Elam Levin Benson (abt. 1751 - 1836)

Born about 1751 in Dover, Kent County, Delaware

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Brummell) Benson — married about 1785 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1836 at about age 85 in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA

Biography

Levin was born about 1752 in Kent County, Delaware. He is the son of William Benson and Tabitha Kennedy. He passed away on 13 June 1836 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.^[1]

Marriages & Children

Levin was married at least twice. The name of his first wife is uncertain. Proposed individuals for first wife are Nancy Unknown, Jane Hickman and Elizabeth Messick. Known children of first marriage include:

1. Willis Daniel Bensin, 1775-1848
2. Betsy Benson, 1777
3. Nancy Jane Benson, 1782-aft 1870

Levin's second (or third wife by some trees) was Rebecca Brummell. They married about 1785 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Rebecca survived Levin and died on 16 October 1850 in Henderson County, Tennessee.^[2] Children of Levin and Rebecca Brummell include:

1. Samuel Benson, 1786-bef 1790
2. John Benson, 1790-1814
3. George Benson, 1797-bef 1850
4. Elam Levin "Lum" Benson, Jr., 1798-1875
5. Rebecca Benson, c 1800-aft 1860

Revolutionary War Service

Levin served in the Delaware Line as a Private in the Revolutionary War. He was awarded a pension for that service.^[3]

Pension awarded Lincoln County, Tennessee, 22 May 1833; commencement of pension, 4 march 1831. Annual allowance $80, sums received as of 1835, $240. Age given as 83. Description of service - Private, Delaware line.^[4] Transferred to Pulaski County, Tennessee following pension payment March 1836. Payments were made twice a year in March and September. Levin died in June 1836 and was paid for the first quarter of that pay period.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-2JCR : accessed 16 January 2020), Levin Benson, 04 Mar 1831; citing Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 4; FHL microfilm 1,319,384.
2. ↑ Affidavit from Rev War Pension File of Levin Bension, W329: State of Tennessee; Lincoln County made by Levin's daughter Nancy (Benson) Nowell on 4 June 1851.
3. ↑ Twenty-four Hundred Tennessee Pensioners, page 15
4. ↑ U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. United States Senate.The Pension Roll of 1835. 4 vols. 1968 Reprint, with index; Vol III, page 598. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLJ-ZCD : accessed 16 January 2020), Leven Benson Sr, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 293, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 123; FHL microfilm 193,685.
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG2-VQL : 17 August 2017), Levin Berson [Benson], Lincoln, Tennessee, United States; citing 274, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 177; page 274; FHL microfilm 24,535.

• Armstrong, Zella. Twenty-four Hundred Tennessee Pensioners: Revolution, War of 1812. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore: 1975.