| Name |
Lemuel BENTON [2, 3, 4] |
| Prefix |
Lt. Colonel |
| Birth |
23 Oct 1754 |
Granville County, North Carolina  [5] |
| Gender |
Male |
| HIST |
of Granville County, North Carolina As a young man he moved to the Pee Dee section of Cheraw District, South Carolina. In 1789, he was granted 1,940 acres in Cheraw where he established his plantation, Stony Hill. Later he received grants for 659 acres at the fork of Saltketcher River in Colleton county and 89 acres on the Great Pee Dee River in Darlington District, South Carolina. [2, 6] |
| MILI |
He was commander of Pee Dee Reg’t., Francis Marion Brigade His first public service was in the militia during the American Revolution. He was commissioned a lieutenant (1775-1776), served as a captain (1776) and a major (1777), and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in command of the Cheraw militia (1781-1782). His regiment was allied with Francis Marion’s Brigade from 1781 until the end of the war, and his unit often confronted Tories in Black Creek skirmishes. After Yorktown, he continued to serve as colonel of the Cheraw Regiment until 1794 when he resigned his commission due to the appointment of Tristram Thomas as brigadier general of the Cheraw Brigade. [2, 6] |
| Occupation |
1st member of Congress (1790’s) elected from Upper Pee Dee; planter; sheriff of Cheraw District (1789, 1791); Darlington County court judge (1785, 1791), and commissioner, to superintend the opening of navigation of the Great Pee Dee River (1805) [2, 7] |
| _UID |
732C66D1E6A64B8C9B73901CBF3E6B81DCAF |
| Death |
18/8 May 1818 |
Darlington County, South Carolina [6, 8, 9] |
| Burial |
Stoney Hill, South Carolina [6] |
| Person ID |
I11821 |
Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
17 Oct 2009 |
| Family |
Elizabeth KIMBROUGH |
| Marriage |
20 Nov 1773 |
Darlington County, South Carolina [10] |
| _UID |
C2BEED6038F94730AE1F14EBBA1D53137E31 |
| _UID |
C2BEED6038F94730AE1F14EBBA1D53137E31 |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth BENTON, b. 7 Jun 1775 |
| | 2. John Augustus BENTON, b. 7 Jul 1775 |
| | 3. Penelope BENTON, b. 19 Oct 1776, Darlington County, South Carolina d. 1838, Florence County, South Carolina (Age 61 years) |
| | 4. Lemuel BENTON, Jr., b. 20 Jan 1779 |
| | 5. Clarissa Harlowe BENTON, b. 28/27 Feb 1781 |
| | 6. Charlotte BENTON, b. 8 Jun 1783 |
| | 7. Samuel BENTON, b. 26 Jul 1787 |
| | 8. Gilly Hinton BENTON, b. 25 Dec 1789, Darlington County, South Carolina d. 12 Nov/11 Dec 1852, Darlington County, South Carolina (Age 62 years) |
| | 9. Buckley BENTON, b. 5 Oct 1792 |
| | 10. Alfred BENTON, b. 20 May 1795 |
|
| Family ID |
F4211 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2008 |
1754 - 1818 (63 years)