John Bennett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1796 - Effingham Co., GA 2
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Parents
Father: William Bennett
Mother: Mary Sheffield 2
Spouses and Children
1. *Frances Harris 31
Marriage: Abt 1815 - Bryan Co., GA 2
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Children:
1. Mary Ann Leticia Bennett
2. Richard Bennett
3. Frances Bennett
4. William Bennett
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BENNETT, John.John Bennett, oldest son of William and Mary, was born in 1796 in Effingham County, the family being cut off into Bulloch County a few months after by the creation of that county. He grew up in Bulloch County and was married in Bryan County about 1815 to Frances (Fannie) Harris, born 1800 in North Carolina. She was a sister of Thompson Harris and Hampton Harris, both from North Carolina and early settlers of Appling County. The Harris family first resided in Bryan County after moving to Georgia from North Carolina. The children of John and Frances were:
1795-1831
LOWNDES
1. Pollieb. 1815, m. Daniel Corbitt, son of Jobn.
2. Richardb. 1816, m. Mary McDonald, daughter of Randall.
3. Francesb. 1818, m. Daniel Hopps.
4. Williamb. 1820, m. Martha Harris (1st cousin)
After marriage, John Bennett with his family removed to Lowndes County about 1826 and located in that portion now in Brooks County. He died in 1836 at the age of about forty years in Lowndes County. His widow later married Asa Geiger, a cousin of her first husband and a near-neighbor. Geiger's first wife, Nancy, had died about 1838. About 1841, Asa Geiger and family moved to Ware County where he bought a farm in the present Manor district, and he and his wife died there. They were members of Providence Church near Manor.
John Bennett was living in Lowndes County in October, 1828 when he joined with the other heirs of his father in executing two deeds to estate lands in Bulloch County to David Strickland.
Census Reference: 1830, Lowndes.
Mary Bennett
Sex: F
AKA: Pollie Bennett
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1813 76
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Parents
Father: John Bennett 31
Mother: Sarah Register
Spouses and Children
1. *James Carter
Marriage: 1830
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Mary Bennett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1853
Christening:
Death: 10 Mar 1897 - ( at age 43)
Burial: in Hebron Cemetery, Bakers Mill, Hamilton County, Florida
Spouses and Children
1. *Cicero Cornelius Crews
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Mary Ann Leticia Bennett
Sex: F
AKA: Pollie
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1815 - Bullock County, GA 31
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Death: 1887 - Ware County, GA ( at age 72) 31
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Parents
Father: John Bennett
Mother: Frances Harris 31
Spouses and Children
1. *Daniel Corbitt
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Children:
1. Richard Corbitt
2. Matilda Corbitt
3. Frances Corbitt
4. Zilpha Corbitt
5. William Bennett Corbitt
6. Mary Ann Corbitt
7. Henry Corbett
8. Frances Corbitt
9. Sarah Ann Corbitt
10. John Corbitt
11. David C. Corbitt
12. Victoria Corbitt
13. Nancy Corbitt
2. Asa Gieger 27
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Mary Ann Margaret Bennett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1841 - Wayne County, Georgia
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Death: 6 May 1931 - Bacon County, Georgia ( at age 90)
Burial: in Ten Mile Baptist Church Cemetery, Alma, Bacon County, Georgia
Spouses and Children
1. *George Washington Carter
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Children:
1. David Jefferson Carter
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12178447/mary_ann_margaret-carter: accessed December 23, 2024), memorial page for Mary Ann Margaret Bennett Carter (22 Feb 1841\endash 6 May 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12178447, citing Ten Mile Baptist Church Cemetery, Alma, Bacon County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Michael H Pafford (contributor 46805670).
Redding Bennett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1829 - Lowndes (now Lanier) County, Georgia 4
Christening:
Death: 8 Feb 1905 - Clinch County, GA ( at age 76) 4
Burial:
Parents
Father: John Bennett 31
Mother: Sarah Register
Spouses and Children
1. *Anna Harnage
Marriage: 1854 4
Status:
Notes
General:
BENNETT, REDDING.
1829-1905
CLINCH
Redding Bennett, a son of John and Sallie Register Bennett, was born in Lowndes (now Lanier) County, Jan 19, 1829. He was married in 1854 to Anna, born 1835, daughter of George Harnage (Vol. II). They had twelve children, viz:
1. Sarahb. 1856, died single, age about 25
2. James Sewardb. 1858, m. Malinda Register, dau. of Samuel W.
3. Christinab. 1860, m. James Henry Guthrie, son of J. H.
4. Ambroseb. 1862, m. Ist. Matilda Guthrie, dau. of J. H.; 2nd. Sallie Cooper.
5. Wileyb. 1864, never married. Died age about 50.
6. Mehalab. 1863, m. lst. G. D. Dampier, Aug. 9, 1985; 2nd. Rev. Wm. R. Cato.
7. Luraneyb. 1866, m. Rev. Wm. R. Cato, 1927, second wife.
8. Bethanyb. 1867, m. John Ross.
9. Minervab. 1869, m. Malcolm Luke
10. Levin H.b. 1871, m. Mrs. Roxann Combs.
11. Emallneb. 1874, m. J. D. Hendley.
12. Annieb. 1876, m. Oliver James from N. C.
Mr. Bennett's home-place was on lot of land 151, 12th district of Clinch County. He owned the north half of -this lot, deeded to him Dec. 20, 1858, by his brother, Abraham Bennett; and he owned it until he removed to Berrien County about 1895, when he sold out to J. J. Wideman who soon after sold the property to Samuel W. Register. The Bennett home-place in Berrien was about three miles south of Alapaha where he died Feb. 8, 1905. His wife died in Nashville in 1926. Their remains were brought back to the old home community and were buried at Wayfare Church.
Richard Bennett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 2 Jul 1816 - Bulloch County, GA 1
Christening:
Death: 27 Mar 1896 - Ware County, Georgia ( at age 79) 1
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Parents
Father: John Bennett
Mother: Frances Harris 31
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary McDonald
Marriage: Abt 1836 - Ware County, Georgia 1
Status:
Children:
1. James C. L. Bennett
Notes
General:
BENNETT, RICHARDRichard Bennett, the progenitor of a large Ware County connection, was born July 2, 1816, in Bulloch County, a son of John and Fannie (Harris) Bennett (see Vol. 1.). The elder Bennett moved with his family to Lowndes County where he died. The widow and children moved then to Ware County, and it was there that Richard Bennett, who had grown to manhood, met and married Miss Mary McDonald, a daughter of Dr. Randall McDonald (see Vol. 1.). She was born in Tattnall County, October 27, 1818, and died November 20, 1897. To them were born fourteen children:
1816-1896
Ware
1. Randal McD.b. 1837, m. Harriet Arnold, daughter of James (Vol.1).
2. William Jacksonb. 1839, m. Diana Bennett (1st cousin), daughter of William.
3. James C. L.b. 1841, m. Matilda Beverly, daughter of William.
4. Daniel Hoppsb. 1843, m. Emma Smith, daughter of Austin (Vol 1).
5. Thomas Millsb. 1845, never married; killed in C. S. Army.
6. David Millerb. 1847, m. Elizabeth Hargraves, daughter of Thomas.
7. Walter LaFayetteb. 1849, m. Samantha White, daughter of James L.
8. Fannie Elizabethb. 1851, m. Joseph Arnold, son of James (Vol. 1).
9. John Wesleyb. 1853, m. Mariah Corbitt, daughter of William (Vol. 1).
10. Mary Catherineb. 1855, m. James White, son of James L.
11. Infant twin sonb. 1855, died soon after birth.
12. Nancyb. 1857, died at age of 6 months.
13. Amyb. 1859, died at age of 8 months.
14. Serena Margaretb. 1859, m. Thomas J. Higgs May 11, 1879.
Soon after marriage Mr. Bennett acquired lands in the 7th district of Ware and cleared up a farm. With slave labor and some free labor, he built a long dam and formed a big lake of water on his lands, and installed a gristmill and other machinery which was run by water power. This property is now on the Pearson-Homerville highway and is known as Guest Millpond. About 1852 he sold this property out to Duncan Giddens and moved to a new location on Red Bluff Creek several miles north of his former home. Red Bluff Creek flows through this millpond northWardly and empties into the Satilla River. He cleared up a large plantation and installed a water mill on the creek close by his new residence. And there he lived and farmed and operated his water mill until his death March 27, 1896. The last six years of his life he leased most of his farm to C. Huxford who erected a turpentine still there. After Mr. Bennett's death, the Bennett holdings consisting of about 2,500 acres, passed to Mr. Huxford who bought it from J. C. L. Bennett, the Administrator of the Richard Bennett estate. **
The Brunswick & Western Railroad, now the A. C. L. Railroad, was built through the Bennett lands in 1870-1871, passing through his enclosed fields. The Bennett homestead was cut into Coffee County in 1854 and into Atkinson County, 1918, but most of the lands remained in Ware.
Mr. Bennett was a member of the Masonic order with his membership in Waresboro Lodge, No. 217, at Waresboro, in 1867. This lodge became defunct within a few years. No further record of his membership appears.
Mr. Bennett was a private in the Indian War, serving in Capt. David J. Miller's company of Ware County militia in 1838.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett had an adopted daughter, Laura, who married James Higgs.
Census References: 1840, 1850, 1860, Ware.
Richard Bennett
Sex: M
Individual Information
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Spouses and Children
Children:
1. William Bennett
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Richard A. Bennett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1803 - Bryan Co., GA 4
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Death:
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Parents
Father: William Bennett
Mother: Mary Sheffield 2
Spouses and Children
1. *Lavinia Newmans
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BENNETT, RICHARD A.
1803-1865
CLINCH
Richard A. Bennett was born in Bryan County in 1803, son of William Bennett and grandson of Richard Bennett, R. S., (Vol. I). The family moved to Appling County in his youth and he married Lavinia Newmans, born 1806, daughter of Thomas Newmans of Appling. She died about 1845 leaving four children, and Mr. Bennett then married Miss Tabiiha Brown, born 1810 in Bulloch County, daughter of Britton Brown and sister of William Brown of Pierce County and of Henry Brown of Bulloch and Clinch counties. There was no issue by the second wife. The four children by the first wife were:
1. Elizab. 1823, m. James S. Bennett, son of Henry. (2nd cousin).
2. Vicyb. 1830. m. John F. Smith of Clinch Co.
3. Sarahb. 1833, m. Wm. T. James (Vol. 11).
4. Laviniab. 1841, m. Ist. Jackson Lee; 2nd John H. Miller.
About 1840, Mr. Bennett removed from his former home in eastern Ware, now Pierce, to the western side of Ware County and acquired land where the present town of Manor now is. His home stood where the H. S. Guthrie residence was in late years. He sold out there and removed to the 1141st district of Clinch County, about 1855. A few years later he moved to a point on the Suwannee River in Clinch County, known in late years as the W. H. Rives farm, and he settled there and cleared up a small farm, and lived there until his death. He died about 1864-1865, at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. James, near the present town of Manor, while on a visit there. His wife died there a few years afterward, and both were buried in the Corbett family cemetery near Manor.
Mr. Bennett and his wife were charter members of Providence Primitive Baptist Church in 1844. He was church clerk, 1849-1859. They were members there until their deaths. Mr. Bennett was Justice of Peace in 1082nd district, Ware County, 1852-53; and in 1141st district, Clinch County, 1856-1858, and in the 1219th district Clinch County, 1860 until his death.
Census Refs: 1840, 1850, Ware; 1860, Clinch.
Sarah Bennett
Sex: F
AKA: Sallie
Individual Information
Birth Date: May 1843 77
Christening:
Death: 1 Mar 1929 - ( at age 85) 77
Burial: in North Cemetery, Dupont, Clinch County, Georgia
Parents
Father: Dixon Bennett
Mother: Sarah Driggers
Spouses and Children
1. *Ezekiel Mathis
Marriage: 29 Jan 1870 - Clinch County, Georgia 78
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