Major A. Bennett

1859 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Major A. Bennett  [1, 2]
  Born	23 Mar 1859	Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	(Research): Census Listings: 1880 Federal Census Major Bennett Self M M W 21 Tx Works on Farm La SC Louisa Bennett Wife M F W 23 Ga Keeps House GA GA Precinct 5, Sabine County, Texas FHL Film 1255325 NA Film # T9-1325 Page # 250D
  Person ID	I6849	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	Louisa Jones,   b. Abt 1857, Georgia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	10 Dec 1879  [1]
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F3369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Mar 1859 - Sabine County, 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. [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Precinct 5, Sabine County, Texas FHL Film 1255325 NA Film # T9-1325 Page # 250D (Reliability: 3).