Benjamin Richardson was born ca. 1740, married in 1767 Sarah Mizell daughter of Luke Mizell IV [sic] and his wife Sarah Smithwick [sic], dau of Samuel Smithwick and Mary Swaine. Benjamin and wife Sarah, with Sarah's widowed mother, Mrs. Sarah Mizell, migrated to the area that is now Bulloch in 1770. Benjamin took up land on Scull's Creek near the Ogessches River. He did have a civil office for he served as Tax-Collector in the three-year period that Screven enjoyed before having Bulloch cut from its lower section. Benjamin Richardson died in Bulloch County in 1799. In Deed Book A, p. 59, Bulloch County deed records, we find the list of his heirs." The list names heirs and the places of final residence. see notes for each individual.
Benjamin died in 1799 at Bulloch County, Georgia.
Benjamin's marriage was with Sarah Mizell, July, 1767, she was the daughter of Sarah Smithwick and Like Mizell IV. Benjamin and Sarah Mizell Richmond were parents of 6 to 8 children. Researchers opinions are different."*
1. Hardy Richardson c 1764 - 1809
2. William Richardson c 1765 - 1817
3. Amos Richardson c 1767 - 1799
(The article list Amos's birth date in error.)
4.Frances Richardson, birth 1774
5.Penelope Richardson birth 1775
6.Benjamin Richardson birth 1776
7. Jane Richardson birth 1780
8.Nancy Richardson birth 1781
9.James Richardson birth 1784
Excerpt from "Wettenhall Warner and Related Families:"
Private Benjamin served in the Revolution War in South Carolina. Richardson served in the Sumter County, South Carolina Militia under General Frances Marion (The Swamp Fox) for 65 days.
Benjamin Richardson was Justice of the Peace Of Effingham County Feb 5 1789 to 1790 , Sarevena County December 18 1793 Tax Collector Effingham County 1792-1793 Tax Receiver Screvena County 1794, Justice Of the Inferior Court Bulloch County February 10 1797 to February 14 1799.
The Records Of Georgia Archives Passport 1785?- 1820 shows where John Williams obtained a passport in 1806.
John Richardson applied about the same time and William Williams and Benjamin Richardson in 1807.
John and Benjamin Richardson along Bogus Lusa Creek Washington Louisiana.
One of the family tradition handed down is the Richardson Family is that the first Richardson family to come to American was disinherited by his father back in England because he married an Indian maiden. The Richardson son lost, according to lengend, his right of succession to his father's title and inheritance.
Descendents of Benjamin Richardson (1) Benjamin Richardson was born about 1740, at Tyrell County, North Carolina, married Sarah Mizell, daughter of Luke IV Mizell and Sarah Smithwick Charlton. Benjamin died in 1799 at Bulloch County, Georgia.
Early Louisiana Settlers From Georgia by Russ Williams, Jr. Bogalusa Louisiana: "Little Bulloch Co, GA [sic] in Washington Parish, LA." "In the closing years of the first decade of Eighteen Hundred, a vast migration of settlers came into the section Louisiana that is now Washington Parish. The migrants for the most part were from Bulloch County, Georgia. Many of the present day historians of Louisiana are inclined to call this settlement "Little Bulloch County". Many of the families that were so well known in Georgia in the early 1800's became the foundation for the Anglo Saxon stock in the mentioned vicinity. These names were Albritton, Harrell, Kent, Mizell, Pool, Richardson, Sibley, and Williams. The generation that migrated into Louisiana was one generation removed from that that was a migrant to Georgia from other parts. Many of the early settlers of Effingham [sic], Screven and Bulloch were of North Carolina stock, as was the case for the Richardson family.
Benjamin Richardson was born ca. 1740, married in 1767 Sarah Mizell daughter of Luke Mizell IV [sic] and his wife Sarah Smithwick [sic], dau of Samuel Smithwick and Mary Swaine. Benjamin and wife Sarah, with Sarah's widowed mother, Mrs. Sarah Mizell, migrated to the area that is now Bulloch in 1770. Benjamin took up land on Scull's Creek near the Ogessches River. He did have a civil office for he served as Tax-Collector in the three-year period that Screven enjoyed before having Bulloch cut from its lower section. Benjamin Richardson died in Bulloch County in 1799. In Deed Book A, p. 59, Bulloch County deed records, we find the list of his heirs." The list names heirs and the places of final residence. see notes for each individual.
Children of Benjamin Richardson are: [in pencil: Lucy Jones]
i. Hardy1 Richardson, b. Abt. 1764; d. Abt. 1809, Bulloch County, GA.
ii. William Richardson, b. Abt. 1765, NC; d. December 1817, Bulloch County, GA.
iii. Amos Richardson, b. Bef. 1781; d. Abt. 1799, Bulloch County, GA.
Children of Benjamin Richardson and Sarah Mizell are:
iv. Nancy2 Richardson, b. GA; d. Bef 1799, Bulloch County, GA.
v. John Richardson, b. March 1767, Tyrell co.NC; d. March 1850, Buna, Jasper County, TX.
vi. Benjamin Richardson, b. Abt. 1775, Bullock County, GA; d. Bet. 1846–1847, Jasper County, TX.
vii. Penelope Richardson, b. 1775, GA; d. 1841, Washington Par., LA.
viii. Frances Richardson, b. Abt. 1774.
ix. Jane Richardson, b. 1780
x. James Richardson, b. Abt. 1784.
book "Poole, Clyde Ziegler. Benjamin Richardson and Related Families: North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia. 1999."
Children of BENJAMIN RICHARDSON and SARAH MIZELL are:
5.v. FRANCES(FRANNIE)2 RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1774, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Aft. 1858, Clairborne Parish, Louisiana.6.vi. PENELOPE RICHARDSON, b. 1775, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. 1841, Washington Parish, Louisiana.7.vii. BENJAMIN RICHARDSON II, b. 1776, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Abt. 1850, Evadale, Jasper County, Texas.8.viii. JANE RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1780. ix. NANCY RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1782, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Bef. 1799, Bulloch County, Georgia. x. JAMES RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1784.
Excerpt from "Wettenhall Warner and Related Families:"
Betsey Morris's husband Stephen Richardson, b. ca. 1794, d. ca. 1845, was the oldest son of Hardy Richardson and Fanny Mizell. It has been assumed that Hardy and Fanny were "first cousins," but further research has proven that they were not related. Fanny Mizell Richardson, was the daughter of David Mizell, a brother of Sarah Mizell, the wife of Benjamin Richardson, Hardy's father.... Hardy Richardson, husband of Fanny Mizell, was the son of Benjamin Richardson by his first wife Ann Jones, who died in Edgecome Co, North Carolina, shortly before Benjamin's second marriage in 1767, in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Ann Jones was the Dau of John Jones who died in Edgecombe Co., NC, ca. 1757, leaving a Last Will & Testament (NC State Wills) in which he named his daughter Ann Richardson. This Ann Jones Richardson had to be the mother of Benjamin's four older sons. Records of Edgecombe prove that Ann was the wife of Benjamin Richardson. Some books which mention the Richardson Ancestry gave this information, but these compilers made one fantastic error- the made Ann Jones Richardson the mother of her husband!
"Kinsmen All: Descendants of Wettenhall Warner and Related Families by E. Russ Williams, Jr."
!"You Are Your Own Cousin", Winnie Jo Fornea Stockstill "At the time of the first census in 1790, Ben was in Camden District, Claremount County, South Carolina. From there he migrated to Louisiana via Georgia. He obtained a passport in 1805 (passports were required in those days if one intended to travel through indian territory). He arrived in Louisiana before 1808 and with him were seven of his children his second wife, Edy, and a young son-in-law named John Fornea (married to Ben's daughter Winny.) He settled in "Feliciana Country" - now known as East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish. Ben's home was locted in the Wast Feliciana section. (I have heard that Ben owned the land where the Angola Prison is now located...but, I have also heard that Harvey Day Pearson was the one that owned this particular section of land...I have not checked the land records on this...." "Ben was married twice...this is a known fact...but there has been a "little tale" passed down through the family that "Ben had married to an Indian girl and was disinherited for doing so"...leaving the question ...that still remains ...was Ben married three times instead of only twice? Some say: "If Ben was married three times...then the Indian girl was definitely the first wife"..but if true, the marriage did not last...or, she died very shortly after the marriage took place...leaving no known children...because it is the general belief that all of Ben's children had the same mother...and that mother was believed to be named Sarah. (Sarah Moody?) Ben and his last wife, Edy, had no children."
Benjamin died in 1799 at Bulloch County, Georgia.
Benjamin's marriage was with Sarah Mizell, July, 1767, she was the daughter of Sarah Smithwick and Like Mizell IV. Benjamin and Sarah Mizell Richmond were parents of 6 to 8 children. Researchers opinions are different."*
1. Hardy Richardson c 1764 - 1809
2. William Richardson c 1765 - 1817
3. Amos Richardson c 1767 - 1799
(The article list Amos's birth date in error.)
4.Frances Richardson, birth 1774
5.Penelope Richardson birth 1775
6.Benjamin Richardson birth 1776
7. Jane Richardson birth 1780
8.Nancy Richardson birth 1781
9.James Richardson birth 1784
Excerpt from "Wettenhall Warner and Related Families:"
Private Benjamin served in the Revolution War in South Carolina. Richardson served in the Sumter County, South Carolina Militia under General Frances Marion (The Swamp Fox) for 65 days.
Benjamin Richardson was Justice of the Peace Of Effingham County Feb 5 1789 to 1790 , Sarevena County December 18 1793 Tax Collector Effingham County 1792-1793 Tax Receiver Screvena County 1794, Justice Of the Inferior Court Bulloch County February 10 1797 to February 14 1799.
The Records Of Georgia Archives Passport 1785?- 1820 shows where John Williams obtained a passport in 1806.
John Richardson applied about the same time and William Williams and Benjamin Richardson in 1807.
John and Benjamin Richardson along Bogus Lusa Creek Washington Louisiana.
One of the family tradition handed down is the Richardson Family is that the first Richardson family to come to American was disinherited by his father back in England because he married an Indian maiden. The Richardson son lost, according to lengend, his right of succession to his father's title and inheritance.
Descendents of Benjamin Richardson (1) Benjamin Richardson was born about 1740, at Tyrell County, North Carolina, married Sarah Mizell, daughter of Luke IV Mizell and Sarah Smithwick Charlton. Benjamin died in 1799 at Bulloch County, Georgia.
Early Louisiana Settlers From Georgia by Russ Williams, Jr. Bogalusa Louisiana: "Little Bulloch Co, GA [sic] in Washington Parish, LA." "In the closing years of the first decade of Eighteen Hundred, a vast migration of settlers came into the section Louisiana that is now Washington Parish. The migrants for the most part were from Bulloch County, Georgia. Many of the present day historians of Louisiana are inclined to call this settlement "Little Bulloch County". Many of the families that were so well known in Georgia in the early 1800's became the foundation for the Anglo Saxon stock in the mentioned vicinity. These names were Albritton, Harrell, Kent, Mizell, Pool, Richardson, Sibley, and Williams. The generation that migrated into Louisiana was one generation removed from that that was a migrant to Georgia from other parts. Many of the early settlers of Effingham [sic], Screven and Bulloch were of North Carolina stock, as was the case for the Richardson family.
Benjamin Richardson was born ca. 1740, married in 1767 Sarah Mizell daughter of Luke Mizell IV [sic] and his wife Sarah Smithwick [sic], dau of Samuel Smithwick and Mary Swaine. Benjamin and wife Sarah, with Sarah's widowed mother, Mrs. Sarah Mizell, migrated to the area that is now Bulloch in 1770. Benjamin took up land on Scull's Creek near the Ogessches River. He did have a civil office for he served as Tax-Collector in the three-year period that Screven enjoyed before having Bulloch cut from its lower section. Benjamin Richardson died in Bulloch County in 1799. In Deed Book A, p. 59, Bulloch County deed records, we find the list of his heirs." The list names heirs and the places of final residence. see notes for each individual.
Children of Benjamin Richardson are: [in pencil: Lucy Jones]
i. Hardy1 Richardson, b. Abt. 1764; d. Abt. 1809, Bulloch County, GA.
ii. William Richardson, b. Abt. 1765, NC; d. December 1817, Bulloch County, GA.
iii. Amos Richardson, b. Bef. 1781; d. Abt. 1799, Bulloch County, GA.
Children of Benjamin Richardson and Sarah Mizell are:
iv. Nancy2 Richardson, b. GA; d. Bef 1799, Bulloch County, GA.
v. John Richardson, b. March 1767, Tyrell co.NC; d. March 1850, Buna, Jasper County, TX.
vi. Benjamin Richardson, b. Abt. 1775, Bullock County, GA; d. Bet. 1846–1847, Jasper County, TX.
vii. Penelope Richardson, b. 1775, GA; d. 1841, Washington Par., LA.
viii. Frances Richardson, b. Abt. 1774.
ix. Jane Richardson, b. 1780
x. James Richardson, b. Abt. 1784.
book "Poole, Clyde Ziegler. Benjamin Richardson and Related Families: North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia. 1999."
Children of BENJAMIN RICHARDSON and SARAH MIZELL are:
5.v. FRANCES(FRANNIE)2 RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1774, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Aft. 1858, Clairborne Parish, Louisiana.6.vi. PENELOPE RICHARDSON, b. 1775, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. 1841, Washington Parish, Louisiana.7.vii. BENJAMIN RICHARDSON II, b. 1776, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Abt. 1850, Evadale, Jasper County, Texas.8.viii. JANE RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1780. ix. NANCY RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1782, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Bef. 1799, Bulloch County, Georgia. x. JAMES RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1784.
Excerpt from "Wettenhall Warner and Related Families:"
Betsey Morris's husband Stephen Richardson, b. ca. 1794, d. ca. 1845, was the oldest son of Hardy Richardson and Fanny Mizell. It has been assumed that Hardy and Fanny were "first cousins," but further research has proven that they were not related. Fanny Mizell Richardson, was the daughter of David Mizell, a brother of Sarah Mizell, the wife of Benjamin Richardson, Hardy's father.... Hardy Richardson, husband of Fanny Mizell, was the son of Benjamin Richardson by his first wife Ann Jones, who died in Edgecome Co, North Carolina, shortly before Benjamin's second marriage in 1767, in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Ann Jones was the Dau of John Jones who died in Edgecombe Co., NC, ca. 1757, leaving a Last Will & Testament (NC State Wills) in which he named his daughter Ann Richardson. This Ann Jones Richardson had to be the mother of Benjamin's four older sons. Records of Edgecombe prove that Ann was the wife of Benjamin Richardson. Some books which mention the Richardson Ancestry gave this information, but these compilers made one fantastic error- the made Ann Jones Richardson the mother of her husband!
"Kinsmen All: Descendants of Wettenhall Warner and Related Families by E. Russ Williams, Jr."
!"You Are Your Own Cousin", Winnie Jo Fornea Stockstill "At the time of the first census in 1790, Ben was in Camden District, Claremount County, South Carolina. From there he migrated to Louisiana via Georgia. He obtained a passport in 1805 (passports were required in those days if one intended to travel through indian territory). He arrived in Louisiana before 1808 and with him were seven of his children his second wife, Edy, and a young son-in-law named John Fornea (married to Ben's daughter Winny.) He settled in "Feliciana Country" - now known as East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish. Ben's home was locted in the Wast Feliciana section. (I have heard that Ben owned the land where the Angola Prison is now located...but, I have also heard that Harvey Day Pearson was the one that owned this particular section of land...I have not checked the land records on this...." "Ben was married twice...this is a known fact...but there has been a "little tale" passed down through the family that "Ben had married to an Indian girl and was disinherited for doing so"...leaving the question ...that still remains ...was Ben married three times instead of only twice? Some say: "If Ben was married three times...then the Indian girl was definitely the first wife"..but if true, the marriage did not last...or, she died very shortly after the marriage took place...leaving no known children...because it is the general belief that all of Ben's children had the same mother...and that mother was believed to be named Sarah. (Sarah Moody?) Ben and his last wife, Edy, had no children."
Benjamin Richardson was born ca. 1740, married in 1767 Sarah Mizell daughter of Luke Mizell IV [sic] and his wife Sarah Smithwick [sic], dau of Samuel Smithwick and Mary Swaine. Benjamin and wife Sarah, with Sarah's widowed mother, Mrs. Sarah Mizell, migrated to the area that is now Bulloch in 1770. Benjamin took up land on Scull's Creek near the Ogessches River. He did have a civil office for he served as Tax-Collector in the three-year period that Screven enjoyed before having Bulloch cut from its lower section. Benjamin Richardson died in Bulloch County in 1799. In Deed Book A, p. 59, Bulloch County deed records, we find the list of his heirs." The list names heirs and the places of final residence. see notes for each individual.
Benjamin died in 1799 at Bulloch County, Georgia.
Benjamin's marriage was with Sarah Mizell, July, 1767, she was the daughter of Sarah Smithwick and Like Mizell IV. Benjamin and Sarah Mizell Richmond were parents of 6 to 8 children. Researchers opinions are different."*
1. Hardy Richardson c 1764 - 1809
2. William Richardson c 1765 - 1817
3. Amos Richardson c 1767 - 1799
(The article list Amos's birth date in error.)
4.Frances Richardson, birth 1774
5.Penelope Richardson birth 1775
6.Benjamin Richardson birth 1776
7. Jane Richardson birth 1780
8.Nancy Richardson birth 1781
9.James Richardson birth 1784
Excerpt from "Wettenhall Warner and Related Families:"
Private Benjamin served in the Revolution War in South Carolina. Richardson served in the Sumter County, South Carolina Militia under General Frances Marion (The Swamp Fox) for 65 days.
Benjamin Richardson was Justice of the Peace Of Effingham County Feb 5 1789 to 1790 , Sarevena County December 18 1793 Tax Collector Effingham County 1792-1793 Tax Receiver Screvena County 1794, Justice Of the Inferior Court Bulloch County February 10 1797 to February 14 1799.
The Records Of Georgia Archives Passport 1785?- 1820 shows where John Williams obtained a passport in 1806.
John Richardson applied about the same time and William Williams and Benjamin Richardson in 1807.
John and Benjamin Richardson along Bogus Lusa Creek Washington Louisiana.
One of the family tradition handed down is the Richardson Family is that the first Richardson family to come to American was disinherited by his father back in England because he married an Indian maiden. The Richardson son lost, according to lengend, his right of succession to his father's title and inheritance.
Descendents of Benjamin Richardson (1) Benjamin Richardson was born about 1740, at Tyrell County, North Carolina, married Sarah Mizell, daughter of Luke IV Mizell and Sarah Smithwick Charlton. Benjamin died in 1799 at Bulloch County, Georgia.
Early Louisiana Settlers From Georgia by Russ Williams, Jr. Bogalusa Louisiana: "Little Bulloch Co, GA [sic] in Washington Parish, LA." "In the closing years of the first decade of Eighteen Hundred, a vast migration of settlers came into the section Louisiana that is now Washington Parish. The migrants for the most part were from Bulloch County, Georgia. Many of the present day historians of Louisiana are inclined to call this settlement "Little Bulloch County". Many of the families that were so well known in Georgia in the early 1800's became the foundation for the Anglo Saxon stock in the mentioned vicinity. These names were Albritton, Harrell, Kent, Mizell, Pool, Richardson, Sibley, and Williams. The generation that migrated into Louisiana was one generation removed from that that was a migrant to Georgia from other parts. Many of the early settlers of Effingham [sic], Screven and Bulloch were of North Carolina stock, as was the case for the Richardson family.
Benjamin Richardson was born ca. 1740, married in 1767 Sarah Mizell daughter of Luke Mizell IV [sic] and his wife Sarah Smithwick [sic], dau of Samuel Smithwick and Mary Swaine. Benjamin and wife Sarah, with Sarah's widowed mother, Mrs. Sarah Mizell, migrated to the area that is now Bulloch in 1770. Benjamin took up land on Scull's Creek near the Ogessches River. He did have a civil office for he served as Tax-Collector in the three-year period that Screven enjoyed before having Bulloch cut from its lower section. Benjamin Richardson died in Bulloch County in 1799. In Deed Book A, p. 59, Bulloch County deed records, we find the list of his heirs." The list names heirs and the places of final residence. see notes for each individual.
Children of Benjamin Richardson are: [in pencil: Lucy Jones]
i. Hardy1 Richardson, b. Abt. 1764; d. Abt. 1809, Bulloch County, GA.
ii. William Richardson, b. Abt. 1765, NC; d. December 1817, Bulloch County, GA.
iii. Amos Richardson, b. Bef. 1781; d. Abt. 1799, Bulloch County, GA.
Children of Benjamin Richardson and Sarah Mizell are:
iv. Nancy2 Richardson, b. GA; d. Bef 1799, Bulloch County, GA.
v. John Richardson, b. March 1767, Tyrell co.NC; d. March 1850, Buna, Jasper County, TX.
vi. Benjamin Richardson, b. Abt. 1775, Bullock County, GA; d. Bet. 1846–1847, Jasper County, TX.
vii. Penelope Richardson, b. 1775, GA; d. 1841, Washington Par., LA.
viii. Frances Richardson, b. Abt. 1774.
ix. Jane Richardson, b. 1780
x. James Richardson, b. Abt. 1784.
book "Poole, Clyde Ziegler. Benjamin Richardson and Related Families: North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia. 1999."
Children of BENJAMIN RICHARDSON and SARAH MIZELL are:
5.v. FRANCES(FRANNIE)2 RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1774, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Aft. 1858, Clairborne Parish, Louisiana.6.vi. PENELOPE RICHARDSON, b. 1775, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. 1841, Washington Parish, Louisiana.7.vii. BENJAMIN RICHARDSON II, b. 1776, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Abt. 1850, Evadale, Jasper County, Texas.8.viii. JANE RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1780. ix. NANCY RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1782, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Bef. 1799, Bulloch County, Georgia. x. JAMES RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1784.
Excerpt from "Wettenhall Warner and Related Families:"
Betsey Morris's husband Stephen Richardson, b. ca. 1794, d. ca. 1845, was the oldest son of Hardy Richardson and Fanny Mizell. It has been assumed that Hardy and Fanny were "first cousins," but further research has proven that they were not related. Fanny Mizell Richardson, was the daughter of David Mizell, a brother of Sarah Mizell, the wife of Benjamin Richardson, Hardy's father.... Hardy Richardson, husband of Fanny Mizell, was the son of Benjamin Richardson by his first wife Ann Jones, who died in Edgecome Co, North Carolina, shortly before Benjamin's second marriage in 1767, in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Ann Jones was the Dau of John Jones who died in Edgecombe Co., NC, ca. 1757, leaving a Last Will & Testament (NC State Wills) in which he named his daughter Ann Richardson. This Ann Jones Richardson had to be the mother of Benjamin's four older sons. Records of Edgecombe prove that Ann was the wife of Benjamin Richardson. Some books which mention the Richardson Ancestry gave this information, but these compilers made one fantastic error- the made Ann Jones Richardson the mother of her husband!
"Kinsmen All: Descendants of Wettenhall Warner and Related Families by E. Russ Williams, Jr."
!"You Are Your Own Cousin", Winnie Jo Fornea Stockstill "At the time of the first census in 1790, Ben was in Camden District, Claremount County, South Carolina. From there he migrated to Louisiana via Georgia. He obtained a passport in 1805 (passports were required in those days if one intended to travel through indian territory). He arrived in Louisiana before 1808 and with him were seven of his children his second wife, Edy, and a young son-in-law named John Fornea (married to Ben's daughter Winny.) He settled in "Feliciana Country" - now known as East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish. Ben's home was locted in the Wast Feliciana section. (I have heard that Ben owned the land where the Angola Prison is now located...but, I have also heard that Harvey Day Pearson was the one that owned this particular section of land...I have not checked the land records on this...." "Ben was married twice...this is a known fact...but there has been a "little tale" passed down through the family that "Ben had married to an Indian girl and was disinherited for doing so"...leaving the question ...that still remains ...was Ben married three times instead of only twice? Some say: "If Ben was married three times...then the Indian girl was definitely the first wife"..but if true, the marriage did not last...or, she died very shortly after the marriage took place...leaving no known children...because it is the general belief that all of Ben's children had the same mother...and that mother was believed to be named Sarah. (Sarah Moody?) Ben and his last wife, Edy, had no children."
Benjamin died in 1799 at Bulloch County, Georgia.
Benjamin's marriage was with Sarah Mizell, July, 1767, she was the daughter of Sarah Smithwick and Like Mizell IV. Benjamin and Sarah Mizell Richmond were parents of 6 to 8 children. Researchers opinions are different."*
1. Hardy Richardson c 1764 - 1809
2. William Richardson c 1765 - 1817
3. Amos Richardson c 1767 - 1799
(The article list Amos's birth date in error.)
4.Frances Richardson, birth 1774
5.Penelope Richardson birth 1775
6.Benjamin Richardson birth 1776
7. Jane Richardson birth 1780
8.Nancy Richardson birth 1781
9.James Richardson birth 1784
Excerpt from "Wettenhall Warner and Related Families:"
Private Benjamin served in the Revolution War in South Carolina. Richardson served in the Sumter County, South Carolina Militia under General Frances Marion (The Swamp Fox) for 65 days.
Benjamin Richardson was Justice of the Peace Of Effingham County Feb 5 1789 to 1790 , Sarevena County December 18 1793 Tax Collector Effingham County 1792-1793 Tax Receiver Screvena County 1794, Justice Of the Inferior Court Bulloch County February 10 1797 to February 14 1799.
The Records Of Georgia Archives Passport 1785?- 1820 shows where John Williams obtained a passport in 1806.
John Richardson applied about the same time and William Williams and Benjamin Richardson in 1807.
John and Benjamin Richardson along Bogus Lusa Creek Washington Louisiana.
One of the family tradition handed down is the Richardson Family is that the first Richardson family to come to American was disinherited by his father back in England because he married an Indian maiden. The Richardson son lost, according to lengend, his right of succession to his father's title and inheritance.
Descendents of Benjamin Richardson (1) Benjamin Richardson was born about 1740, at Tyrell County, North Carolina, married Sarah Mizell, daughter of Luke IV Mizell and Sarah Smithwick Charlton. Benjamin died in 1799 at Bulloch County, Georgia.
Early Louisiana Settlers From Georgia by Russ Williams, Jr. Bogalusa Louisiana: "Little Bulloch Co, GA [sic] in Washington Parish, LA." "In the closing years of the first decade of Eighteen Hundred, a vast migration of settlers came into the section Louisiana that is now Washington Parish. The migrants for the most part were from Bulloch County, Georgia. Many of the present day historians of Louisiana are inclined to call this settlement "Little Bulloch County". Many of the families that were so well known in Georgia in the early 1800's became the foundation for the Anglo Saxon stock in the mentioned vicinity. These names were Albritton, Harrell, Kent, Mizell, Pool, Richardson, Sibley, and Williams. The generation that migrated into Louisiana was one generation removed from that that was a migrant to Georgia from other parts. Many of the early settlers of Effingham [sic], Screven and Bulloch were of North Carolina stock, as was the case for the Richardson family.
Benjamin Richardson was born ca. 1740, married in 1767 Sarah Mizell daughter of Luke Mizell IV [sic] and his wife Sarah Smithwick [sic], dau of Samuel Smithwick and Mary Swaine. Benjamin and wife Sarah, with Sarah's widowed mother, Mrs. Sarah Mizell, migrated to the area that is now Bulloch in 1770. Benjamin took up land on Scull's Creek near the Ogessches River. He did have a civil office for he served as Tax-Collector in the three-year period that Screven enjoyed before having Bulloch cut from its lower section. Benjamin Richardson died in Bulloch County in 1799. In Deed Book A, p. 59, Bulloch County deed records, we find the list of his heirs." The list names heirs and the places of final residence. see notes for each individual.
Children of Benjamin Richardson are: [in pencil: Lucy Jones]
i. Hardy1 Richardson, b. Abt. 1764; d. Abt. 1809, Bulloch County, GA.
ii. William Richardson, b. Abt. 1765, NC; d. December 1817, Bulloch County, GA.
iii. Amos Richardson, b. Bef. 1781; d. Abt. 1799, Bulloch County, GA.
Children of Benjamin Richardson and Sarah Mizell are:
iv. Nancy2 Richardson, b. GA; d. Bef 1799, Bulloch County, GA.
v. John Richardson, b. March 1767, Tyrell co.NC; d. March 1850, Buna, Jasper County, TX.
vi. Benjamin Richardson, b. Abt. 1775, Bullock County, GA; d. Bet. 1846–1847, Jasper County, TX.
vii. Penelope Richardson, b. 1775, GA; d. 1841, Washington Par., LA.
viii. Frances Richardson, b. Abt. 1774.
ix. Jane Richardson, b. 1780
x. James Richardson, b. Abt. 1784.
book "Poole, Clyde Ziegler. Benjamin Richardson and Related Families: North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia. 1999."
Children of BENJAMIN RICHARDSON and SARAH MIZELL are:
5.v. FRANCES(FRANNIE)2 RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1774, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Aft. 1858, Clairborne Parish, Louisiana.6.vi. PENELOPE RICHARDSON, b. 1775, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. 1841, Washington Parish, Louisiana.7.vii. BENJAMIN RICHARDSON II, b. 1776, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Abt. 1850, Evadale, Jasper County, Texas.8.viii. JANE RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1780. ix. NANCY RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1782, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Bef. 1799, Bulloch County, Georgia. x. JAMES RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1784.
Excerpt from "Wettenhall Warner and Related Families:"
Betsey Morris's husband Stephen Richardson, b. ca. 1794, d. ca. 1845, was the oldest son of Hardy Richardson and Fanny Mizell. It has been assumed that Hardy and Fanny were "first cousins," but further research has proven that they were not related. Fanny Mizell Richardson, was the daughter of David Mizell, a brother of Sarah Mizell, the wife of Benjamin Richardson, Hardy's father.... Hardy Richardson, husband of Fanny Mizell, was the son of Benjamin Richardson by his first wife Ann Jones, who died in Edgecome Co, North Carolina, shortly before Benjamin's second marriage in 1767, in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Ann Jones was the Dau of John Jones who died in Edgecombe Co., NC, ca. 1757, leaving a Last Will & Testament (NC State Wills) in which he named his daughter Ann Richardson. This Ann Jones Richardson had to be the mother of Benjamin's four older sons. Records of Edgecombe prove that Ann was the wife of Benjamin Richardson. Some books which mention the Richardson Ancestry gave this information, but these compilers made one fantastic error- the made Ann Jones Richardson the mother of her husband!
"Kinsmen All: Descendants of Wettenhall Warner and Related Families by E. Russ Williams, Jr."
!"You Are Your Own Cousin", Winnie Jo Fornea Stockstill "At the time of the first census in 1790, Ben was in Camden District, Claremount County, South Carolina. From there he migrated to Louisiana via Georgia. He obtained a passport in 1805 (passports were required in those days if one intended to travel through indian territory). He arrived in Louisiana before 1808 and with him were seven of his children his second wife, Edy, and a young son-in-law named John Fornea (married to Ben's daughter Winny.) He settled in "Feliciana Country" - now known as East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish. Ben's home was locted in the Wast Feliciana section. (I have heard that Ben owned the land where the Angola Prison is now located...but, I have also heard that Harvey Day Pearson was the one that owned this particular section of land...I have not checked the land records on this...." "Ben was married twice...this is a known fact...but there has been a "little tale" passed down through the family that "Ben had married to an Indian girl and was disinherited for doing so"...leaving the question ...that still remains ...was Ben married three times instead of only twice? Some say: "If Ben was married three times...then the Indian girl was definitely the first wife"..but if true, the marriage did not last...or, she died very shortly after the marriage took place...leaving no known children...because it is the general belief that all of Ben's children had the same mother...and that mother was believed to be named Sarah. (Sarah Moody?) Ben and his last wife, Edy, had no children."
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