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Does she belong to this family

1.  Francis Bearden was born about 1692, and died about 1759 in James
> City, VA.  He married Sarah Blassingame about 1715.
>
>
Descendants of GENERAL JOHN BLASSINGAME
>
>
> Generation No. 1
>
> 1.  GENERAL JOHN1 BLASSINGAME1,2.  He married ANN EASLEY2 1794 in ANDERSON
> COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
>
>
>
>     ii. POLLY BLASSINGAME4, m. MR. CLEVELAND4.
>     iii.    NANCY BLASSINGAME4, m. THOMAS SLOAN4.
>     iv. MISS BLASSINGAME4, m. WILLIAM WICKLIFFE4.
>     v.  WILLIAM BLASSINGAME4.
>     vi. JOHN BLASSINGAME4, m. SALLIE SLOAN4.
> 2.  vii.    ESTHER BLASSINGAME, b. 1795; d. 1869.
>
>
> Generation No. 2
>
> 2.  ESTHER2 BLASSINGAME (GENERAL JOHN1)5 was born 17955, and died 18695.
She
> married ENOCH BERRY BENSON6,7 April 11, 1812 in ANDERSON, PENDLETON
COUNTY,
> SOUTH CAROLINA, son of THOMAS BENSON and MARTHA PRINCE.
>
> Notes for ENOCH BERRY BENSON:
> >From:  [email protected]   Peggy Chastain Craft
> April 19, 2000
> To add additional information from the book, "History of Hart County,"
> by John William Baker, published in 1933, pp. 49-50, John Blassingame
> BENSON.
>
> Son of Enoch Berry and Esther Blassingame BENSON, born Pendleton, SC,
> September 2, 1822.  Died January 27, 1892, Hartwell, Hart County, GA.
> Married September 2, 1847, (1) Elizabeth Arlesa NORTON.  Elizabeth
> died June 6, 1881 and was the daughter of Jeptha and Elizabeth MOORE
> NORTON, of Pickens, SC.  Children:
>
> 1.  Myra Postell BENSON, married Dr. Charles Andrew WEBB.
> 2.  Infant son died soon after birth.
> 3.  Enoch Berry BENSON.
> 4.  Fannie Norton BENSON, married Angus Goss McCURRY.
> 5.  Mattie Cater BENSON, married S. W. PEEK.
> 6.  Mary Eliza BENSON.
>
> 3.  Enoch Berry BENSON, born May 19, 1852, married May 21, 1873, Alice
> Elizabeth ADAMS, daughter of Moses H. ADAMS and Lavinia McMULLAN.
>
> John Blassingame BENSON married June 25, 1882, (2)  Martha A.
> ETHERIDGE.  No children from this marriage.  Martha BENSON died August
> 12, 1911.
>
> The BENSON family came from VA to SC.  Thomas BENSON married Martha
> PRINCE.  Their son, Enoch Berry BENSON married Esther BLASSINGAME,
> daughter of John BLASSINGAME.
>
> Thomas BENSON and John BLASSINGAME were Revolutionary soldiers.
> Jeptha NORTON was a captain under General Andrew JACKSON in the War of
> 1812.
>
> John B. BENSON built the first house in Hartwell and had the first
> stock of goods when the town began in 1814.  He was the first
> postmaster in Hartwell and had been postmaster in Fairplay, SC.  He
> served as a GA State Senator during the Civil War.  He was also
> engaged in the mercantile business as Benson & Justice when the war
> began.
>
>
> Children of ESTHER BLASSINGAME and ENOCH BENSON are:
>     i.  AMANDA3 BENSON7, m. DR. JAMES EARLE7.
>     ii. ELIZA ANN BENSON7, m. JOHN T. SLOAN7.
>     iii.    MARY BENSON7, m. GEN. JAMES HARRISON7.
>     iv. JOHN BLASSINGAME BENSON7, b. September 02, 1822,
> PENDLETON/SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA7; d. January 27, 18927; m.
(1)
> ELIZABETH "LIZZIE"ARLESA NORTON7; m. (2) ELIZABETH "LIZZIE"ARLESA NORTON7,
> January 27, 1892, PICKENS COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
>
> Notes for JOHN BLASSINGAME BENSON:
>
>     JOHN BLASSINGAME BENSON BUILT THE FIRST HOME IN HARTWELL, GEORGIA, AS
IT
> DID NOT BECOME HART COUNTY UNTIL 1854.[MY FAMILY TREE, II.GED]
>
>
>      JOHN BLASSINGAME BENSON BUILT THE FIRST HOME IN HARTWELL, GEORGIA, AS
IT
> DID NOT BECOME HART COUNTY UNTIL 1854.
>
>
>     v.  ESTHER BENSON7, b. February 27, 18277; m. HEWLET MOORE7.
>     vi. REBECCA GILLIARD BENSON7, b. February 06, 18377; m. FRANK SLOAN7.
>     vii.    THOMAS (TOM) BENSON7, d. IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES7.
>
>
> Endnotes
>
> 1.  HISTORY OF  PENDLETON  COUNTY.
> 2.  History of Hart County, Georgia
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>  Gen. John Blassingame's children named in the 1824 deeds (actually no
>  daughters are mentioned in an abstract I possess- only sons and
> sons-in-law)
>  were:
>
>  Enoch B. Benson
>  Joseph Cleveland
>  William E. Blassingame
>  Dr. John Robinson
>  Wm. E. Wickliff
>  Thomas M. Sloan
>  John W. M. Blassingame
>
>  All the children were of age, except one, on 9 Jan 1824. One child lived
in
>  Pendleton District, one in Laurens and one in Spartanburg.
>
>  Gen. John Blassingame was the son of William Blassingame - his ancestry
has
>  been incorrectly stated for so long and in so many places, that the
errors
>  have come to be taken as fact. Everything is completely and clearly
sorted
>  out in an article entitled "Blassingame Myths and Facts" in the South
>  Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Researach, Volume XXVI, Number 2 (Spring
>  1998).
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Greg Simmons 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 5:09 AM
> > Subject: Re: Greenville County Court Records
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Listers! Does anyone know whether 1824 Greenville Court Documents
> > would still be in Greenville, or would they have been sent to Columbia?
> > > >
> > > > I need a signature of Dr. John Robinson of Pickensville and
Pendleton.
> > He was a son-in-law of Gen. John Blassingame of Greenville, who deeded
> land
> > to his children in his lifetime, but of course his sons-in-law and not
his
> > daughters received it. This occurred in Jan/Feb 1824, and at some time,
> > paperwork was in the Probate Judge Office, Greenville, Apt. 1, File 27.
> > > >
> > > > Also, does anyone know if, since these things are in an "Apt." does
> that
> > mean they are loose papers as opposed to being written into a ledger by
a
> > clerk? If they are loose papers, there is more likely to be an actual
> > signature than if a clerk wrote into a ledger.
> > > >
> > > > Any help appreciated! Lila Niemann Garner
> > >
> > >             I was wondering do you know who the children were for this
> > > John Blassingame and who his parents were and brothers and sisters?
> > >
> > >        I have a Thomas & Charles harvey who were supposed to be
married
> > > to Blassingame Women but do not know if they were.
> > >
> > >         I do not know if I have sent anything before.
> > >          Greg Simmons

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