Showing posts with label Richard Kemp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Kemp. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Reuben Benson (1786 - 1864)

My fourth great-grandfather.

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.