Reuben Bennett

1757 - 1808  (51 years)

• Name	Reuben Bennett  [1, 2]
  Birth	1757	, Bedford, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Deed-Purchase	01 Feb 1776	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	Pittsylvania County Deed Book 4 , Page 109 Bennet from Bennet 1 Feb 1776 This indenture made this first day of February one thousand seven hundred and seventy six. Between William Bennet Senr of the County of Pittsylvania of the one part and Reubin Bennett a grandson of the said William Bennet and a son of Peter Bennett of the other part. Witnesseth that the said William Bennett for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he hath for the said Reubin Bennett hath given and granted and by these presents doth give grand and confirm unto hihim the said Reubin Bennett his heirs and assigns forever one certain tract or parcel of land containing one hundred and ninety four acres (be the same more or less) being the lower part of a parcel of two hundred and sixty four acres conveyed to the said William Bennett senr by the Executors of Richard Randolph Gents of Henrico deceased situate in Pittsylvania County on the south side of Staunton River and bounded as followeth Viz. Beginning at Black walnut on the said River thence along the old patent lines S 20 D E 72 poles to a corner hickory in the head of a valley thence S 37 D E 204 poles to William Bennett
  Deed-Purchase	23 Apr 1778	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	85 acres on the South side of Stanton River|| The price was 25 pounds 10 shillings.||The deed was acknowledged by Benjamin Tarrant in open court on 23 Apr 1778.
  POA	20 Apr 1789	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	The purpose of the instrument was so that [R:atty] could collect all debts due him and to sell all of his lands and claims for lands. The power of attorney identifies [PF] as being of Wilkes County, Georgia.
  Death	21 Mar 1808	, Morgan, Georgia, USA
  Person ID	I12539	Master
  Last Modified	11 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Peter Bennett,   b. 21 Jun 1724, Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 26 May 1778, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Frances Vardeman,   b. 1730, , , Virginia, USA d. 1787, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1752	, Bedford, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F3579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth
  Family ID	F5437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1757 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA Deed-Purchase - 01 Feb 1776 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Deed-Purchase - 23 Apr 1778 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA POA - 20 Apr 1789 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Death - 21 Mar 1808 - , Morgan, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Bennett, ReubenWilkes County, GA Know all men by these presents that I, Reuben Bennett of Wilkes County, State of Georgia, do appoint William Bennett of the County of Pittsylvania, State of Virginia, my lawful attorney to receive from all persons whatever sums of money due me, and especially to survey patents and claims for land in Bedford and Pittsylvania Counties, and to sell all land I haven't already sold. Dated 13 Apr 1789, Recorded 20 Apr 1789 Ref: Pittsylvania County Deeds 1786-1792 (Source: Emigration to Other States From Southside Virginia, Volume 1by Katherine B. Elliott, Southern Historical Press, 1966, Reprinted 1990, page 71) Bennett, Reuben, dec'd. LWT dtd 1/1807 names wife, Elizabeth, ch: Winston, Elizabeth Evans, Ann Strozier, Jinney, William, Hannah, Richard, Asenah, Reuben, Polly: grch: Salley Powers, Bennett Powers: son-in-law William Powers, Morgan, SCS (Source: Georgia Intestate Records, Jeanette Holland Austin pg. 31)

  
  

• Sources

  [S518] Joida Whitten, Abstracts of Bedford County Virginia Wills, 1754-1787, (Joida Whitten, 1968), pg. 79. [S524] Pittsylvania County Deed Book 4 (1774 - 1778), (Name: Copyright 1991 by T.L.C. Genealogy, P.O. Box 403369, Miami Beach, FL 33140-1369;), 109. [S481] Pittsylvania County Virginia Deed books, 1767-1934, (Virginia. County Court, Pittsylvania County), Deed Book 4, Page 109, Bennett from Bennett, 1776. [S537] Bennetts from Tarrant, (County Court, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 23 Apr 1778). [S539] Compiler: Austin, Gayle, Pittsylvania County Virginia Deeds 1783-1790, (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina, 2007), p. 242 (Abstract from Deed Book 8, page 394).