Benjamin Cabell is a descendant of Pocahontas. Here is the trail.
War of 1812 served on the staff of Brigadier-Genral Joel Leftwich and later on the staff of Major-General John Pegram.
Educated at Hampden Sidney College.
Benjamin William S. Cabell was born about 1793. Benjamin Cabell was a Senate of Virginia.He passed away about 1862.[1]
Burial: Grove St Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
He had eleven children with Sarah Epes Doswell , six of them died as soldiers in the Civil War[2]
The 1850 census of Pittsylvania, Virginia lists the following with estimated ages:
BWS Cabell 57
Sarah E " 48
John R. " 27
Algernon S. 17
George C. 14
Joseph R. 10
Benjamin E. 7
Martha(wife of John R) 26
Sarah E 12
Ann E. Cabell 2 (daughter of John R. and Martha)
In September 11, 1860 census Pittsylvania:
Benj W Cabell 67
Sarah E " 58
Joseph R " 20
Benjamin E " 17
Ann E 12 (dau of John R Cabell)
William C 9(son of John R)
Mary W 7 (dau of John R)
Nathaniel W 4 (son of John R)
George C Cabell 24
Mary H Cabell 21 (George's wife)
In record from taken about a month prior; August 19, 1860, son
John R. Cabell 1834, is shown with four of the children listed above:
Ann E. 11
William C 9
Mary W 7
Nathaniel W 5
John R 1
Sources
↑ Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants Through Her Marriage.By Wyndham Robertson at Google Books at pg. 42
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13821735/benjamin-william_sheridan-cabell : accessed 21 October 2021), memorial page for Gen Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell (10 Oct 1793–19 Apr 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13821735, citing Grove Street Cemetery, Danville, Danville City, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Phillip Fuller (contributor 46573076)
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin: