Married Temperance aka Tempa Lawrence. She died in Keokuk Cty Iowa.
Son of Stephen Landreth Sr and Jane LNU of Piney Creek, Alleghany Cty, NC. b ca 1795
1823 father gave him 75 acres on Elk Creek, Ashe Cty now Alleghany Cty NC
1824 bought 100 ac Elk Creek from Simeon Taylor
1841 sold 200 ac to William Blevins
MIGRATED TO IOWA ca 1842 by wagon train.
Some say he did not make it to Iowa.
Some say he did
Some say he died in KANSAS
May be buried here with son, James Harvey Landreth
Or may have died in Keokuk. ca 1844
Not on tax list
No marker.
Abt 12 Children
1 Joel L. b ca 1824 d after 1870 census in 2/1872
2 dau, Rose and Lucy died of small pox.
m Nancy Searcy, moved to Humboldt Kansas.
After death Nancy m William Mayes a widower with teenage sons
2 Mary m John Ham Jr
3 Katherine m Caleb Parsons, lived in Piney Creek NC
4 James Harvey b ca 1842
5 Kissiah married John Huffy Vannover stayed in Ky
6 Thomas
7 Temperance Salina b ca 1832 m William Priest
8 Squire b ca 1835 went to Oregon/Wash m Elizabeth aka Ellen Martin
9 Doytha b ca 1838
10 William m Jane Conner went to Oregon
FROM FaG researcher PEGGY NUTT (THANKS!)
This is what Eugene Landreth has about Benjamin and his family in his book, the 23rd Edition:
In 1823, Benjamin's father Stephen Landreth, made him a deed for 75 acres on Elk Creek near the Virginia North Carolina border. (a mile from Stephen's home)
In 1824 Benjamin bought 100 acres on Elk Creek from Simeon Taylor.
They left Ashe county, NC in 1842 for Keokuk county, Iowa. Benjamin died before 1850 and Temperance died in the summer of 1862 in Keokuk county, Iowa.
Their sons Squire Benjamin and and William left Keokuk county in 1853 for Oregon by wagon train after years of gold hunting, Indian fighting and working as a grocer.
They were in Portland, Oregon in 1861.
Squire Benjamin Landreth finally settled in Reardon, Washington where some of his descendants still live on his old homestead.
Benjamin and Temperance's son Joel Landreth, became a stonemason and built buildings in San Francisco, California and in Kansas City, Missouri.
Their daughter Mary, married John Ham while they were still in North Carolina but after her father died in Iowa they moved to Nebraska.
Son of Stephen Landreth Sr and Jane LNU of Piney Creek, Alleghany Cty, NC. b ca 1795
1823 father gave him 75 acres on Elk Creek, Ashe Cty now Alleghany Cty NC
1824 bought 100 ac Elk Creek from Simeon Taylor
1841 sold 200 ac to William Blevins
MIGRATED TO IOWA ca 1842 by wagon train.
Some say he did not make it to Iowa.
Some say he did
Some say he died in KANSAS
May be buried here with son, James Harvey Landreth
Or may have died in Keokuk. ca 1844
Not on tax list
No marker.
Abt 12 Children
1 Joel L. b ca 1824 d after 1870 census in 2/1872
2 dau, Rose and Lucy died of small pox.
m Nancy Searcy, moved to Humboldt Kansas.
After death Nancy m William Mayes a widower with teenage sons
2 Mary m John Ham Jr
3 Katherine m Caleb Parsons, lived in Piney Creek NC
4 James Harvey b ca 1842
5 Kissiah married John Huffy Vannover stayed in Ky
6 Thomas
7 Temperance Salina b ca 1832 m William Priest
8 Squire b ca 1835 went to Oregon/Wash m Elizabeth aka Ellen Martin
9 Doytha b ca 1838
10 William m Jane Conner went to Oregon
FROM FaG researcher PEGGY NUTT (THANKS!)
This is what Eugene Landreth has about Benjamin and his family in his book, the 23rd Edition:
In 1823, Benjamin's father Stephen Landreth, made him a deed for 75 acres on Elk Creek near the Virginia North Carolina border. (a mile from Stephen's home)
In 1824 Benjamin bought 100 acres on Elk Creek from Simeon Taylor.
They left Ashe county, NC in 1842 for Keokuk county, Iowa. Benjamin died before 1850 and Temperance died in the summer of 1862 in Keokuk county, Iowa.
Their sons Squire Benjamin and and William left Keokuk county in 1853 for Oregon by wagon train after years of gold hunting, Indian fighting and working as a grocer.
They were in Portland, Oregon in 1861.
Squire Benjamin Landreth finally settled in Reardon, Washington where some of his descendants still live on his old homestead.
Benjamin and Temperance's son Joel Landreth, became a stonemason and built buildings in San Francisco, California and in Kansas City, Missouri.
Their daughter Mary, married John Ham while they were still in North Carolina but after her father died in Iowa they moved to Nebraska.
Married Temperance aka Tempa Lawrence. She died in Keokuk Cty Iowa.
Son of Stephen Landreth Sr and Jane LNU of Piney Creek, Alleghany Cty, NC. b ca 1795
1823 father gave him 75 acres on Elk Creek, Ashe Cty now Alleghany Cty NC
1824 bought 100 ac Elk Creek from Simeon Taylor
1841 sold 200 ac to William Blevins
MIGRATED TO IOWA ca 1842 by wagon train.
Some say he did not make it to Iowa.
Some say he did
Some say he died in KANSAS
May be buried here with son, James Harvey Landreth
Or may have died in Keokuk. ca 1844
Not on tax list
No marker.
Abt 12 Children
1 Joel L. b ca 1824 d after 1870 census in 2/1872
2 dau, Rose and Lucy died of small pox.
m Nancy Searcy, moved to Humboldt Kansas.
After death Nancy m William Mayes a widower with teenage sons
2 Mary m John Ham Jr
3 Katherine m Caleb Parsons, lived in Piney Creek NC
4 James Harvey b ca 1842
5 Kissiah married John Huffy Vannover stayed in Ky
6 Thomas
7 Temperance Salina b ca 1832 m William Priest
8 Squire b ca 1835 went to Oregon/Wash m Elizabeth aka Ellen Martin
9 Doytha b ca 1838
10 William m Jane Conner went to Oregon
FROM FaG researcher PEGGY NUTT (THANKS!)
This is what Eugene Landreth has about Benjamin and his family in his book, the 23rd Edition:
In 1823, Benjamin's father Stephen Landreth, made him a deed for 75 acres on Elk Creek near the Virginia North Carolina border. (a mile from Stephen's home)
In 1824 Benjamin bought 100 acres on Elk Creek from Simeon Taylor.
They left Ashe county, NC in 1842 for Keokuk county, Iowa. Benjamin died before 1850 and Temperance died in the summer of 1862 in Keokuk county, Iowa.
Their sons Squire Benjamin and and William left Keokuk county in 1853 for Oregon by wagon train after years of gold hunting, Indian fighting and working as a grocer.
They were in Portland, Oregon in 1861.
Squire Benjamin Landreth finally settled in Reardon, Washington where some of his descendants still live on his old homestead.
Benjamin and Temperance's son Joel Landreth, became a stonemason and built buildings in San Francisco, California and in Kansas City, Missouri.
Their daughter Mary, married John Ham while they were still in North Carolina but after her father died in Iowa they moved to Nebraska.
Son of Stephen Landreth Sr and Jane LNU of Piney Creek, Alleghany Cty, NC. b ca 1795
1823 father gave him 75 acres on Elk Creek, Ashe Cty now Alleghany Cty NC
1824 bought 100 ac Elk Creek from Simeon Taylor
1841 sold 200 ac to William Blevins
MIGRATED TO IOWA ca 1842 by wagon train.
Some say he did not make it to Iowa.
Some say he did
Some say he died in KANSAS
May be buried here with son, James Harvey Landreth
Or may have died in Keokuk. ca 1844
Not on tax list
No marker.
Abt 12 Children
1 Joel L. b ca 1824 d after 1870 census in 2/1872
2 dau, Rose and Lucy died of small pox.
m Nancy Searcy, moved to Humboldt Kansas.
After death Nancy m William Mayes a widower with teenage sons
2 Mary m John Ham Jr
3 Katherine m Caleb Parsons, lived in Piney Creek NC
4 James Harvey b ca 1842
5 Kissiah married John Huffy Vannover stayed in Ky
6 Thomas
7 Temperance Salina b ca 1832 m William Priest
8 Squire b ca 1835 went to Oregon/Wash m Elizabeth aka Ellen Martin
9 Doytha b ca 1838
10 William m Jane Conner went to Oregon
FROM FaG researcher PEGGY NUTT (THANKS!)
This is what Eugene Landreth has about Benjamin and his family in his book, the 23rd Edition:
In 1823, Benjamin's father Stephen Landreth, made him a deed for 75 acres on Elk Creek near the Virginia North Carolina border. (a mile from Stephen's home)
In 1824 Benjamin bought 100 acres on Elk Creek from Simeon Taylor.
They left Ashe county, NC in 1842 for Keokuk county, Iowa. Benjamin died before 1850 and Temperance died in the summer of 1862 in Keokuk county, Iowa.
Their sons Squire Benjamin and and William left Keokuk county in 1853 for Oregon by wagon train after years of gold hunting, Indian fighting and working as a grocer.
They were in Portland, Oregon in 1861.
Squire Benjamin Landreth finally settled in Reardon, Washington where some of his descendants still live on his old homestead.
Benjamin and Temperance's son Joel Landreth, became a stonemason and built buildings in San Francisco, California and in Kansas City, Missouri.
Their daughter Mary, married John Ham while they were still in North Carolina but after her father died in Iowa they moved to Nebraska.
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