Martin Benge

Biography

MARTIN BENGE, son of OBEDIAH MARTIN BENGE and SARAH FIELDS [NO: first wife Elizabeth Ware]. He was born 1805 in Rutherford Co, TN, and died 1871.

Married ELIZA5 LOWREY (JOHN4, NANNIE3WATTS, GI-GO-NE-LI2I, U-LU-TSE1) was born Abt. 1805, and died 1873.

1835 Census roll: Lookout Valley, AL, 2m18-, 1m18+, 0f16-, 1f16+ 1835 Smith Resolution: Chickamauga, voted Nay; anti-treaty 1837-45 Payments: B166, Val=$406, Adv=$300, sent West=$106 "White man w/Cher family of 7" 1851 Drennan roll: Skin Bayou, 165 Blood: Non-Cherokee Detachment: 1838, 38-04 Benge/LowreyOctober 01, 1838 - January 11, 1839 Military service: 1834, Pvt, Co. of Jesse Hill, Col Lamar's Reg., AL Volunteers Residence: Abt. 1837, Lookout Valley, AL

Children of ELIZA LOWREY and MARTIN BENGE are:

• 1. SAMUEL HOUSTON6 BENGE, SR, b. January 28, 1832, Georgia; d. October 23, 1902.
• 2. GEORGE WASHINGTON BENGE, b. Abt. 1835.
• 3. JANE BENGE, b. Abt. 1837.
• 4. OBEDIAH MARTIN BENGE, SR, b. 1839; d. February 24, 1918.
• 5. RIDDLE H BENGE, b. 1839.
• 6. RICHARD BENGE, b. Abt. 1843; d. Bef. 1880.
• 7. RHODA BENGE, b. 1846, CNE; d. May 11, 1886.
• 8. WILLIAM BENGE, SR, b. 1848; d. January 1880.
• 9. CATHERINE BENGE, b. 1853; d. Bef. 1890.

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Notes

The family was Removed to Indian Territory over the Trail of Tears in 1838, traveling in the detachment led by John Benge and George Lowrey. [3] They settled in the Skin Bayou District.

The family appears on the 1851 Drennan Roll in Skin Bayou living next to Martin's brother Robert (who was married to Eliza's sister Jennie) and his family.[4]

According to the Eastern Cherokee application of son Obediah, Martin died at Skin Bayou in 1875. [5]

Benge detachment Trail of Tears Muster Roll

Source: Hargett, J. L.. Muster roll of John Benge detachment. 4026.707. John Ross Papers. September 28, 1838. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/4026707 (02/19/2018). < Wikitree

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References

1. http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0031-...
2. WikiTree contributors, "Martin Benge (1805-1875)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Benge-302 : accessed 18 January 2024). Cites
   1. Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 367
   2. Tyner, James. Those Who Cried. Transcript of 1835 Cherokee census. Chi-ga-u, Inc. Norman, OK. 1974. p. 3
   3. Hargett, J. L.. Muster roll of John Benge detachment. 4026.707. John Ross Papers. September 28, 1838. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/4026707 (02/19/2018).
   4. Drennen Roll of “Emigrant Cherokee,” 1851. Series 7RA-01. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Skin Bayou, p. 366, family #165
   5. National Archives and Records Administration M1104. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909. Application #4485, Obadiah Benge. Images at https://www.fold3.com/image/22131174