Sumter’s
Turks
The
Benenhaley, Buckner, Deas, Exum, Hood, Jolly, Oxendine, Pitts, Ray, and Scott
families of Dalzell, South Carolina
Compiled by S. Pony Hill
Special honors to Claudia Benenhaley
Gainey, Mandy Oxendine Chapman, Ralph J Oxendine, and Carrie L Scott Ardis, who
worked tirelessly to extract these historical records.
HISTORY TIMELINE:
1776………………..James
Scott and David Scott enlist with North Carolina Continental Line.
1778………………..James
Scott and David Scott arrive in High Hills of Santee for military training.
David Scott
is transferred to the 5th South Carolina Regiment commanded by
Colonel
Huger. James
Scott is transferred to the South Carolina Militia commanded by Brigadier
General
Pickens.
1779………………..Colonial
Map of South Carolina records an “Indian Town” in the High Hills of Santee.
1780………………..James
Scott and David Scott participate in the relief of American forces during the
Siege of
Charleston.
1781………………..James
Scott is wounded during the Battle of Eutaw Springs. James Scott and
David Scott
are both discharged from military service this year.
1790
census………..Aaron Oxendine, Wiley Deas, and James Scott recorded as living along
Drowning
Creek in Robeson County, North
Carolina, an area formerly identified as the
“Charraw
Settlement”.
1794……………….On
the 3rd of February a plat of 2,560 acres is surveyed in the High
Hills of Santee,
“near Lynches Creek and Flat Creek”, and
gifted by the South Carolina Legislature
to General
Thomas Sumter for his service to the State during the Revolutionary War.
1800
census……….Aaron Oxendine and Wiley Deas residing in Robeson County, NC,
recorded
as heads of
households of “other free persons.”
James Scott
and David Scott living on land of General Sumter recorded as
“other free persons” listed under
household of General Thomas Sumter.
Joseph
Benenhaley living in Charleston, SC, employed as a wheelwright.
1805………………Plat
for 70 acres “surveyed by Adam McWillie”
is deeded from General Sumter to
his son,
Colonel Thomas Sumter, excepting “that parcel where Scott lives”.
1808………………Aaron
Oxendine inherits land in Robeson County, NC, from the will of his father,
Charles Oxendine Sr.
1809………………Plat
for 24 acres “surveyed by Hastin Jennings” is deeded from General Sumter
to James Scott.
1810
census………Aaron Oxendine, James Scott, and David Scott recorded as heads of
households
of “other free
persons” residing on James Scott’s land in Sumter County employed
at farming.
Joseph
Benenhaley recorded as head of household of “other free persons” residing
On General
Thomas Sumter’s land in Sumter County employed in “manufacturing”
(as wheelwright for
General Sumter’s manufacturing company).
1815………………Joseph
Benenhaley deeded 33 acres by General Sumter.
1820
census………Aaron Oxendine, James Scott, and David Scott recorded as residing on
James Scott’s
land in Sumter
County as heads of households of “free
persons of color”.
Joseph Benenhaley
recorded as residing on his own land in Sumter County as head of
household of “free white persons”.
1821………………Aaron
Oxendine sells his inherited Robeson County, NC, land to his brothers,
Charles
Oxendine Jr and Jesse Oxendine.
1821……………...Colonel
Thomas Sumter returns from Brazil where he had been serving as United States
Consul. General
Sumter gives his son the house he had long resided in and moves to a
high hill called
“Sumter’s Mount”. The General lives there by himself, except for his
servants, until his death on June 1st,
1832.
1826……………..James
Scott dies.
1829……………..Joseph
Benenhaley Sr dies.
1830
census……..Aaron Oxendine, Wiley Deas, and Elizabeth Benenhaley (widow of Joseph) recorded as
residing in
Sumter County as heads of households of “free
persons of color”.
David Scott
recorded as residing in Kershaw County as head of household
of “free persons of color”.
1830……………..In
November of 1830 a petition was submitted to the South Carolina Legislature
from
“Inhabitants of Sumter District, Petition
Requesting a release for the descendants of
David Scott from
the tax placed on Free Blacks in view of David’s military service in
the American
Revolution.”
1830…………….In
December of 1830 the South Carolina Legislature released a committee report
entitled:
“Committee of Ways & Means: Report on the
Petition of David Scott & Sundry Citizens
of Sumpter Dist
asking that the Descendants of David Scott may be exempted from paying
the tax on Free
Persons of Color.”
1832……………..General
Thomas Sumter dies.
1840
census……..Aaron Oxendine, David Scott, Elizabeth Benenhaley (widow of Joseph),
Lysender “Lon”
Benenhaley (son
of Joseph),
and Joseph Benenhaley Jr
(son of Joseph) recorded as residing
in Sumter County as heads of households
of “free persons of color”.
1840……………..Colonel
Thomas Sumter (son
of General Sumter)
dies. His widow dies in 1841.
1850
census……..Martha Scott, Jane Oxendine, Elizabeth Oxendine, Washington Oxendine,
Francis
Benenhaley,
Joseph Benenhaley Jr, Catherine Scott, James Ray, Jane Oxendine,
Henry Scott,
Wiley Deas, Richard Oxendine, Jane Oxendine recorded as residing in
Sumter County as
heads of households of “Mulatto”
families.
1858……………..Sumter
District tax collector and Sumter legislative representative submit
“Resolution
Imposing Capitation Tax on Egyptians and Indians as now on
Free Blacks,
Mulattoes, and Mestizoes.”
1861-64………….Charles
Oxendine (youngest son of Aaron Oxendine and Jane Scott) taxed as
“Indian” in Sumter tax district.
1861……………..Sumter
Court affidavit of John Pollard, aged 73 years, states that James Scott was a
“…Revolutionary soldier who came into this
county from Virginia when I was
very young.”
Pollard describes that James Scott’s wife, Charity was “mixed with
Indian”, that
their daughter, Jane Scott had married Aaron Oxendine, and that “the
general striking
physiognomial traits of appearance of the Scott family in general,
and relatives, is
deeply set with European and Indian blood.”
1861…………….Sumter
Court affidavit of Mary Nickles: “She has
known Margaret & Isham Scott The
parents of John N
Scott and Fleming T Scott for a length of time and that Margaret Scott
was a White woman
and always had the Character of being White and that Isham Scott’s
ancestors was of Egyptian and Indian
blood.”
1862……………..Calhoun
County, Florida Court case of State V. Francis Hill. Testimony of Thomas
Strickland: “knew Isham Scott and Margaret parents of Eliza in Sumter South Carolina.
Isham was a man
of large amount Indian blood. Margaret was an Oxendine woman of
clean complexion
nearly white the Indian still apparent. The grandfather, one Jacob, was
said to be a Chief among the Catawba
Indians. The Scott family, in general, are regarded
as free of negro
blood.”
Testimony of Francis Hill: “Only briefly
met Isham and Margaret
Scott the parents
of Eliza. Isham appeared to be mostly Indian. Margaret appeared to be
mostly white.
Neither appeared to have negro blood or considered Mulatto.”
1870……………..F.
Kinloch Bull, in his memoir entitled “Random Recollections of a long Life”
writes that his
father came to Sumter County in 1870 and met John W Buckner
whom Bull
considered to be “…almost pure Indian.”
1870’s……………series
of letters written by Matilda Ellison (wife of Lawrence Benenhaley) states
that Joseph
Benenhaley Sr was an “Ottoman”, had
learned the craft of wheelwright in
the West Indies
before coming to Charleston, had worked as a manufacturer for General
Sumter, and that
Lawrence had learned the craft of wheelwright from his father.
1889……………..Responding
to an inquiry from McDonald Furman regarding the origin of the “Turks”,
Sebastian D’Amblemont Sumter (son of Colonel Thomas
Sumter, grandson of the General)
wrote of Joseph
Benenhaley “As to the original
Benenhaley, I know nothing having seen
him only once or
twice in my early boyhood nearly sixty years ago. I am very certain that
General Sumter
had no hand in his importation and do not think that he made his
appearance here
until after the first decade of the present century.” (i.e. Joseph Benenhaley
did not
arrive in Sumter until around 1810).
(Sebastian
D Sumter, born 1821 was only eleven years old when his grandfather, General
Sumter, died,
and he
would have been less than ten years old when Joseph Benenhaley and James Scott
died.)
1889……………...Letter
from K.E.L. Peebles to McDonald Furman: “All
I know of the Scotts of this
township is that
of Dave Scott, some 60 years ago, the progenitor of the Scotts here,
was living and
subsequently died in Kershaw County – he living on a portion of that
vast domain
granted by the State of South Carolina to Gen Sumter for Revolutionary
services. Dave
Scott was quite old when I knew him and he was said to be one of Gen
Sumter’s
soldiers of the Revolution and had been brought down or induced to come
down from North
Carolina to settle upon his land. As to the other families of Red Bones
I have never
heard anything said concerning them but I presume they came down under
the same
circumstances that Dave Scott did and they all settled on Gen Sumter’s land.”
1890……………..Hamilton
McMillon writes letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding
the Indian
families of Robeson County, NC, and mentions that “At one time the [Robeson
Indians] were
known as ‘Redbones.’ And there is a street in Fayettville so called because
some of them once
lived on it. They are known by this name in Sumter County, SC,
where they are
quiet and peaceable, and have a church of their own. They are proud and
high spirited, and
caste is strong among them.”
1894……………..McDonald
Furman, a Sumter historian, writes numerous letters and articles regarding
the Oxendines and others of Sumter, which
he states are called “Red Bones.”
Furman
states “…their features and color as a race show
unmistakable evidence of White or
Indian blood, or
both.”
1904……………..Long
Branch Baptist Church established by 44 members of the Benenhaley, Buckner,
Hood, Oxendine,
and Ray family members. The land on which the church is built is
donated by
Herbert Ray Sr, son of John Ray and Jane Oxendine.
1908…………….Majority
of Chavis/Gibbs/Goins/Smiling/Sweat families of Privateer move to Robeson
County, NC. Local
Sumter whites gradually stop using the term “Red Bones” in favor
of the slur “Turks”.
1914…………….Secretary
of the Interior releases a report entitled “A
Report on the Condition and Tribal
Rights of the
Indians of Robeson and Adjoining Counties.” The report includes that
“…a branch of the Indians is located in
Sumter, South Carolina”, and that at one time
the Robeson
Indians “…were known as Red Bones…they
are known by this name in
Sumter County,
South Carolina.”
1914…………….Thomas
Sebastian Sumter (born
1852, son of Sebastian D’Amblemont Sumter mentioned above,
great-grandson
of General Sumter) wrote
in an article appearing in the Sumter Herald, “I was
born and raised at
the ‘Home House’, near where the Benenhaleys and Scotts and their
families lived.
They got to be called ‘Turks’ by the country people. I got to knowing them
by name during the
War and since the War of Secession and just before the War. The
Benenhaleys and
Scotts are now prosperous farmers, and all good citizens, as their
ancestors have
always been. They have their own schoolhouse, their own church.
Tom Benenhaley, who
is now living and drawing his Confederate pension, they
furnished at least
six soldiers to the Confederate Army…I got some information myself,
as a boy, from old
Sallie Scott…and also from Benenhaley’s wife, but they were so old
and feeble that it
was all disconnected and incoherent. I could not get much information
of the past… I know
that if they ever wanted advice or anything they would come to my
father (Sebastian D’Amblemont
Sumter) or uncles or some of the family as their
ancestors did
to my ancestors and
as they have done with me in regard to the present war of the
United States (i.e. World War One).” (Interesting
to note that T S Sumter’s father claimed to have almost
no
information regarding the origins of the ‘Turks’, and T S Sumter himself admits
to not having much
information at all regarding their origins
here in 1914, yet by the time he publishes his book “Some Old
Stateburg
Homes” in 1934 he has become an expert on the details of the ‘Turk’ origins.
Unfortunately
every single
article or publication regarding the origins of the ‘Turks’ published since
1935 have used
T S Sumter’s horribly flawed history as their
primary source.)
1917…………….Roy
Oxendine, Samuel Scott, Jesse Scott, Jimmie Scott, and George Scott enlisted as
“Indian” in World War One. Other members
of the Benenhaley, Oxendine, Buckner,
Hood and Ray
families are enlisted as either “Turk”
or “Mongolian”.
1920…………….
Thomas Sebastian Sumter (born
1852, son of Sebastian D’Amblemont Sumter mentioned above,
great-grandson
of General Sumter) wrote
in an article appearing in the Sumter Herald regarding
James Scott,
a.k.a. “the bugler”, “…for years he was
bugler for the Claremont Troop
commanded by
Colonel Thomas Sumter, only son of General Sumter, and at their muster
parades he acted
in that capacity. The late Colonel James Blanding and others remembered
seeing him, an old
man, in that capacity.”
(By the
time he wrote Some Old Stateburg Homes” in
1934, TS Sumter
would change this account to state that James Scott had been a scout and bugler
for
General
Sumter, neither of which is accurate.)
1928…………….Article
from The State newspaper entitled “Sumter
County Colony Locally Called Turks”:
“…the oldest living member of the tribe, Mary
Ann Benenhaley Oxendine, 85, daughter of
Joseph Benenhaley
the second, and granddaughter of the first Joseph, has blue eyes, dark
skin, and straight
white hair. She says her grandmother, wife of the first Joseph, was a white
woman named
Miller, and her own mother was a Scott, daughter of the Scott who was bugler.
She married a man named Oxendine (Charles Oxendine, son of
Aaron Oxendine and Jane Scott), her
first cousin,
whose mother was also a Scott. Oxendine’s father, she says, came from
North Carolina.”
1939…………….Letters
between Sumter School Superintendent, a Florida School Superintendent, and
the Dean of the
Indian Normal School in Robeson County, NC, mentions that “the names
of Scott and
Goings are known to him and they are generally believed in that county to be
of Indian blood.” Letters also mention
that “…a school was maintained for the
Indian race
in that county,” and specifically
mention a “…Mr. Benenholy, an old Indian of that county.”
1949…………….Article
entitled “Turks Seeking Educational
Opportunities for Children” states that
“…many of them look like American Indians,”
and “…Professor Henry H. Turney-Hugh,
an anthropologist
on the faculty of the University of South Carolina, says that there is a
strong similarity
between the purer strain of Turks and a number of American Indian types.”
1950…………….”Turks
of Sumter” file suit in Federal District Court requesting their children be
allowed
to attend the
white Hillcrest High School after graduating from the Dalzell grade school.
The Sumter School
District contested the case, claiming that certain bloodline of the Turks
“…bore the disability of a negro ancestor.”
The plaintiffs claimed that the Oxendine
bloodline was exclusively
Native American, and this was stipulated by the defendants.
The “Turks”
adequately proved that they had no known negro ancestry and the Court ruled
that the “Turk”
children were to be thereafter admitted to any white schools in the State.
1956…………….Indians
of Robeson County, NC (which
included many Oxendines, Deas, and Scotts as well as the
Chavis/Gibbs/Goins/Smiling/Sweat descendants
who had moved from Sumter)
are recognized by the
United States
government as an federally recognized tribe. Their official title is the
“Cheraw Tribe of
the Lumber River.”
1961…………….The
Dalzell “Special School” closes.
1963…………….Noted
ethnologist Brewton Berry publishes the book “Almost White”. He writes,
“Near Sumter, South Carolina, there is a
community of some three hundred brown-skinned
people known locally as
“Turks”…They have been there nearly two hundred years…In
1780 General
Thomas Sumter was scouring the colony in search of recruits. He came upon
a community of
mestizos
(i.e. White
and Indian mixed)
and persuaded a few to join him…In
any case, a colony
of brown people flourished in the hilly country around Statesburg in the
eighteenth century. They were
joined by others. A man by the name of Oxendine, of the
Lumbees, came down
from North Carolina, took himself a wife, and planted the surname
which is still common
among the Turks. And the family name Chavis, which is found in
many mestizo
groups, was doubtless introduced in similar manner.”
1975…………….Report
to the Smithsonian Institution: “Julius
Benenhaley, about 80 years old…long
thought of by the
white neighbors as the head man, or King, of the Turks…stated
he ‘knew nothing
of Turkish ancestry’ yet explained ‘we probably have Indian blood’.”
1896-1987 Recollections
of a Long Life by F. Kinloch Bull, Sr: “Their origin is obscure, but it is
legendary that when General Sumter came down from Virginia at about the time of
the Revolutionary War, he brought with him several Turks, by the name of
Benenhaley (originally Ben en Ali), and that in later years others followed who
were named Hood and Scott. It was said that they engaged in farming on lands
given to them by the General… In a way it is curious that over the years they
had been able to retain their racial identity, not associating at all with
negroes, and little with white. This they seemed anxious to do, and if, as
sometimes happened, one of them would marry outside the race, they would be
ostracized to the extent of offenders would be forced to leave the community
and settle elsewhere. They had their own school with a white teacher, and their
own church with a white pastor.”
“I do not know the
origin of the name ‘Redbone’, but there was a number of these people scattered
throughout the state. Living in communities, they are light skinned, with dark
hair…It is probable that they were a mixture of whites, negroes, and Indians.
There were families of these in Statesburg named Buckners and Ellisons. I
recall my father saying that when he came to Stateburg in 1870 there was a
family of Buckners and that the father [John W
Buckner Jr], who had married an
Ellison [married Eliza Johnson, granddaughter
of William Ellison], appeared to be almost
pure Indian. He had one daughter who was pretty and four sons named Sam, Henry,
George and Dan. Sam married a Benenhaley and accordingly had to move out of the
Turk community and lived near our place on Raccoon Road.”
1838/39
series of letters between Dean of Indian Normal School of Robeson County, NC,
Jackson
County, FL School Superintendent, and Sumter County, SC School Superintendent:
“Following
the advice of Mr. Tom Scott I corresponded with the Superintendent of Sumter
County,
South
Carolina, the place from which Mr. Scott claimed their ancestors came. I was
informed by
him that
indeed the names of Scott and Goings are known to him and that they are
generally believed
in that
county to be of Indian blood. He confirmed for me that a school was maintained
for the Indian
race in
that county however he was unable to substantiate the church and family
connections that
Mr. Scott
claims. I am expecting a return from my letter to Mr. Benenholy, an old Indian
of that county,
who should
be able to supply more information in that regard.”
Reprint of
1945 The Sumter Black River Watchman.
Analysis
of Pre-1850 “Turk” Family Structure by Census Data
The United States Census is a decennial census mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the United
States Constitution,
which states: "Representatives
and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States ... according to
their respective Numbers ... . The actual Enumeration shall be made within
three Years after the first
Meeting
of the Congress
of the United States,
and within every subsequent Term of ten Years." The principal purpose of
the census is to divide the house seats by population, though early on federal
officials realized the value of having approximate taxation values. Throughout
the years, the country's needs and interests became more complex. This meant
that statistics were needed to help people understand what was happening and
have a basis for planning. The content of the decennial census changed
accordingly.
The first nine censuses (1790–1870) were
not managed by the Executive branch, but by the Judicial branch.
The United States federal court districts assigned U.S. marshals, who hired
assistant marshals to conduct the actual enumeration. The authorization act for
the third census of 1810 stipulated that an assistant marshal must actually
visit each household or the head of each family within his designated
enumeration district and should not rely on hearsay or the like to complete his
count. The six questions required to be completed by the census marshal in 1810
called for the name of the head of the family and the number of persons in each
household of the following descriptions: Free White males of 16 years and
upward; Free White males under 16 years; Free White females; All other free
persons; and Slaves. The first census of manufactures also occurred in 1810.
The 1830 census was the first to use
standardized questionnaire forms. The census marshals were typically from the
village or neighborhood and often knew the residents. Before enabling
self-identification on the censuses, the US Census Bureau relied on local
people to have some knowledge of residents. Racial classification was made by
the census marshal in these decades, rather than by the individual.
Those
persons of mixed ancestry (mestizos, mulattos, etc.) were recorded racially on
the census based on the local census marshal’s understanding of local tax codes
regulating such issues. Most southern states specifically required persons of
Native American descent who were citizens, not living on reservation land, and
subject to taxation, to be held for all legal purposes within the “all other
free persons” bracket (1790 to 1810), the “free person of color” bracket (1820
to 1840), and finally as “Mulatto” (1850 to after 1900). Numerous legal and social
issues impacted this requirement as tax regulations changed, person of Native
descent challenged the classification in Court, and a stricter racially
bifurcated society solidified during the prelude to the Civil War. The result
was American Indians in southern states were likely to appear as “free whites”,
“free persons of color”, or even as “Mulatto”. At no point before 1900 was an
individual allowed to self-identify their racial status on the United States
census. The identification of ‘race’ on these forms was simply a reflection of
the individual’s local legal, voting, and taxation status.
1810 Sumter Census:
Household of Joseph
Benenhaley…7
“all other free persons” [no age or sex recorded]
Household of John L
Jolly…1
“free white male” [age: of 26 under 45]…1 “all other free persons” [non-white
wife]
Household of Aaron
Oxendine…5
“all other free persons” [no age or sex recorded]
Household of James Scott…8 “all other free
persons” [no age or sex recorded]
Household of Isham Scott…7 “all other free
persons” [no age or sex recorded] (James Scott’s brother)
Household of Isham Scott…5 “all other free
persons” [no age or sex recorded] (Isham Scott Sr’s son)
Household of David Scott…15 “all other free
persons” [no age or sex recorded]
1820 Sumter Census
Household of Joseph
Benenhaley…11
“free white persons” [Males: Head of Household Joseph Benenhaley, son Lysender
Benenhaley, son Francis Benenhaley, son Joseph Benenhaley Jr. Females: wife
Elizabeth Miller, daughter Eliza Benenhaley, daughter Leo Cadea Benenhaley,
wife of Lysender Benenhaley, Sarah Scott wife of Francis Benenhaley, daughter
of Lysender Benenhaley.] 1 person employed in manufacturing.
Household of John L Jolley…3 “free persons of
color” [Males: head of Household John L Jolly, son John J Jolly, females: wife
of John L Jolly.]
Household of Aaron
Oxendine…8
“free persons of color” [Males: Head of
Household Aaron Oxendine Sr, son Aaron Oxendine Jr, son William Oxendine.
Females: wife Jane Scott, daughter Jane “Jinsy” Oxendine, daughter Mary
Oxendine, daughter Miranda Oxendine, unknown daughter.]
Household of James Scott…5 “free persons of
color” [Males: Head of Household James Scott, son James Scott Jr, son Stephen
Scott. Females: (James’ wife already deceased by 1820), daughter Catherine
Scott, daughter Jane Scott.]
Household of David Scott…8 “free persons of
color” [Males: Head of Household David Scott, son Newman Scott, son Zade Scott,
son Joseph A Scott. Females: wife Rebecca Scott, Newman’s wife, daughter Sarah
Scott, daughter Martha Scott……2 slaves.]
1830 Sumter Census
Household of Elizabeth
Miller Benenhaley
(Joseph deceased before 1830)…7 “free persons of color” [Males: son Francis
Benenhaley, son Joseph Benenhaley Jr, son Ferdinand Benenhaley. Females:
Catherine Scott wife of Joseph Benenhaley Jr, daughter Eliza Benenhaley,
daughter Leo Cadea Benenhaley, Head of Household Elizabeth Miller Benenhaley.]
Household of Aaron
Oxendine…8
“free persons of color” [Males: Head of Household Aaron Oxendine Sr, son Aaron
Oxendine Jr, son William Oxendine. Females: wife Jane Scott, daughter Jane
“Jinsy” Oxendine, daughter Mary Oxendine, Martha Benenhaley wife of Aaron
Oxendine Jr, daughter Miranda Oxendine.]
Household of James Scott…deceased before 1830
Household of David Scott…living in Kershaw
County 1830.
1840 Sumter Census
Household of Elizabeth
Miller Benenhaley…5
“free persons of color” [Males: son Francis Benenhaley, son Ferdinand
Benenhaley. Females: Head of Household Elizabeth Miller Benenhaley, daughter
Leo Cadea Benenhaley, son’s mother-in-law Charity Scott.]
Household of Lysender
Benenhaley…3
“free persons of color” [Males: Head of Household Lysender Benenhaley, son Joel
Benenhaley. Females: Unknown named wife of Lysender Benenhaley.]
Household of Joseph
Benenhaley Jr…5
“free persons of color” [Males: head of Household Joseph Benenhaley Jr, son
John W Benenhaley, son William H Benenhaley. Females: daughter , wife Catherine
Scott.]
Household of John L
Jolly…1
“free white male” [age: 50-59]…1 “free persons of color” female [age: 40-49]
Household of Aaron
Oxendine…11
“free persons of color” [Males: Head of Household Aaron Oxendine Jr, brother
William Oxendine, brother Larkin Oxendine, brother Richard Oxendine, father
Aaron Oxendine Sr. Females: Wife Martha Benenhaley, mother Jane Scott, sister
Jane “Jinsy” Oxendine, sister Mary Oxendine, sister Miranda Oxendine, sister
Abigail Oxendine.]
Household of William
Pitts…6
“free person of color” [males: 1 male under 10, 1 male 34-56. Females: 3
females under 10, 1 female 34-56.]
Household of James Scott…deceased before
1830…widow living with Elizabeth Miller Benenhaley.
Household of David Scott…2 “free persons of
color” [Males: Head of Household David Scott. Females: wife Rebecca Scott.]
**
Not positive David Scott was actually residing in Sumter during this period-
possibly only counted as a land owner**
1850 SUMTER CENSUS
Household name age sex
race
occupation family sketch #
1225 Ellison, Reubin 29 M
M
Miller, A. 40 M
M Gin Maker
Buckner, John 20 M
M Gin Maker Bu1a
1237 Ray, James 55 M
W Planter R1
Ferrel, Thomas 17 M
W
Oxendine, Jane 30 F
W
O1b
“ , Charles 12 M
W (nephew of Jane) O1n
[Ray] , Dolly 5 F
W
R1e
[Ray] , Virginia 4 F
W
R1d
1259 Scott, Martha [Benenhaley] 50
F M (widow of Aaron Oxendine Jr) B1i
“ , Abigail 24 F
M (eldest daughter of Martha
Scott) S1c14
Oxendine, Richard 18 M
M laborer O1g
“ , Abigail 17 F
M
O1i
“ , Warren 15
M M
O1j
“ , Elefare 11 F
M
O1m
1260 Oxendine, Jane [Scott] 80 F
M (widow of Aaron Oxendine
Sr) S2d1
“ , Maranda 26 F
M
O1d
“ , Larkin 20 M
M
O1f
“ , Michael 18 M
M O1h
“ , Sarah 14 F
M (would marry John W
Buckner) O1k
“ , James 12 M
M
O1l
“ , William 2 M
M (son of Aaron Oxendine Jr) O1a6
Jolly, John J 33 M
W
J1a
“ , Julia 30 F
W
“ , Sarah 13 F
W
J1a1
“ , Julia Anne 11 F
W J1a2
“ , Mary 9 F
W
J1a3
“ , Margaret 7 F
W
J1a4
“ , Emma 5 F
W
J1a5
“ , John J 1 M
W
J1a6
Jolly, Sarah 70 F
W (mother of John J Jolly)
1284 Scott, Henry 36 M
M laborer S2d7
Oxendine, Mary 30 F
M O1c
[Scott] , Washington 18 M
M
S2d7a
[Scott] , Mary 16
F M
S2d7b
[Scott] , Manning 14 M
M
S2d7c
[Scott] , Hasting 12 M
M
S2d7d
[Scott] , John 10 M
M
S2d7e
[Scott] , William 2/12 M
M
S2d7f
1285 Pitts, William 49 M W Planter P2
“ , Harriet 39 F
W
“ , Thomas 18 M
W P2a
“ , Tabitha A 16 F
W
P2b
“ , Jane 12 F
W
P2c
“ , John 9 M
W
P2c
“ , William 9 M
W
P2d
“ , Harriett 4 F
W P2e
“ , James 2 M
W
P2f
1330 Benenhaley, Elizabeth [Miller] 70
F M
Oxendine, Washington 21 M
M (grandson of Elizabeth) O1a2
“ ,
Isabella 24 F
M (granddaughter of
Elizabeth) O1a2
“ , John 10 M
M (grandson of Elizabeth) O1a2
“ , Mary 3 F
M (granddaughter of
Elizabeth) O1a2
1331 Benenhaley, Francis 48 M
M Wheelwright B1b
“ , Sarah [Scott] 35 F
M
S2d7
“ , James S 19 M
M B1b2
“ , John W 7 M
M
B1b3
“ , Henrietta 5 F
M
B1b4
“ , Francis W 3 M
M
B1b5
“ , Elizabeth 1 F
M
B1b6
1332 Benenhaley, Joseph [Jr] 45 M
M Planter B1d
“ , Catherine [Scott] 35
F M
S2d7
“ , William 12 M
M
B1d1
“ , Thomas 10 M
M
B1d2
“ , Elizabeth 8 F
M
B1d3
“ , Randal 5 M
M B1d4
“ , Mary A 4 F
M
B1d5
1335 Scott, Caroline 29 F
M
“ , Laura 7 F
M
“ , Caroline 4 F
M
1337 Deas, Wiley 52 M
W Planter W1
“ , Emerentha
[Oxendine] 50 F
W
“ , William 22 M
W Laborer W1a
“ , Jackson 20 M
W
W1b
Oxendine, Mary 30 F
W
repeat of O1c above
1353 Scott, Josiah 56 M
M
S3d
“ , Rebecca 60 F
M
“ , Susanah B 32 F
M
S3d1
“ , William C 22 F
M
S3d2
1354 Scott, Isham 66 M
M Planter S3a
“ , Margaret 48 F
M
“ , Margaret 14 F
M S3a4
1860 SUMTER CENSUS
Household name age sex
race
occupation family sketch #
598 Scott, Manning 22 M
M
Farmer
S2d7c
“ , May 16 F
W
599 Scott, Newman 80 M
M
600 Pitts, William 50 M
W
P1
Oxendine, Miranda 40 F M
O1d
Pitts, Jane 18 F
M
P1c
Pitts, John 16 M
M
P1a
Pitts, William 16 M
M
P1d
Pitts, Lilla 14 F
M
P1e
Pitts, Buck 12 M
M P1f
Pitts, Captain 8 M
M
P1g
Pitts, Thomas 6 M M
P1h
Pitts, James 4 M
M P1i
Pitts, Jane 2 F
M
P1j
Pitts, (Infant) 8/12
F M
P1k
679 Scott, Josiah 66 M
M
S1c4
“ , Rebecca 70 F
M
“ , Susannah B 42 F
M
S1c4a
“ , William C 29 M
M
S1c4b
684 Scott, Isham 76 M
M
S3a
“ , Margaret 62 F
M
“ , Margaret 25 F
M
S3a4
685 Scott, John N 36 M
M
S3a1
“ , Elizabeth 33 F
M
“ , Benjamin 14 M
M
S3a1a
“ , Isham 12 M
M S3a1b
“ , Daniel 10 M
M
S3ac1
“ , John
8 M
M
S3a1d
“ , George 6 M
M
S3a1e
“ , Margaret 4 F
M
S3a1g
“ , Elizabeth 2 F
M S3a1f
686 Scott, Henry 36 M
M
S2d7g
“ , Sarah 22 F
M
“ , Margaret E 2 F
M
695 Johnson, James M 40 M
M Taylor
“ , Eliza Ann [Ellison] 50
F M
Buckner, John M 27 M
M (son-in-law of James
Johnson) Bu1a
“ , Jane
[Johnson] 25 F
M
“ , Henrietta A 3 F
M (youngest sister of John
Buckner) Bu1c
1006 Jolly, John J 43
M W Farm Laborer J1a
“ , Julia 38 F
W
“ , Sarah 22 F
W J1a1
“ , Anna 20 F
W
J1a2
“ ,
Mary
18 F W
J1a3
“ , Maggie 16 F
W J1a4
“ , Emma 14 F
W
J1a5
“ , John 12 M
W
J1a6
“ , Henry 9 M
W
J1a7
“ , Sumter 7 M
W
J1a8
“ , Willie 3 M
W J1a9
1007 Jolly, Sarah 78 F
W (mother of John J Jolly)
1008 Benenhaley, Sarah [Scott] 40
F M (widow of Francis Benenhaley) S1c11
“ , Henry 20 M
M Day Laborer B1b1
1009 Deas, Rentha [Oxendine] 39
F M (widow of Wiley Deas)
“ , Saphronia 60 F
W
1012 Benenhaley, Joseph [Jr] 55 M
M Planter B1d
“ , Katie [Scott] 46 F
M
S2d7
“ , William 25 M
M Farm Laborer B1d1
“ , Thomas 23 M
M
B1d2
“ , Ellen 22
F M
B1d3
“ , Jocey 1 M
M
1013 Benenhaley , Mary O 20 F
M B1d5
“ , Randal 18 M
M Day Laborer B1d4
“
, Alice
16 F M
B1d7
“ , Henry 14 M
M B1d13
“ , Joseph (III) 12 M
M
B1d6
“ , Julius 10
M M
B1d11
“ , John 8 M
M
B1d12
“ , Betie
[Miller] 60 F
M (Elizabeth Miller
Benenhaley)
1014 Benenhaley, Isabella
[Oxendine] 40 F
M
O1h
“ , Joel 35 M
M Farmer B1a1
“ , Magdalena 14 F
M B1a1a
“ , Elizabeth 12 M
M
B1a1b
“ , Lucindy 10 M
M
B1a1c
“ , John 8 M
M
B1a1d
1015 Benenhaley , Ferdinand 45 M
M Farmer B1f
“ , Elizabeth [Scott] 40
F M S2d6
“ , Warren 14 M
M
B1f1
“ , Ben 14 M
M
B1f2
“ , Mary 12 F
M
B1f3
“ , William 10 F
M
B1f4
“ , Louis 8 M
M
B1f5
“ , Sammy 6 M
M
B1f6
1016 Deas, William 35 M
M
D1a
“ , Sarah
[Benenhaley] 35 M
M
B1b1
“ , James 16 M
M
D1a1
“ , Samuel 14 M
M
D1a2
“ , Susan 13 F
M
D1a3
“ , Judson 10 M M
D1a4
“ , Jane 9 F
M D1a5
“ , Anne 8 F
M
D1a6
“ , Wiley 3 M
M
D1a7
1028 Oxendine, Richard 31 M
M
O1g
“ , Abigail [Scott] 29
F M
S1c14
“ , Mariah 7 F
M
O1ga
1029 Oxendine, Michael 30 M
M
O1h
“ , Tabitha [Pitts] 28
F M
P1b
“ , Martha J 4 F
M
O1h1
“ , William J 4 M
M
O1h2
“ , Henriett 7/12 M
M
O1h3
“ , Jennie 70 F
M (Jane Scott Oxendine) S2d1
1870 SUMTER CENSUS
Household name age sex
race
occupation family sketch #
111 Buckner, John W 39 M
M Cotton Gin
Maker B1a
“ , Sarah
[Oxendine] 35 F
M
O1m
“ ,
John W Jr 6 M
M
B1a1
“ , Henry C 4 M
M B1a2
“ , Charles W 2 M
M
B1a3
Benenhaley,
Laurence 27 M
M Farm
Laborer
B1a2
“ , Laurendon 21 M
M Farm
Laborer
B1a3
“
, John
16 M M Farm Laborer B1b3
115 Buckner, Henry 29 M
M Farm
Laborer Bu1c
“ , Patience 25 F
M
“ , Marion 2 M
M
Bu1c1
366 Benenhaley, Thomas 30 M
M Farm
Laborer
B1d2
“ , Elefare [Oxendine] 28 F M O1m
“ , William 11 M
M
B1d2a
“ , Randall 9
M M
B1d2b
“ , Mary J 7 F
M
B1d2c
“ , Warren 5 M
M
B1d2d
“ , Martha 1/12 F M B1d2e
367 Benenhaley, Henry 32 M
M Farm Laborer B1h
“ ,
Dolly [Ray] 25 F
M
R1c
“ , Sally 10 F
M
B1h2
“ , Benjamin 8 M
M
B1h3
“ , Henry 4 M
M
B1h4
“ , Blanche 1 F
M
B1h5
370
Exum, Eugene 28 M
W Farmer
E1
“ , Mary M
[Oxendine] 22 F
W O1a5
“ , James 3 M
W
E1a
“ , Joseph 1
M W
E1b
“ , John 15 M
W
E1c
404
Oxendine, Elizabeth
[Benenhaley] 35 F M
(widow of Warren Oxendine)
B1d3
“ , Mitty 12 F
M
O1k1
“ , Sarah A 9 F
M
O1k2
“ , Robert 3 M
M
O1k3
408 Wray, Jinsy [Oxendine] 60 F
M
O1b
“ ,
Herbert
14 M M
R1g
409 Benenhaley, Catherine
[Scott] 55 F
M (widow of Joseph Benenhaley
Jr) S2d7
“ , Alice 20 F
M
B1d7
“ , Enoch 18 M
M
B1d8
“ , Joseph [III] 14 M
M
B1d6
“ , Martha 15 F
M
B1d9
“ , Noah 11 M
M B1d10
410 Oxendine, Charles 29 M
M Farm Laborer O1n
“ , Mary A [Benenhaley] 26
F M
B1d5
“ , James 6 M
M
O1n1
“ , Catherine 4 F
M
O1n1
“ , Martha 3 F
M
O1n1
“ , Camilla 7/12 F M O1n1
412 Deas, William 45 M
W
W1a
“
, Sarah [Benenhaley] 45
F M
B1b1
“ , William Jr 10 M
M
W1a7
“ , Mary J 8 F
M
W1a9
417 Benenhaley, William 35
M M Farm Laborer B1d1
“ , Elizabeth [Scott]
37 F M
S1c15
“ , Rosa 15 F
M
B1d1b
“ , James 12 M
M B1d1c
“ , William 3/12 M M
B1d1d
***************FAMILY SKETCHES***************
OXENDINE
O1.
Aaron Oxendine (b 1781, died
22 Nov 1841) ~m~ S2d1. Jane Scott (b 1770)
Children: a. Aaron Oxendine Jr (b 1804. Died 1849) ~m~
B1i. Martha Benenhaley Scott (b 1800)
b. Jane “Jinsy” Oxendine (b
1810) ~m~ R1. James Ray (b 1795)
c. Mary Oxendine (b approx.
1820) ~m~ S2d7. Henry Scott (b 1814)
d. Miranda Oxendine (b 1824)
~m~ (1st) W1. William Pitts (2nd) had son by Lawrence
Spann
e. William Oxendine (b 1828)
~m~ Mira A Harthy (b 1839)
*William served in the
Civil War, Confederate Army, North Carolina 35th Infantry, 5th
Mountain rifles.*
f. Larkin Oxendine (b 1829)
~m~ Susaner J Hanger (b 1852)
*Larkin served in the
Civil War, Confederate Army, 37th North Carolina Regiment Company
B.*
g. Richard Oxendine (b 1830)
~m~ S1c14.Abigail Scott (b 1831)
h. Michael Oxendine (b
1824-1830) ~m~ P1b. Tabitha Ann Pitts (b 1832)
i. Abigail Oxendine (b 1833)
j. Warren Oxendine (b 1835)
k. Sarah Oxendine (b 1836) ~m~
Bu1a. James W. Buckner Jr (b 1831)
l. James “Jim” Oxendine (b
1838) ~m~ Mattie Jolly (b )
m. Elefare Oxendine (b 1839)
n. Charles Oxendine҂ (b
1841) ~m~ B1d5. Mary Ann Benenhaley (b 1844/46)
҂
taxed as “Indian” 1861 through 1864 Sumter District, SC.
*To
parentage of Charles Oxendine and Mary Ann Benenhaley: March 18, 1928 article
in The State entitled “Sumter County
Colony Locally Called Turks” –interview of Mary Ann Benenhaley Oxendine,
“The oldest member of the tribe, Mary Ann
Benenhaley Oxendine, 86, daughter of Joseph Benenhaley 2nd, and
granddaughter of the first Joseph, has blue eyes, dark skin and straight white
hair. She says her grandmother, wife of the first Joseph, was white woman named
Miller, and her own mother was a Scott, daughter of the Scott who was bugler.
She married a man named Oxendine, her
first cousin, whose mother was also a Scott.”
**
Interview of Mary Ann Benenhaley Oxendine confirms that her mother (Catherine
Scott) and mother of her husband (Jane Scott) were sisters.
1808 Robeson County,
North Carolina will of Charles Oxendine. He willed “to my beloved son Aaron
Oxendine two hundred acres containing the grist mill above my plantation.”
Charles named his children as Benjamin, John, Charles, Jesse, Moses, Aaron,
David, Nancy, Betsy, Mary, Catherine, and Sarah.
1821:
Aaron Oxendine sells the Robeson County, North Carolina land he inherited from
his
father’s will to his brothers Charles Oxendine Jr and Jesse Oxendine.
O1a.
Aaron Oxendine Jr (b 1804.
Died 1849) ~m~ B1i. Martha Benenhaley (b 1800)
Children:
1. Isabella Oxendine (b 1826) ~m~ B1a1 Joel Benenhaley
2. Washington Oxendine (b 1829)
3. John Oxendine (b 1840)
4. Elizabeth Oxendine (b 1842)
5. Mary Magdalena Oxendine (b
approx. 1848) ~m~ E1. Eugene N Exum (b 1842)
6. William Oxendine (b 1848)
O1f.
Larkin Oxendine (b 1824. Died
1921) ~m~ (1st) Susaner “Joe Ann” Hanger (b 1852)
*Larkin served in the
Civil War, Confederate Army, 37th North Carolina Regiment Company B.
He was taken prisoner of
war near Petersburg, held at Point Lookout, Maryland, and released in 1865*
--------------------------------------
Moved to Blowing Rock, Watauga Co, NC ----------------------
Children: 1. Sarah Oxendine (b
1868)
2. James H
Oxendine (b1871)
3. Francis O Oxendine
(b 1874)
4. Janelia V
Oxendine (b 1875)
5. Julia C
Oxendine (b 1877)
6. Tyrie
Webster Oxendine (b 1878)
----------------------------------------
Moved to Roan Mountain, Carter, Tennessee
---------------------------------------
7. Franklin L
(b 1882)
8. Charles
Oxendine (b 1886)
9. Edward Oxendine (b
1886)
10. Dora
Oxendine (b 1889)
11. George
Oxendine (b 1892)
Larkin
Oxendine, wife Susaner Hanger, and family.
Franklin L Oxendine
and George Oxendine
Tyree Webster Oxendine
O1h.
Michael Oxendine (b 1824.
Died 1913) ~m~ P1b. Tabitha Ann Pitts (b 1832)
Children:
1. Martha J Oxendine (b 1856)
2. William J Oxendine (b 1856)
3. Harriett Oxendine (b 1859)
4. James W Oxendine (b 1857) ~m~
Elizabeth _______ (b 1868)
5. Martha Oxendine (b 1857)
6. Catherine Oxendine (b 1859)
~m~ B1d2a. William J Benenhaley (b1860)
-------------------------------
Moved to Blowing Rock, Watauga County, NC----------------
7. John Washington Oxendine (b
1861) ~m~ Harriett West (b 1863)
8. Joseph Oxendine (b 1863)
9. Richard Oxendine (b 1865)
10. Mary E Oxendine (b 1869)
11. Betsy L Oxendine (b 1871)
12. Cora E Oxendine (b 1873)
Michael
Oxendine and Harriet Pitts Oxendine
Seated (L to R): Cora E Oxendine, Miranda Oxendine Pitts, Tabitha Oxendine
Pitts, Mary E Oxendine
O1e.
William Oxendine (b
1828) ~m~ Mira
A Harthy (b 1839)
*William served in the Civil War,
Confederate Army, North Carolina 35th Infantry, 5th
Mountain rifles.*
-------------------------- Moved to
Blowing Rock, Watauga County, NC --------------------------------------
Children: 1. Harrison Oxendine (b 1868)
2. Ruebin E Oxendine (b
1871)
3. Noah B (b 1876)
**William Oxendine, at the age of 83 in
1908, applied for the Guion Miller Enrollment of Eastern
Cherokee. His application was denied
as he claimed origins in Sumter, South Carolina and the
enrollment panel determined this area
to be “outside Cherokee territory.”**
O1n.
Charles Oxendine҂ (b
1841. Died 30 Nov 1881) ~m~ B1d5. Mary
Ann Benenhaley (b 1844/46)
Children:
1. James Oxendine (b 1864)
2. Catherine Oxendine (b 1866)
~m~ B1d2a. William J Benenhaley
3. Martha Oxendine (b 1867)
4. Camilla Oxendine (b 1869/70)
~m~ B1f1. Warren Benenhaley
5. Edward Oxendine (b 1873)
6. Annie Oxendine (b 1874)
7. Maggie Oxendine (b 1876)
8. Gabriella Oxendine (b 1879)
9. Margie Oxendine (b )
10. Ella Oxendine (b )
҂
taxed as “Indian” 1861 through 1864 Sumter District, SC.
(Note: Mary Ann
later had children by a Jolly after the 1881 death of Charles Oxendine)
O1g.
Richard Oxendine (b
1829)
~m~ Abigail Scott (b 1831)
Children:
1. Mariah Oxendine (b 1853)
Irene Oxendine (b 1843) ~m~ Cato Wilson
O1j.
Warren Oxendine (b 1834) ~m~ B1d3. Elizabeth Benenhaley (b 1842)
*Warren served in Company
A, 14th Infantry Regiment under Captain Carter. Killed in action
May, 1864.
Children:
1. Henrietta Oxendine (b 1861)
2. Sarah Oxendine (b 1862)
3. Robert Oxendine (b 1867)
1919 Sumter: Elizabeth
Benenhaley Oxendine’s Confederate Widow Pension application. Elizabeth was the
widow of Warren Oxendine who was killed in battle at Spotsylvania, Virginia on
May 23, 1864.
Samuel Oxendine (b 1885) ~m~ Anna Benenhaley (b 1885)
Children:
Mansfield Oxendine (b 1908/12) ~m~ Nellie Benenhaley (b 1912)
Margente Oxendine (b 1910)
Almita Oxendine (b 1914)
Sarah Oxendine (b 1922)
Stedman Oxendine (b )
Sammie Oxendine (b 1916)
(back row) Anna Benenhaley Oxendine,
Sarah Scott Toby Oxendine,
Mansfield Oxendine, Burgess Oxendine
(front
row) Margente Oxendine, Almita Oxendine, Mansfield Oxendine
O1d.
Miranda Oxendine (b 1824) had
illegitimate son by Lawrence Spann
Children:
1. William “Bill” Spann (b 1848. Died 1938)
1892: William Oxendine
petitioned to change William “Bill” Spann
his name to
William Spann
O1h7.
John Washington Oxendine (b
1861. Died 1909 NC) ~m~ Harriett West (b 1863)
Children:
a. Minnie Oxendine (b 1894) ~m~ P1g2. J. Monroe Pitts
b. Mildred Oxendine (b 1895)
c. General Ransom Oxendine (b
1902)
*from
1861 Sumter, SC affidavit of John Pollard
John W
Oxendine, Harriet West Oxendine,
Daughters
Minnie & Mildred.
Minnie
Oxendine at age 16. Minnie
Oxendine later in life.
Harriett
West Oxendine, Mildred Oxendine & child.
O1a3.
John Oxendine (b 1855)
~m~ Nora Jolly (b 1864)
Children:
a. John W Oxendine (b 1884) ~m~ Alberta Benenhaley (b 1886)
b. James J Oxendine (b 1895)
~m~ Rebecca Benenhaley
c. Emma Oxendine (b 1898) ~m~
Noah J Benenhaley
d. Louise Oxendine (b ) ~m~
Arthur Benenhaley
O1a3a.
John W Oxendine (b 1884) ~m~ Alberta Benenhaley (b 1886)
Children:
1. Noah A Oxendine (b 1911)
2. Sydney Oxendine (b 1913)
3. Roy Oxendine (b 1916)
4. Alberta “Allie” Oxendine (b
1919)
Kirby Oxendine (b 1922) ~m~ Daisy Amerson (b 1924)
O1l.
James “Jim” Oxendine (b
1838) ~m~ Mattie Jolly (b )
Children:
1. Allene Oxendine (b ) ~m~ ____________ Benenhaley
World War One Civil enlistment of Jake
Oxendine World War One
civil enlistment of Richard Oxendine Jr
BENENHALEY
B1.
Joseph Benenhaley Sr “of
Arabic descent” ~m~ Elizabeth
Miller “a white woman” (b 1780-1800)
*Joseph
Benenhaley recorded employment as “manufacturing” in Sumter through 1810 and
1820. Joseph died shortly before 1830*
Children:
a. Lysender “Lon” Benenhaley (b 1799. Died 1876 buried at Bethesda Baptist,
Privateer)
(1st) ~m~ Unknown Female (died 1828)
(2nd) ~m~ Lavicy “Vicy” Goins (b 1822)
i. Martha Benenhaley (b 1800)
~m~ (1st) _______ Scott (2nd)Aaron
Oxendine Jr
b. Francis Benenhaley (b 1802)
~m~ S1c11. Sarah Scott (b 1810)
c. Eliza Benenhaley (b 1804)
~m~ ________ Montgomery
d. Joseph Benenhaley Jr (b
1805) ~m~ S2d7. Catherine Scott (b 1810-14/15)
e. Leo Cadea Benenhaley (b
1809) ~m~ William Taylor (moved to Georgia then Alabama)
f. Ferdinand Benenhaley (b 1818)
~m~ S2d6. Elizabeth Scott (b 1812)
h. Henry Benenhaley (b 1828) ~m~
R1e. Dolly Ray (b 1848)
Henry
Benenhaley
B1a.
Lysander “Lon” Benenhaley (b
1799. Died 1876 buried at Bethesda Baptist, Privateer)
(1st) ~m~
Unknown female (died
1828)
Children: 1. Joel Benenhaley (b
1825) ~m~ O1a1. Isabella Oxendine
---------------------- Moved to Privateer, Manchester
------------------------
(2nd)~m~
Lavicy “Vicy” Goins (b
1822)
Children: 2. Lawrence Benenhaley
(b 1848) ~m~ (1st) Matilda Ellison
(2nd) Sarah ________ (b 1850)
3. Lawrendon
“Lon” Benenhaley (b 1849)
*note:
1880 census records that Lawrence Benenhaley and Noah Benenhaley (living in
same household) were “cousins”.*
B1b.
Francis Benenhaley (b
1802)
~m~ S1c11. Sarah Scott (b 1810)
Children:
1. Sarah Benenhaley (b 1826) ~m~ W1a. William Deas (b 1827)
2. James S Benenhaley (b 1831)
*James S served in Civil
War, Confederate Army 7th Battalion Nelson’s Enfield Rifles Company
E
South Carolina Infantry.
3. John W Benenhaley (b 1843)
4. Henrietta Benenhaley (b
1845)
5. Francis William Benenhaley
(b 1847)
6. Elizabeth Anna Benenhaley (b
1849) ~m~ Samuel Oxendine
7. Henry Benenhaley (b 1840)
B1d.
Joseph Benenhaley Jr (b
1805)
~m~ S2d7. Catherine Scott (b 1810-14/15)
Children:
1. William L Benenhaley (b 1838) ~m~ S1c15. Elizabeth Scott (b 1832)
2. Thomas
H Benenhaley (b Feb 1837) ~m~ (1st) O1m. Elefare Oxendine (b 1839)
*Thomas H served in Civil
War, Confederate Army 7th Battalion Nelson’s Enfield Rifles Company
E
South Carolina Infantry.
3. Elizabeth Benenhaley (b 1842) ~m~
O1j.Warren Oxendine (b 1834)
4. Randall B Benenhaley (b
1845)
*Randall served in Civil War,
Confederate Army 7th Battalion Nelson’s Enfield Rifles Company E
South Carolina Infantry.
5. Mary Ann Benenhaley (b 1846)
~m~ O1n. Charles Oxendine (b 1841/42)
6. Joseph Benenhaley III (b
1853. Died 1931) ~m~ Nora V Nunnery
7. Alice Benenhaley (b 1850)
8. Enoch Benenhaley (b Mar
1851) ~m~ Sarah Scott
9. Martha Benenhaley (b 1855)
~m~ H1. Reese Hood (b 1841)
10. Noah Benenhaley (b 1859) ~m~ B1d1b. Rosa
Benenhaley (b 1859)
11. Julius Benenhaley (born
1850)
12.
John Benenhaley (born 1852)
13. Henry Benenhaley (b 1846)
B1f.
Ferdinand Benenhaley (b
1820) ~m~ S2d6. Elizabeth Scott (b 1812)
*Ferdinand
served in Civil War, Confederate Army 7th Battalion Nelson’s Enfield
Rifles Company E South Carolina Infantry. Died in camp at Adams Run April 24th,
1862.
Children:
1. Warren Benenhaley (b 1846) ~m~ O1n4.
Camilla Oxendine (b 1869/70)
2. Benjamin Benenhaley (b 1846)
3. Mary Benenhaley (b1848 )
4. William Benenhaley (b 1850)
5. Louis Benenhaley (b 1852)
6. Samuel Benenhaley (b 1854)
B1h.
Henry Benenhaley (b
1828) ~m~ R1e. Dolly Ray (b 1848)
*Henry
served in Civil War, Confederate Army 7th Battalion Nelson’s Enfield
Rifles Company E South Carolina Infantry.
Children:
1. Virginia “Jennie” Benenhaley (b )
2. Sally Benenhaley (b )
3. Benjamin Benenhaley (b 1865)
4. Henry Benenhaley (b 1867)
5. Blanche Benenhaley (b 1869)
6. Arthur Benenhaley (b 1872)
7. Virginia Benenhaley (b 1874)
8. Lizzie Benenhaley (b 1876)
9. Beatrice Benenhaley (b 1877)
10. Hester Benenhaley (b 1879)
1874 Sumter Probate
Court record of division of Joseph Benenhaley Sr’s original 33 acres granted by
General Sumter in 1815. Listed here among his heirs are the surviving children
of Joseph’s son, Francis (Sarah Dees, Henrietta Amerson, Elizabeth Montgomery),
the widowed wife of Joseph’s son, Joseph Jr (Catherine Scott Benenhaley) and
her children (Thomas, William, Elizabeth, Enoch, Joseph, Alice, Noah), and
Joseph’s eldest daughter (Margaret Benenhaley Oxendine, widow of Aaron Oxendine
Jr) and her children (Elizabeth Oxendine, John Oxendine, Cardy Oxendine).
B1d8.
Enoch Benenhaley (b
1851)
~m~ Sarah Scott
Children:
a. Mary Anna Benenhaley (b 1885) ~m~ _____________ Oxendine
b. Sarah Benenhaley (b 1895)
~m~ Hodge L Benenhaley
B1d1.
William L Benenhaley Sr (b
1838) ~m~ S1c15. Elizabeth Scott
(b 1832)
Children:
a. John Benenhaley (b 1850) ~m~ Ellen Oxendine (b 1892)
*John served in Civil War,
Confederate Army 7th Battalion Nelson’s Enfield Rifles Company E
South Carolina Infantry.
b. Rosa Benenhaley (b 1856) ~m~
B1d10. Noah Benenhaley (b 1859)
c. James Benenhaley (b 1859)
d. William L Benenhaley (b
1870) ~m~ Mary Alice Oxendine (b 1880)
James
Benenhaley
B1d10.
Noah Benenhaley (b 1860) ~m~ B1d1b Rosa Benenhaley (b 1866)
Children:
a. Alberta Benenhaley (b 1886) ~m~ O1a3a. John W Oxendine (b 1884)
B1a1.
Joel Benenhaley (b 1825) ~m~ O1h. Isabella Oxendine (b1820)
Children:
a. Magdalena Benenhaley (b 1846)
b. Elizabeth Benenhaley (b
1848)
c. Lucindy Benenhaley (b 1850)
d. John Benenhaley (b 1852) ~m~
Eliza __________ (b 1857)
B1d1d.
William L Benenhaley (b
1870) ~m~ Mary Alice Oxendine (b 1880)
----------------------------------------
Moved to Hartsville, Darlington, South Carolina ----------------
Children:
1. Julia A Benenhaley (b 1897)
2. Judgley Benenhaley (b 1899)
3. Gadson Benenhaley (b 1900)
4. Courtney Benenhaley (b 1905)
5. Cornelius Benenhaley (b
1907)
6. Eugene N Benenhaley (b 1908)
Eugene N
Benenhaley
B1a2.
Lawrence Benenhaley (b
1848) ~m~ Matilda Ellison (b )
B1a3.
Laurendon “Lon” Benenhaley (b
1849)
B1d2.
Thomas Hampton Benenhaley Sr
(b 1837) ~m~ O1m. Elephare Oxendine (b 1842)
*Thomas
H served in Civil War, Confederate Army 7th Battalion Nelson’s
Enfield Rifles Company E South Carolina Infantry.
Children:
a. William J Benenhaley (b 1860) ~m~ O1n2. Catherine Oxendine (b 1863/66)
b. Randall Benenhaley (b 1861)
c. Mary J Benenhaley (b 1866)
d. Warren Benenhaley (b 1865)
~m~ O1n4. Camilla Oxendine (b 1871)
e. Martha Benenhaley (b 1869)
f. Patsy Benenhaley (b 1871)
g. Adeline Benenhaley (b 1873)
h. Louisa Benenhaley (b 1875)
~m~ Arthur Benenhaley (b 1871)
i. Thomas Hampton Benenhaley Jr (b 1877) ~m~
Elizabeth Benenhaley (b 1876)
e. Elefare Benenhaley (b 1879)
Alberta
Benenhaley Oxendine
B1d2a.
William J Benenhaley (b
1860) ~m~ O1n2. Catherine Oxendine (b 1863/66)
Children:
1.Martha Benenhaley (b 1888)
B1d2d.
Warren Benenhaley (b
1865)
~m~ O1n4. Camilla Oxendine (b 1871)
Children:
1. Randal J Benenhaley (b 1887)
2. Alexander “Elec” Benenhaley
(b 1899)
3. Sarah/Sally Benenhaley (b 1901)
4. Warren Benenhaley (b
1903)~m~ Flossie R Benenhaley (b 1904)
5. Grace Benenhaley (b 1906)
6. Jesse J Benenhaley (b 1908)
7. Nellie Benenhaley (b1912) ~m~
Mansfield Oxendine (b )
B1d6.
Joseph Benenhaley III (b
1853)
~m~ Nora V Nunnery (b 1862)
Children:
a. Joseph W Benenhaley (b 1882) ~m~ R1g3. Josie Ray (b )
b. David A Benenhaley (b 1885)
c. Frank P Benenhaley (b 1887)
d. Joshua Benenhaley (b 1889)
~m~ Edna Exum (b )
e. Hodge L Benenhaley (b 1893)
f. Laura A Benenhaley (b 1899)
Joseph
Benenhaley
World War One civil enlistment of Enoch
Benenhaley World War One civil
enlistment of Randal Julius Benenhaley
DEAS
W1.
Wiley Deas (b 1798)
~m~ Emiventhea _______ Oxendine (b
1800)
Children:
a. William Deas (b 1828) ~m~ Sarah Benenhaley (b 1825)
b. Jackson Deas (b 1830)
*
Emiventha’s daughter with first husband was: Mary Oxendine b: 1820.
W1a.
William Deas (b 1828) ~m~ B1b1. Sarah Benenhaley (b 1825)
Children:
1. James Deas
2. Samuel Deas
3. Susan Deas
4. Judson Deas
5. Jane Deas
6. Ann Deas
7. William “Wiley” Deas Jr
8. Lawrence Deas
9. Mary J Deas
EXUM
E1.
Eugene N Exum Sr (b 1842) ~m~ O1a5. Mary Magdalena Oxendine (b 1848)
Children:
a. Eugene Exum Jr (b ) ~m~ Bu1a1a. Liza
Buckner (b )
e. John Exum (b 1855)
b. James Exum (b 1868)
c. Joseph Exum (b 1870)
d. Napoleon Exum (b 1871)
BUCKNER
Bu1.
John W Buckner Sr (b ) ~m~ Virginia “Gincy” Pitts
(b )
Children: a. John W Buckner Jr (b
1831) ~m~ (1st) Jane
Johnson
* John W served in Civil
War, Confederate Army 7th Battalion Nelson’s Enfield Rifles Company
E
South Carolina
Infantry.
~m~ (2nd) O1k. Sarah Oxendine (b 1836)
b. Harriet Buckner (b
1857)
c. Henry Buckner (b
1851) ~m~ Patience _______ (b 1855)
*from
Sumter, SC death certificate of Harriet Buckner
Bu1a.
John W Buckner Jr (b 1831)
“almost pure Indian” ~m~ (1st) Jane Johnson (granddaughter of William Ellison)
*John
W served in Civil War, Confederate Army 7th Battalion Nelson’s
Enfield Rifles Company E South Carolina Infantry.
~m~ (2nd) O1m. Sarah Oxendine (b 1835)
Children:
1. John W Buckner III (b 1864) ~m~ Sarah Pitts
2. Henry E Buckner (b 1866) ~m~
Virginia “Jincy” Champion
3. Charles W Buckner (b 1868)
~m~ Blanche Benenhaley
4. Samuel Buckner (b 1869) ~m~
Virginia “Mary” Benenhaley
5. Eliza Charity Buckner (b
1871)
6. George Buckner (b 1874) ~m~
P1e. Harriett “Hattie” Pitts
7. Daniel Buckner (b 1875) ~m~ Elizabeth Champion
8. Sarah Buckner (b 1876)
*
From “Recollections of a Long Life” by F. Kinloch Bull
Bu1a1.
John W Buckner III (b
1864) ~m~ Sarah Pitts
Bu1a2.
Henry E Buckner (b 1866) ~m~ Virginia Champion
Children:
a. Marion Buckner (b 1878)
Bu1a3.
Charles W Buckner (b 1868) ~m~ Blanche Benenhaley
Children:
a. John H Buckner (b 1888. Died 1948) ~m~ Sarah “Sadie” Haley (b 1885)
b. Charles “Peter” Buckner (b
1890. Died 1980)
c. Julia Eva Buckner (b 1891.
Died 1955)
John H
Buckner (b 1888)
Bu1a4.
Sam Buckner (b ) ~m~ Virginia
Benenhaley
Children: a. Willie Buckner (b 1905.
Died 1931)
Bu1a1.
John Buckner III (b ) ~m~ Sarah Pitts (b )
Children: a. Liza Buckner (b ) ~m~ E1a. Eugene Exum (b )
Judy
Benenhaley Buckner and daughters.
RAY
R1.
James Ray (b 1795. Died
before 1860)
~m~ O1b. Jane “Jinsy” Oxendine (b 1810)
Children:
a. Charles Ray (b 1838)
b. Sarah Ray (b 1840)
c. James Ray (b 1842)
d. Virginia Ray (b 1846)
e. Dolly Ray (b 1848) ~m~ B1h.
Henry Benenhaley (b 1828)
f. Betsy Ray (b 1854)
g. Herbert Ray Sr (b 1853) ~m~
Harriett “Hattie” Pitts (b 1858)
R1g.
Herbert Ray Sr (b 1853. Died
1924) ~m~ P1e. Harriett “Hattie” Pitts Buckner (b 1858)
Children:
1. James Ray (b 1878)
2. John Ray (b 1879)
3. Josie Ray (b ) ~m~ B1d6b.
Joseph W Benenhaley (b )
4. Henry Bay (b 1881)
5. Jane E ray (b 1883)
6. Hattie Ray (b 1884)
7. Lessie Ray (b 1886)
8. Sarah “Sallie” Ray (b 1889)
9. Mary F Ray (b 1889)
10. Kate S Ray (b 1892)
11. Herbert Ray Jr (b 1894)
12. William Ray (b 1896)
13. Eloise Ray (b 1898)
14. Gertrude Ray (b 1900)
15. Lillian Ray (b 1903)
1878 Plat
and Deed of Jane “Jinsy” Oxendine Ray to Herbert Ray to include 10 acres “on
the head waters of Long Branch.”
One acre
of this land was donated by Herbert Ray to found the Long Branch Baptist Church
in 1904.
R1e.
Dollie Ray (b 1848) ~m~ B1h. Henry Benenhaley (b 1828)
Children: 1. Lizzie Benenhaley (b 1877)
World War One civil enlistment of
Herbert Ray Jr
World War One civil enlistment of Willie Ray
HOOD
H1.
Reese Hood (b 1841)
~m~ B1d9. Martha Benenhaley (b 1844)
Children:
a. Minnie Hood (b 1868)
b. Miriam Hood (b )
c. Reese Hood Jr (b 1888) ~m~
Ida Buckner (b 1894. Died 1937)
d. Oliver Hood (b 1890)
World War One civil enlistment of
Oliver Hood World War One
civil enlistment of Reese Hood Jr.
SCOTT
Four
brothers were living in the border country between historic Northampton and
Halifax districts of North Carolina (between the Tar and Roanoke rivers,
roughly north of present-day Enfield, NC). From information contained in the
Orange County Court affidavit filed by the eldest brother, we learn that they
were living under the “assumed name” of Scott, and were originally known by the
surname of Busby. They were most likely grandsons of Thomas Busby (b 1674) who
was an “Indyan boy” servant of Robert Caufield of Surry County Virginia.
These
four brothers were:
S1. Abraham Scott (b approx. 1718) first made deed to over 300
acres on Bear Branch in Northampton
County, NC in 1738.
His will named his children: a. Abraham Scott Jr
b. George Scott
c. David Scott (b approx. 1752) --- moved to Sumter, South Carolina ---
*David served in the
Revolutionary War, NC Continental Line*
d. Randall Scott
e. John Scott
f. Sterling Scott
S2. Francis
Scott (b approx. 1727) first made deed to 200 acres adjoining Burnt
Coat Swamp in Halifax County, NC in 1747. He was charged in Halifax Court with
“concealing tithables” for failing to pay tax on his wife, Margaret Scott (If a free land holder had a non-white wife,
State law required him to claim his wife as “tithable” and pay double tax on
her. Men with white wives were not required to pay a tax on their wives. Many
men in NC attempted to avoid paying this extra tax by “concealing tithables”
i.e. hiding the race of their wives from the tax collector.).
Their children were: a. Exum Scott ~m~ Alley
Sweat
*Exum served in the
Revolutionary War, NC Continental Line*
b. Emanuel
Scott
c. Isham
Scott (b 1750) --- moved to Sumter, SC ---
d. James
Scott (b 1753) ~m~ Charity --- moved to Sumter, South Carolina ---
*James served in the Revolutionary War, NC
Continental Line*
e. Priscilla
Scott
S3 Isham
Scott Sr (b approx. 1738) ~m~ Rebecca
Chavis James (widow of Jeremiah James)
*Isham served in the Revolutionary War. In his
1823 Halifax pension application he claimed that he served as a servant to
Major Hogg in the battle of Halifax.*
Their children were: a. Isham Scott Jr (b 1784)
~m~ Margaret --- moved to Sumter, South Carolina ---
b. Abraham
Scott
c. William
Scott
d. Josiah
Scott (b 1794) ~m~ Rebecca ______ (b 1790)
S1.John Scott (b approx. 1710) moved to Berkeley County, South
Carolina and purchased land from
John Chavis in 1753. His family
name was referenced as “Busby, alias John Scott” when he sent an
affidavit to the Orange County, NC
Court requesting assistance in the kidnapping of his daughter, Amy
Hawley, and her four children in
1754. One of the children was located in Orange County and the Court
appointed John Chavis to return the
boy to South Carolina. This same Scott, Busby, and Hawley family
all filed affidavits in Berkeley
Court in the 1850’s attesting to their descent from “Catawba Indians.”
The
two cousins, David Scott and James Scott, while serving in the North Carolina
Continental Line, had spent some time training in the High Hills of Santee
between 1779 and 1780. They must have liked the area as, after the conclusion
of the Revolutionary War, both men, along with their nephew Isham Scott Jr,
brought their families down from North Carolina. In consideration of their
veteran status, General Thomas Sumter employed them and allowed them to reside
on his land.
S2d.
James Scott (b 1753, died Dec
24, 1826) ~m~ Charity (b 1765, died before 1840)
*James
was taxed as one free poll in Halifax, district 4, NC in 1782 and head of a 5
“other free persons” Halifax household in 1790.*
**James served under
General Sumter in the Revolutionary War. Later in life James was a bugler for
the Claremont Troops during militia muster parades under the command of Colonel
Thomas Sumter (son of General Sumter). At these same muster parades a small
band performing for the Troop formations, as well as the social dances
afterwards, with James Smiling as fifer, Wade Goins playing the kittle drum,
and West Goins on the bass drum.**
Children:
1. Jane Scott (b 1790) ~m~ A1. Aaron Oxendine (b 1780)
2. ___daughter___ Scott (b
1793)
3. James Scott Jr (b 1795) ~m~
before 1830
4. Stephen Scott (b 1798)
5. Renty (daughter) Scott (b
1801)
6. Elizabeth Scott (b 1812) ~m~
B1f. Ferdinand Benenhaley (b 1818)
7. Henry Scott (b 1814) ~m~
O1c. Mary Oxendine (b 1820)
7. Catherine Scott҂ (b
1815) ~m~ B1d. Joseph Benenhaley Jr. (b 1805)
*from
1861 Sumter, SC affidavit of John Pollard
1820
Letter written by Thomas Sumter: “If it Could certainly agree to you, I will
Settle that
Amount of
your demand against James Scott – he Says his fields have been retarded because
some were
Injured by Rain – that Scott owes Considerable part of his corn for Rent
(here he
includes his name symbol to mean “to me”). So that he will have little to live
on, he
offers to
work for me if, however, I assume his debt to you, if to you it be agreeable.
Yours
(name symbol) Thomas Sumter.”
1821
Sumter Revolutionary veteran pension application of James Scott: “James Scott
aged sixty-eight years resident in the District in State aforesaid who first
being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served as a
Private in the Revolutionary War as follows – was Enlisted in North Hampton
[Northampton] County in the State of North Carolina in February or March in the
year 1776 by Ensign William Linton to serve in the Company commanded by Captain
William Barrett in the 3rd Regiment commanded by Colonel Sumner [Col. Jethro
Sumner] in the North Carolina line Continental Troops. That this deponent
enlisted for two years and six months and did Regularly serve out the time in
said service and was honorably discharged by Major Samuel Locker [Lockhart] at
Halifax in the State of North Carolina. That after the said discharge
this deponent moved to the State of South Carolina and served in the Militia of
that State and was wounded in the Battle of the Eutaws [Eutaw Springs] in the
Front part of his left leg.”
*General Sumter
submitted a handwritten affidavit testifying to the service of James Scott in the
South Carolina Militia.*
**The
3rd North Carolina Regiment was organized April 15, 1776 at Wilmington. It
included eight companies from Halifax, Edenton, and Hillsborough Districts. On
June 1, 1778, it was reduced to a mere cadre at Valley Forge, PA, and removed
from the NC Brigade. On July 9, 1778, it was reorganized to consist of nine
companies. On April 17, 1779, the 3rd NC Regiment was removed from the Middle
Department and reassigned to the Southern Department - stationed in
Philadelphia, PA. The regiment was so depleted that it was sent home to recruit
new men under Lt. Col. Robert Mebane. On November 5, 1779, it was reorganized
at Halifax, NC, with nine companies formed and trained at the High Hills of the
Santee, SC. It was the first NC Continental regiment to march to the protection
of Charleston, SC in late 1779/early 1780.**
General Thomas
Sumter Brigadier General Andrew Pickens
Witnessed for the Rev War pension of
James Scott
Commanded James Scott at Battle of Eutaw Springs
and gifted James Scott with 24
acres of land
James Scott received 24
acres in deed from General Sumter in 1809.
January
1861 Sumter affidavit of John R Pollard (born 1788): “I have personal knowledge
of James Scott and Charity Scott his wife the grandparents of Michael Oxendine
the holder of this certificate and that they came into this county from
Virginia when I was very young, and that the said James Scott the grandfather
of said Michael Oxendine was a Revolutionary soldier and from and after the
passing of the Pension act drew pension money till the day of his death as a
revolutionary soldier and that Charity Scott his grandmother was the holder of
a certificate certifying that her mother was a clean blooded white woman and
that her father was mixed with Indian and their daughter Jane Scott married an
Oxendine whom I did not know and that the said Michael Oxendine is the
offspring of Jane Scott the wife of Aaron Oxendine and that they lived here and
raised a large family of children who always enjoyed their freedom and the
general striking physiognomal traits of appearance of the Scott family in
general and Relatives is deeply set with European and Indian blood and that
there is a number of records in the Clerk’s office of Sumter Court house where
their Relatives have escaped from under the disabling statute.”
S2d7.
Henry Scott (b 1818)
~m~ O1c. Mary Oxendine (b 1820)
Children:
a. Washington Scott (b 1832)
b. Mary Scott (b 1834)
c. Manning Scott (b 1836)
d. Hasting Scott (b 1838)
e. John Scott (b 1840)
f. William Scott (b 1849)
g. Henry Scott Jr (b 1833) ~m~
Sarah _______ (b 1838)
S1c.
David Scott (b. approx. 1752)
Rev War veteran ~m~ (1st) Mary “Polly” _________
*Received
75 acres in Northampton from his father’s will in 1761. David appeared in a
household of 3 males and 1 female in the 1786 State census of Northampton, NC
and head of a 8 “other free persons” Northampton household in 1790. David
brought at least two slaves with him when he moved down from North Carolina.*
Children: 1. Newman Scott (b
1780) ~m~ Elizabeth “Betsy” _______
2. Richard
“Dick” Scott (b 1782)
3. Theophilus
“Theo” Scott (b 1784)
4. Josiah Scott
(b 1786)
5. Frederick
Scott (b 1790)
6. Zade Scott (b
1798) ~m~ Sarah ________
7. Joseph A
Scott (b 1802) ~m~ Jane Thompson
~m~ (2nd) Rebecca ______ (b 1790)
Children: 8. David Scott Jr (b
1810) ~m~ Mary Chavers (b 1805)
9. Gillman Scott
(b 1812)
10. Isham Scott (b 1814) ~m~
________ Shirer
11. Sarah Scott
(b 1815) ~m~ B1b. Francis Benenhaley (b 1802)
12. Jane Scott (b
1820, died 1851)
13. Martha A
Scott (b 1800)
14. Abigail Scott
(b 1826) ~m~ O1g. Richard Oxendine (b 1832)
15. Elizabeth
Scott (b 1832/33) ~m~ B1d1. William L. Benenhaley Sr (b 1835)
Sept 7, 1889: letter
from K.E.L. Peebles to McDonald Furman: “All I know of the Scotts of this
township is that of Dave Scott, some 60 years ago, the progenitor of the Scotts
here, was living and subsequently died in Kershaw County – he living on a
portion of that vast domain granted by the State of South Carolina to Gen
Sumter for Revolutionary services. Dave Scott was quite old when I knew him and
he was said to be one of Gen Sumter’s soldiers of the Revolution and had been
brought down or induced to come down from North Carolina to settle upon his
land. As to the other families of Red Bones I have never heard anything said
concerning them but I presume they came down under the same circumstances that
Dave Scott did and they all settled on Gen Sumter’s land.”
**
Peebles did not know of James Scott, as James was deceased before 1830.**
1823
Kershaw Revolutionary veteran pension application of David Scott: “David Scott
aged 71 years and resident in the said district who being first duly Sworn,
according to law doth upon his oath Say and declare that he served in the
Revolutionary was as follows that is to Say he first enlisted in the State of
North Carolina on the 25th day of September in the year of our Lord
1776 in the company commanded by Captain Hardy Murphy (Murfree) & in
Colonel Robert Howe’s Regiment (2nd North Carolina Regiment) for
about 2 years that he was afterwards transferred to the 5th regiment
in the State of South Carolina commanded by Colonel Isaac Hues (Huger) and was
attached to a Company commanded by Captain James Conyers and that he served in
the said regiment and company 3 years after which he was honorably discharged.”
*The 2nd North Carolina
Regiment was an American infantry unit that was raised for the Continental Army
during the American
Revolutionary War. In 1776 the regiment helped defend Charleston,
South Carolina. Ordered to join George
Washington's
main army in February 1777, the regiment subsequently fought at Brandywine and Germantown during the Philadelphia
Campaign.
After most other North Carolina regiments were sent home to recruit, the 1st and 2nd Regiments remained
with the main army and fought at Monmouth in June 1778. The regiment
was transferred to the Southern Department, trained at high Hills of Santee
1779/80, and was captured by the British army in May 1780 at the Siege of
Charleston.*
**The
5th South Carolina Regiment was raised on February 22, 1776 at
Charleston, South Carolina for service with the Continental Army. The regiment
saw action at the Siege of Savannah. The regiment was merged into the 1st
South Carolina Regiment on February 11, 1780.**
S1c1.
Newman Scott (b 1780) ~m~ Elizabeth “Betsy” _______ (b 1790)
Children:
a. Newman Scott Jr (b 1834)
b. Harriet Scott (b 1835)
S1c4.
Josiah Scott (b/1794) ~m~ Rebecca __________ (b 1790)
Children:
a. Susannah B Scott (b 1818)
b. William C Scott (b 1828)
S1c8.
David Scott Jr (b 1810) ~m~ Mary Chavers (b 1805)
--------------------Lived
in Richland District, SC----------------------------------
Children:
a.Gracey Scott (b 1828)
b. Sarah Scott (b 1832)
c. Mary Scott (b 1836)
d. William Scott (b 1838)
e. John Scott (b 1839)
f. Jacob Scott (b 1842)
g. Thomas Scott (b 1844)
h. Frances Scott (b 1846)
i. Martha Scott (b 1847)
j. Harriett Scott (b 1848)
k. James Scott (b 1850)
_____
Scott ~m~ Caroline________ (b 1821)
Children:
Laura Scott (b 1843)
Caroline Scott (b1846)
S3a.
Isham Scott Jr (b 1784) “a
Catawba Indian”* “of Egyptian and Indian ancestry”**
~m~ Margaret
Oxendine (b 1802) “nearly white the Indian still apparent”
Children:
1. John N Scott (b 1804) ~m~ Elizabeth ______ (b 1828)
2. Fleming T Scott (b )
3. Eliza “Betsy” Scott (b ) ~m~
(1st) John Jones (2nd) Joe Quinn (3rd) Francis
Hill
4. Margaret Scott (b 1836)
*from
1856 Calhoun Co, FL witness statements in State Vs Francis Hill
**1861
Sumter, SC affidavit of Mary Nickles
***familial
relationships from 1978 Sumter, SC interview of Peter Moore (aged 94 years).
1861
Sumter affidavit of Mary Nickles: “She has known Margaret & Isham Scott The
parents of John N Scott and Fleming T Scott for a length of time and that
Margaret Scott was a White woman and always had the Character of being White
and that Isham Scott’s ancestors was of Egyptian and Indian blood.”
1862
Calhoun County, Florida Court case of State V. Francis Hill. Testimony of
Thomas Strickland: “knew Isham Scott and Margaret parents of Eliza in Sumter
South Carolina. Isham was a man of large amount Indian blood. Margaret was an
Oxendine woman of clean complexion nearly white the Indian still apparent. The
grandfather, one Jacob, was said to be a Chief among the Catawba Indians. The
Scott family, in general, are regarded as free of negro blood.” Testimony of
Francis Hill: “Only briefly met Isham and Margaret Scott the parents of Eliza.
Isham appeared to be mostly Indian. Margaret appeared to be mostly white.
Neither appeared to have negro blood or considered Mulatto.”
S3a1.
John N Scott (b 1804) ~m~ Elizabeth ______ (b 1828)
Children:
a. Benjamin Scott (b 1846)
b. Isham Scott (b 1848)
c. Daniel Pulaskie Scott (b
1850)
d. John M Scott (b 1852)
e. George Scott (b 1854)
f. Eliza Scott (b 1857)
g. Margaret Scott (b 1859)
h. Garrison Scott (b 1861)
i. Martha Scott (b 1864)
j. Nancy Scott (b 1866)
k. Argent Scott (b 1869)
S3d.
Josiah Scott (b 1794) ~m~ Rebecca
______ (b 1790)
Children:
1. Susannah B Scott (b 1818)
2. William C Scott (b
1828)
S1c10.
Isham Scott (son of David of
Virginia) (b 1814) ~m~ _________ Shirer
Children:
a. David Scott (b )
*familial
relationships from 1978 Sumter, SC interview of Peter Moore (aged 94 years).
Elijah
Scott (b ) ~m~ ______________ Tidwell (b )
Children:
John J Scott (b ) ~m~ _____________ Mooneyham
*familial
relationships from 1978 Sumter, SC interview of Peter Moore (aged 94 years).
Garrison
Scott (b ) ~m~ Nora Tidwell (b )
Liza
Scott (b ) ~m~ ___________ Tidwell (b )
Children:
Mary Tidwell (b )
Lottis Tidwell (b )
Nellie Tidwell (b )~m~
_________ Scott
*familial
relationships from 1978 Sumter, SC interview of Peter Moore (aged 94 years).
PITTS
P1.
William Pitts (b 1809. Died
1881) ~m~ (1st) Harriet Wilson (b 1811)
Children:
a.Thomas Pitts (b1832)
b. Tabitha A Pitts (b 1834) ~m~
O1h. Michael Oxendine (b 1832)
c. Jane Pitts (b 1842)
d. William Pitts (b 1844)
e. Harriett Pitts (b 1858) ~m~
(1st) Bu1a6. George Buckner
(2nd) R1g. Herbert Ray (b 1853)
f. James “Buck” Pitts (b 1848)
(2nd) O1d. Miranda
Oxendine (b 1820)
g. Captain Roland Pitts (b
1851)
h. Thomas Pitts (b 1854)
James
Pitts (b 1856)
i. George Washington Pitts (b
1856)
j. Henry Pitts (b 1858)
Jane
Pitts (b 1858)
Infant
female (b 1860)
k. Kenneth Pitts (b 1860)
l. Nora A Pitts (b 1864)
m. Martha Ann Pitts (b 1866)
n. Oliver Pitts (b 1868)
o. John Carlton Pitts (b 1870)
John
Carlton Pitts and wife.
P1g.
Captain Roland Pitts (b
1851) ~m~ Sarah
Greene (b 1862)
Children:
1. Ida J Pitts (b 1881)
2. J Monroe Pitts (b 1882) ~m~
O1h7a. Minnie Oxendine (b )
3. Roy A Pitts (b 1884)
4. Everett G Pitts (b 1887)
5. Gordon L Pitts (b 1891)
6. Homer E Pitts (b 1898)
7. Mabel V Pitts (b 1902)
Katie
Pitts (b ) ~m~ Joseph Benenhaley III (b )
Sarah Pitts (b ) ~m~ John Buckner III (b 1864)
Virginia
“Gincy” Pitts (b ) ~m~ John W Buckner Sr (b )
JOLLY
J1.
John L Jolly (b approx.
1781Virginia) ~m~ Sarah ___________ (b 1782)
Children:
a. John J Jolly (b 1817) ~m~ Julia ______ (b 1825)
J1a.
John J Jolly (b 1817) ~m~ Julia _________ (b 1825)
Children:
1. Sarah Jolly (b 1837)
2. Anna Jolly (b 1839)
3. Mary Jolly (b 1841)
4. Margaret “Maggie” Jolly (b
1843)
5. Emma Jolly (b 1845)
6. John J Jolly Jr (b
1849)
7. Henry Jolly (b 1851)
8. Sumter Jolly (b 1853)
9. Willie Jolly (b 1857)
10. Julia Jolly (b 1862)
11. Nora Jolly (b 1863)
12. Robert (b 1864)
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