it using a standard fixed pitch
COURIER font.  It should look right in any standard fixed pitch ASCII font.

You can also view the document using the link given on the SCRoots web site.  It
should look right, if your browser is configured properly for font displays.

The paper on which the document is written is lined like a ledger book.  It has
a horizontal line about 1 and 1/4 inch from the top of the page, one vertical
line about 1 inch from the left page edge, and 4 vertical lines on the right
side of the page, spaced about 7/16 of an inch apart, which create 4 columns.  

The cents mark is shown above the 2nd column from the right.  The dollar sign is
shown above the 3rd column from the right.  

There are three columns of numbers shown.  

All entries next to names show "00" in the 2nd column (cents column). They are
all blank in the 1st column.  In the 4th column from the right they all show "6"
excepting for the entries for "Ruben Welch" and "William Lauis" which entries
are blank in the 4th column.  

The "V" shown in the transcription is the closest approximation I could make to
what is shown on the document.  It looks to me like it could be a capital "V",
or maybe a form of a checkmark.  I've seen similar marks used on many other
documents which usually look like capital "V" letter.  I assume it was used to
indicate that the item had been verified, checked, entered, completed,
confirmed, recorded, or something to that effect depending on the context of the
document. 

The sworn proving shown below the accounts is actually written over the lines on
the originally.  I did not try to represent that because there is no way to show
text over lines in ascii only email.

I believe you will find these documents in
The Estate Papers of Benjamin Lavender McMahan
South Carolina Archives
Sumter Estate Papers
Bundle 59, Package 10

Hope that helps,

Steven J. Coker

PS  I have most, if not all, of the "The Lavender Line" publications.  These
contain a wealth of information on South Carolina Lavenders and related
families.  I'll try to post more extracts as time goes by.  There should also be
copies of these publications available at the Sumter Genealogical Society.  

PPS  I'm descended from Zachariah DuBose by way of his son Addison DuBose.  I
have more information than what is shown below, but I haven't got it handy or
ready right this minute.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zachariah DuBose          ca. 1760-1825 
Susannah                         ?-?
  Benjamin DuBose                ?-?         Wed Elizabeth
  Seborn J. DuBose               ?-?
  Mary Matilda DuBose            ?-?         wed Ephraim Howell
  Lieuezar T. DuBose             ?-?         wed Benjamin Lavender
  Abigail DuBose                 ?-?           
  Addison DuBose                 ?-?         wed Harriet 
  Zilpha DuBose                  ?-?           
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benjamin DuBose                  ?-by 1837   
Elizabeth                        ?-by 1837   2nd wed J McElveen
  Benjamin DuBose          by 1837-?
  Caleb Calhoun DuBose     by 1837-?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Addison DuBose          2/24/1814- 3/4/1881  
Harriet Brand            ca. 1820-?          wed Feb 1839
 Columbus W. DuBose    12/13/1839-11/19/1909 
 Susanah A. DuBose       ca. 1842-?
 Martha Jane DuBose    10/30/1846- 4/26/1877
 Mary Isabella DuBose   9/22/1850- 6/25/1926
 James Franklin DuBose  3/20/1853- 2/15/1886
 John Thaddeus DuBose   9/13/1855- 4/10/1922 wed Ida Nelson Coker
 Elizabeth Ann DuBose   8/20/1858- 8/31/1914 wed James Myers Coker Jr.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Thaddeus DuBose     9/13/1855- 4/10/1922 
Ida Nelson Coker         3/15/1855- 3/15/1922
 Walter H. DuBose        2/06/1880- 4/06/1933
 Alley DuBose            2/26/1882-11/08/1970
 James David DuBose      5/20/1884-10/05/1951
 Luther Thadeus DuBose  11/20/1886- 8/23/1970 wed Mary C. Cox on 12/17/1908
 Lou (Lula) DuBose      11/20/1886- 3/26/1967 wed Dave Singletary
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elizabeth Ann Dubose     8/20/1858- 8/31/1914 "Lizzie" Hebron Methodist Cem.
James Myers Coker Jr.    8/12/1857-11/24/1925 "Moss" Hebron Methodist Cem.
 Rosa Ann Coker          9/10/1878-12/10/1910 wed Lee Watson
 Joseph Ingram Coker     6/15/1880- 9/12/1932 wed Nettie Buddin
 William Addison Coker   6/21/1884-12/20/1958 wed Mary Hatchell, Addie Wilson
 Archie Oliver Coker Sr. 9/23/1887- 8/17/1960  
 Frederick T. Coker      4/05/1889- 4/15/1971 Greenlawn Cemetary
 Mabel Florence Coker    1/23/1893- 5/17/1951 wed John Grooms, Lem Burbage
 James Mood Coker        3/24/1895- 9/  /1916  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Frederick T. Coker Sr.   4/05/1889- 4/15/1971 Greenlawn Cemetary
Nettie Elnora Stewart   11/28/1901-10/09/1996 Greenlawn Cemetary
 Arnell Myers Coker Sr.  6/06/1921-12/08/1973 Greenlawn Cemetary
 James Francis Coker     4/03/1923- 4/06/1988 Greenlawn Cemetary
 Frederick T. Coker Jr.  4/20/1924-           Myrtle Beach, SC
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James Francis Coker     4/03/1923- 4/06/1988 Greenlawn Cemetary
Mellie Rae Ramsay       4/18/1924-           Columbia, SC
 Francis Gregory Coker  4/06/1947-           Wed Jeannine Fickling
 Steven James Coker    12/29/1951-           Charleston, SC
 David Preston Coker    5/09/1954- 5/09/1954 Greenlawn Cemetary
 Mark Thomas Coker      6/18/1956-           Columbia, Wed Janice Allen
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