Joel Edgar Bennett, Sr.

Joel Edgar Bennett Sr.
BIRTH
13 Aug 1768
Barnwell, Barnwell County, South Carolina, USA
DEATH
3 Mar 1851 (aged 82)
Flowery Branch, Hall County, Georgia, USA
BURIAL
Flowery Branch Cemetery
Flowery Branch, Hall County, Georgia, USA
MEMORIAL ID
46087673 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 15
A possible alternate birth location for Joel is Bamberg, SC (about 20 miles East).

Joel married Elizabeth Norman in 1785 in Greenville, SC. They had 12 children while living in Greenville.

The family moved to what is now known as Flowery Branch, Hall County, GA shortly before 1818. They were one of the pioneering families of Hall County and remained their until their deaths.
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An excerpt from his final will & testament:

Item 3rd: I will and bequeath to my loving wife Elizabeth, with who I have lived in the most affectionable manner about sixty-five years, part of Lot of Land number One hundred and seventeen in the Eighth District of Hall County being all that part east of the branch running through John B. Payne's land and thence to the Flowery Branch supposed to contain one hundred acres more or less it being whereon my dwelling house now stands and at the death of my loving wife Elizabeth I devise that the above named land and premises ensure and belong to my loving daughter Elizabeth Bennett.

Item 4th: I devise and bequeath to my loving son Joel Bennett Jun. the remaining balance of lot of land Number One hundred and seventeen in the Eighth District of Hall County being all that part of said Lot of Land on the west side of the branch running through John B. Payne's plantation and into the Flowery and the part whereon that said Joel Bennett Jun. now lives, supposed to contain One Hundred Twenty acres more or less with all the rights members and appurtenances to said premises belonging or in any wise belonging forever.

Item 5th: I devise to my granddaughter Elizabeth Otwell one feather bed and furniture and one cow and calf of my stock of cattle.

Item 6th: It is my will that all my personal property be sold and the proceeds of the sale equally divided among my twelve children: Israel Bennett, Elijah Bennett, Susannah Payne, Ester Brooks, Green Bennett, Henry Bennett, William Bennett, Delilah Martin, Mark Bennett, Elizabeth Bennett, Joel Bennett Jun. and Pheribee Otwell whose distributive share I will to her and the heirs of her body.
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Father: James Bennett (1740-1825) d. Pittsylania Co., VA, burial unknown.

Mother: Sally Uln (1741-1800) d. VA, burial unknown.

Children:
-Isreal Bennett (1788-bef.1860)
-Elijah Bennett (1789 - 1 Oct 1862)
-Susan Bennett (22 Feb 1793 - 12 Feb 1881)
-Hester Bennett (25 Jan 1795 - 1 Sep 1883)
-Green D. Bennett (1796-1850)
-John Henry Bennett (25 Jan 1798 - 3 Oct 1867)
-William Bennett (1800 - 14 Nov 1865)
-Joel Bennett Jr. (abt. 1801 - aft. 1894)
-Delilah Bennett (1802 - 17 Jul 1880)
-Marcus Roland "Mark" Bennett (abt. 1804 - 10 Jan 1858)
-Elizabeth Bennett (1806 - 1870)
-Pheribee "Thereby, Ferriba" Bennett (1812 - 1872)

Family Members
Spouse
Elizabeth Norman Bennett
1769–1851

Children
Elijah Bennett
Elijah Bennett
1790–1862

Susannah Payne
Susannah Bennett Payne
1793–1881

Hester Brooke
Hester Bennett Brooke
1795–1883

John Bennett
John Henry Bennett
1798–1867

Delilah Martin
Delilah Bennett Martin
1802–1880

Marcus Bennett
Marcus Roland Bennett
1804–1857

Elizabeth Bennett
Elizabeth Bennett
1806–1870

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