Born: 21 May 1786 in Greenville County, South Carolina
Died: 16 June 1864 in Gwinnett, Georgia
Father: Enoch Benson
Mother: Jamima Berry
Siblings:
Elizabeth Benson, 1780
Mary 'Polly' Benson, 1781
Frances 'Franky' Benson. 1784
Clarissa 'Clary" Benson, 1791
John 'Jackie' Berry Benson, 1795
Jim Benson, 1797
Willis Benson, 1799
+ three (who died young?)
Married: Elizabeth Kemp in 1808 in South Carolina (It is also possible that he was married to a Mary Stepp, but I can't find any information on that.)
Children:
Clarissa Benson, 1809
Willis Benson, 1811
Gillia Benson, 1812
William Berry Benson, 1815
Jaminy Benson, 1817
Arminda Benson, 1820
James Lafayette Benson, 1822
Nancy Benson, 1824
Elizabeth Melinda Benson, 1829
The information about Reuben is confused with his father's in the resource I found, but I think it was Reuben who had a 202.5 acre farm in Campbell/Douglass County at Dark Corners. The current Corn Crib Trailer Park (Yee-haw!) is now where his farm was located. Reuben's grave is at the Florence Farm Cemetery in lots 465 and 466.
Elizabeth Kemp (1793 - 1833)
Born: 16 June 1793 in Cobb, South Carolina
Died: 1868 Buried in Douglasville, Georgia
Father: Richard Kemp Born: 1775 in Greenville, SC Died: 1812
Mother: Elizabeth ? Born: 1780 Died: 1844
This is all I could find about Elizabeth and her parents.
Reuben's first wife was Elizabeth Kemp Benson. Her grave was seen in 1982 and the tombstone recorded by a local Historian, Joe Baggett. Her date of death was 1833. Reuben remarried, and was listed in the 1860 census as being married to "Mary". Her last name was supposedly Stepp, but I can't find documents that verify her last name before they married. The 1860 census shows she was born in Va. She was 15 years older than Reuben. They were said to be among the early members of Noonday Baptist Church in Cobb county, and joined that church in 1836.
ReplyDeleteReuben's first wife's grave was said to be near the old landfill on Cedar Mountain Road near Winston, GA. This is near the old corn crib and I believe was the site of Reuben's farm. The trailer park abuts the old landfill. The grave hasn't been seen since 1982, when it was recorded by Mr. Baggett.
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