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About Benjamin Anderson
On a number of genealogy sites there is conflicting information that list the parents of Benjamin Anderson as being Aaron and Elizabeth. There were a large number of Andersons in Tennessee, probably related in some way. But for the Benjamin Anderson who was born in Tennessee and died in Hunt County Texas, I have the genealogy records from my grandmother that includes records from family Bibles, oral histories and personal memories, some taken from the oldest living relatives and written down in the 1940's. My grandmother's great-great-grandparents are listed as Archibald and Elizabeth Anderson, with 3 sons: Benjamin (born 1805), Elicek and Aaron. My search for further information on these relatives continues, but definitely this line does not belong with the Aaron & Elizabeth Anderson family that is shown on a number of genealogy sites, (though very likely there is a family connection - possibly Aaron is a brother to Archibald).
Family records also show spelling of first name to end with an "e" and the pronunciation was with a long "i" sound. But a number of official documents (census, grave marker) show this without the "e" on the end.
--Rebecca Mitchell
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Record for the marriage of Benjamine Anderson and Prudence Kemp in 1828 in Purdy, Mcnairy County, Tennessee.
1850 Census in Hunt County Texas shows births of Nathan (circa 1829) and Joseph (circa 1832) to be in Arkansas. Elias is not mentioned on 1850 census and in 1840 Census only 1 male age 5-10 which would correspond to Joseph. So we can assume Elias was born approx. 1830 and died before 1840.
There are not census records in Arkansas prior to 1840 and very few birth records at this time as well.
1850 Census shows birth of William (circa 1834) and 5 of his younger siblings to be in Tennessee.
Thus Benjamine and Prudence must have moved from Tennessee between 1828-1829 to Arkansas and returned around 1833-1834 to McNairy County,Tennessee. They then moved circa 1845 to Hunt County, Texas and had Mary (Circa 1846), Martha (circa 1848, died 1850) and Lewis (1852) who were born in Hunt County, Texas. Exact date of birth for Martha is unknown but her death in 1850 is recorded on 1850 Mortality Census.
1840 Census records Benjamin Anderson in McNairy County, West Tennessee on pages 48-49.
Record shows 3 male children under age 5 (assumed to be William, Elijah and Benjamine), 1 male age 5-10 (Josephus), 2 males age 10-15 (Nathaniel & Archibald), one male age 30-40 (Benjamin) and one female age 30-40 (Prudence).
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1850 Census records Benjamin Anderson in Hunt County, Texas with youngest child Mary being born circa 1846.
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1860 Census records show the family to be "White".
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The 1870 Texas census records the race of the individuals, however the handwriting is not at all clear. The transcription of the recordings list Benjamin, his wife Prudence and son Lewis as being Mulatto (a term for mixed race). However in examining the original column entry, and the entries1829 elsewhere on this page, it appears that the W and M entries that are written are very stylized and can easily be mis-interpreted. I suspect this is the case for a number of the transcribed entries on this and other pages. Also when you look at the cumulative numbers, they do not add up correctly if it is assumed that Mulatto counts as "colored" and not white. Additionally the 1860 census lists the family as "White".
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Source: "Texas, the Lone Star State" by Rupert Norval Richardson (New Jersey, Prentice-Hall Publishers, 1958) Page 152 "From the Red River settlements, pioneers entered Hunt county in 1839, and 5 years later Ben Anderson's store constituted the beginning of Greenville."
From the publication "Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Vol II, page 18" We have this paragraph, submitted by Dorothy Anderson Hagen (GGGD), 21962S: (Please note there are several children births omitted in this account as well as different spellings of names).
"Benjamin Anderson was born April 7 ,1805 in Tennessee. He married Prudence Kemp, who was born in Georgia on May 7, 1809. They lived in the Territory of Arkansas where their first two sons were born. Their next six sons were born in Purdy, McNairy County, TN. Their daughter and youngest son were born in Hunt County, TX. Their children were:
1) Nathaniel Kemp, born 1828, married first Ann Margaret Culver and second Ella Runnels Peers. He was a merchant, County Assessor and Collector, and Civil War Captain.
2 ) Joseph L, born around 1832, married Sally.
3) William, born around 1834, married Jemima Farmer.
4) Benjamin F., born around 1838, married Lydia Jane Franklin.
5) Edward T., born around 1840, married Mary A Babb.
6) James F., born Nov. 20 1842, married Ruth A. Maxwell and was proprietor of a small hotel in Greenville.
7) John W., born around 1845.
8) Mary J., born Dec 10, 1847.
9) Louis M., born 1852, married Bell Barnett.
Ben and his family left Tennessee to join the Mercer Colony in Texas. They arrived in 1845 before Hunt County was founded in 1846 and Greenville in 1847. He qualified for the land grant. Before Greenville was founded, Ben opened his first store about six miles east of Greenville. In 1847 he purchase a lot in Greenville and opened one of the first two stores there in 1848.
Benjamin Anderson died Jan. 14, 1874 and his wife died April 14, 1879. Both are buried in East Mount Cemetery in Greenville, TX. "
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Benjamin Anderson married Prudence Kemp in 1828 in Purdy, McNairy County, Tennessee. Shortly thereafter they moved to Arkansas where they had 3 sons (Nathaniel born 1828; Elias born circa 1830, died at an early age; and Josephus born circa 1832). Date of birth for Martha Anderson cannot be determined as she is not recorded in any census records, so likely she also died at a young age, unclear if this was in Arkansas or Tennessee. By 1840 the family was back in Tennessee in McNairy County and had 6 boys. Around 1844/1845 they were part of the Red River settlers movement that helped to populate the newly independent Republic of Texas (founded in 1836). It is estimated when Hunt County was incorporated in 1846, there were only around 350 persons in the area. Benjamin Anderson's family was part of that population, opening a general store adjacent to their large tract of farmland.
Source: The Texas State Historical Association Handbook https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hunt-county
"Although large portions of the county were ideally suited for the growth of cotton, a slaveholding–cotton plantation society did not develop in Hunt County during the years of antebellum Texas. The primary inhibiting factor was the lack of transportation. There were no navigable watercourses and no railroads. The nearest viable market was Jefferson, 120 miles to the east. Those supplies not produced locally were hauled in by ox cart. As a result, a self-sufficient, "yeoman-farmer" economy developed. Most of the 6,053 White residents in the county in 1860 were natives of Southern states. There were also 577 African Americans in the county, held as slaves by 142 Whites. Although the numbers are small, slavery had a significant impact on the county's development, since slaveholders formed an economically elite group that dominated the county politically."
At the 1870 Census, Benjamin and Prudence were still in their Hunt County residence along with their youngest son Lewis.
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Benjamin Anderson's Timeline
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April 7, 1805
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Tennessee, United States
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1827
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AR, United States
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January 2, 1828
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McNairy County, Tennessee, United States
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1830
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AR, United States
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1832
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AR, United States
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1836
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Tennessee, United States
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1838
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1842
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McNairy County, Tennessee, United States
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1846
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Tennessee, United States
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