Benedict was a plantation owner and active in Burke County affairs. Bristol Creek was named after him. His father was Gideon Bristol. When his first wife died, he married his first wife's niece, a younger lady named: Elizabeth "Betsy" McCall. Thirteen children were born to this 2nd marriage. Along with Colonel John Sudderth and others, he migrated to Cherokee County during the Indian removal of 1838. There, he and Colonel John established land holdings. Today, there are still Bristols and Sudderths in Cherokee County. Benedict is buried in a family cemetery in Chesterfield a few hundred yards off of Highway 18/64.

Married 1st to Jessie Virginia "Jane" McCall (1780-1820)
Children born to this marriage:
Emeline Elizabeth Bristol (1815-1876)Married David Hood
Abigail Bristol (1811-1856) Married Milton W. Kincaid
Clara Bristol (1816-1914) Married Charles P. Evans
Eudocia Bristol (1811-1910) Married James Monroe Hood
George Washington Bristol (1810-1892)Buried Hayesville, Clay Co. NC
Margaret Delight Bristol (b. 1818)
Nancy Caroline Bristol (b. abt. 1812) Married Marcus Tuttle

2nd wife of Benedict Bristol - his first wife's niece.

Elizabeth G. Betsy McCall
(abt. 1806-1888)

Children born to this 2nd marriage:

Donnie Marie Bristol(4-8-1833-10-29-1925)M:Wm.S. Sudderth
Gideon Bristol (1828-abt. 1880) (burial unknown) Married Elizabeth Miller
Orrie Bristol (1828-1829)
John McCall Bristol (1830-1867) Fought for CSA
Robert Benedict Bristol (1834-1923) died in Guilford Co.NC
William H. Bristol (1836-1939)Md: Elvira Johnson.CSA vet.
Victoria Augusta Bristol (1839-1919) Married: John Holloway
Susan Bristol B: 1840
Elam Bristol,Sgt(killed Whitehall,NC 12-15-1862,Civil War)
Emma L. Bristol (1844-1916) Married: Robt. W. Sudderth
Lambert Augustus Bristol, Capt.CSA (1846-1929) M: Mary Todd
Louisa Bristol (1848-1943) M: William P.M. Kibler
Laura Bristol (B: 4-25-1852)