William Benjamin Deyampert

WILLIAM BENJAMIN DEYAMPERT was born on May 11, 1837, and married EMMA T. PORTIS of Suggsville on May 11, 1864. He attended the University of Alabama. He served as a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army and he owned four slaves in 1860. In early 1860, two of DeYampert�s slaves, named Isaac and William, ran away from his plantation. Traveling at night and hiding during the day they headed for North Carolina. William was arrested crossing the railroad bridge on the Coosa River, and Isaac was caught and jailed in Augusta, Georgia. DeYampert died in July 1892. [1860 Perry County Slave Census; England, Alabama Notes, p. 60; Alabama Reporter, May 3, 1860;1860 Census of Perry County, Alabama, p. 579 ]

From: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:frme60kzllEJ:f... ---Notes for WILLIAM BENJAMIN DEYAMPERT: Wm. Benjamin DeYampert was a Sophomore at the Univ. of AL in 1855. Served in the CSA. Died in July 1892, a planter in Hamburg, AR. His brother, Thomas Webb de Yampert, born 11 May 1835, also attended Univ. of AL and married Anna Maria Turpin in Marion on 10 May 1862. "Univ. of AL Students", Alabama Genealogical Register, Vol 8, No. 4 page ?.

Children of EMMA PORTIS and WILLIAM DEYAMPERT are:

 i.   WILLIAM BENJAMIN7 DEYAMPERT, b. Abt. 1865. 

 ii.   CLIFFORD DEYAMPERT, b. Abt. 1866. 

 iii.   PORTIS DEYAMPERT, b. Bef. October 05, 1867. 

 iv.   MAY BELLE DEYAMPERT. 

 v.   WEBB DEYAMPERT. 

 vi.   ADELE DEYAMPERT.