The exact date of death and burial location is not known. He and wife Amelia were last documented on the 1840 census in Wilcox County, Alabama.
Benjamin David, Jr was the son of Benjamin David (1760-1803) and Sarah Kolb David (1770-1824). He was only nine when his father died in 1803. Three years later his mother married Philip Pledger Jr. who had lost his wife in 1802. Sometime before 1825 he married Amelia Carloss, daughter of Robertson Carloss and well known lawyer, merchant and politician. Robertson Carloss had been the executor on many estates, and after his death it appears that one or two of these were passed on to his son Robertson A. Carloss and son-in-law Benjamin David Jr. Lawsuits brought against these two alleged abuse of the executorship, and especially in the case of Benjamin David Jr., using slaves from one of these estates to work on his own land and hiring them out for pay which he kept. The suits were not to be decided in court since Benjamin David Jr. left the state for Webbville, Florida where he was in February of 1830. Benjamin sent for his family and by April of 1837 he was in Alabama where he received four patents for public land, one of which was with William Pledger, a cousin of his step-father, Philip Pledger, Jr.
The 1840 Federal census of Wilcox County Alabama included the family of Benjamin David. There is one male between 30 and 40 which is Benjamin, one female between 30 and 40 which is probably his wife Amelia, one unknown female between 40 and 50, one male between 10 and 15 which is probably Benjamin Robert David who came to Texas and married Louisiana Jennings Cole, two unknown males between 5 and 10, one unknown male under 5, and one female between 10 and 15 which is probably Sarah who married William S. Thompson, had a family and lived in Mississippi.
Hard luck followed Benjamin. In January of 1840 he had debts and liabilities of $9975 which he was unable to pay, and he lost everything – his land, his slaves, his crops, his live stock, even his furniture. Except for the birth of their youngest known child, Olivia C. David in July of 1842, there is no further record of Benjamin and Amelia David. It is assumed that by the 1850 census they are dead.
Benjamin David, Jr was the son of Benjamin David (1760-1803) and Sarah Kolb David (1770-1824). He was only nine when his father died in 1803. Three years later his mother married Philip Pledger Jr. who had lost his wife in 1802. Sometime before 1825 he married Amelia Carloss, daughter of Robertson Carloss and well known lawyer, merchant and politician. Robertson Carloss had been the executor on many estates, and after his death it appears that one or two of these were passed on to his son Robertson A. Carloss and son-in-law Benjamin David Jr. Lawsuits brought against these two alleged abuse of the executorship, and especially in the case of Benjamin David Jr., using slaves from one of these estates to work on his own land and hiring them out for pay which he kept. The suits were not to be decided in court since Benjamin David Jr. left the state for Webbville, Florida where he was in February of 1830. Benjamin sent for his family and by April of 1837 he was in Alabama where he received four patents for public land, one of which was with William Pledger, a cousin of his step-father, Philip Pledger, Jr.
The 1840 Federal census of Wilcox County Alabama included the family of Benjamin David. There is one male between 30 and 40 which is Benjamin, one female between 30 and 40 which is probably his wife Amelia, one unknown female between 40 and 50, one male between 10 and 15 which is probably Benjamin Robert David who came to Texas and married Louisiana Jennings Cole, two unknown males between 5 and 10, one unknown male under 5, and one female between 10 and 15 which is probably Sarah who married William S. Thompson, had a family and lived in Mississippi.
Hard luck followed Benjamin. In January of 1840 he had debts and liabilities of $9975 which he was unable to pay, and he lost everything – his land, his slaves, his crops, his live stock, even his furniture. Except for the birth of their youngest known child, Olivia C. David in July of 1842, there is no further record of Benjamin and Amelia David. It is assumed that by the 1850 census they are dead.
The exact date of death and burial location is not known. He and wife Amelia were last documented on the 1840 census in Wilcox County, Alabama.
Benjamin David, Jr was the son of Benjamin David (1760-1803) and Sarah Kolb David (1770-1824). He was only nine when his father died in 1803. Three years later his mother married Philip Pledger Jr. who had lost his wife in 1802. Sometime before 1825 he married Amelia Carloss, daughter of Robertson Carloss and well known lawyer, merchant and politician. Robertson Carloss had been the executor on many estates, and after his death it appears that one or two of these were passed on to his son Robertson A. Carloss and son-in-law Benjamin David Jr. Lawsuits brought against these two alleged abuse of the executorship, and especially in the case of Benjamin David Jr., using slaves from one of these estates to work on his own land and hiring them out for pay which he kept. The suits were not to be decided in court since Benjamin David Jr. left the state for Webbville, Florida where he was in February of 1830. Benjamin sent for his family and by April of 1837 he was in Alabama where he received four patents for public land, one of which was with William Pledger, a cousin of his step-father, Philip Pledger, Jr.
The 1840 Federal census of Wilcox County Alabama included the family of Benjamin David. There is one male between 30 and 40 which is Benjamin, one female between 30 and 40 which is probably his wife Amelia, one unknown female between 40 and 50, one male between 10 and 15 which is probably Benjamin Robert David who came to Texas and married Louisiana Jennings Cole, two unknown males between 5 and 10, one unknown male under 5, and one female between 10 and 15 which is probably Sarah who married William S. Thompson, had a family and lived in Mississippi.
Hard luck followed Benjamin. In January of 1840 he had debts and liabilities of $9975 which he was unable to pay, and he lost everything – his land, his slaves, his crops, his live stock, even his furniture. Except for the birth of their youngest known child, Olivia C. David in July of 1842, there is no further record of Benjamin and Amelia David. It is assumed that by the 1850 census they are dead.
Benjamin David, Jr was the son of Benjamin David (1760-1803) and Sarah Kolb David (1770-1824). He was only nine when his father died in 1803. Three years later his mother married Philip Pledger Jr. who had lost his wife in 1802. Sometime before 1825 he married Amelia Carloss, daughter of Robertson Carloss and well known lawyer, merchant and politician. Robertson Carloss had been the executor on many estates, and after his death it appears that one or two of these were passed on to his son Robertson A. Carloss and son-in-law Benjamin David Jr. Lawsuits brought against these two alleged abuse of the executorship, and especially in the case of Benjamin David Jr., using slaves from one of these estates to work on his own land and hiring them out for pay which he kept. The suits were not to be decided in court since Benjamin David Jr. left the state for Webbville, Florida where he was in February of 1830. Benjamin sent for his family and by April of 1837 he was in Alabama where he received four patents for public land, one of which was with William Pledger, a cousin of his step-father, Philip Pledger, Jr.
The 1840 Federal census of Wilcox County Alabama included the family of Benjamin David. There is one male between 30 and 40 which is Benjamin, one female between 30 and 40 which is probably his wife Amelia, one unknown female between 40 and 50, one male between 10 and 15 which is probably Benjamin Robert David who came to Texas and married Louisiana Jennings Cole, two unknown males between 5 and 10, one unknown male under 5, and one female between 10 and 15 which is probably Sarah who married William S. Thompson, had a family and lived in Mississippi.
Hard luck followed Benjamin. In January of 1840 he had debts and liabilities of $9975 which he was unable to pay, and he lost everything – his land, his slaves, his crops, his live stock, even his furniture. Except for the birth of their youngest known child, Olivia C. David in July of 1842, there is no further record of Benjamin and Amelia David. It is assumed that by the 1850 census they are dead.
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