Sarah Jane Bennett

1847 - 1928  (80 years)

• Name	Sarah Jane Bennett  [1, 2]
  Born	16 Oct 1847	Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Feb 1928  [1]
  Person ID	I6835	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Adam Jackson Bennett,   b. 27 Jan 1815, Laurel Hill, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 28 Mar 1886, Time, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey,   b. 17 Dec 1821, Louisiana ,   d. 8 Mar 1901, Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1 Aug 1839	West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana   [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	William H. Harrison,   b. Mar 1850, Alabama ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Bef 1875
  Children	1. Florence Harrison,   b. Abt 1874, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Martha "Mattie" Jane Harrison,   b. 25 Aug 1876, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 26 Feb 1941, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 64 years)   3. Mary Ann Harrison,   b. 31 Aug 1884, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 14 Nov 1954  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2010
  Family ID	F3362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Oct 1847 - Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 5 Enumerated 14 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 15A Stamped 155 200-200 (Reliability: 3).