Benjamin Jackson BENNETT

1817 - 1897  (80 years)

• Name	Benjamin Jackson BENNETT  [1, 2]
  Born	16 Jun 1817	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [1, 3]
  	In his pension application, Benjamin states that he was born 16 Jun 1817 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	8154
  Died	16 Oct 1897	Butts County, Georgia   [2]
  Buried	Old Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Butts County, Georgia   [2]
  Person ID	I8154	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Travis BENNETT,   b. Abt 1775
  Mother	Jane GOING
  Marr Bond	29 May 1798	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [4, 5]
  Children	6 children
  1. Sarah BENNETT,   b. Abt 1800, Virginia
  2. Lewis B. BENNETT,   b. Abt 1802, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  3. Hazel BENNETT,   b. Abt 1806, Caswell County, North Carolina
  4. Martha BENNETT,   b. Abt 1810, Virginia
  5. Thomas BENNETT,   b. 09 Oct 1811, Virginia ,   d. 30 Nov 1886, Henry County, Georgia
  6. Benjamin Jackson BENNETT,   b. 16 Jun 1817, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 16 Oct 1897, Butts County, Georgia
  Family ID	F386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret,   b. Abt 1816, South Carolina
  Married	29 Mar 1842	Butts County, Georgia   [1, 6]
  Census	13 Sep 1850	Butts County, Georgia   [1]
  Census	08 Jun 1860	Butts County, Georgia   [7]
  Children	1. Mary A. T. BENNETT,   b. Abt 1843, Butts County, Georgia   2. William F. BENNETT,   b. Abt 1843, Butts County, Georgia   3. Sarah J. BENNETT,   b. Abt 1846, Butts County, Georgia   4. John T. BENNETT,   b. Abt 1848, Butts County, Georgia   5. James M. BENNETT,   b. Abt 1849, Butts County, Georgia   6. Margaret BENNETT,   b. Abt 1853, Butts County, Georgia
  Family ID	F1591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Frances Jane EDWARDS,   b. 28 Jul 1838, Georgia ,   d. 26 Dec 1921, Butts County, Georgia  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Y  [8, 9]
  Census	15 Jun 1870	Butts County, Georgia   [8]
  Children	1. Robert L. BENNETT,   b. Abt 1869, Butts County, Georgia
  Family ID	F1592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Benjamin J Bennett Civil War Pension Application

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Harrison, age 59, is next door to Benjamin Bennett in the 1850 census. Mary may be the mother of Margaret, wife of Benjamin. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S697] 1850 Census Butts Co., Ga, (NARA), B. J. Bennett household. [S435] Find A Grave (digital image), Benjamin Jackson Bennett. [S706] Benjamin J. Bennett CW Pension, (Georgia Archives, Atlanta, Georgia). [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. 25. [S553] Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967, Benjamin J. Bennett & Margaret Harrison, 1842. [S703] 1860 Census Butts Co., Ga, (NARA), Benjamin J. Bennett household. [S699] 1870 Census Butts Co., Ga, (NARA), Benj. Benett household. [S704] Butts County, GA Marriage Records, Pierce, Brenda, Benjamin J. Bennett & Frances Jane Bennett.