Daughter of Benjamin White and unknown mother.
Born in Va. Raised in Va. and Married in Va.
Second wife of William Bennett of Pittsylvania Co, Va.
William had four children when they married.
Hezekiah, Armistead, Judith and Sarah.
William and Rachel married in 1784.
The family stayed in Pittsylvania Co, Va. for some years until the older children were grown.
Armistead moved to Jackson Co., Ga. and the family followed.
Armistead married in Georgia then moved to White River, Gibson Co. , Ind.
Hezekiah followed.
The rest of the family stayed in Jackson Co. Georgia.
Mary Polly d. after 1822
Patsey d. after 1822
Rachel d. before 1820
Miriam d. before 1820
Nancy d. before 1820
Joseph d. before 1822
Bartholomew "Bartley"
Asa
William died in 1825, Jackson Co, Ga.
Rachel left Jackson Co, and went to her children in Fayette Co, Fayetteville, Ga.
She died there 9 August, 1837.
She is buried beside her son William Bennett.
Will of William Bennett
25 Jul 1822 , Jackson County, Georgia
Will of William Bennett b. c. 1749, d. April 17, 1825 Transcribed by Anita (Brocato) Hollis, Westlake, LA In the name of God Amen, I William Bennett of the State of Georgia & County of Jackson a planter of the same being weak in body but of sound & perfect mind & memory blessed be almighty God, for the same calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will & testament that is to say principally of in & of all I give & recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me & body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God & as touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased (?) God to bless me within this life, I give dismiss & dispose of the same in the following manner & form, first I lend to my beloved wife Rachael Bennett all & singular my whole estate both movable & immovable during her natural life or widowhood Item 2 I also bequeath to my son Hezekiah Bennett five shillings Sterling Item 3 To my daughter Sarah Hardy five shillings Sterling Item 4 To my son Armstead Bennett five shillings Sterling Item 5 To my daughter Judy Hardy five shillings Sterling Item 6 To my daughter Polley Perry twenty dollars Item 7 To my daughter Patsey Bennett twenty dollars Item 8 To my son Thomas Bennett one cow & calf feather bed & furniture Item 9 To my son Asa Bennett one horse bridle & saddle cow & calf feather bed & furniture Item 10 My sons William Bennett and Bartley Bennett, Thomas Bennett & Asa Bennett I give and bequeath to my beloved four sons after the death of my beloved wife Rachael Bennett all remainder of my property both movable & immovable to be equally divided between them named four sons, And I do hereby constitute my sons Wm Bennett Thos. Bennett & my wife executor of this my last will and testament & do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all and every other former testament will & legacy & executors by me in any wise before named wills & bequeathes & confirming this to be my last will & testament & no other, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 25th day of July in the year of our lord eighteen hundred & twenty two by the within named Wm Bennett the within to be his last will & testament in the presence of us who in his & the presence of each other hereunto subscribed our name, the day & date above written.William Bennett (seal)Absolam Crisler Abram Crisler
Born in Va. Raised in Va. and Married in Va.
Second wife of William Bennett of Pittsylvania Co, Va.
William had four children when they married.
Hezekiah, Armistead, Judith and Sarah.
William and Rachel married in 1784.
The family stayed in Pittsylvania Co, Va. for some years until the older children were grown.
Armistead moved to Jackson Co., Ga. and the family followed.
Armistead married in Georgia then moved to White River, Gibson Co. , Ind.
Hezekiah followed.
The rest of the family stayed in Jackson Co. Georgia.
Mary Polly d. after 1822
Patsey d. after 1822
Rachel d. before 1820
Miriam d. before 1820
Nancy d. before 1820
Joseph d. before 1822
Bartholomew "Bartley"
Asa
William died in 1825, Jackson Co, Ga.
Rachel left Jackson Co, and went to her children in Fayette Co, Fayetteville, Ga.
She died there 9 August, 1837.
She is buried beside her son William Bennett.
Will of William Bennett
25 Jul 1822 , Jackson County, Georgia
Will of William Bennett b. c. 1749, d. April 17, 1825 Transcribed by Anita (Brocato) Hollis, Westlake, LA In the name of God Amen, I William Bennett of the State of Georgia & County of Jackson a planter of the same being weak in body but of sound & perfect mind & memory blessed be almighty God, for the same calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will & testament that is to say principally of in & of all I give & recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me & body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God & as touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased (?) God to bless me within this life, I give dismiss & dispose of the same in the following manner & form, first I lend to my beloved wife Rachael Bennett all & singular my whole estate both movable & immovable during her natural life or widowhood Item 2 I also bequeath to my son Hezekiah Bennett five shillings Sterling Item 3 To my daughter Sarah Hardy five shillings Sterling Item 4 To my son Armstead Bennett five shillings Sterling Item 5 To my daughter Judy Hardy five shillings Sterling Item 6 To my daughter Polley Perry twenty dollars Item 7 To my daughter Patsey Bennett twenty dollars Item 8 To my son Thomas Bennett one cow & calf feather bed & furniture Item 9 To my son Asa Bennett one horse bridle & saddle cow & calf feather bed & furniture Item 10 My sons William Bennett and Bartley Bennett, Thomas Bennett & Asa Bennett I give and bequeath to my beloved four sons after the death of my beloved wife Rachael Bennett all remainder of my property both movable & immovable to be equally divided between them named four sons, And I do hereby constitute my sons Wm Bennett Thos. Bennett & my wife executor of this my last will and testament & do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all and every other former testament will & legacy & executors by me in any wise before named wills & bequeathes & confirming this to be my last will & testament & no other, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 25th day of July in the year of our lord eighteen hundred & twenty two by the within named Wm Bennett the within to be his last will & testament in the presence of us who in his & the presence of each other hereunto subscribed our name, the day & date above written.William Bennett (seal)Absolam Crisler Abram Crisler
Daughter of Benjamin White and unknown mother.
Born in Va. Raised in Va. and Married in Va.
Second wife of William Bennett of Pittsylvania Co, Va.
William had four children when they married.
Hezekiah, Armistead, Judith and Sarah.
William and Rachel married in 1784.
The family stayed in Pittsylvania Co, Va. for some years until the older children were grown.
Armistead moved to Jackson Co., Ga. and the family followed.
Armistead married in Georgia then moved to White River, Gibson Co. , Ind.
Hezekiah followed.
The rest of the family stayed in Jackson Co. Georgia.
Mary Polly d. after 1822
Patsey d. after 1822
Rachel d. before 1820
Miriam d. before 1820
Nancy d. before 1820
Joseph d. before 1822
Bartholomew "Bartley"
Asa
William died in 1825, Jackson Co, Ga.
Rachel left Jackson Co, and went to her children in Fayette Co, Fayetteville, Ga.
She died there 9 August, 1837.
She is buried beside her son William Bennett.
Will of William Bennett
25 Jul 1822 , Jackson County, Georgia
Will of William Bennett b. c. 1749, d. April 17, 1825 Transcribed by Anita (Brocato) Hollis, Westlake, LA In the name of God Amen, I William Bennett of the State of Georgia & County of Jackson a planter of the same being weak in body but of sound & perfect mind & memory blessed be almighty God, for the same calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will & testament that is to say principally of in & of all I give & recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me & body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God & as touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased (?) God to bless me within this life, I give dismiss & dispose of the same in the following manner & form, first I lend to my beloved wife Rachael Bennett all & singular my whole estate both movable & immovable during her natural life or widowhood Item 2 I also bequeath to my son Hezekiah Bennett five shillings Sterling Item 3 To my daughter Sarah Hardy five shillings Sterling Item 4 To my son Armstead Bennett five shillings Sterling Item 5 To my daughter Judy Hardy five shillings Sterling Item 6 To my daughter Polley Perry twenty dollars Item 7 To my daughter Patsey Bennett twenty dollars Item 8 To my son Thomas Bennett one cow & calf feather bed & furniture Item 9 To my son Asa Bennett one horse bridle & saddle cow & calf feather bed & furniture Item 10 My sons William Bennett and Bartley Bennett, Thomas Bennett & Asa Bennett I give and bequeath to my beloved four sons after the death of my beloved wife Rachael Bennett all remainder of my property both movable & immovable to be equally divided between them named four sons, And I do hereby constitute my sons Wm Bennett Thos. Bennett & my wife executor of this my last will and testament & do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all and every other former testament will & legacy & executors by me in any wise before named wills & bequeathes & confirming this to be my last will & testament & no other, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 25th day of July in the year of our lord eighteen hundred & twenty two by the within named Wm Bennett the within to be his last will & testament in the presence of us who in his & the presence of each other hereunto subscribed our name, the day & date above written.William Bennett (seal)Absolam Crisler Abram Crisler
Born in Va. Raised in Va. and Married in Va.
Second wife of William Bennett of Pittsylvania Co, Va.
William had four children when they married.
Hezekiah, Armistead, Judith and Sarah.
William and Rachel married in 1784.
The family stayed in Pittsylvania Co, Va. for some years until the older children were grown.
Armistead moved to Jackson Co., Ga. and the family followed.
Armistead married in Georgia then moved to White River, Gibson Co. , Ind.
Hezekiah followed.
The rest of the family stayed in Jackson Co. Georgia.
Mary Polly d. after 1822
Patsey d. after 1822
Rachel d. before 1820
Miriam d. before 1820
Nancy d. before 1820
Joseph d. before 1822
Bartholomew "Bartley"
Asa
William died in 1825, Jackson Co, Ga.
Rachel left Jackson Co, and went to her children in Fayette Co, Fayetteville, Ga.
She died there 9 August, 1837.
She is buried beside her son William Bennett.
Will of William Bennett
25 Jul 1822 , Jackson County, Georgia
Will of William Bennett b. c. 1749, d. April 17, 1825 Transcribed by Anita (Brocato) Hollis, Westlake, LA In the name of God Amen, I William Bennett of the State of Georgia & County of Jackson a planter of the same being weak in body but of sound & perfect mind & memory blessed be almighty God, for the same calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will & testament that is to say principally of in & of all I give & recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me & body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God & as touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased (?) God to bless me within this life, I give dismiss & dispose of the same in the following manner & form, first I lend to my beloved wife Rachael Bennett all & singular my whole estate both movable & immovable during her natural life or widowhood Item 2 I also bequeath to my son Hezekiah Bennett five shillings Sterling Item 3 To my daughter Sarah Hardy five shillings Sterling Item 4 To my son Armstead Bennett five shillings Sterling Item 5 To my daughter Judy Hardy five shillings Sterling Item 6 To my daughter Polley Perry twenty dollars Item 7 To my daughter Patsey Bennett twenty dollars Item 8 To my son Thomas Bennett one cow & calf feather bed & furniture Item 9 To my son Asa Bennett one horse bridle & saddle cow & calf feather bed & furniture Item 10 My sons William Bennett and Bartley Bennett, Thomas Bennett & Asa Bennett I give and bequeath to my beloved four sons after the death of my beloved wife Rachael Bennett all remainder of my property both movable & immovable to be equally divided between them named four sons, And I do hereby constitute my sons Wm Bennett Thos. Bennett & my wife executor of this my last will and testament & do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all and every other former testament will & legacy & executors by me in any wise before named wills & bequeathes & confirming this to be my last will & testament & no other, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 25th day of July in the year of our lord eighteen hundred & twenty two by the within named Wm Bennett the within to be his last will & testament in the presence of us who in his & the presence of each other hereunto subscribed our name, the day & date above written.William Bennett (seal)Absolam Crisler Abram Crisler
Inscription
Sacred To the Memory of
Rachel Bennett
Born A.D. 1764
Died 9 th of Aug A.D. 1837
The Deceased had been an
orderly member
of the Baptist Church
for many years
Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord
