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Reuben BENNETT

Male 1797 - 1855  (57 years)


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  • Name Reuben BENNETT 
    Born 03 Dec 1797  Bedford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Deed-Purchase 08 Jan 1841  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Virginia, Pittsylvania County
      Abraham Rorer to Reuben Bennett, 8 Jan 1841
      Deed Book 44 , page 315

      This Indenture made and entered into this 8th day of January 18 hundred and forty one between Abraham Rorer of the County of Caldwell & State of Kentucky, attorney in fact for Sarah Rorer of the first and Reuben Bennett of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia of the second part. Witnesseth, That the said Abraham Rorer, attorney as aforsaid in consideration of the sum of six hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents Lawful money of this Commonwealth, to him in hand paid by the said Reuben Bennett at or before the unsealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath bargained & sold & by these presents doth bargain and sell unto the said Reuben Bennett his heirs &c forever one certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Pittsylvania State of Virginia on the waters of Pig river and adjoining the lands of the said Reuben Bennett, Willis Yeatts & others and being the same land drawn by Sarah Rorer in the division of the land whereof Richard Bennett died seized and known and designated as Lot No. 9 in the division of the same, and bounded as follows to Wit; Beginning at corner pointer in the back line N55E 188 poles, thence crossing a branch to corner pine N 67 W 152 poles thence to a corner Maple on the river side thence S 15 W 8 poles thence with the meander of said river S 58 W 44 poles S 15 W 52 poles S 42 W 22 poles thence with the meander of the said river to the beginning. Containing Eighty seven and a half acres be the same more or less. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land unto him the said Reuben Bennett his heirs & assigns forever and the said Abraham Rorer Attorney as aforesaid for himself & his heirs, the said piece or parcel of land with all and singular the premises and appurtenances unto the said Reuben Bennett his heirs & assigns, free from the claim of him the said Abraham Rorer, Attorney as aforesaid, and of all and every person or persons whatsoever, shall will & doth warrant and forever defend by these presents. In witness whereof, the said Abraham Rorer Attorney as aforesaid hath hereunto set his hand and affixes his seal the day and year first above written.

      Signed: Abraham Rorer, Attorney

      In the Clerks office of the County Court of Pittsylvania the 8th day of January 1841. This deed was acknowledged by Abraham Rorer to be his act and deed and admitted to record.
      Teste Wm H. Tunstall CC

      Transcribed by Don Bennett, 3 Sep 2005
    Reference Number 848 
    Died 30 May 1855  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5] 
    Buried Siloam Methodist Church, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I848  Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2013 

    Father Richard BENNETT,   b. 23 Apr 1769, Bedford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1840, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Asenath DALTON,   b. Abt 1757, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1821, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Marr Bond 21 Nov 1795  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Children 10 children 
    Family ID F124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Polly TOSH,   b. 14 Mar 1799,   d. 04 Oct 1875, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 28 Feb 1822  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9] 
    Census 27 Sep 1850  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
     1. Booker C. BENNETT,   b. Abt 1823, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Jonathan BENNETT,   b. 23 Apr 1825,   d. 21 Apr 1911  (Age 85 years)
     3. Richard BENNETT,   b. Abt 1826, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. George Richard BENNETT,   b. 13 Mar 1826, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1918, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     5. Elizabeth A. BENNETT,   b. Abt 1830, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. John Kelly BENNETT,   b. 18 Feb 1830, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Nov 1871, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     7. William Anderson BENNETT,   b. Abt 1832, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Sarah C. BENNETT,   b. Abt 1835, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Reuben Alfred BENNETT,   b. 28 May 1840, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Feb 1915, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F179  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Siloam Methodist Church Cemetery, Rev. Harold B. Bennett, (1981), pg. 86.

    2. [S412] Pittsylvania Co. Reg. of Deaths 1853-1896 (FHL), (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah), p. 21.

    3. [S435] Find A Grave (digital image), Reuben Bennett.

    4. [S482] Pittsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book, Vol. 44, p. 315.

    5. [S412] Pittsylvania Co. Reg. of Deaths 1853-1896 (FHL), (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah), p. 21, entry for Reubin Bennett.

    6. [S64] Marriage Bonds and Ministers Returns of Pittsylvania Co., Va., Catherine Lindsay Knorr, (Southern Historical Press, Greenville, South Carolina, 2002, Original Date, 1956), p. 20.

    7. [S291] Marriages of Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1767-1850, Campbell, Jeffrey A., (2003), p. 9.

    8. [S3] Pittsylvania Co., VA Marriage bonds book 1767-1861, (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah), p. 20.

    9. [S11] Winston Dalton's Journal.

    10. [S31] 1850 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA, (NARA), Reuben Bennett household.


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