Dotson BENNETT

1778 - 1844  (66 years)

• Name	Dotson BENNETT  [1, 2]
  Born	10 Jan 1778	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	455
  Died	01 Aug 1844	Walton County, Georgia   [3]
  Buried	Bennett Family Cemetery, Walton County, Georgia
  Person ID	I455	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	Thomas BENNETT,   b. Abt 1751,   d. Aft 22 Jan 1831, Caswell County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Unknown
  Children	8 children
  1. Nancy BENNETT,   b. Between 1770 and 1780, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  2. Dotson BENNETT,   b. 10 Jan 1778, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 01 Aug 1844, Walton County, Georgia
  3. John BENNETT,   b. Abt 1783
  4. Mary BENNETT,   b. 10 Jun 1786,   d. 18 Feb 1847, Davie County, North Carolina
  5. Tapley BENNETT,   b. Abt 1789
  6. Mumford BENNETT,   b. Between 1790 and 1794
  7. Thomas BENNETT,   b. Abt 1794,   d. Abt 1831, Campbell County, Georgia
  8. William Moore BENNETT,   b. 28 Feb 1800, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 10 Jul 1885, Rockingham County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Polly WRIGHT,   b. Jul 1793,   d. 01 Sep 1880, Walton County, Georgia  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Marr Bond	18 Jan 1811	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Rachel BENNETT,   b. 1812   2. Martha BENNETT,   b. 1813   3. Sarah BENNETT,   b. 1815   4. James Abbott BENNETT,   b. 23 Apr 1817   5. Thomas BENNETT,   b. 01 Mar 1819,   d. 31 May 1894, Walton County, Georgia  (Age 75 years)   6. William B. BENNETT,   b. 1821   7. Elizabeth BENNETT,   b. 11 Jan 1824,   d. 23 May 1901, Walton County, Georgia  (Age 77 years)   8. Mary Ann BENNETT,   b. 27 Dec 1825,   d. 14 Nov 1912, Walton County, Georgia  (Age 86 years)   9. Dotson BENNETT,   b. 04 Jul 1827,   d. 02 Apr 1892, Walton County, Georgia  (Age 64 years)   10. Jackson BENNETT,   b. 1828   11. Asa BENNETT,   b. Abt 1831,   d. 30 Aug 1862, Manassas, Virginia  (Age ~ 31 years)   12. Caroline BENNETT,   b. 1832   13. Nathan BENNETT,   b. 1835   14. George Washington BENNETT,   b. Abt 1837,   d. 30 Aug 1862, Manassas, Virginia  (Age ~ 25 years)
  Family ID	F156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  15 Nov 1811 - purchased 75 acres of land in Jackson Co., GA (Deed Book E, page 621) 2 Oct 1815 - purchased 40 acres of land in Jackson Co., GA (Deed BookG, page 316) 1821 - Third (1820) Land Lottery, Drew Lot 29, Section 4 in Walton Co., GA 1830 Census, Walton Co., GA, page 149 2 males <5, 1 male 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 60-70 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 30-40 1840 Census, Walton Co., GA, page 100, Lindley's District 1 male <5, 1 male 5-10, 3 males 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30,1 male 60-70 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 40-50

  
  

• Sources

  [S37] Caswell County, NC Will Book M, Pg. 23. [S38] Bennett Family Cemetery Inscriptions, Walton Count, Betty and Charles McGaughey, (Name: US Genweb Archives;). [S289] Find A Grave, findagrave.com, 14 Feb 2009. [S291] Marriages of Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1767-1850, Campbell, Jeffrey A., (2003), p. 9. [S3] Pittsylvania Co., VA Marriage bonds book 1767-1861, (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah), p. 49.