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Benjamin Chaires

Birth: 25 Jan 1786
Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 4 Oct 1838 (aged 52)
Chaires, Leon County, Florida, USA
Burial: Verdura Plantation Cemetery

Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 30.3801043, Longitude: -84.1632475
Memorial ID: 37198787 View Source

MR. BENJAMIN CHAIRES was born in Onslow Co., N. C. in 1786. He was the son of Joseph Chaires and Mary Green Chaires. He first moved to Jefferson Co., GA and married Sarah Jane Powell on the 8th of Feb. 1811 in Baldwin Co., GA. After his father died in 1821, Benjamin went to Jacksonville, FL where he helped to layout and name the streets there. In 1830, he ws the President of The Bank of Florida, now Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce. He was also the founding President of Central Bank of Florida in 1832. He was the first millionaire in Florida. At the time of his will, June 1835, he had recorded 9, 440 acres in Leon Co., Florida.

Their children were Joseph b. 1811, Mary Ann b. 1813, Green D. b. 1816, Benjamin C. b. 1821, Furman b. 1823, Sarah Jane b. 1825, Thomas B. b. 1828, Martha b. 1829, Charles P. b. 1830 Josephine b. 1832

Benjamin Chaires died 4 Oct. 1838, of yellow fever and was buried at "Verdura Plantation"

MR. BENJAMIN CHAIRES was born in Onslow Co., N. C. in 1786. He was the son of Joseph Chaires and Mary Green Chaires. He first moved to Jefferson Co., GA and married Sarah Jane Powell on the 8th of Feb. 1811 in Baldwin Co., GA. After his father died in 1821, Benjamin went to Jacksonville, FL where he helped to layout and name the streets there. In 1830, he ws the President of The Bank of Florida, now Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce. He was also the founding President of Central Bank of Florida in 1832. He was the first millionaire in Florida. At the time of his will, June 1835, he had recorded 9, 440 acres in Leon Co., Florida.

Their children were Joseph b. 1811, Mary Ann b. 1813, Green D. b. 1816, Benjamin C. b. 1821, Furman b. 1823, Sarah Jane b. 1825, Thomas B. b. 1828, Martha b. 1829, Charles P. b. 1830 Josephine b. 1832

Benjamin Chaires died 4 Oct. 1838, of yellow fever and was buried at "Verdura Plantation"

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Sarah Jane Powell Chaires

1790–1846 (m. 1811)

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Created by: Betty Jones Mikell
Added: May 17, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37198787/benjamin-chaires: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin Chaires (25 Jan 1786–4 Oct 1838), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37198787, citing Verdura Plantation Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Betty Jones Mikell (contributor 46932103).

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