Hi, My family is related to some Benefield's. I did a little checking yesterday on your John Benefield. I did find that a John Benefield was born on 5-28-1911 and died in May of 1976 in Tennessee. Lots of Benefields in Cleburne County Alabama. I found some old newspapers going back to the 1880's through 1929. Are you related to the Zach Benefield from Cleburne Alabama. He and a lot of his family is mentioned in the newspapers. I found them on Rootsweb. I will do some more looking today. Karen in Seattle

Thank you for your reply, Karen. But, with the exception of being in WW II, Johnnie lived his whole life in Montgomery, Alabama. He was born on 12/24/1911 and died in 1969. According to a family bible, he married 1st to Mary Archie Moseley in 1929 and that marriage ended in divorce. He married a 2nd time to Inez Pitts on 11/14/1936. I don't know that I'm related to Zach Benefield, but it's certainly a possibility. The furthest I've been able to trace mine back is possibly to Georgia about 1795 and I don't know either of their names but their children were Mary Benefield, David Benefield, Rufus Benefield, and my great great grandfather Jacob Benefield. They came to Henry County, Alabama, according to the 1850 Henry County Census. I don't know anything about Mary, but I have some info on the rest of them, landing in Barbour and Henry and surrounding counties in Alabama. If you want more info, just email me and I'll send it to you. Thanks, Melissa ----- Original Message ----- From: <kdcerf@aol.com> To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:22 AM Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Montgomery/1930/Benefield > Hi, > My family is related to some Benefield's. I did a little checking > yesterday > on your John Benefield. I did find that a John Benefield was born on > 5-28-1911 and died in May of 1976 in Tennessee. Lots of Benefields in > Cleburne > County Alabama. I found some old newspapers going back to the 1880's > through > 1929. Are you related to the Zach Benefield from Cleburne Alabama. He > and a > lot of his family is mentioned in the newspapers. I found them on > Rootsweb. I > will do some more looking today. > > Karen in Seattle > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > Free Soundex code converter > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >