Thomas Tarpley Bennett (1755 - bef. 1810)

Born 1 Jul 1755 in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Hardee) Bennett — married 25 Dec 1782 in Christchurch,Middlesex,Virginia

Descendants

Died before 2 Jul 1810 before age 55 in Jackson, Georgia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1755. He passed away in 1810.

Children:

• Reuben Bennett (mother Ann), born 29 Nov 1782^[1]
• Elizabeth Tarpley Bennett, born 18 Oct 1784, Northumberland County, Virginia^[2]

Death and Estate

The contemporary evidence we have for the death of Thomas Tarpley Bennett comes from the early court records of Jackson County, Georgia. He was dead by 2 July 1810 as an order was granted on that date by the Inferior Court appointing Thomas Hyde and Cornelius McCarty administrators for his estate.^[3] The inventory of his estate was filed in court on 20 July 1810.^[4] On 6 July 1812, one of the administrators, Cornelius McCarty, appeared in court and filed an annual return for the estate.^[5] In Sept 1817, the administrators of his estate petitioned to be dismissed and the for closure of the estate, all assets having been distributed.^[6]

None of these probate records mention any heirs, and the administrators are not members of the family. One entry states that no one else appeared to oppose the appointment of these administrators who were not family members. The inventory also seems to indicate that no land was involved and all the property involved was personal property that might have been left behind when the family moved on further west in pursuit of land. These facts combined with the presence of several of his children in the early 1800's in south Mississippi and/or the Florida parishes of Louisiana along with a number of genealogies reporting that Thomas Tarpley Bennett died in either Mississippi or St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana about 1810, the possibility that he died in Mississippi or Louisiana cannot be excluded. This probate could have been an estate opened by unpaid creditors back in Georgia seeking to find any property that might be available to cover unpaid debts. All that can be said with certainty is that Thomas Tarpley Bennett was dead by 2 July 1810.

Research Notes

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Bennett_(52)
• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/a/n/Judy-A-Landry/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0294.html
• Willie, Leroy Ellis. Willey, Core, Bennett and other ancestors: other ancestors include Mixon, Thompson, Britt, Tate, Robertson, Hayden and Sanders : [with addendum]. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: L.E. Willie, 1990), p. 194.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• Documentation of Thomas Tarpley living in Jackson County, GA
  • Georgia Genealogy Trails, Jackson County EARLY HISTORY AND PIONEER SETTLERS (http://genealogytrails.com/geo/jackson/harmony-grove.htm (Comment: This reference is for a different Bennett family in Jackson County, Georgia. It discusses a Tapley (not Tarpley) Bennett [see https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7N6-MG8 ] with sons named A. T. (Alva Thurman Bennett - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7N6-MBG) and Hosea (Hosea Abbitt Bennett - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LZGC-W7Q) who went to California hunting gold. A. T. came all the way back to Georgia, but Hosea settled in Arkansas. The group of siblings in this family is entirely different from the group of siblings associated with Thomas Tarpley Bennett.) ~~Mary Brandt Jensen.

Sources

1. ↑ Beverly Fleet, Virginia colonial abstracts, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1961), vol. 3, page 23 (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076006495472&view=1up&seq=29 : accessed 17 Sep 2020)
2. ↑ Beverly Fleet, Virginia colonial abstracts, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1961), vol. 3, page 22 (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076006495472 : accessed 17 Sep 2020)
3. ↑ Faye Stone Poss, transcriber, Jackson County, Georgia early court records, 1796-1831 (Alpharetta, Georgia : WH Wolfe Associates, ©1994.) at p. 71 [being a transcription of Inferior Court of Jackson County Georgia, Minute Book of Court of Ordinary 1800-1822, pages 141-142] (full text at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/135137#page=75&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= : accessed 5 Mar 2022 )
4. ↑ "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93R-6DYT?cc=1999178&wc=9SBS-RMS%3A267654001%2C267717401 : 20 May 2014), Jackson > Returns 1800-1839 vol A > image 180 of 520; citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
5. ↑ Faye Stone Poss, transcriber, Jackson County, Georgia early court records, 1796-1831 (Alpharetta, Georgia : WH Wolfe Associates, ©1994.) at p. 84 [being a transcription of Inferior Court of Jackson County Georgia, Minute Book of Court of Ordinary 1800-1822, pages 173] (full text at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/135137#page=88&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= : accessed 5 Mar 2022 )
6. ↑ Faye Stone Poss, transcriber, Jackson County, Georgia early court records, 1796-1831 (Alpharetta, Georgia : WH Wolfe Associates, ©1994.) at p. 244 [being a transcription of Inferior Court of Jackson County Georgia, Minute Book of Court of Ordinary 1800-1822, pages 188] (full text at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/135137/#page=248&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= : accessed 5 Mar 2022 )

• Benjamin Hugh Bennett, A History of the Richard Bennett Family of Westmoreland County, Virginia and Iredell County, N.C., (Washington, 1960), at pages 3-4 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVG-KQWQ-V?i=821&cat=497641, images 796-822, FHL Film No. 008129722)