Milosav Lapovac (; 1770âÂÂ1844) was a Serb hajduk (brigand) that fought in the First Serbian Uprising. A member of Stanoje Glavaà ¡'s band prior to the uprising, Lapovac participated since the beginning. He became a buljubaà ¡a (captain) in the Smederevo nahija. He joined the Second Serbian Uprising and became part of the administration under Miloà ¡ ObrenoviÃÂ, serving as a knez (mayor) in the Smederevo nahija.
Milosav was born in 1770 in the village of Sikirica in the ParaÃÂin nahiya. The family moved to Lapovo (hence his nickname, Lapovac) at the end of the 18th century where his father Stojan, a merchant, became influential in the area and amassed wealth. Milosav had four brothers, two step-brothers, and a sister who was married to the hajduk Mile NikoliÃÂ, regarded one of Stanoje Glavaà ¡'s most loyal. He was described by Miloà ¡ Milisavljeviàas being "of mid-height, broad shoulders, reddish hair, yellow shining eyes, serious and pensive look, sociable and pleasant".
Lapovac was a member of Stanoje Glavaà ¡'s hajduk band, along with Hajduk-Veljko, Daskal-Cvetko, Cincar-Janko, Konda from Morava, Vule IliÃÂ, and Milovan from Velika Plana, among others; the band camped in the forest between Kubrà ¡nica and Jasenica from early spring to late autumn, and in the winter stayed at houses of rich Serbs or monasteries; Lapovac often stayed at the Miljkovo Monastery in Gloà ¾ane. They were highwaymen who made frequent attacks on merchant caravans.
A number of Serb notables that survived the Slaughter of the Knezes gathered at the house of Matija Karatoà ¡iàin Kopljare in à  umadija, on February 11âÂÂ12, where it was decided to hold a secret assembly at Oraà ¡ac. The Kopljare meeting was attended by KaraÃÂorÃÂe, Glavaà ¡, Vule, Milovan, Milosav, Kara-Steva and Hajduk-Mileta. Milosav is listed among the most important figures of the Oraà ¡ac Assembly (14 February 1804), where it was decided to rise up against the Dahije. He was a close comrade of KaraÃÂorÃÂe, the supreme leader of the uprising, and commanded a band of 30âÂÂ40 from Lapovo.
Due to his distinction in the uprising, Lapovac was promoted to buljubaà ¡a (captain) of the Smederevo nahija and came under the command of vojvoda (general) ÃÂuà ¡a VuliÃÂeviÃÂ. When ÃÂuà ¡a fell at Smederevo in 1805, his brother Vujica VuliÃÂeviàtook over the command of the Smederevo nahija army; Vujica proclaimed Lapovac the head buljubaà ¡a in his army. He participated in many battles, and especially showed his heroism at the Battle of Loznica in 1810, where he was wounded.
After the suppression of the first uprising in 1813, Lapovac joined Hadà ¾i-Prodan's rebellion (1814), which failed, and then joined the Second Serbian Uprising (1815), which saw the liberation of Serbia.
He married twice, secondly to Glavaà ¡'s widow Mara, and he had a son, Laza.
Miloà ¡ ObrenoviÃÂ, the supreme knez of Serbia, organized Serbia's 12 nahijas (nahija, the highest administrative division) into several kneà ¾ina. In the first years, the knez (or obor-knez) of the Smederevo nahija was Vujica VuliÃÂeviÃÂ, while the kneà ¾ina knezes in the nahija were Milosav Laposav and à ½ivan. As part of the struggle for higher autonomy (and independence), Miloà ¡ took absolute powers, which dissatisfied many in Serbia who gathered in the "Rudnik conspiracy" in December 1824, and then ÃÂak's rebellion led by Milivoje PopoviÃÂ-ÃÂak that broke out on 11 January 1825. Lapovac participated in the suppression of ÃÂak's rebellion; when ÃÂak on 17 January gathered knezes and serfs from Lapovo, Adà ¾ibegovac, Rakinac and Velika Plana, Lapovac informed Miloà ¡ that ÃÂak had threatened to burn down the villages and kill their knezes and serfs if they didn't join him. Miloà ¡ asked Lapovac to have the villages stand down, as a 5,000-man army mustered in Kragujevac, and he wanted reports on all events. On 21 January Miloà ¡ ordered Lapovac to launch an offensive against the rebels, with villages who had not joined ÃÂak, and were to be joined by Miloà ¡'s army mustered from Gruà ¾a, Jagodina, Rudnik, Poà ¾ega and Uà ¾ice nahijas. The force mustered by Toma VuÃÂiàPerià ¡iàattacked ÃÂak's rebel army at dawn on 22 January, without waiting for Miloà ¡. Lapovac and Kara-Biber arrived at Svilajnac with their force and reported to Milosav ZdravkoviàResavac, the knez of ÃÂuprija nahija, that ÃÂak's rebels were defeated.
On 31 May 1825, Miloà ¡ promoted Ranko MajstoroviÃÂ, the knez of Smederevo nahija, to a seat in the National Court, and in his place appointed two knezes, Lapovac and Stojan ÃÂirkoviÃÂ, to govern the kneà ¾ina of Jasenica and Morava, respectively. As one of two knezes of the Smederevo nahija, Lapovac directly reported to Miloà ¡ on all important matters, regularly informing him on banditry, tax collection, ferries on the Great Morava, etc. He was a defender of the poor, and repeatedly asked Miloà ¡ to exempt taxes on these. Serbian philologist Vuk Karadà ¾iÃÂ, a contemporary, had a negative opinion about the ability of Lapovac and some other knezes active in the principality; he wrote a letter to Prince Miloà ¡ on 24 April 1832 regarding Lapovac specifically. Lapovac talked negatively about the literate.
In 1837, Milosav Lapovac was one of the first to receive a state pension, amounting to an annual 1,890 thalers. After his retirement he moved to RaÃÂa where he died in 1844.