Benjamin and Sarah had seven children, all born in Ivy Log, Georgia.[1]
Benjamin enlisted as a private in Company F, 6th Georgia Cavalry (Smith's Legion), US Civil War.[2][3][1]
Benjamin Nelson Chastain is buried at Bethlehem Cemetery in Union County, Georgia, USA.[4]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2Chastain, Ross L. (1984) "Benjamin Nelson Chastain and His Family 1839-1982". Unpublished manuscript. pp. 62-8.
↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKJZ-YP2 : 4 December 2014), Benjamin N. Chastain, Private, Company F, 6th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M226 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 821,710.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8P3-KP6 : 15 July 2016), Benjamin Chastain, Ivy Log, Union, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 179, sheet 139D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0169; FHL microfilm 1,254,169.
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