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Burtis Bennett

Male 1845 - 1904  (58 years)


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  • Name Burtis Bennett  [1, 2, 3
    Born 20 Apr 1845  Time, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Feb 1904  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • His middle name is shown by some as Chamberlain. The transcription of the New Hope Cemetery simply shows him as B. G. Bennett. On the 1870 census, he is shown as B. C. Bennett.

    • (Research):
      Census Listings:

      1870 Census
      Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 2, PO Sabine Town
      Enumerated 23 July 1870
      Page 4
      335-335
      Bennett B C 25 M W Farmer 300 600 Tx
      Bennett, Mary 27 F W Keeping House Ga
      Bennett, Lee A 1 M W Tx

      1880 Census
      Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 5
      Enumerated 6 and 7 July 1880
      Page 28 SD 1 ED 86
      244-244
      Bennett, Burtis W M 30 Farmer Tx La SC
      Bennett, Mary W F 30 Wf Keeps House Ga Ga Ga
      Bennett, Lee W M 11 Son Works of Farm Tx Tx Ga
      Bennett, Henry W M 9 Son Tx Tx Ga
      Bennett, Willie W M 7 Son Tx Tx Ga
      Bennett, Mary J W F 3 Dtr Tx Tx Ga
      Mathews, John Mu M 20 Servant Works on Farm Tx Miss Miss

      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



    Person ID I6834  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Adam Jackson Bennett,   b. 27 Jan 1815, Laurel Hill, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1886, Time, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey,   b. 17 Dec 1821, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1901, Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 1 Aug 1839  West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • 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."




    Family ID F844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Chambers,   b. 25 Oct 1842, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1893, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 4 Jul 1867  [1
    Children 
     1. Lee A. Bennett,   b. Abt 1869, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Henry Jackson Bennett,   b. Abt 1871, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. William Burtis Bennett,   b. Abt 1873, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Mary Jane Bennett,   b. 15 Jan 1877, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1946, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F3361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Apr 1845 - Time, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Feb 1904 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.

    2. [S743] Ancestry.com - Message Boards>Surnames, Bennett>Adam Jackson Bennett (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S207] 1870 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003., (United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T132, RG29, 13 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 2, PO Sabine Town Enumerated 23 July 1870 Page 4 335-335 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S635] Metzger, Noveda (nam@consolidated.net), in collaboration with the late Karen Ward.