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Ensign Matthias Benson, Jr.
Facts and Events
Will Abstract
- Pg. 293 - Will of Matthias Benson, Sr. of Dry Branch, dated pr. 29, 1820
- Wit: Alexander Hamilton, John Bradshaw, Jr., Hugh McGlaughlin
- Probated June 1820 Court
- Exec: sons Alexander and William
- Beq: to son Matthias all land the land where he now lives in Pendleton County., and Negro man Harry
- to sons, Alexander and William, the land "where I and they live", to be divided as it now stands marked before witnesses
- to son Alexander, Negro boy George
- to son William, Negro man Samuel
- to sons Alexander and William plantation on Antonie's Creek in Greenbrier Co. and all the tract on the Jackson River known as the Kalley Land
- slaves Patience and Rachel are to be freed, to live with the children or grandchildren they choose for the remainder of their days
- Negro woman Judy and her children to be sold
- to granddaughter Margaret, daughter of Alexander, Negro child Nancy
- to grandson Matthias, son of William, Negro boy Alford
- to grandson Matthias Lockridge, son of Lanty and Elisabeth Lockridge (his daughter), Negro boy Joseph
- to granddaughter Margaret Benson, daughter of Matthias, Negro girl Sarah
- to daughter Sarah Wiley, 100 pounds
- to dauther Elisabeth Lockridge, 100 pounds
- to [daughter] Nelly Wright. 150 pounds
- to George Benson, his loan of 60 pounds
- to granddaughter Polly Benson, daughter of George 40 pounds
- if Negro woman Nancy has children, they and other personal property are to be sold with equal division of the proceeds among the children when living
- [Source: Abstracts of the Wills and Inventions of Bath County, Virginia, Bruns, pg. 99].
- Pg. 65 - Settlement of estate of Mathias Benson, William and Alexander Benson, exec. October 1823.
- Debits and credits: John Bradshaw, Jr., Robert Heaslet, Elizabeth Lockridge, Peter Hull, Richard Curry, Stuart Slaven, John Bird, John Gall, Otho Wade, James Cunningham, James Steuart, James Beathis (?), Mathias Benson Jr., George, William and Alexander Benson, Hugh McLaughlin, E.T. Callihan, Paschal Davis, Nathaniel Pendleton, James Wiley, Adam Bumgardner, James Anderson, H. Givens - receipt for coffin, John Sprowls, G. Hays, D. McLaughlin, William Kelley, John Jack, John Brown, Jr., Robert Bratton, E. Pullins, George Mayse, James Rider, James McGuffin, John Elliott, Samuel Pullins, Henry Pullins, Loftus Pullins, William Lowry, Leonard Wade, John Heaslett, George Woods, Jacob Bright.
- Legacies to Lanty Lockridge, George Benson, William Lockridge, John Wright, James Benson, William Wiley, Mathias Benson, Alexander Benson, William Benson.
- [Source: Abstracts of the Wills and Inventions of Bath County, Virginia, Bruns, pg. 116-117].
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Vol. 1 - MAY, 1782. - James Bodkin and Diana, his wife, vs. Joseph Gwinn.--Slander. Writ, 15th August, 1774. On 9th February, 1779, Mathias Benston and his wife, Margaret, are about to remove.
- Vol. 1 - FEBRUARY 16, 1790. - (198) William Dinwoody and John Berry recommended Captains of the 2d Regiment; Leonard Wade and Robert Givens, for Lieutenants; William Stevens and Mathias Benson, for Ensigns.
References
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- ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BENSON/2003-02/1044898387
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