Thomas Bennett

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• Name	Thomas Bennett
  Gender	Male
  Share	22 Jan 1831	Caswell County, North Carolina   [1]
  	child in the will of Thomas Bennett-645
  _UID	CA821E4DCE5549A2AE900B18E074028E0A2E
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I694	Bennett, Harrison, and Herron Families
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Bennett,   b. Abt 1751, Prince William County, Virginia ,   d. Bef Oct 1831, Caswell County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Unknown,   d. Between 1800 and 1810, Caswell County, North Carolina
  Children	8 children
  1. Dodson Bennett,   b. 10 Jan 1778,   d. 1 Aug 1844, Walton County, Georgia
  2. Nancy Bennett,   b. Abt 1781, Pittslyvania County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  3. Tapley Bennett,   d. Bef 9 Jan 1843, Jackson County, Georgia
  4. Polly Bennett,   d. Yes, date unknown
  5. John Bennett,   d. Yes, date unknown
  6. Mumford Bennett,   b. Between 1781 and 1790, Pittslyvania County, Virginia ,   d. Bef 28 Jul 1836, Jackson County, Georgia
  7. Thomas Bennett,   d. Yes, date unknown
  8. William Moore Bennett,   b. 28 Feb 1800, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 10 Jul 1885, Rockingham County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Shackleford,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	6 Feb 1813	Caswell County, North Carolina
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S73] Caswell County, North Carolina, Wills (archives), Thomas Bennett (Reliability: 3). Will of Thomas Bennett Caswell Co., North Carolina Will Book M, p. 23 Dated: January 22, 1831 Proved: Oct. 1831 I Thomas Bennett of the County of Caswell and the State of North Carolina do hereby make this my last will and testament in manner and formfollowing, that is to say: 1st I desire that all my Just debts shall be paid out of the furnishable part of my estate. 2nd I give and bequeathed onto my beloved son, Dodson Bennett the Just & full sum of one dollar. 3rd I give and bequeathed onto my beloved daughter Nancy Worsham formerly Nancy Bennett the Just and full sum of one dollar. 4th I give and bequeathed onto my beloved son Tapley Bennett the Just and full sum of one dollar. 5th I give and bequeathed onto my beloved daughter Polly Goin formerly Polly Bennett the Just and full sum of one dollar. 6th I give and bequeathed onto my beloved son John Bennett the Just and full sum of one dollar. 7th I give and bequeathed onto my beloved son Mumford Bennett the Just and full sum of one dollar. 8th I giveand bequeathed onto my beloved son Thomas Bennett the Just and full sum of one dollar. 9th I give and bequeathed onto my beloved son William Moore Bennett the Just and full sum of one dollar. !0th My wish anddesire is that my wife Milly Bennett shall have the remainder of my estate both real and personal during her natural life, and after her decease I wish said estate (with the exception of my negro boy Cager) tobe equally divided between my three youngest children, namely, ElectaElizabeth Bennett, Louisiana Jackson Bennett, and Edward Warren Bennett, and said boy Cager, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Electa Elizabeth Bennett extra with an equal part of my estate with the above named Louisiana Jackson Bennett and Edward Warren Bennett. And Lastly,I do hereby constitute and appoint my friends Doctor __ Williams Esq.and William Lyon Executors of this my will and testament, hereby revoking all other or former wills and testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this 22nd day of January in the year of our Lord 1831. Signed: ThomasBennett Wits: Edward Rudder, Alexander Gillispy, Labon M. Gillispie, Jurat, James S. McNeely?