Margaret Lavender, dau. of Hugh Lavender

Margaret Lavender died c. 1843; her Estate Papers are in Sumter County, Alabama, viewable via Ancestry.com in Alabama. Probate Court (Sumter County); Probate Place: Sumter, Alabama.

Description: File of 1356 images is called Estate Papers, Lavender, Hugh L to Lawson, James R. Margaret's Estate officially starts around Image 578 BUT is scattered throughout the digital file. A list of her heirs -- all siblings and their descendants -- appears on Images 151-52.

The Sale of Margaret's Estate, in January 1844, appears on Image 579. One Negro man (presumably George, from her father; see Hugh Lavender Will of 1834) went to brother Robert S. Lavender. The family Bible went to Margaret's younger sister Ruth Barbour.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Alabama County, District and Probate Courts.