Benjamin married Frances Moorman.
Benjamin H. Covington was a surveyor and served in the NC House of Commons, 1785-86 as a delegate from Richmond Co., NC. He was also elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1788 (Wheeler's Hist. of NC)
Benjamin H. Covington was granted 200 acres in Anson Co., dated 16 Sep 1769, on Mountain Creek, grant No. 2610, next to a tract of 395 acres surveyed for Col. Thomas Dockery, which is apparently the location of Capel's Mill.
The first Academy in Rockingham was located on the Fayetteville road, near where Judge Phillips' house stands, and the first lot for this Academy was conveyed to the Trustees by Benjamin H. Covington in 1788.
Some time after 1798, Benjamin and Frances Covington and eight of his children moved to Kentucky.
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