In the name of God Amen I Benjamin Lavender McMaham of the State of South Carolina& District of Sumter BeingSick and weake in or of Body But of Perfect mind & memory thanksbe 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 ofAlmighty God that Gave it & my Body I recommend to the Earth tobe Buried in a decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of myExecutors nothing Doubting But at the General resurrection I Shallreceive the Same again by the mighty Power of God & as TouchingSuch worldly Estate wherewith it has Pleased God to bless me in thisLife I give Demiss and Dispose of the Same in the following manner& forme after paying all my Just Debts I Give & bequeath toMaryann my Dearly Beloved wife all my Whole Estate real &personal During her natural life or widowhood to raise my SmallChildren on & then to be Equally Divided after her Death ormarriag among the whole of my Children Sariah Welch John Lavender["Nancy" struck out] Agnes Coker Benjamin Lavender Mary LavenderCatharin Lavender Zilpha Lavender Elizabeth Lavender Littelton CapelLavender Roberd winter Lavender Isabel Lavender Except those that hashad Some Parte Given them all the rest. I wish to have in Proportionto them & Either when they Come to the age of twenty one ormarriys if Convenient & if not at the Division then the whole ofmy Property Real & Personal to be Equally Divided amongst thewhole of my Children as above named to wit Sariah welch John LavenderAgness Coker Benjamin Lavender Mary Lavender Catharin Lavender ZilphaLavender Elizabeth Lavender Littelton Capel Lavender Roberd winterLavender Isabel Lavender I likewise Constitute make & ordain mywife Maryama Lavender John Lavender & John Baker the Executors ofthis my Last will & testament & I do Heareby utterly Disallowrevoke & Disannul all & Every other former testament willsLegacies bequeaths & Executors by me in any wise before namedwill & bequeathed ratifying & Confirming this & no otherto be my Last will & testament in witness whereof I have heareunto Set my hand & Seal this the 9th Day of July one thousandEight Hundred & twenty one

Signed Sealed Published Pronounced his

Declared By the Said Benjamon X 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 EsquireOrdinary for Said District Personally Appeared before me HenryGoodman who being duly Sworn Sayeth that he was present and SawBenjamin Lavender McMaham sign Seal and pronounce the withininstrument of writing to contain his last will and testament and thathe the said Benjamin Lavender McMaham was at the time of sound anddisposing Mind Memory and understanding as far as he (the deponent)knows or believes and that William Jones and Timothy Lee Senr didsubscribe their Names with himself as witnesses thereto by therequest of the testator in his presence and in the presence of eachother

HenryGoodman

Sworn to before me

this 12 day of October

Anno Domini 1821

William Potts

Ord-y S.D.

Dated July 9, 1821, Proven October 12, 1821,Recorded March 28, 1822.

Will Book "AA" Page 315-316, Sumter District,South Carolina.