Benjamin Bennett
Abt 1755 - Yes, date unknown-
Name Benjamin Bennett Born Abt 1755 Pittslyvania County, Virginia 
- Benjamin and James Bennett first appear in the Pittsylvania County tax list in 1773 with their tithes charged to Wililam Bennett. This indicates that James and Benjamin were still minors at this time. James and Benjamin are first listed on their own in 1776. If this indicates that they had reached the age of majority, then we can estimate their birth year as 1755.
Gender Male Baptism 4 May 1783 Surry County, North Carolina [1] Land Entry 15 Dec 1784 Surry County, North Carolina [2] 100 acres on Briery Branch Census 1786 Surry County, North Carolina [3, 4] - Benjamin Bennett is listed in the 1787-87 North Carolina census in the district of Absalom Bostick. His household includes:
1 male 21-60 (Benjamin)
4 males < 21 or >60
3 females
Meredith Smith is listed three lines ahead of Benjamin Bennett and Elias Smith is listed on the next line.
Land Grant 18 May 1789 Surry County, North Carolina [2, 5] 100 acres on Briery Branch - Benjmain Bennett sold this land on 3 Oct 1817 to Joseph Miller. Stokes County Deed Book 6, p. 146.
Census 1790 Stokes County, North Carolina [6] Misc 10 Mar 1791 Stokes County, North Carolina was appointed to jury to view and lay off road from public buildings to Salem - Court of Quarter Sessions and Pleas, 1790-1793, film No. 8195646, image 57 of 816.
Birth 1800 Stokes County, North Carolina [7] Census 1810 Stokes County, North Carolina [8] Address:
Shores ReedLand Sale 13 May 1815 Stokes County, North Carolina [9] 50 acres on TownFork near Quaker Gap - The land was part of a 100 acre tract granted by the State to John Sizemore on 30 Nov. 1801. Grant No. 661, Book 114, p. 258. John Sizemore entered the land on 2 Jul 1799. There is no deed conveying the land to Benjamin Bennett.
Land Sale 3 Oct 1817 Stokes County, North Carolina [10] 100 acres on waters of Briery Branch _UID 6BB71794F1DE461585122CF8AACDC82A1BCD Died Yes, date unknown Person ID I8910 Bennett, Harrison, and Herron Families Last Modified 5 Mar 2020
Father William Bennett, b. Bef 2 Jun 1703, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia , d. Abt 1783, Montgomery County, Virginia (Age > 79 years) Mother Hannah Goad, b. 7 Apr 1732, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia , d. Aft 14 Feb 1777, Pittslyvania County, Virginia (Age > 45 years) Married Bef 1755 Pittslyvania County, Virginia - The two known children of William Bennett and Hannah Goad are Benjamin Bennett and James Bennett. James Bennett, who remained in Pittsylvania Co., is identified in Winston Dalton's journal as the son of William and Hannah. Benjamin and James Bennett first appear in the Pittsylvania County tax list in 1773 with their tithes charged to William Bennett. Benjamin and James are first listed on their own in 1776. Assuming that they had reached the age of majority in 1776, then we can estimate their birth year as 1755. Hannah probably married William Bennett before 1755.
Children2 children Family ID F238 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Children 1. William Bennett, b. Abt 1775–1780, Pittsylvania County, Virginia , d. Yes, date unknown2. Thomas Bennett, b. Abt 1776–1780, Stokes County, North Carolina , d. Bef 1850, Stokes County, North Carolina (Age ~ 69 years)Married: Jenny Vest (1803)3. Benjamin Bennett, b. Abt 1785–1794, Stokes County, North Carolina , d. Yes, date unknownMarried: Elizabeth Biggs (1810)4. Meredith Bennett, b. Abt 1790, Stokes County, North Carolina , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 14 Oct 2020 Family ID F2812 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Benjamin and James Bennett first appear in the Pittsylvania County tax list in 1773 with their tithes charged to William Bennett. This indicates that James and Benjamin were still minors at this time. James and Benjamin are first listed on their own in 1776. If this indicates that they had reached the age of majority, then we can estimate their birth year as 1755. Since James & Benjamin first appear as minors the same year, and both are first listed individually on the same year, it is possible that James and Benjamin were twins.
In the late 1770s and early 1780s, there was a large migration of families from Pittsylvania County to Montgomery County, Virginia. Among those moving were William Bennett, his sons Thomas, James and Benjamin, and Elijah Bennett, son of Thomas. William Bennett, Thomas Bennett, James Bennett, and Benjamin Bennett all appear on the 1782 personal property tax list of Montgomery County. Each one of these men is absent from the 1782 tax list of Pittsylvania County. Benjamin Bennett is listed adjacent to Meredith Smith on this tax list. In a 1780 Pittsylvania County deed, Thomas Bennett of Montgomery County, Virginia sold his interest in 100 acres of land to William Mitchell. (DB 6:70-71) This deed links the Montgomery County Bennetts to Pittsylvania County. Pittsylvania County researchers will recognize many other names on the Montgomery County tax list.
Thomas Bennett, James Bennett, and Elijah Bennett were in the Montgomery County Militia from 1782-1784 in the company of Captain William Bobbett. The majority of persons in this company were from Pittsylvania County. Benjamin Bennett also appears in the militia list in the company of Captain Samders between 1782 & 1784.
Thomas, Elijah, and James Bennett all return to Pittsylvania County by 1785. William and Benjamin did not. It is likely that William died in Montgomery County. A person by the name of Benjamin Bennett appears around this time in the records of Surry County, North Carolina. Stokes County was formed from Surry County in 1789.
In 1784, Benjamin Bennett recorded a land entry for 100 acres of land in Surry County. Entry No. 2132. A survey was performed in 1787 and a land grant issued on 18 May 1789.
Benjamin Bennett appears in the 1786 tax list of Surry County, NC in the same district as Meredith Smith and Elias Smith. The oral tradition of the descendants of Benjamin Bennett is that Benjamin was married to a sister of Meredith Smith and that they came to Stokes County from the Clinch Valley area of Virginia. An entry in a Moravian diary on 4 May 1783 records that Richard Bennett, son of Benjamin Bennett, was baptised and that the family had recently come from Virginia. (Adelaide L. Fries., M. A. , Editor, Bethania Diary, 1783, Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, Volume IV, 1780-1783, p. 1867 )
The 1775 tithe list of Pittsylvania County, Virginia shows Elias Smith with sons Meredith and John living in the same area as the Bennetts. Elias Smith is on the 1784 tax list of Stokes County, North Carolina. Elias, Meredith and John are all on the 1785 tax list along with Benjamin Bennett. The 1786 census of North Carolina shows Elias, Meredith, and John Smith and Benjamin Bennett. Elias Smith, Meredith Smith, John Smith and Benjamin Bennett all appear in the 1790 census of Stokes County, North Carolina. These records show that Benjamin Bennett of Stokes County, North Carolina migrated from Pittsylvania County, Virginia to Montgomery County, Virginia, and then to Stokes County, North Carolina with the family of Meredith Smith.
Benjamin Bennett is named as an adjoining landowner in the land grant to William Sizemore dated 4 Oct 1808 for 50 acres on waters of Town Fork.. Land Grant No. 891.
Benjamin Bennett is named as an adjoining landowner in the land grant to William Sizemore dated 4 Oct 1808 for 100 acres on Briery Fork of Town Fork.. Land Grant No. 892.
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1787/16/ Feb. Asher- Surry Co., NC Court Min. 1768-1789 Vol. I & II p.109: Ordered Isham EAST, WILLIAM SIZEMORE, Arthur TATE, Peter MYARS, Benjamin BENNETT, William BOYLES, Matthew CHILDRESS, Samuel FOX, John FITZPATRICK, Adam FULK, Adam FISKET, Jacob SPOONHOUR, Henry SPOONHOUR, Thomas EVANS, and Peter MOSSER view road from Quaker road where Adam FULKS path comes into it, the nearest way to Richmond.
- Benjamin and James Bennett first appear in the Pittsylvania County tax list in 1773 with their tithes charged to William Bennett. This indicates that James and Benjamin were still minors at this time. James and Benjamin are first listed on their own in 1776. If this indicates that they had reached the age of majority, then we can estimate their birth year as 1755. Since James & Benjamin first appear as minors the same year, and both are first listed individually on the same year, it is possible that James and Benjamin were twins.
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Sources - [S416] Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, Vol. IV, 1780-1783, 19 December 2019; 1867.
- [S415] North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960, Benjamin Bennett; Land Grant ; 1197; 1179; 18 May 1789; 19 December 2019 (Reliability: 3).
One hundred acres of land surveyed for Benjmain Bennet in said County of Surry N. Carolina ye 25 April 1787.
Beginning at a Black oak on the South Side of Briery Branch running North twnety five Chain to a Black oak, West twenty four Chain to a Spanish Oak, North ten Chain to a pine, West Eleven Ch: and a half to a Chestnu, South thirty five Chain to a post & thence thirty five Chain & a half to the beginning.
Jno Forguson Certified
Wm Sizemore Chas McAnally
Ch. Caryers
Recorded Book 70, p 119 - [S413] North Carolina, State Census, 1784-1787, Benjamin Bennitt; 1784-1787; Surry County, North Carolina; 19 December 2019 (Reliability: 2).
- [S414] North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, 1786; Surry County, North Carolina; 19 December 2019 (Reliability: 2).
- [S290] Stokes County, North Carolina, Deeds, Benjamin Bennett; Land Grant; 18 May 1789; 2; 351; 20 December 2019; 7560571 ; Deeds, v. 1-2 1788-1797 (Reliability: 3).
- [S289] Stokes County, North Carolina 1790 U.S. Census, 547; Benjamin Bennett; 19 December 2019 (Reliability: 3).
Name: Benjamin Bennett
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Stokes, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 10 - [S411] Stokes County, North Carolina, 1800 U.S. Census, 546; Benjamin Bennett; 19 December 2019 (Reliability: 3).
1 male 10-15
2 males 16-25
1 male 26-44
1 male 45+
1 female 10-15
1 female 16-25
1 female 45+
2 person <16
3 persons > 25
8 persons - [S412] Stokes County, North Carolina, 1810 U.S. Census, 624; Benjamin Bennett; 19 December 2019 (Reliability: 3).
- [S290] Stokes County, North Carolina, Deeds, Benjamin Bennett to Jonathan S. Hunt; 13 May 1815; 5; 692; 20 December 2019; 7560573; Deeds, v. 5 1805-1817.
Tract of land containing 50 acres on waters of TownFork near Quaker Gap;
Beginning at a white oak in the head of a branch in Shober's line;
West on Shober's line to a corner Spanish oak;
South 30 chains to a black oak;
East by Shober's and William Bennett's lines of marked trees to a corner poplar on a branch;
Up meanders of branch to the beginning
Part of a tract of land granted by the State to John Sizemore on 30 November 1801.
Includes part of Smith's old improvements - [S290] Stokes County, North Carolina, Deeds, Benjamin Bennett to Joseph Miller; deed; 3 October 1817; 6; 142; 20 December 2019; 007560574 ; Deeds, v. 6-7 1816-1822 (Reliability: 3).
100 acres on waters of Briery Branch;
Beginning at a black oak on south side of Breiry Branch;
North 25 chains to a black oak;
West 24 chains to a Spanish oak;
North 10 chains to a pine;
West 11 1/2 chains to a chestnut;
South 35 chains to a post;
[East] 35 1/2 chains to the beginning
Adjoining William Sizemore's and William Bennett's line;
Land granted to Benjamin Bennett by State on 18 May 1789.
- [S416] Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, Vol. IV, 1780-1783, 19 December 2019; 1867.