Thomas Benjamin Tarver, III

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When Thomas Benjamin Tarver was born in 1775, in Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Rogers Tarver, was 23 and his mother, Mary Arnold, was 21. He married Judith Cockerham in 1794, in Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1847, in Amite, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Amite, Mississippi, United States.

"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPZ-4KY : 20 February 2021), Tho B Tarver, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing 64, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 70; FHL microfilm 14,838.

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTS-VJR : 8 December 2020), Thomas Tarver, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 54, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W3J4-TG3Z : 3 August 2020), Thomas Benjamin Tarver, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 198629921, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

born Abt. 1775 in Barnwell Co., Orangeburg Dist., South Carolina, and died Abt. 1847 in Amite Co., Miss.. He married (1) JUDITH COCKERHAM 1799 in Barnwell Co., Orangeburg Dist., South Carolina, daughter of JOHN COCKERHAM and BRAMBLEY. He married (2) PEGGY HARKNESS March 26, 1839 in Amite Co., Miss..

Children of BENJAMIN TARVER and JUDITH COCKERHAM are:

 	i. 	  	ELIZABETH6 TARVER, b. Abt. 1800, Barnwell Co., Orangeburg Dist., South Carolina; d. Bef. 1843, Jasper Co., Texas; m. SAMUEL ISAACS, February 24, 1816, Amite Co., Miss..

38. ii. WILSON TARVER, b. Abt. 1804, Barnwell Co., Orangeburg Dist., South Carolina; d. Aft. 1870, Amite Co., Miss..

39. iii. THOMAS TARVER, b. Abt. 1805, Barnwell Co., Orangeburg Dist., South Carolina; d. Bef. 1870, Franklin Parish, Louisiana.

40. iv. JOHN TARVER, b. Abt. 1808, Barnwell Co., Orangeburg Dist., South Carolina; d. 1856, Franklin Parish, Louisiana.

41. v. BENJAMIN TARVER IV, b. Abt. 1810, Barnwell Co., Orangeburg Dist., South Carolina; d. 1846, Madison Co., Miss..

42. vi. IRA BIRD TARVER, b. Abt. 1814, Amite Co., Mississippi; d. Aft. 1870, Amite Co., Mississippi.

43. vii. MARK TARVER II, b. Abt. 1816, Amite Co., Mississippi; d. Aft. 1880, Texas.

44. viii. LOTT TARVER, b. Abt. 1820, Amite Co., Mississippi; d. 1866, Amite Co., Mississippi.