Benjamin Duckworth
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Benjamin Patterson Duckworth (1838 - 1890)

Benjamin Patterson Duckworth
Born in Covington County, Mississippi, United States of Americamap
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Died at age 51 in Smith County, Mississippi, United States of Americamap
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Biography

Benjamin P. Duckworth was born in Mississippi to Joseph Duckworth and Mary Green.[1][2][3]

Benjamin served as a witness for the State in Smith County, Mississippi Circuit Court in the case of The State of Mississippivs. Robert Blakeney et.al. in March of 1858 and received $3.00 reimbursement for traveling 30 miles to attend the hearing.[4]

Married c.1860 to Cassandra Craft.

Benjamin appears on the 1872 Land Tax List for Smith County, Mississippi as follows:

  • Duckworth, B. P. - 240 acres described as the SE 1/4 and the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 26 in Township 10 Range 15 West.[5]
  • Duckworth, B.P. - 180 acres described as Lots 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10 in Section 35 of Township 10, Range 15 West.[6]


He served in the Civil War in Company G, 37th Ms. Infantry, CSA.

He is buried in Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, Smith County, Mississippi.[7]


Sources

  1. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K33B-7YT : 5 December 2014), Charity P Craft, 08 May 1933; citing certificate number 25759, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,115,361.
  2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LN-M98 : 12 April 2016), Joseph Duckworth, Smith county, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing family 402, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  3. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GJ-YBB : 26 July 2017), Joseph Duckworth, 1860.
  4. The State of Mississippi vs. Robert Blakeney, et.al. Smith County, Mississippi Circuit Court Records. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi.
  5. 1872 Land Tax List, Smith County, Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. page 75.
  6. 1872 Land Tax List, Smith County, Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. page 76.
  7. Smith County, Mississippi Cemeteries. Smith County Genealogical Society. (1999).
  • US Federal Census - 16 Jun 1880, Smith County, MS
  • US Federal Census - 30 Aug 1870, Smith County, MS




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