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Wiley Bennett 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 10 Nov 1825 - Bulloch County, GA 6
    Christening: 
          Death: 7 Dec 1896 - Berrien (now Cook) County, Georgia ( at age 71) 6
         Burial:
Parents 
         Father: John Bennett 31
         Mother: Sarah Register
Spouses and Children 
1. *Luraney Elizabeth Harnage
       Marriage: 1854 - Bulloch County, GA 6
         Status: 



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William Bennett 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1820 - Bryan Co., GA 2
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          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: John Bennett
         Mother: Frances Harris 31



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William Bennett 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1760 - Robeson County, N. C. 2
    Christening: 
          Death: 1828 - Appling County, GA ( about age 68) 2
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Parents 
         Father: Richard Bennett 4
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Sheffield 2 
       Marriage: 
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       Children:
                1. John Bennett
                2. Richard A. Bennett
Notes
General:
BENNETT, William.
1760-1828
APPLING

William Bennett, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in North Carolina, Robeson County, and was a brother to Richard and James Bennett, also Revolutionary soldiers. The three brothers moved to Georgia sometime in the 1780's, and William made his residence in Bulloch County where he lived and had a plantation. Sometime about 1820-25, soon after the settling up of the new county of Appling, he moved there in order to find better grazing lands for his large herds of cattle. There he died in 1828. Record is found of two deeds by his heirs to David Strickland of Bulloch County, dated October 17, 1828, conveying the two 200-acre tracts of land there which the deceased owned at his death. These deeds appear signed by the widow, Mrs. Mary Bennett, Richard Bennett, John Bennett, of Lowndes County, and John Padgett (in the right of his wife). Henry Bennett, another son, was a minor, and did not sign. A daughter married David Geiger, and William Bennett made his a deed of gift July 8, 1815, for a part of his home place lands in Bulloch County, this being apparently in full in advance of Mrs. Geiger's share of her father's estate at his death, as she nor her husband signed the deeds as heirs in 1828; see Deed Book AA, page 301, Bulloch County.

Mrs. Bennett was Mary Sheffield before marriage, and was said to have been a daughter of William Sheffield, a Revolutionary soldier, of Duplin County, North Carolina. She lived in the 583rd district of Appling,County until her death sometime in the 1840's. As the widow of a Revolutionary soldier, she drew land in the Cherokee land lottery and was granted Lot 85, 2nd Section, 11th District, Cherokee County( see Knight's Roster of the Revolution, page 329). Her husband was paid for his services in the Continental Line (see Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina, page 225). The children of William and Mary Bennett were:

1. (name unknown)b. 1785?, m. David Geiger.
2. (name unknown)b. 1790, ?m. John Padgett.
3. Johnb. 1795, m. Frances Harris.
4. Richardb, 1799, m. Rebecca Boatright.
5. Henryb. 1810, m. Nancy Corbitt

Census Reference: 1820, Bulloch.

picture Edith Bennitt 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
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         Father: 
         Mother: Emma Bennett
Spouses and Children 
1. *Edward Phillips
       Marriage: 
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Inez Dorothy Bennitt 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 30 Oct 1885
    Christening: 
          Death: 5 Sep 1955 -  ( at age 69)
         Burial: 8 Sep 1955 - Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung, NY 79
Parents 
         Father: 
         Mother: Emma Bennett
Spouses and Children 
1. *Jonas Sayre Van Duzer
       Marriage: 
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       Children:
                1. Lewis Sayre Van Duzer
                2. Henry Bennitt Van Duzer
                3. Emily Van Duzer
                4. Jonas S. Van Duzer



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Abraham Bessent 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Ann
       Marriage: 
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       Children:
                1. Christiana Bessent



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Christiana Bessent 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Bef 1775
    Christening: 
          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: Abraham Bessent
         Mother: Ann
Spouses and Children 
1. *Isaac Crews
       Marriage: Bef 1810 - Camden County, Georgia
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sarah Ann Crews
                2. Isaac M. Crews



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Julia Anne Best 
      Sex: F
AKA: Lula
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 6 Jul 1889 - Columbus, North Carolina
    Christening: 
          Death: 12 Jun 1949 - Columbia County, FL ( at age 59)
         Burial:
Spouses and Children 
1. *William Cicero Smithy Sr 80 
       Marriage: 14 Oct 1915 - Marion, South Carolina, United States
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. William Cicero Smithy Jr



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Charlotte Ann Bethea 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 29 Jan 1851 - Conecuh County, Alabama
    Christening: 
          Death: 8 Apr 1922 - Florida ( at age 71)
         Burial: in New Hope Cemetery, Zolfo Springs, Hardee, FL
Spouses and Children 
1. *William Madison Crews
       Marriage: 21 Apr 1870
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