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George Eli Benefiel
(1759-1832)

 

Familiekoblinger

Ektefeller/Barn:
1. Mary Buchanan

George Eli Benefiel

  • Født: 25 des 1759, York, Pennsylvania
  • Ekteskap (1): Mary Buchanan i 1787 i Northumberland Co., PA
  • Død: 1 apr 1832, Shelby Township, Jefferson, Indiana 72 år gammel

  Generelle notater:

George was a Revolutionary War veteran who served under Capt James Patton; 4th Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia.

George Eli Benefiel and Mary Buchanan had the following children, born in Kentucky:

child + 2 i. Robert2 Benefiel was born November 29, 1787.

child + 3 ii. Martha Benefiel was born March 13, 1789.

child + 4 iii. William Buchanan Benefiel was born April 14, 1791.

child + 5 iv. Esther Campbell Benefiel was born January 2, 1793.

child + 6 v. George Washington Benefiel was born January 8, 1795.

child + 7 vi. Mary "Polly" Benefiel was born January 11, 1797.

child 8 vii. Jane Benefiel was born in Clark Co., KY December 8, 1798.

child + 9 viii. Jesse Benefiel was born October 26, 1800.

child + 10 ix. Wilson B. Benefiel was born November 18, 1802.

child + 11 x. James C. Benefiel was born May 11, 1806.

child + 12 xi. Samuel M. Benefiel was born May 11, 1806.

child + 13 xii. Eliza S. "Betsy" Benefiel was born June 16, 1808.

In 1785, a George Benefiel owned land in Fayette Co., Pa. and a number of Benefiels appear in the frontier rangers in the Revolutionary War records in the area. George served in Culbertson's Pennsylvania militia, a unit that served from Cumberland Co..

The Benefiels moved to Kentucky where George appears 1795 in the Scott Co. tax list, 1796 and 1797 in Bourbon County, but does not appear in further tax lists there.

He appears in the tax list for Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1799, 1801 and 1802.

George Eli Benefiel was listed in the 1810 Census for Clark County, Kentucky under the name George Bennifield with 3 white males under 10, 2 10-16, 2 16-26, 2 over 45, 1 white female under 10, 2 10-16, 2 16-26, and 1 over 45.

He moved to Jefferson County, Indiana in 1814. When Benefiel moved to Indiana, he was joining his wife's four Buchanan brothers, who had settled along the Ripley Co.-Jefferson Co. border by 1809. George owned land in Section 3 Twp. 5N Range 11E in Shelby Township.. His will is recorded in Jefferson Co.

George was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Jefferson County, Indiana, with 2 white males under 10, 2 10-15, 1 16-18, 2 19-25, 1 over 44, 1 white female under 10, 1 10-15, 2 16-25, and 1 over 44. Four persons were engaged in agriculture.

George was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Jefferson County, Indiana, with 1 male white 70-80, 1 white female under 5, 2 20-30, and 1 60-70.

The biography of George Benefiel by Robert W. Scott from the Jefferson County, Indiana USGenWeb.


George giftet seg med Mary Buchanan, datter av George Buchanan og Esther Campbell, i 1787 i Northumberland Co., PA. (Mary Buchanan ble født den 15 mar 1764 i Ireland og døde den 21 mai 1857 i Jefferson, Indiana.)




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