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- Travis Carter Bennett was the son of Richard Carter, who died in 1775. In 1792, the Overseers for the Poor in Pittsylvania County bound out Travis Carter to John Spencer until 20 Oct, 1794 to learn the trade of bricklaying. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Order Book 7, p 73 (order to bind out Travis Carter); Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Order Book 9, p 226 (ordering apprenticeship to John Spender). The very specific end date for the apprenticeship is likely to be the 21 birthday of Travis Carter, so his date of birth is 20 Oct. 1773.
It appears that Travis Carter was fostered by the Bennett family, who lived adjacent John Spence, and that he adopted the Bennett surname by the time of his marriage to Jenny Going. Travis Bennett appears in numerous transactions involving the children of John Bennett and Elizabeth Dodson. A sampling of the transactions include:
-John Bennett (son of John Bennett and Elizabeth Dodson) is bondsman for the marriage of Travis Bennett and Jenny Going. Jenny Going's brother, Sherwood, married Ruth Bennett, sister of John Bennett.
-Travis Bennett is bondsman for the marriage of Ralph Dodson and Elizabeth Bennett (daughter of John Bennett and Elizabeth Dodson).
-Travis Bennett is witness for a deed from James Gillespy to Thomas Bennett (son of John Bennett and Elizabeth Dodson). The other two witnesses for this deed were Roderick McDaniel, husband of Winifred Bennett (daughter of John Bennett and Elizabeth Dodson), and James Watson, husband of Milly Bennett (daughter of John Bennett and Elizabeth Dodson).
-Travis Bennett is witness for a power of attorney from Jesse Bennett to John Bennett. Other witnesses were Roderick McDaniel, Thomas Bennett and Dotson Bennett (son of Thomas).
DNA tests submitted by the descendants of Travis Bennett are a close match to the Capt. Thomas Carter descendants. See, Carter DNA project at Family Tree DNA.
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/carter/about/results
The 1820 census shows that Travis and Jane had 7 children, 4 boys and 3 girls. At this point, only six have been identified. They are:
1. Sarah Bennett
2. Lewis B. Bennett
3. Hazel Bennett
4. Martha Bennett
5. Thomas T. Bennett
6. Benjamin Jackson Bennett
There is direct evidence for the first three. In her marriage bond, Sarah Bennett is named as the daughter of Travis & Jenny Bennett. Her brother, Lewis was bondsman. Lewis and Hazel Bennett are both named in the will of their grandmother, Sitha Logan, mother of Jane Bennett. All three of these children move to Butts County, Georgia in the late 1830s. Although enumerated in the 1820 census, there is no direct evidence of the names of the other children. However, the circumstantial evidence is compelling. All three, Martha, Thomas, and Benjamin also show up in Butts County, Georgia in the late 1830s. Martha Bennett, age 40, is listed in the household of Rowland & Sarah Thornton, her sister and brother-in-law in the 1850 census of Butts County.
26 Aug. 1795. James Gillaspy of Caswell Co. to Thomas Bennett of same, for 50 lbs., 78 acres on the county line adjacent Atkinson. Wit: Rotherick McDaniel, Travis Bennett, James Watson. Deed Book J, p. 192 (Kendall, p. 165).
13 Nov. 1801. Power of Attorney from Jesse Bennet to John Bennett witnessed by Thomas Barnet (?), Roderick McDaniel, Thomas Bennett, Dotson Bennett, Travis Bennett. Deed Book N, p. 1 (Kendall, p. 237).
Know all men by these presents that I Jesse Bennett of the County of Jackson and State of Georgia have made Ordained Consetuted and Appointed John Bennett of the County of Pittsylvania and the State of Virginia my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name but for my benefit to attend a Division of the Land descended to me in Right of my wife Patsey by the Death of Samuel Paul late of Caswell County and when divided to sell the same and make a conveyance by Deed or Deed to the purchaser or purchasers which Conveyance Shall be as binding on me and my heirs as if I had made the Same In Witnessing Whereof I have hereunto put my hand and Seal this Thirteenth Day of November 1801.
Signed Sealed and Acknowledged of Jesse Bennett (Seal)
Witnesses of
Thomas Barnett
Roderick McDaniel State North Carolina
Thomas Bennett (Jurat) Caswell County April Court 1803
Dodson Bennett The Execution of This power of Attorney
Travis Bennett was duly proved in Open Court by the Oath of Thomas Bennett one of the Subscribing Witnesses
as thereto and on Motion Ordered to be Registered
Will Book L, p. 588. 23 Feb. 1827. Sales estates of Mrs. Jane Murphy dec’d. Buyers include Layton Tapley, John Paylor, Richard Gates, Uriah and Thomas Stafford, James Hamlett Sr., Thomas and William McGehee, Durrett Oliver, Benj. F. Stanfield, Thomas Kendrick, William Herring, David G. Brandon, Travis Bennett, V.M. Murphey, William Ashley. (Kendall, p. 102)
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1773 - Bef 1840 (< 66 years)
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