Benjamin Franklin Locke Sr. (1803 - 1854)

Born 12 Sep 1803 in Rhea, Tennessee, United States

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Died 21 Apr 1854 at age 50 in Rhea, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Franklin "B.F." Locke was born September 12, 1803, in Rhea county, Tennessee a son of Thomas Locke and Susanna (Henry) Locke. His father was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England and immigrated to Rhea county, Tennessee prior to the American Revolutionary War. Descendants of Franklin and his wife, Mary Sharp, have become members of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution under his father's Ancestor #: A070993.

Meigs County was created in 1836 from Rhea County, Meigs County is named for Return Jonathan Meigs (1740-1823), a colonel in the American Revolutionary War and later an Indian agent from 1801 until his death in 1823. The county encompasses 195 square miles and is bounded on the west by the Tennessee River.

On November 19, 1840, in Meigs county, Tennessee, "B F Locke" married Mary Sharp. ^[1] When referred to by name, he was generally called Franklin, and many of the official documents only use his initials "B.F." On the death records for his daughter Sarah C. Clark, his name is recorded B.F. Lock (without the "e" at the end of his surname. ^[2]

Benjamin died April 24, 1854 and is buried in the Sharp Cemetery in Ten Mile, Meigs county, Tennessee, next to his brother George. His Find A Grave memorial is under the name Benjamin F. Locke. There is a photograph of his headstone, however the inscription is not legible. ^[3]

Researcher's Notes

This comment was imported from Ancestry.com "Was a full blood Englishman. He came from England, and owned a general store, dry goods and groceries, at Ten Mile Stand. " For more about Ten mile, see also: http://www.meigscohistoricalmuseum.org/History.html

Franklin's family owned property and slaves. An article about a slave, Alford, who was owned by Onslow Bean's uncle, Judge Franklin Locke and was sent to Colonel Bean in 1863 to serve him in the army as hostler (person in charge of horses) and general utility man for the Colonel until Bean’s death at Marion, Va. Then, Locke became hostler and utility man for Colonel James E. Carter until the close of the war, appears here: http://www.rheaheraldnews.com/lifestyles/article_cea85afc-d1b9-11e5-bbb1-9784dc3fc0c4.html

Another slave owned by Franklin Locke is not even named on the census of 1850, but she is 38 years of age and a Mulatto (mixed race) ^[4]

There may be two Franklin Lockes in the same vicinity, as there is also a slave schedule for B.F. Locke in Meigs county, Tennessee for 1850, including a two year old black male (not named) ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN68-S5S : 4 December 2014), B F Locke and Mary Sharp, 19 Nov 1840; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 23, Meigs, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
2. ↑ "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9B3-X2P : 9 March 2018), B.F. Lock in entry for Sarah C. Clark, 28 Mar 1920; citing Cemetery, Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, v 45 cn 52, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,299,722
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91298958/benjamin-f-locke
4. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVH6-C7S : 4 August 2017), Franklin Locke, Rhea county, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing line number 39, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 444,862
5. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVHD-PW4 : 4 August 2017), B F Locke, Meigs county, Meigs, Tennessee, United States; citing line number 16, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 444,861

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