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George Eli Benefiel

George Eli Benefiel

Male 1759 - 1832  (72 years)

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  1. 1.  George Eli BenefielGeorge Eli Benefiel was born on 25 Dec 1759 in York, Pennsylvania; died on 1 Apr 1832 in Shelby Township, Jefferson, Indiana.

    Notes:

    George was a Revolutionary War veteran who served under Capt James Patton; 4th Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia.

    George Eli Benefiel and Mary Buchanan had the following children, born in Kentucky:

    child + 2 i. Robert2 Benefiel was born November 29, 1787.

    child + 3 ii. Martha Benefiel was born March 13, 1789.

    child + 4 iii. William Buchanan Benefiel was born April 14, 1791.

    child + 5 iv. Esther Campbell Benefiel was born January 2, 1793.

    child + 6 v. George Washington Benefiel was born January 8, 1795.

    child + 7 vi. Mary "Polly" Benefiel was born January 11, 1797.

    child 8 vii. Jane Benefiel was born in Clark Co., KY December 8, 1798.

    child + 9 viii. Jesse Benefiel was born October 26, 1800.

    child + 10 ix. Wilson B. Benefiel was born November 18, 1802.

    child + 11 x. James C. Benefiel was born May 11, 1806.

    child + 12 xi. Samuel M. Benefiel was born May 11, 1806.

    child + 13 xii. Eliza S. "Betsy" Benefiel was born June 16, 1808.

    In 1785, a George Benefiel owned land in Fayette Co., Pa. and a number of Benefiels appear in the frontier rangers in the Revolutionary War records in the area. George served in Culbertson's Pennsylvania militia, a unit that served from Cumberland Co..

    The Benefiels moved to Kentucky where George appears 1795 in the Scott Co. tax list, 1796 and 1797 in Bourbon County, but does not appear in further tax lists there.

    He appears in the tax list for Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1799, 1801 and 1802.

    George Eli Benefiel was listed in the 1810 Census for Clark County, Kentucky under the name George Bennifield with 3 white males under 10, 2 10-16, 2 16-26, 2 over 45, 1 white female under 10, 2 10-16, 2 16-26, and 1 over 45.

    He moved to Jefferson County, Indiana in 1814. When Benefiel moved to Indiana, he was joining his wife's four Buchanan brothers, who had settled along the Ripley Co.-Jefferson Co. border by 1809. George owned land in Section 3 Twp. 5N Range 11E in Shelby Township.. His will is recorded in Jefferson Co.

    George was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Jefferson County, Indiana, with 2 white males under 10, 2 10-15, 1 16-18, 2 19-25, 1 over 44, 1 white female under 10, 1 10-15, 2 16-25, and 1 over 44. Four persons were engaged in agriculture.

    George was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Jefferson County, Indiana, with 1 male white 70-80, 1 white female under 5, 2 20-30, and 1 60-70.

    The biography of George Benefiel by Robert W. Scott from the Jefferson County, Indiana USGenWeb.

    George married Mary Buchanan in 1787 in Northumberland Co., PA. Mary (daughter of George Buchanan and Esther Campbell) was born on 15 Mar 1764 in Ireland; died on 21 May 1857 in Jefferson, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Martha R. Benefiel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Mar 1789 in Kentucky; died on 31 Dec 1878 in Jefferson, Indiana.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Martha R. BenefielMartha R. Benefiel Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 13 Mar 1789 in Kentucky; died on 31 Dec 1878 in Jefferson, Indiana.

    Martha married John S. West on 12 Jan 1816 in Jefferson, Indiana. John was born in 1787 in Chapham, Bedfordshire, England; died on 20 Jan 1865 in Jefferson, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Charles B. West  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Dec 1816 in Jefferson, Indiana, USA; died in 1860-1870 in Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Charles B. WestCharles B. West Descendancy chart to this point (2.Martha2, 1.George1) was born on 22 Dec 1816 in Jefferson, Indiana, USA; died in 1860-1870 in Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA.

    Notes:

    1850 census Johnson, Ripley, Indiana.
    1860 census Hamblin township, Brown, Indiana.

    Charles married Barbara Ryker on 6 Sep 1837 in Jefferson, Wells, Indiana. Barbara (daughter of Peter Ryker and Susanna Caplinger) was born in 1818 in Indiana, USA; died on 12 Oct 1893 in Taylorsville, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Eliza Ann West  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Nov 1838 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 2 Mar 1926 in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta, OK, USA.
    2. 5. Martha Jane West  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Dec 1840 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 28 Jun 1918 in St Louis, Missouri.
    3. 6. Mary Ann West  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1843 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died in in Indiana, USA.
    4. 7. Samuel Taylor West  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1849 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 9 Jul 1929 in Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, USA.
    5. 8. John Leonard West  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jan 1857 in Indiana, USA; died on 11 May 1950 in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Eliza Ann WestEliza Ann West Descendancy chart to this point (3.Charles3, 2.Martha2, 1.George1) was born on 3 Nov 1838 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 2 Mar 1926 in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta, OK, USA.

    Notes:

    After James Casey died, Eliza married brick mason James R. Harvey. b. 1839.

    In 1870 they had the son William H., age 4, and Elizas two children Ellen and Charles, and lived in Bartholomew, Union, Indiana. Her mother was living next door with her new husband, a farmer named John Fry.

    In 1910 Eliza lived with her daughter Rosella "Rosie" White in Degnan, Latimer, OK.

    Family/Spouse: Samuel R. Sandifer. Samuel (son of Samuel E. Durham Sandefur and Elizabeth Shipp) was born on 14 Nov 1829 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA; died in 1898 in Richland County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Dundas, Richland, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Martha Ellen West  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jul 1857 in Brown County, IN, USA; died on 10 Sep 1937 in Vinita, Craig Co., OK; was buried in Timpson Chapel Cemetery, Estella, Craig County, Oklahoma.

    Eliza married James Solomon Casey on 29 Oct 1860 in Brown County, IN, USA. James (son of Thomas A. Casey and Malinda Ferguson) was born in 1840 in Ripley County, IN, USA; died on 10 Jan 1863 in Arkansas Post, AR, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Martha Ellen West  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jul 1857 in Brown County, IN, USA; died on 10 Sep 1937 in Vinita, Craig Co., OK; was buried in Timpson Chapel Cemetery, Estella, Craig County, Oklahoma.
    2. 10. Charles Thomas Casey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Aug 1861 in Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA; died on 23 Sep 1911 in Nineveh, Adair, Missouri.

    Eliza married James R. Harvey on 29 Dec 1864 in Marion, IN. James was born in 1842 in Indiana, USA; died after 1880 in Worthington, Greene, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. William H. Harvey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Dec 1865 in Union, Bartholomew, Indiana; died on 16 Apr 1949 in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, USA.
    2. 12. Charlotte Harvey  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1875 in Worthington, Greene, Indiana, USA; and died.
    3. 13. Barbara Rosella "Rosie" Harvey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Sep 1879 in Worthington, Greene, Indiana, USA; died on 6 Jul 1958 in Wilburton, Latimer, Oklahoma, USA.

  2. 5.  Martha Jane WestMartha Jane West Descendancy chart to this point (3.Charles3, 2.Martha2, 1.George1) was born on 6 Dec 1840 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 28 Jun 1918 in St Louis, Missouri.

    Family/Spouse: Allen Derringer. Allen was born on 14 Feb 1839 in Brown, Ripley, Indiana; died in Nov 1909 in St Louis, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 6.  Mary Ann WestMary Ann West Descendancy chart to this point (3.Charles3, 2.Martha2, 1.George1) was born in 1843 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died in in Indiana, USA.

  4. 7.  Samuel Taylor WestSamuel Taylor West Descendancy chart to this point (3.Charles3, 2.Martha2, 1.George1) was born in 1849 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 9 Jul 1929 in Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, USA.

  5. 8.  John Leonard WestJohn Leonard West Descendancy chart to this point (3.Charles3, 2.Martha2, 1.George1) was born on 21 Jan 1857 in Indiana, USA; died on 11 May 1950 in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA.