Person:Benjamin Field (13)

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Capt. Benjamin Field
b.14 Nov 1755 Culpeper, Virginia, United States
d.2 Jan 1842 Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. John FieldAbt 1750 - 1801
  2. Capt. Benjamin Field1755 - 1842
  3. Henry FieldAbt 1757 -
  4. Elizabeth FieldAbt 1761 - 1822
Spouse and Children
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m. 19 Aug 1790
  1. John Field1791 - 1844
  2. Elizabeth Field1793 - 1873
  3. Lucy Field1794 -
  4. William FieldAbt 1796 -
  5. Frances Field1798 - 1865
  6. James FieldAbt 1800 -
  7. Joshua FieldAbt 1803 -
  8. Thomas Field1805 - 1847
  9. Willis Field1814 - 1862
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Facts and Events
Name Capt. Benjamin Field
Gender Male
Birth? 14 Nov 1755 Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Marriage 19 Aug 1790 Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United Statesat the home of Silas Barker, brother-in-law of the bride
to Mildred Slaughter
Census? 1795 Mercer, Kentucky, United Statesin Danville
Other[1] 10 Oct 1831 Gallatin, Illinois, United Statesnamed in Certificate of Freedom application for Eve (Davis) Clark, dau of his former servant
Death? 2 Jan 1842 Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Burial? Daviess, Kentucky, United StatesW. H. Greer Farm, 10 Miles South Of Owensboro, Kentucky
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Research Notes

  • 1780 - Ensign in Maj. George Slaughter's battalion of Col. Crockett's regiment
  • Kentucky surveyor - surveyed the land from Covington, Kentucky, to Daviess County, and from Owensboro to Lewis Station.
  • Nov 1795 - "In November, 1795, he started with his wife and three children, for Yellow Banks, now Owensboro. Dec. 24, 1795, he landed there, left his family in the pirogue, went twelve miles south and put up a cabin, returned for his family, and ripped up the pirogue for a covering for the house. He build the first cabin between Yellow Banks and Hartford." (History of Daviess County, Kentucky, (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1883, p 808)
  • 4 Feb 1800, Ohio county, KY - Justice of Quarter Session Court
References
  1. ↑ Mr. and Mrs. H. Obert Anderson. Emancipation of Slaves and Affidavits, Gallatin County, Illinois - Part 3, in Illinois State Genealogical Society quarterly. (Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Genealogical Society (1969-present))
    Vol 10, No 3 (Fall 1978), 127-135.

    p. 136.
    Gallatin County, Illinois. Thomas FIELD of Davies County, Kentucky certifies that he has known a colored woman now residing in Gallatin County, Illinois, by the name of EVE (22 years of age, above average size and of light color) as the daughter of JANE, a servant of Captain Benjamin FIELD of Davies County, Kentucky, who was freed by him and that JANE is now the wife of Ishaa DAVIS (formerly a servant of Baxter DAVIS). EVE is now the wife of Mattison CLARK, belonging to Nancy CLARK, of state of Missouri, and Captain Benjamin FIELD had freed EVE. Dated October 10, 1831, A. REDMANS, JP. Certificate of freedom recorded October 10, 1831.

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    Tombstone Inscription: Sacred/To the Memory of/Capt. Benj. Field/Born/Nov. 14, 1755/Died/Jan. 2, 1842/He was an Officer in the/War Of '76 & Like Many of/That Patriotic Band Lived to/See the Seeds of Libery For/Which He Fought & Bled/Flourishing in the Breast of/His Posterity

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