William
Bennett
Fleming
Jr.
Born in Flemington, Liberty, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Peter Winn Fleming [half], Mary Alice Fleming [half], John Sydney Fleming [half], Thomas Winn Fleming [half] and Olivia L. (Fleming) Bacon [half]
Husband of
Eliza (Maxwell) Fleming
— married
20 Nov 1828 (to 1871) in Liberty, Georgia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
William Oliver Fleming
Died
at age 82
in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Aug 2012
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Biography
William was born 29th of October, 1803, on a plantation near Flemington, Georgia, the son of William Fleming and Catherine Winn.[1][2]
He practised law in Savannah, Georgia, United States.[3]
At 25, on the 20th of November, 1828, he married Eliza Ann Maxwell in Liberty, Georgia, United States.[4]
At 44, from 1847 to 1849 and 1853–1868, he served as a judge of the superior court of Chatham County, Georgia.
At 47, in 1850, he was living in Chatham County with Eliza and their 5 children.[5]
At 57, in 1860, he was living in 15th District, Liberty, Georgia, United States with Eliza and 2 adult children.[6]
At 76, from the 10th of February to the 3rd of March,1879, he was elected as a Democrat to the 45th Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination.[7]
At 76 also, from 1879 until his retirement in 1881, on account of ill health, he served as a judge of the Superior Court of Savannah County, Georgia.[8]
At 82, on the 19th of August, 1886, he died, in Savannah, Chatham, and was buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery (North), Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States. [9][10][11] His Yale College obituary says he died at his home in Walthourville, Liberty Co., GA. [12]
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bennett_Fleming
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index,"
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bennett_Fleming
- ↑ "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967"
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850,"
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860"
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bennett_Fleming
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bennett_Fleming
- ↑ Entered by Jeff Gray, Aug 19, 2012
- ↑ Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bennett_Fleming
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index,"
- ↑ Obituary of William Bennett Fleming, Yale College, Class or 1825 - http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1859_1924/1886-87.pdf
- "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWHG-26V : 11 January 2020), William B. Fleming, 1828.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYJ-GGD : 12 April 2016), William B Fleming, Chatham county, part of, Chatham, Georgia, United States; citing family 857, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMR-W69 : 18 March 2020), W B Fleming, 1860.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV3-8MB9 : 26 July 2019), William Bennett Fleming, 1886; Burial, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States of America, Laurel Grove Cemetery (North); citing record ID 7442288, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- Jeff Gray, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jeff and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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