BENNET, VALENTINE (1780-1843). Valentine Bennet, soldier and pioneer, was born in Massachusetts in 1780 to a Puritan family. He fought in the War of 1812, lived for a time in New York, Louisiana, and Ohio, and married Mary Kibbe in Buffalo in 1817. Shortly after the death of his beloved wife he made provision for his two children Miles Squier Bennet and Sarah Jane Bennet and set out for Texas, where he settled at Velasco in November 1825. In 1832 he took a leading part in the battle of Velasco, where he was severely wounded in the face and hip. He moved to Gonzales in 1834 and in 1835 was one of the eighteen men who defied Domingo de Ugartechea's order in the battle of Gonzales.
Bennet was elected lieutenant when the Gonzales militia was organized, and from that time on he was in the thick of the Texas Revolution. He participated in the battle of Concepción in October 1835 and the siege of Bexar in December. He held the rank of assistant quartermaster and received honorable mention from Gen. Edward Burlesonqv for efficiency in keeping the army well supplied. Later, as quartermaster of the revolutionary army, he was kept busy supplying beef for Sam Houston's growing forces as the general retreated from Gonzales to the battleground of San Jacinto. After the battle of San Jacinto Bennet remained with the army. Early in 1838, after a three-month furlough, he brought his son back to Texas with him. On December 25, 1838, he brought his daughter Sarah Jane to live in his home in Gonzales.
In 1841 he was commissioned a Major in the Quartermaster's department of the Army of the Republic of Texas and was sent on the Texan Santa Fe expedition. Among the other Santa Fe prisoners he suffered many indignities and cruelties at the hands of his Mexican guards; in August 1842 the prisoners were released, and Bennet returned to Texas. He reentered the Texas army when Gen. Adrián Woll invaded Texas; subsequently, he took part in the Somervell expedition.
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Valentine Bennet died at the home of his daughter Sarah Jane (Bennet) Pilgrim on July 24, 1843, and is buried in the old cemetery at Gonzales.
Maj.Bennet is greatly missed by his only son - Captain Miles Squier Bennet (another quiet hero of Texas), who fought alongside his father, his daughter-in-law, Bathsheba (Gipson) Bennet, daughter Sarah Jane (Bennet)Pilgrim and son-in-law Thomas J Pilgrim
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Major and Quartermaster Bennet throughout his life and in history books was known for his answer when asked about the uniform of the Texas forces in Apr 1836
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"Rags were our uniform, sire! Nine out of ten of them was in rags. And it was a fighting uniform."
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Additional information, from and used with permission from SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Valentine Bennet is listed in DeWitt Colony land records as having arrived single on 1 April 1831 where he received a fourth league of land on the west bank of the Guadalupe in current DeWitt County above Cuero and is listed on the Gonzales tax rolls of 1838-39. Bennet owned two blocks in the west outer Gonzales town tract. He was born in Massachusetts in 1780 of Puritan background and lived in NY, OH and LA. He fought in the War of 1812 and was promoted at Lundy's Lane in 1814 for gallantry. He married Mary Kibbe (daughter of Gaius and Mary Pease from Enfield, CT) 7 Oct 1817 in Buffalo, NY and came to St. Mary's Parish, LA with the Kibbe family in 1820. Wife Mary and Mary Jane, one of their twin daughters, died there in 1821. Bennet took surviving children, Sarah Jane and Miles Squier to Ohio and left them with relatives while he went to Texas. Bennet settled at Velasco in 1825 after the death of his wife, was wounded in the Battle of Velasco and moved to the DeWitt Colony in 1831. While on leave from the army, he brought his son Miles Bennet and daughter Sarah Jane (b. 27 Jul 1820; d. 1 Feb 1883 Gonzales) to TX to live with him at his home in Gonzales. He died at the home of his daughter in 1843 and is buried in the old cemetery at Gonzales.
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
Bennet was elected lieutenant when the Gonzales militia was organized, and from that time on he was in the thick of the Texas Revolution. He participated in the battle of Concepción in October 1835 and the siege of Bexar in December. He held the rank of assistant quartermaster and received honorable mention from Gen. Edward Burlesonqv for efficiency in keeping the army well supplied. Later, as quartermaster of the revolutionary army, he was kept busy supplying beef for Sam Houston's growing forces as the general retreated from Gonzales to the battleground of San Jacinto. After the battle of San Jacinto Bennet remained with the army. Early in 1838, after a three-month furlough, he brought his son back to Texas with him. On December 25, 1838, he brought his daughter Sarah Jane to live in his home in Gonzales.
In 1841 he was commissioned a Major in the Quartermaster's department of the Army of the Republic of Texas and was sent on the Texan Santa Fe expedition. Among the other Santa Fe prisoners he suffered many indignities and cruelties at the hands of his Mexican guards; in August 1842 the prisoners were released, and Bennet returned to Texas. He reentered the Texas army when Gen. Adrián Woll invaded Texas; subsequently, he took part in the Somervell expedition.
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Valentine Bennet died at the home of his daughter Sarah Jane (Bennet) Pilgrim on July 24, 1843, and is buried in the old cemetery at Gonzales.
Maj.Bennet is greatly missed by his only son - Captain Miles Squier Bennet (another quiet hero of Texas), who fought alongside his father, his daughter-in-law, Bathsheba (Gipson) Bennet, daughter Sarah Jane (Bennet)Pilgrim and son-in-law Thomas J Pilgrim
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Major and Quartermaster Bennet throughout his life and in history books was known for his answer when asked about the uniform of the Texas forces in Apr 1836
quotation
"Rags were our uniform, sire! Nine out of ten of them was in rags. And it was a fighting uniform."
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Additional information, from and used with permission from SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Valentine Bennet is listed in DeWitt Colony land records as having arrived single on 1 April 1831 where he received a fourth league of land on the west bank of the Guadalupe in current DeWitt County above Cuero and is listed on the Gonzales tax rolls of 1838-39. Bennet owned two blocks in the west outer Gonzales town tract. He was born in Massachusetts in 1780 of Puritan background and lived in NY, OH and LA. He fought in the War of 1812 and was promoted at Lundy's Lane in 1814 for gallantry. He married Mary Kibbe (daughter of Gaius and Mary Pease from Enfield, CT) 7 Oct 1817 in Buffalo, NY and came to St. Mary's Parish, LA with the Kibbe family in 1820. Wife Mary and Mary Jane, one of their twin daughters, died there in 1821. Bennet took surviving children, Sarah Jane and Miles Squier to Ohio and left them with relatives while he went to Texas. Bennet settled at Velasco in 1825 after the death of his wife, was wounded in the Battle of Velasco and moved to the DeWitt Colony in 1831. While on leave from the army, he brought his son Miles Bennet and daughter Sarah Jane (b. 27 Jul 1820; d. 1 Feb 1883 Gonzales) to TX to live with him at his home in Gonzales. He died at the home of his daughter in 1843 and is buried in the old cemetery at Gonzales.
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
BENNET, VALENTINE (1780-1843). Valentine Bennet, soldier and pioneer, was born in Massachusetts in 1780 to a Puritan family. He fought in the War of 1812, lived for a time in New York, Louisiana, and Ohio, and married Mary Kibbe in Buffalo in 1817. Shortly after the death of his beloved wife he made provision for his two children Miles Squier Bennet and Sarah Jane Bennet and set out for Texas, where he settled at Velasco in November 1825. In 1832 he took a leading part in the battle of Velasco, where he was severely wounded in the face and hip. He moved to Gonzales in 1834 and in 1835 was one of the eighteen men who defied Domingo de Ugartechea's order in the battle of Gonzales.
Bennet was elected lieutenant when the Gonzales militia was organized, and from that time on he was in the thick of the Texas Revolution. He participated in the battle of Concepción in October 1835 and the siege of Bexar in December. He held the rank of assistant quartermaster and received honorable mention from Gen. Edward Burlesonqv for efficiency in keeping the army well supplied. Later, as quartermaster of the revolutionary army, he was kept busy supplying beef for Sam Houston's growing forces as the general retreated from Gonzales to the battleground of San Jacinto. After the battle of San Jacinto Bennet remained with the army. Early in 1838, after a three-month furlough, he brought his son back to Texas with him. On December 25, 1838, he brought his daughter Sarah Jane to live in his home in Gonzales.
In 1841 he was commissioned a Major in the Quartermaster's department of the Army of the Republic of Texas and was sent on the Texan Santa Fe expedition. Among the other Santa Fe prisoners he suffered many indignities and cruelties at the hands of his Mexican guards; in August 1842 the prisoners were released, and Bennet returned to Texas. He reentered the Texas army when Gen. Adrián Woll invaded Texas; subsequently, he took part in the Somervell expedition.
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Valentine Bennet died at the home of his daughter Sarah Jane (Bennet) Pilgrim on July 24, 1843, and is buried in the old cemetery at Gonzales.
Maj.Bennet is greatly missed by his only son - Captain Miles Squier Bennet (another quiet hero of Texas), who fought alongside his father, his daughter-in-law, Bathsheba (Gipson) Bennet, daughter Sarah Jane (Bennet)Pilgrim and son-in-law Thomas J Pilgrim
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Major and Quartermaster Bennet throughout his life and in history books was known for his answer when asked about the uniform of the Texas forces in Apr 1836
quotation
"Rags were our uniform, sire! Nine out of ten of them was in rags. And it was a fighting uniform."
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Additional information, from and used with permission from SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Valentine Bennet is listed in DeWitt Colony land records as having arrived single on 1 April 1831 where he received a fourth league of land on the west bank of the Guadalupe in current DeWitt County above Cuero and is listed on the Gonzales tax rolls of 1838-39. Bennet owned two blocks in the west outer Gonzales town tract. He was born in Massachusetts in 1780 of Puritan background and lived in NY, OH and LA. He fought in the War of 1812 and was promoted at Lundy's Lane in 1814 for gallantry. He married Mary Kibbe (daughter of Gaius and Mary Pease from Enfield, CT) 7 Oct 1817 in Buffalo, NY and came to St. Mary's Parish, LA with the Kibbe family in 1820. Wife Mary and Mary Jane, one of their twin daughters, died there in 1821. Bennet took surviving children, Sarah Jane and Miles Squier to Ohio and left them with relatives while he went to Texas. Bennet settled at Velasco in 1825 after the death of his wife, was wounded in the Battle of Velasco and moved to the DeWitt Colony in 1831. While on leave from the army, he brought his son Miles Bennet and daughter Sarah Jane (b. 27 Jul 1820; d. 1 Feb 1883 Gonzales) to TX to live with him at his home in Gonzales. He died at the home of his daughter in 1843 and is buried in the old cemetery at Gonzales.
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
Bennet was elected lieutenant when the Gonzales militia was organized, and from that time on he was in the thick of the Texas Revolution. He participated in the battle of Concepción in October 1835 and the siege of Bexar in December. He held the rank of assistant quartermaster and received honorable mention from Gen. Edward Burlesonqv for efficiency in keeping the army well supplied. Later, as quartermaster of the revolutionary army, he was kept busy supplying beef for Sam Houston's growing forces as the general retreated from Gonzales to the battleground of San Jacinto. After the battle of San Jacinto Bennet remained with the army. Early in 1838, after a three-month furlough, he brought his son back to Texas with him. On December 25, 1838, he brought his daughter Sarah Jane to live in his home in Gonzales.
In 1841 he was commissioned a Major in the Quartermaster's department of the Army of the Republic of Texas and was sent on the Texan Santa Fe expedition. Among the other Santa Fe prisoners he suffered many indignities and cruelties at the hands of his Mexican guards; in August 1842 the prisoners were released, and Bennet returned to Texas. He reentered the Texas army when Gen. Adrián Woll invaded Texas; subsequently, he took part in the Somervell expedition.
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Valentine Bennet died at the home of his daughter Sarah Jane (Bennet) Pilgrim on July 24, 1843, and is buried in the old cemetery at Gonzales.
Maj.Bennet is greatly missed by his only son - Captain Miles Squier Bennet (another quiet hero of Texas), who fought alongside his father, his daughter-in-law, Bathsheba (Gipson) Bennet, daughter Sarah Jane (Bennet)Pilgrim and son-in-law Thomas J Pilgrim
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Major and Quartermaster Bennet throughout his life and in history books was known for his answer when asked about the uniform of the Texas forces in Apr 1836
quotation
"Rags were our uniform, sire! Nine out of ten of them was in rags. And it was a fighting uniform."
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Additional information, from and used with permission from SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Valentine Bennet is listed in DeWitt Colony land records as having arrived single on 1 April 1831 where he received a fourth league of land on the west bank of the Guadalupe in current DeWitt County above Cuero and is listed on the Gonzales tax rolls of 1838-39. Bennet owned two blocks in the west outer Gonzales town tract. He was born in Massachusetts in 1780 of Puritan background and lived in NY, OH and LA. He fought in the War of 1812 and was promoted at Lundy's Lane in 1814 for gallantry. He married Mary Kibbe (daughter of Gaius and Mary Pease from Enfield, CT) 7 Oct 1817 in Buffalo, NY and came to St. Mary's Parish, LA with the Kibbe family in 1820. Wife Mary and Mary Jane, one of their twin daughters, died there in 1821. Bennet took surviving children, Sarah Jane and Miles Squier to Ohio and left them with relatives while he went to Texas. Bennet settled at Velasco in 1825 after the death of his wife, was wounded in the Battle of Velasco and moved to the DeWitt Colony in 1831. While on leave from the army, he brought his son Miles Bennet and daughter Sarah Jane (b. 27 Jul 1820; d. 1 Feb 1883 Gonzales) to TX to live with him at his home in Gonzales. He died at the home of his daughter in 1843 and is buried in the old cemetery at Gonzales.
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
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