Benjamin Echols^[1]

1734 - 1828  (94 years)

• Name	Benjamin Echols
  Birth	1734	, King and Queen, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1790	, Franklin, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Residence	1801	, Franklin, Georgia, USA   [3]
  Residence	1807	, Franklin, Georgia, USA   [3]
  Residence	1819	, Franklin, Georgia, USA   [3]
  Death	Jan 1828	, Monroe, Mississippi, USA
  Person ID	I524	Master
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Richard Echols,   b. 1706, Old Point Comfort, Hampton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA d. 15 Jan 1778, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Catherine Caty Evans,   b. 1709, , Caroline, Virginia, USA d. 7 Sep 1766, , Halifax, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1728	, , Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sabra Hendrick,   b. 1735, , King and Queen, Virginia, USA d. 1818, , Franklin, Georgia, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1755	, King and Queen, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Richard Echols,   b. 1756, , , Virginia, USA d. 1856 (Age 100 years)  [Father: Natural]   2. John Echols,   b. 1758, , , Georgia, USA d. Dec 1829, Union, Union, Illinois, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: Natural]   3. Benjamin II Echols,   b. 1760, , , Georgia, USA d. 1856, , Union, Illinois, USA (Age 96 years)  [Father: Natural] + 4. Lucy Echols,   b. 1762, , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. May 1847, Rome, Floyd, Georgia, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: Natural]   5. Betsy Elizabeth Echols,   b. 1764, , , Georgia, USA  [Father: Natural]   6. Sally Echols,   b. 1766, , , Georgia, USA d. 1866 (Age 100 years)  [Father: Natural]   7. Kitty Echols,   b. 1768, , , Georgia, USA d. 1868 (Age 100 years)  [Father: Natural]   8. John Echols,   b. Abt 1781, , , Georgia, USA d. 1881 (Age 100 years)  [Father: Natural] + 9. Benjamin Echols,   b. 1 Mar 1785, , , Virginia, USA d. 24 Mar 1870 (Age 85 years)  [Father: Natural]
  Family ID	F6463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1734 - , King and Queen, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1755 - , King and Queen, Virginia, USA Residence - 1790 - , Franklin, Georgia, USA Residence - 1801 - , Franklin, Georgia, USA Residence - 1807 - , Franklin, Georgia, USA Residence - 1819 - , Franklin, Georgia, USA Death - Jan 1828 - , Monroe, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Echols, Early Settler In 1784 Franklin County's northern border divided the Cherokee Indian Land from the newly formed county. This county was still a wilderness when the first settlers arrived and they had hard work clearing and building their log homes. The Superior Court for the new land chose the home of Warren Philpot to be the site for the first courts, but in February 1787, the site was changed to the home of Benjamin Acles ( Echols) and this became the location for the first courts. The courthouse was built in 1793. Benjamin married his cousin Sabra Hendrick around 1755 and they had eight children. Benjamin and his family lived on Estanolle Creek in Franklin County, Georgia which was an area with rich farm land. In 1788 he became the Justice of Peace and held this position for several years. Many land deeds can be found where he buys and sells land and in 1806 he is living adj. his daughter Sabra and her husband Ambrose Downs on Estanolle Creek. His wife, Sabra died in 1818 and the next year he left Georgia to live with his son, John who lived in Monroe County, Mississippi. John became the administrator of his father's will in 1828. The papers mention that he paid Isaac Dyche for moving him and a family of slaves from Jackson County, Ga. ( Jackson County was taken from Franklin County). He was buried in Mississippi.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=84360378&pid=70 [S748] Ancestry.com, U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Document: Telamon Cuyler Collection, Manuscript #1170 [Hargrett Library, University of Georgia]; Call Number: Box 42, Folder 2; Page Number: 2; Family Number: 8. [S146] Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp., Georgia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.Orig).