John Bennett

1730 - 1786  (56 years)

• Name	John Bennett
  Birth	1730
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	4 Dec 1762	, Fauquier, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Census	1782	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	Alexander Lee, Thomas Bennett and John Bennett, Sr appear in order on the 1782 census list taken by John Dix in the District of Capt. John Wynn and Capt. John Walters. Alexander Lee is listed with 4 white persons in his household, Thomas Bennett with 4 white persons and John Bennett with 6 white persons. None of the three have any slaves listed.
  Will	11 Nov 1782	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	This will was proved on 18 July 1791. The record indicates it was further proved on 20 Feb 1797 and ordered to be recorded. This last date may not be accurate. The will was recorded in Deeds & Wills Book 9 covering the years 1791-1794. If it was recorded in 1797, as the document says, it would have been in Book 10 which covers the years 1794-1797. I believe it likely that the date the will was recorded was 1792. An examination of the wills recorded immediately before and after this one would reveal whether or not this suspicion is true. Furthermore, an inventory of the estate was submitted to the courts on 5 Mar 1792 further reinforcing the idea that the proving of the will was in February 1792. John Bennett, Last Will and Testament Pittsylvania Co., Va Deeds and Wills 9, Page 28 In the name of God Amen I John Bennett of the County of Pittsylvania and the State of Virginia planter being very sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God. Calling to mind the mortallity of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say
  Death	1786	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	In a 1794 deed from Robert Maddin to Samuel Walker, John Bennett, deceased, is identified as an adjoining property owner. (DB 8, p. 489) It is likely that John died in 1785 or 1786. John was present in the 1785 tax list of Pittsylvania County. He was absent from the 1786 land tax list and every year thereafter. In 1787 Elizabeth, John's wife, was listed as head of household on the tax list. Since only single women and widows were included on the list, it appears that John had died before 1787. His absence from the land tax list of 1786 suggests that he died sometime after the 1785 tax list was recorded. In a 1794 deed from Robert Maddin to Samuel Walker, John Bennett, deceased, is identified as an adjoining property owner. (DB 8, p. 489) It is likely that John died in 1785 or 1786. John was present in the 1785 tax list of Pittsylvania County. He was absent from the 1786 land tax list and every year thereafter. In 1787 Elizabeth, John's wife, was listed as head of household on the tax list. Since only single women and widows were included on the list, it appears that John had died before 1787. His absence from the land tax list of 1786 suggests that he died sometime after the 1785 tax list was recorded.
  Person ID	I21766	Master
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Dodson,   b. 27 May 1732, North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA
  Marriage	Abt 1749  [5]
  Children	+ 1. William Bennett,   b. Abt 1749 + 2. Thomas Bennett,   b. Abt 1751   d. Aft 22 Jan 1831, , Caswell, North Carolina, USA (Age > 80 years)   3. Winifred Bennett,   b. Between 1755 and 1774, , , Virginia, USA   4. Milly Bennett,   b. Abt 1758   5. Sarah Bennett,   b. Abt 1760 + 6. John Bennett,   b. Apr 1763, , Fauquier, Virginia, USA d. May 1845, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 82 years) + 7. Elizabeth Bennett,   b. Bef 11 Aug 1765 + 8. Jesse Bennett,   b. 15 Nov 1767   d. Between 31 Jul 1819 and 29 Nov 1819, , East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 51 years)   9. Ruth Bennett,   b. Abt 1770   d. Bef 31 Dec 1804 (Age < 34 years)
  Family ID	F5588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Baptism - 4 Dec 1762 - , Fauquier, Virginia, USA Census - 1782 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Will - 11 Nov 1782 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Death - 1786 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Fauquier County Court, 26th of May 1763 "We present David Thomas, Thomas Dodson, Abraham Dodson, Elisha Dodson, Joseph Dodson, Edmund Hayes, Peter Cornwell, Obed Cornwell, Alexander Higgins, & (William Davis on the Biskett Mountain), John Davis, William Carter, Timothy Stamps, John Stamps, William Stamps, Mary Stamps, John Bennett, Fortunatus Dodson, Joshua Owen, Joshua Dodson, John Creel, Rawleigh Dodson, Samuel Bailey, William Shirley, William Young, Joseph Owens, Joshua Scurlock, Edward Hughes, John Cundiff, Anthony Seale, James Shackleford, Henry Hampton, John Shirley, Joseph Morrison, Benjamin Edwards, Anthony Morgan & George Bell of Hamilton Parish for absenting themselves from their Parish Church within this six months last past."

  
  

• Sources

  [S567] Richard Slatten, Broad Run Baptist Church Records, 1762-1783, (1988), p. 286. [S574] PIttsylvania County Census Lists, 1767-1786, District of Capt. John Wynne and Capt. John Walters, 1782. [S566] Pittsylvania County Deeds and Wills v. 9, p. 28, Will of John Bennett, 1782. [S539] Compiler: Austin, Gayle, Pittsylvania County Virginia Deeds 1783-1790, (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina, 2007), p. 268 (Abstract from Deed Book 8, page 489). [S581] Dodson, Elias, Editor: Lucas, Silas Emmet, The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, (Southern Historical Press, Easley, South Carolina, 1989), p. 15.