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From Hobbs_Family_California by Pati Perrault (dated Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009)
http://hobbsclan.blogspot.com/2009/08/vincent-hobbs-1-first-generat...
17. Mary (Polly) Hobbs - before 1769 - John Benham B. Estimate 1849 B. ? D. April 1823 D. 1800
Family settled in Dryden on what has recently been known as the Elkanah Pennington farm. They introduced the Benham apple there. Land was next to that of Vincent Hobbs Sr. Benham supposedly settled on the North Fork of the Holston River, about 4 miles or less the village of Holston and owned about 1000 acres. He had built a fort before the Revolutionary War between Saltville and the Anderson Blockhouse near Big Moccasin Gap. Benham was a hunter who kept a camp on the spur of Black Mountain in present Harlan County, Kentucky, which carries the name Benham Spur. 1787 Washington County, Virginia tax list = I poll, 3 age 16-21, no slaves, 6 horses, 30 cattle. John Benham's will was dated 12 March 1796.
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1766 |
1766
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Washington, Virginia, United States
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1769 |
1769
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Maryland
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1769
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Augusta County, Virginia
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1771 |
1771
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1771
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Augusta County, Virginia
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1772 |
1772
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Washington County, Virginia
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1773 |
1773
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Washington, VA, United States
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1777 |
December 1777
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Washington County, Virginia, United States
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1780 |
1780
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Lee County, Virginia, United States
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