William Bennett^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1772 - 1838  (66 years)

• Name	William Bennett  [2, 3, 5]
  Birth	1772	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1820	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [9]
  Residence	1830	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [10]
  Event-Misc	8 Aug 1837	Bergers Store, Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [11]
  	Murdered Joel Hubbard Echols
  Legal	4 Jan 1838	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [7, 12]
  	Found guilty of murdering Joel H Echols.
  Death	19 Jan 1838	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [13, 14]
  	Hung for Murder of Joel Hubbard Echols. Convicted and hung for the murder of Joel Hubbard Echols, who died on 11 Aug 1837. https://jemgen.com/getperson.php?personID=I17125&tree=A001
  Person ID	I16657	Master
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	James Bennett,   b. 25 Jun 1745, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 21 May 1826, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Letitia Kerr,   b. 1750, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 25 Aug 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1770	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F4311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1772 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1820 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1830 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Event-Misc - Murdered Joel Hubbard Echols - 8 Aug 1837 - Bergers Store, Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Legal - 4 Jan 1838 - Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Death - 19 Jan 1838 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Murder of Joel Echols Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. August 24, 1837. p. 3, c. 2 https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024719/1837-08-24/ed-1/?sp=3&st=image&r=-0.068,0.027,0.689,0.387,0

  
  

  Documents

  William Bennett Guilty Weekly Raleigh Register Raleigh, North Carolina Mon, Nov 27, 1837 Page 3

  
  

• Notes

  Winston Dalton, the brother of Asenath Dalton, kept a journal in which he recorded various events. His journal contains the following entry: "William Bennett, son of James, hung for stabbing Joel Achols [sic] on 9 Aug. 1837, hung 19 Jan. 1838."

  
  

• Sources

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[S1686] State of Virginia, A Guide to the Executive Papers of Governor David Campbell, 1837-1840 A Collection in the Library of Virginia Accession Number 43151, (Library of Virginia), 4 Jan 1838, Conviction for murder of Joel H Echols. [S1687] Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Reports of cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia Volume 29, 8 Feb 2012, Reports of cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia Volume 29. The accused was indicted at the last term of the Superiour Court for the county of Pittsylvania, for the murder of Joel H. Echols. He was found guilty by the jury, and subsequently moved the Court to set aside the verdict and to grant him a new trial. The Court refused the new trial. [S1161] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) (Reliability: 3). Name William John Bennett Gender M (Male) Birth Date 1772 Birth Place Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Death Date 19 janv. 1838 (19 Jan 1838) Death Place Staunton, Virginia Father James William Bennett Mother Letitia Kerr [S1233] Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Pittsylvania, Virginia; Page: 59; NARA Roll: M33_140; Image: 110 (Reliability: 3). Name Wm Bennets Enumeration Date 7 Aug 1820 Home in 1820 (City, County, State) Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 2 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 1 Free White Persons - Under 16 2 Free White Persons - Over 25 2 Total Free White Persons 4 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 4 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/records/1121186?tid=199644249&pid=332611928861&ssrc=pt [S252] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1830; Census Place: Pittsylvania, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 201; Page: 342; Family History Library Film: 0029680 (Reliability: 3). Name William Bennett Home in 1830 (City, County, State) Pittsylvania, Virginia Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 1 Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 5 1 Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1 Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 1 Free White Persons - Under 20 3 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 2 Total Free White Persons 5 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) 5 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8058/records/955461?tid=199644249&pid=332611928861&ssrc=pt [S1187] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Extracted Vital Records, 1660-1923, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) (Reliability: 3). Achols, Dr Joel, Stabbed by William Bennett, 9 Aug 1837 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/11737:61462?ssrc=pt&tid=199378844&pid=322598936213 [S1686] State of Virginia, A Guide to the Executive Papers of Governor David Campbell, 1837-1840 A Collection in the Library of Virginia Accession Number 43151, (Library of Virginia) (Reliability: 3). 4 Jan 1838 - Conviction for murder of Joel H Echols https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01957.xml [S1687] Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Reports of cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia Volume 29, 8 Feb 2012, Reports of cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia Volume 29 (Reliability: 3). The accused was indicted at the last term of the Superiour Court for the county of Pittsylvania, for the murder of Joel H. Echols. He was found guilty by the jury, and subsequently moved the Court to set aside the verdict and to grant him a new trial. The Court refused the new trial. https://www.amazon.com.br/Reports-cases-Supreme-Appeals-Virginia/dp/0217982506 [S1187] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Extracted Vital Records, 1660-1923, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Virginia Vital Records; Indexed by: Judith McGhan (Reliability: 3). Name William Bennett Gender Male Death Date 19 Jan 1838 Father James Bennett Mother Bennett https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/11774:61462?ssrc=pt&tid=199644249&pid=332611928861