Margaret "Mittie" Louisa Bennett

Notes:

She is not listed with the rest of Adam Jackson Bennett and Mary Jane Harvey Bennett family as the time of the 1860 Sabine County Census. Might she actually be the daughter of another Bennet family? She is shown, however, by both White & Toole and Kay Parker McCary as a daughter of Adam Jackson Bennett and Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey Bennett.


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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 5
Enumerated 12 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Stamped 153
166-166
Chambers, ??? Head W M Jun 1849 50 M 28 Tx Ga Ga Farmer
Chambers, Rosa Wf W F Feby 1852 48 M 28 7/7 Ga Ga Ga
Chambers, Joel Son W M Mar 1880 20 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer
Chambers, Horace Son W M Feb 1882 18 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer
Chambers, Sidney Son W M Oct 1883 16 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer
Chambers, Clara Dtr W F Aug 1885 14 S Tx Ga Ga
167-167
Chambers, Margaret Head W F May 1857 43 Wd 11/10 Tx Miss NC Farmer
Chambers, Nathan B Son W M Dec 1881 18 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
Chambers, Clara P Dtr W F Feb 1884 16 S Tx Ga Tx
Chambers, Ada Dtr W F Sept 1886 13 S Tx Ga Tx
Chambers, Blanche Dtr W F Feb 1889 11 S Tx Ga Tx
Chambers, Jackson Son W M July 1890 9 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
Chambers, Bessie Dtr W F Feb 1893 7 S Tx Ga Tx
Chambers, Oliver Son W M Sept 1895 4 S Tx Ga Tx
Chambers, Henry Son W M Feby 1897 3 S Tx Ga Tx
Wiggins, Hob Servant W M ??? 32 Wd Tx Tx Miss Servant
Wiggins, Kirby Boarder W M Jan 1897 s 3 Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 4 May 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 11A Stamped 161
160-164
164-169
Chambers, Margaret L Head F W 45 Wd Tx US US Laborer working on farm
Chambers, Jack Son M W 22 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 5
Enumerated 20 and 21 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 172 Sheet 18A
242-246
Chambers, Mrs. M. B. Head F W 62 Wd Tx La SC Farmer
Sanders, Ada Dtr F W 34 Wd Tx Ga Tx
Chambers, O.A. Son M W 24 S Tx Ga Tx
Sanders, Melva Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Sanders, Arlie Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Sanders, Evon Dtr F W 4 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Margaret married Nathaniel Berrian Chambers on 8 Oct 1874. Nathaniel (son of Allen Chambers and Mary "Polly" Dixon) was born on 24 Dec 1853 in Georgia; died on 6 Apr 1897 in Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Emmitt Adam Chambers was born on 12 Oct 1876 in Texas; died on 9 Nov 1946 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Allen Dermont Chambers was born on 27 Jun 1878 in Texas; died on 12 Jul 1885 in Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
3. James Malcolm Chambers was born on 17 Dec 1880 in Texas; died on 19 Mar 1961; was buried in Aimwell Cemetery, Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
4. Nathan Berrian Chambers, Jr. was born on 19 Dec 1882 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Apr 1951 in Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
5. Clara Pearl Chambers was born on 18 Feb 1884 in Time, Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Jan 1979 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
6. Ada Lorilla Chambers was born on 18 Sep 1886 in Texas; died on 6 Feb 1942 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
7. Lula Blanche Chambers was born on 8 Feb 1889 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Dec 1962 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County, Texas.
8. Ira Jackson Chambers was born in Jul 1890 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Aug 1945 in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
9. Bessie Jane Chambers was born on 25 Mar 1893 in Texas; died on 19 Oct 1975 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas.
10. Oliver Archy Chambers was born on 1 Sep 1895 in Texas; died on 5 Aug 1979 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
11. Henry Seth Chambers was born on 12 Feb 1897 in Texas; died on 7 Oct 1932 in Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

"2nd Lieut. in Co. K in the Mexican War." SABINE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL RECORDS by White and Toole

Kay Parker McCary, in the transcription of the tombstone, writes that he was Born in West Feliciana Parish, LA, Removed to Texas Dec 1842

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 30 Oct 1850
Stamped 320
146-146
Adam J Bennett 35 M Farmer $400 La
Mary J. E. Bennett 24 F La
Mary Ann Benett 9 F La
Henry L. Bennett 8 M La
Burtus C. Bennett 6 M Texas
Sarah Jane Bennett 4 F Texas
William H Bennett 3/12 M Texas

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Patroon Beat No. 5. P. O. Box Milam
Page 30 Stamped 333
225-225
A. J. Bennett 46 M Farmer $1600 $3190 La
Mary J. Bennett 37 F La
Mary A. Bennett 20 F La
Henry Bennett 18 M La
Bertis C. Bennett 15 M Tx
Sarah J. Bennett 12 F Tx
William Bennett 10 M Tx
A. J. Bennett 7 M Tx
Robert Bennett 5 M Tx
Major A. Bennett 1 M Tx


1880 Census
Adam J. Bennett Self M M W 65 La Farmer La La
Mary J. Bennett Wf M F W 58 SC Keeps House SC SC
Arch Bennett Son S M W 16 Tx Wks on Farm La SC
Alva Bennett Son S M W 11 Tx Wks on Farm La SC

Texas, Sabine, Precinct 5
FHL Film # 125535 NA Film # T9-1325 Page # 250C

Adam married Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey on 1 Aug 1839 in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Mary (daughter of Seth Harvey and Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd) was born on 17 Dec 1821 in Louisiana; died on 8 Mar 1901 in Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary, in the transcription of the tombstone, writes that she was Born in Pitt Co., North Carolina, Moved to Texas Dec 1842 (Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey - Daughter of Seth Harvey & Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd - Married 1 Aug 1839 h Adam Jackson Bennett, Sr.) The 1880 census shows her state of birth as South Carolina, and early census records instead show her as being born in Louisiana.

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 5
Enumerated 14 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 15B
205-205
Bennett, Burtis Head W M Apr 1845 55 Wd Tx La La Farmer
Bennett, Mary J Mother W F Jan 1823 77 Wd La --- NC

Notes:

Married:
Virgie Speights, in OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS, in a column about Pearl Chambers Lord Greer, dated January 30, 1964, wrote that "Adam Bennett and Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey, came with their slaves from Louisiana, just ahead of the sheriff. He was chasing them to take away their slaves in connection with some sort of lien connected with the estate of Mrs. Bennett's mother. They barely made it to Texas and safety in time to camp in the 'sand field' now known as "Bennet Field," just on the Texas side of the Sabine. The Louisiana authorities camped on the opposite side of the river before frustratedly returning home the next day. Then Adam staked his claim atop a nearby hill with gently sloping fields towards the river. The place is still called the "Bennett Place." There is a family graveyard nearby. The elder Bennetts had come to East Feliciana Parish from Alabama, and his father, a silversmith, had come from Germany." In a later article, this one profiling Abbie Della Bennett Travis, January 27, 1966, she added that the lien was due to "a matter of a few unpaid debts. The slaves were to be confiscated, so the Bennett's, their two children, and Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd Harvey raced to the Sabine River and safety which they attained just before dark."

Notes:

"Henry Bennett of Wilkinson Co, Mississippi m Polly Palmer, dau of Archilbald Palmer. Henry fought in the War of 1812, 10th and 20th Regt. of La. He d in 1833, leaving minor children: Adam Jackson Bennett, Chamberlain, Margaret, and Sarah Jane." SABINE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL RECORDS by White and Toole

Henry married Mary "Polly" Palmer. Mary was born before 1799; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said by White and Toole to be a daughter of Archibald Palmer and Hanna Carter (dob 25 Dec 1764, married 14 Nov 1782), and a granddaughter of Nehemiah Carter (born New Jersey, died 1814) and Rachel Parsons.

Notes:

Married:
White and Toole show that Henry and Mary were the parents of James Chamberlain Bennett, Margaret Bennett, Sarah Jane Bennett and Adam Jackson Bennett.

Seth married Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd. Zelotus was born about 1801 in North Carolina; died on 21 Jun 1865 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Harvey Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her Headstone was engraved Z M A Smith, Died 1865,

Inscription:
"Age 64 years ? Rest mother rest in quiet sleep while friends in sorrow over thee weep"

Per photo and transcription at FindAGrave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64877207

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Patroon Beat No 5, PO Milam
Enumerated 6 July 1860
Pages 29 and 30
224-224
ZMA Smith 59 F Farmer 400 671 NC
Margaret Allen 34 F La
W.H. Harvey 21 M Farmer LA
ZMA Smith 8 F Tx
MAA " 5 F Tx
Mary E. Allen 1 F Tx