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Reuben Bennett

Male 1797 - 1855  (57 years)


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  • Name Reuben Bennett  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 3 Dec 1797  , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1830  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1840  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Deed-Purchase 08 Jan 1841  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • 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 Pittsylvlvania 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 bby 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 onone 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
    Residence 1850  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 30 May 1855  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 8, 10
    Burial Siloam Methodist Church, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I12497  Master
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2013 

    Father Richard Bennett,   b. 24 Apr 1769, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Asenath Nancy Dalton,   b. 1779, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1821, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marr Bond 21 Nov 1795  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13
    Marriage 23 Nov 1795  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15
    Family ID F3577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Polly Tosh,   b. 14 Mar 1799, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1875, Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 23 Feb 1822  Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 16
    Children 
     1. Booker C Bennett,   b. 23 Nov 1822, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1875, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    +2. Jonathan Bennett,   b. 23 Apr 1825, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1911, Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     3. George Richard Bennett,   b. 13 Mar 1826, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1918, Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    +4. Elizabeth Ann Bennett,   b. 28 Jan 1828, Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1912, Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     5. John Kelly Bennett,   b. 18 Feb 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1871, Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     6. William Anderson Bennett,   b. 14 May 1832, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1911, , Madison, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     7. Sarah Catherine Bennett,   b. 23 Dec 1834, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1918, Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     8. Reuben Alfred Bennett,   b. 28 May 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1915, Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F3575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2024 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Dec 1797 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Feb 1822 - Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1840 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeed-Purchase - 08 Jan 1841 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 May 1855 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Siloam Methodist Church, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S227] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.), Year: 1850; Census Place: Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: M432_968; Page: 206A; Image: .
      Birth date: abt 1798Birth place: VirginiaResidence date: 1850Residence place: Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia

    2. [S243] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.), Birth year: 1797; Birth city: Bedford County; Birth state: VA.
      Birth date: 3 December 1797Birth place: Bedford County, VADeath date: 30 May 1855Death place: Pittsylvania Cou, VA

    3. [S245] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1840; Census Place: Regiment 107, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: ; Page: .
      Residence date: 1840Residence place: Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

    4. [S252] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1830; Census Place: , Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: ; Page: .
      Residence date: 1830Residence place: Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

    5. [S51] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.).
      Marriage date: 23 February 1822Marriage place: Pittsylvania, Virginia

    6. [S486] Pittsylvania County Register of Deaths 1853-1896 (FHL), (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah), p. 21.

    7. [S340] Findagrave.com, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 16 July 2011.), Reuben Bennett.

    8. [S516] Rev. Harold B. Bennett, Siloam Methodist Church Cemetery, (1981), pg. 86.

    9. [S539] Compiler: Austin, Gayle, Pittsylvania County Virginia Deeds 1783-1790, (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina, 2007), Vol. 44, p. 315.

    10. [S486] Pittsylvania County Register of Deaths 1853-1896 (FHL), (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah), p. 21, entry for Reubin Bennett.

    11. [S546] Campbell, Jeffrey A., Marriages of Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1767-1850, (2003), p. 9.

    12. [S109] Catherine Lindsay Knorr, compiler, Marriage Bonds and Ministers Returns of Pittsylvania County, Va. 1767-1805, (Southern Historical Press, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1956), p. 20.

    13. [S513] Pittsylvania County Virginia Marriages 1767-1900, (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah), p. 20.

    14. [S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Source number: 31.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RBA.
      Birth date: 1769Birth place: VAMarriage date: 1791Marriage place: VA

    15. [S51] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.).
      Marriage date: 11 January 1825Marriage place: Campbell, Virginia

    16. [S517] Winston Dalton's Journal.