Benjamin Weeks (abt. 1740 - 1811)

Born about 1740 in Westmoreland, Virginia Colony

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Died 26 Jan 1811 at about age 71 in Burke, Georgia, United States

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Biography

from his Gravestone Memorial, created by Virginia Weeks Warbington:

Birth: 1740, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA Death: Unknown, Burke, Georgia, USA Burial: Unknown

In the beginning, Benjamin's birth date was estimated, based on his children's. All of his children's birth dates were estimated except for Margaret's, where censuses were used. It is not known their exact order of birth, because they were listed as follows, by gender, in John Franklin Weeks's little book--i.e--"My Great Grand Father's name was Benjamin. His oldest son Charley maried a Miss Upton, his 2nd son James who was my Grand Father maried a Miss Francis Goff. William his 3rd son maried a Miss Wiggins. Elizabeth oldest Daughter maryed Quiller Mathis or Mathews, Bashaby 2nd Daughter maryed William Mathis. Catherine 3rd Daughter maried a McCullar or McColough. Mary 4th Daughter marryed Nathaniel Moseley. Selia 5th Daughter maried Alesc Berryhill, Peggy or Margaret marriyed William Berryhill." [Photocopy in possession of Virginia Weeks Warbington]

Recent research by Mr. Jim Maddox of Colorado Springs, Colorado found him enlisting during the Revolutionary War in Culpeper County, Virginia in 1780, stating that he was then "40 years of age."

In Culpeper Co., VA, Benjamin Weeks paid taxes 1782 - 1787.

Benjamin's grandson, John Weeks, stated in his pension application for War of 1812 service that his own father, James Weeks, Sr., was born in Virginia. (John joined as a substitute for his father.) Benjamin Weeks migrated to Burke County, Georgia before 1795. He took part in the 1805 Land Lottery.

Augusta Chronicle 1811 -1820 - "Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia: Benjamin Weeks, May 20, 1797, event and published on 5/20/1797 published Page 3 Column 4: "Collector's Sales. On Tuesday the twentieth of June next, at the Court-house in Waynesborough, Burke County, between the hours of eleven o'clock in the fortnoon and four o'clock in the afternoon will be sold the following tracts of land to satisfy the taxes thereon for the years 1795 and 1796, viz.........200 acres, oak & hickory land, 3d quality situate in Burke County, seized as property of Charles Weeks to satisfy his taxes for 1795 and 1796; amount L. 1 16 3 4.........200 acres, 3rd quality, situate in Burk, seized to satisfy Benjamin Weeks' taxes for 1795 & 1796; amount L. 1 5 1-2."

Spouse: Elizabeth Sharpe Weeks (1742 - ____) Children: Elizabeth Sharpe Weeks Matthews (1764 - ____) Bathsheba Sharpe Weeks Matthews Darsey (1765 - ____) Charles Weeks (1767 - ____) James Weeks (1769 - ____) Catherine Weeks McCullough (1774 - ____) Mary Weeks Moseley (1776 - ____) William Weeks (1780 - ____) Selia Weeks Berryhill (1783 - 1809) Margaret Weeks Berryhill (1785 - 1845) Thomas G. (Garvin?) Weeks (1785 - ____)

Sources

• Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=141478312)
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/i/x/Julia-Dixon-Florida/PDFGENE8.pdf
• Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Title: Georgia Census, 1790-1890
• Author: Ancestry.com Title: Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, Co, : The Generations Network,Inc., 2004.Original data - Chalkley, Lyman.
• Title: Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, Co, : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.