Benjamin Rogers Jr (1763 - 1836)

Born 5 Dec 1763 in Cheraw, Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (McAlister) Rogers — married 1 Jan 1788 in Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Ann Elizabeth (Shackelford) Rogers — married 4 Sep 1804 in Marion, Marion, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Nov 1836 at age 72 in Brownsville, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Ben Rogers Jr was a South Carolina colonist.

Ben Rogers Jr is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 281055
Rank: Colonel

Benjamin Rogers, son of Benjamin Rogers (1723-1791) and Elizabeth Cary, was born 5 December 1763 in Cheraw District, South Carolina. A successful planter, he settled in lower Marlboro County near Brownsville. Through grants (1802-1832), he acquired 3,473 acres. In addition, he also owned lands in Cumberland County, North Carolina. According to an inventory of his estate, he possessed sixty-one slaves at death.

During the American Revolution, he served in FRANCIS MARION'S (1732?-1795)Brigade.^{[citation needed]} Elected to the state Senate, Rogers represented the election district of Marlboro, Chesterfield, & Darlington in the Fifteenth (1802-1804) and Sixteenth (1804-1805) General Assemblies. While in the Senate, he was a member of the committees on privileges and elections (1802-1804), the military (1803-1804), and the judiciary (1804-1805). As a delegate for Marlboro District, he attended the Nullification Convention (1832-1833), served on the select committee of twenty-one, and voted for the Ordinance.

Other offices he held included sheriff for Cheraw District (1786-1787) and for Marlboro District (ca. 1808-1814); lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-seventh Regiment of the state militia (ca. 1799-1814); tax collector for Marlboro District (1809); and commissioner, to approve securities given by public officers for Marlboro District (1826, 1835).

Married twice, Rogers first wed Margaret McAllister, daughter of Alexander McAllister and Jean Colvin of Cumberland County, North Carolina. Eleven children were born to them:

1. Jane (m. Bright Williamson),
2. Elizabeth (m. Julius Poellnitz),
3. Flora (m. Robert Campbell [1778-1828]),
4. Sarah (m. Needham Smith),
5. Margaret,
6. Mary,
7. Catherine,
8. Martha, and three sons who died in infancy.

Margaret McAllister Rogers died 13 April 1802.

On 4 September 1804, he married Ann Shackelford, daughter of Stephen Shackelford and widow of Dr. THOMAS T. WICKHAM (d. 1804?). They were the parents of nine sons:

1. Benjamin Brack,
2. Francis Alexander,
3. Robert,
4. William,
5. Nicholas Shackelford,
6. John Adolphus,
7. Paul Hamilton,
8. Henry James, and
9. Thomas Wickham.

Marriage

Husband: Col Ben Rogers

Wife: Margaret McAlister

Child: Jane Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 01 JAN 1788

Place: Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States^[1]

Marriage:

Note: #N1555

Husband: Col Ben Rogers

Wife: Anna Elizabeth Nannie Wickham Shackelford

Marriage:

Date: 04 SEP 1804

Place: Marion, Marion, South Carolina, United States^[2]

Slave Owner

• In the 1800 census, he states he has 28 slaves.

• The 1810 census counts his slave as 52.

• In 1830 he has 74 slaves.

• In the will of his father in law, Stephen Shackelford, he leaves a slave named Nancy to his daughter Ann.

Death

Survived by his wife and several children, Benjamin Rogers died intestate (without a will) 12 November 1836 following an accident on his land in Marlboro District.^[3][4]

Date: 12 NOV 1836

Place: Brownsville, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States^[5]

Research Notes

Revolutionary War under Francis Marion.^{[citation needed]}

• "Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senate 1776-1985" Vol II.
• Find a Grave Memorial
• 1820 United States Federal Census for Ben Rogers, Marlboro, South Carolina.
• Year: 1790; Census Place: St Thomas, Cheraws District, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 379; Image: 231; Family History Library Film: 0568151

• Year: 1800; Census Place: Marlboro District, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 50; Page: 57; Image: 116; Family History Library Film: 181425

• Year: 1810; Census Place: Marlboro, South Carolina; Roll: 61; Page: 91; Image: 00164; Family History Library Film: 0181420

• 1830; Census Place: Marlboro, South Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 171; Page: 59; Family History Library Film: 0022505

• Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 3; Serial: 12978; Volume: 1

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

• Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 071

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Col Benjamin Rogers II
2. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Col Benjamin Rogers II
3. ↑ "Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senate 1776-1985" Vol II.
4. ↑ "Scatterd Seed": Nov. 24 issue Fayetteville Observer
5. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Col Benjamin Rogers II

See also:

• Source: S20 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R5
• Repository: R5 Name: www.ancestry.com

Acknowledgements

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