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- Caswell Co., NC Deed Book J, page 192. James Gillaspy of CC to Thomas Bennett of same, for 50 lbs, 78 A on the county line adj Atkinson.20 Nov 1795. Wit: Rotherick McDaniel, Travis Bennett, James Watson.( Source: Caswell County, North Carolina Deed Books 1777 - 1817,Abstracts by Katharine Kerr Kendall, 1989, Southern Historical Press, Inc.,page 165)
Caswell Co., NC Deed Book N, page 1. Power of attorney - Jesse Bennett of Jackson Co., GA, to John Bennett of Pittsylvania Co., VA to attend a division of land descended in right of wife Patsy by death of Samuel Paul of CC and to sell same. 13 Nov 1801. Wit: Thomas Barnett, Roderick McDaniel, Thomas Bennett, Dotson Bennett, Travis Bennett. (Source: Caswell County, North Carolina Deed Books 1777 - 1817,Abstracts by Katharine Kerr Kendall, 1989, Southern Historical Press, Inc., page 237)
Travis Bennett may be the son of Thomas Bennett.
Travis was surity for the marriage of Ralph Dodson and Elizabeth Bennett. 24 February 1798. Ralph Dodson and Elizabeth Bennett. Sur. Travis Bennett. Signs her own consent. Married by Rev. Lazarus Dodson. p. 25 'Marriage Bonds and Ministers Returns of Pittsylvania County, Va. 1767-1805 ', (Catherine Lindsay Knorr 1956), p. 26
Marriage Register 1767-1862
1827-May 21 Rowland Thornton to Sarah Bennett-Father Travis Bennett. Bondsman-Lews B. Bennett p. 89
DNA tests have shown that the descendants of Travis Bennett are a match with the descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter of Lancaster Co., Va. It is possible that Travis Bennett is the orphan, Travis Carter, mentioned in the records below. John Spencer, to whom Travis was bound out to, was a neighbor of John Bennett and Elizabeth Dodson.
December, 1791 (Order Book 7:73, Pittsylvania Co. VA) that says, "Ordered that the overseers of the poor do bind out Thomas Handy and Travis Carter, orphans of William Handy and Richard Carter according to law."
Deed Book 9. Page 226 Jan 2, 1792 betweenMatthew TannerandWm White,Overseers of the Poor of Pittsylvania Co toJohn Spencerof Pittsylvania Co.The Pittsylvania Co Court, last Dec, ordered that the overseers should bind outTravis Carter,orphan ofRichard Carter,decd. The overseers aforesaid, in obedience to that order, have bound out Travis Carter as an apprentice to said Spencer until Oct 20, 1794.Carter will be taught the trade of bricklayer.Signed: John Spencer, Matthew Tanner, Wm White.Wit:Robert Walters.Recorded Jun 18, 1792
- Children of Travis Bennett & Jane Going/Gowen
The 1820 census shows that Travis and Jane had 7 children, 4 boys and 3 girls. At this point, only six have been identified. They are:
1. Sarah Bennett
2. Lewis B. Bennett
3. Hazel Bennett
4. Martha Bennett
5. Thomas T. Bennett
6. Benjamin Jackson Bennett
There is direct evidence for the first three. In her marriage bond, Sarah Bennett is named as the daughter of Travis & Jenny Bennett. Her brother, Lewis was bondsman. Lewis and Hazel Bennett are both named in the will of their grandmother, Sitha Logan, mother of Jane Bennett. All three of these children move to Butts County, Georgia in the late 1830s. Although enumerated in the 1820 census, there is no direct evidence of the names of the other children. However, the circumstantial evidence is compelling. All three, Martha, Thomas, and Benjamin also show up in Butts County, Georgia in the late 1830s. Martha Bennett, age 40, is listed in the household of Rowland & Sarah Thornton, her sister and brother-in-law in the 1850 census of Butts County.
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