Dear Marilyn and List Members, Below is our descendant chart for our Benjamin Bonner. Benjamin and Frances may have been born and married in Amelia County, VA. Do you know of any connection to your Thomas Bonner of Amelia County, VA? Can anyone help us with the parents of our Benjamin Bonner? Some think that Benjamin's parents are Thomas and Sarah Peyton Bonner of Beaufort County, NC. We will send a follow-up e-mail of what we have gathered regarding that Benjamin. Thanks for any help that anyone can give us! Robert and Hazel Bonner Springfield, VA [email protected] Descendants of Benjamin Bonner Generation No. 1 1. BENJAMIN1 BONNER was born February 04, 1749/50 in Montgomery County, VA, or Amelia County, VA, or Granville County, NC, and died Abt. September 19, 1814 in Spartanburg Dist. SC, Buried Old Bonner Family Cemetery near Gaffney, SC (Will written July 29, 1814, Probated Dec. 10, 1814). He married FRANCES BONNER (2ND COUSIN) February 25, 1770 in Amelia, Ameila County, VA or Granville Dist., NC. She was born March 04, 1754 in Amelia County, VA (Another Source Granville County, NC), and died 1820 in Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried Old Bonner Family Cemetery near Gaffney, SC (Another Source Jan. 1, 1827 and July 8, 1837). Notes for BENJAMIN BONNER: WILL OF BENJAMIN BONNER Book A, Pages 55 & 56 Spartanburg Distirct, South Carolina I Benjamin Bonner of the State and District aforesaid planter being in a low and weak state of health though sound in mind, memory, and understanding do make this my last will and Testament (revoking all other wills and instruments by me made) in manner and form following -- First, I will and desire that I may be decently buried in a suitable place. Secondly, I will to my beloved wife Frances Bonner my negro man Dick, a mare, saddle and bridle, one cow and calf, first choice, feather bed and furniture, six hogs, one ewe and lamb and her dwelling with her son Briant her life time if she so chooses to live with him and to have such a part of this crop this winter as well as her stock. Thirdly, to my son Dempsey Bonner, I will my wagon and hindgeers, one brown horse and one cow and calf -- Forthly to my daughter Delitha Merriman I will a piece of land lying on the right hand of the path leading from Nathan Byars to the furnace, one young horse matchless and one cow and calf, on! e feather bed, the land bounded by Nathan Byars, Silas Yarboro and Wilson Nesbitt supposed to be one hundred acres more or less. Fifthly, to my son Briant Bonner I will my lands and plantation where I now live, he is to take care of his Mother as long as she pleases to live with him and at her death or departure he is clear, one sorrell mare white main and tail, one cow and calf, and at the death of his Mother, if she continues until then with him he must keep what property she may have -- all the balance of the cattle, sheep, hogs and other property remaining to be equally divided amongst my three children except so much household and Kitchen furniture as will be necessary for my wife and this I do declare to be my last will and testament as witness my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of July one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Signed in the presence of Thomas Witaker, Silas Yarbrough, James Matthews. His mark and seal Benjamin (X) Bonner Children of BENJAMIN BONNER and FRANCES (COUSIN) are: 2. i. DEMPSEY SR.2 BONNER, b. February 04, 1771, Granville District, NC or Ninety Six Dist., SC; d. August 20, 1823, Spartanburg Dist., SC or Tuscaloosa, AL. ii. DELITHA BONNER, b. June 16, 1773, Spartanburg Dist., SC(Another Source Oct. 16, 1770, Granville, NC); d. TN (In Warren County, TN by 1813); m. JAMES NICHOLAS MERRIMAN, July 18, 1789, Granville County, NC (Lethe Bonner & Nicholas Merriman); b. Abt. 1769. 3. iii. BRYANT SR. BONNER, b. October 14, 1774, Rutherford County, NC or Ninety-Six Dist., SC (Tombstone indicates birth Feb. 4, 1774); d. October 20, 1834, Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried Old Bonner Family Cemetery near Gaffney, SC. Generation No. 2 2. DEMPSEY SR.2 BONNER (BENJAMIN1) was born February 04, 1771 in Granville District, NC or Ninety Six Dist., SC, and died August 20, 1823 in Spartanburg Dist., SC or Tuscaloosa, AL. He married (1) ELIZABETH (BETSY) ROANE/ROWAN Abt. 1787 in Ninety Six Dist., SC/Spartanburg Dist., SC. She was born Abt. 1771 in Ninety Six Dist., SC, and died Abt. 1790 in Spartanburg Dist., SC. He married (2) NANCY KNIGHT June 03, 1791 in Spartanburg, SC (Another source 1795). She was born April 10, 1773 in Granville District, NC, and died November 30, 1821 in Spartanburg Dist., SC. Notes for ELIZABETH (BETSY) ROANE/ROWAN: We are not sure whether Elizabeth Roane/Rowan or Nancy Knight was the mother of Benjamin Bonner. Elizabeth Roane/Rowan may also have been the mother of Winnifred Ann. Birth date of Benjamin and the marriages of Dempsey have not been firmly established. Children of DEMPSEY BONNER and ELIZABETH ROANE/ROWAN are: i. BRYANT3 BONNER, b. August 31, 1788, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. October 15, 1836, Lafayette County, Mississippi, Buried Bonner Family Cemetery, Lafayette, MS; m. ELIZABETH ROWIN, October 14, 1814, SC or Jackson County, GA; b. September 01, 1801, Georgia or LaFayette, MS; d. September 06, 1883, Lafayette County, Mississippi, Buried Bonner Family Cemetery, Lafayette, MS. ii. BENJAMIN BONNER, b. Abt. 1790, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. December 07, 1854, Frisco City, Monroe County, Alabama, Buried Hixon Cemetery, Fountain, Monroe County, AL?; m. RACHEL ROBINSON BLACK, May 27, 1816, Jackson County, Georgia; b. 1796, Georgia near South Carolina state line; d. April 03, 1856, Frisco City, Monroe County, Alabama. Notes for BENJAMIN BONNER: LAST WILL OF BENJAMIN BONNER - Filed Jany 1/55 (1855) Polly Ann Von Dr (daughter) to B. Bonner Household Furniture $45.00 for stock $30.00 1 Horse & Saddle $40.00 $115.00 Loaned Money 50.00 $165.00 Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner Linney M. McKinley Dr to B. Bonner Household furniture $45.00 for Stock $30.00 1 Horse & Saddle $40.00 Loaned Money $22.00 $137.00 Attest Jesse Morris J. H. Hetherington B. Bonner Nancy Matilda Morris Dr to B. Bonner Household Furniture $45. Stock $30.00 1 Horse & Saddle $34 Loaned Money $50.00 $159.00 I want Nancy Matilda Morris to get equal share with the rest of my ears (heirs) my will is to leave it to her and the ears (heirs) of her body thats my last will and testament. Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner Winney Martheny Bivin Dr to B. Bonner Household furniture $37.00 Stock $30.00 1 Saddle $12.00 $79.00 Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner Rachel Ellender ? Bivin Dr to B. Bonner Household furniture $37.00 for stock $25.00 1 saddle $10 Loaned money $20 $92.00 Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner Robert J. N. Bonner and Dempsey A. Bonner has got a full share with the rest of the ears (heirs) excepting Dempsey A. Bonner wants twenty four Dollars from the Estate of Benjamin Bonner and then he is an equal ear (heir). Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner I make a deed of gift to my Daughter Isabel P. Bonner of a negro girl by the name of Adeline and then have an equal share with the rest of the Ears (heirs) if she dies without ears (heirs) of her body it goes back to the rest of my ears (heirs). Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner Mrs Rachel R. Bonner - I leave her a boy by the name of Neason? and one mare by the name of Lot? then whatever stock she wants that is my last will and testament. Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner The State of Alabama Monroe County Before me C. H. Foster Judge of Probate of said County this day came John H. Hetherington (whose name is subscribed to each one of the foregoing eight pages) who being duly sworn stated that Benjamin Bonner signed each one of said pages as and for his last will and testament in the presence of this official? and in the presence of Jesse the other witness some time during the year 1853 that they subscribed their names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other and that said testator at the time of Executing said will was of sound & disposing mind and memory. Sworn to & Subscribed the 1st Jany 1855 C. H. Foster Judge J. H. Hetherington. Children of DEMPSEY BONNER and NANCY KNIGHT are: iii. WINNIFRED ANN3 BONNER, b. Abt. 1792, Spartanburg Dist., SC (Another Source 1787); d. Abt. 1861, AL; m. FREDERICK CONAWAY; b. Abt. 1775, NC; d. 1836, Lincoln County, TN. iv. LINNIE BONNER, b. Abt. 1795, Spartanburg Dist., SC. v. DEMPSEY JR. BONNER, b. September 17, 1797, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. February 20, 1859, Austin, Travis County, TX, Buried Old Boggy Cemetery, eight miles south of Austin, TX (Cemetery is now part of Masonic Cemetery); m. NANCY SALLY HARRIET DESDEMONIA FOSTER, July 14, 1822, Spartanburg Dist., SC; b. June 07, 1807, Greenville, Pendleton District, SC; d. August 10, 1847, Houston, Green or Chickasaw County, MS (Died in Child Birth). 3. BRYANT SR.2 BONNER (BENJAMIN1) was born October 14, 1774 in Rutherford County, NC or Ninety-Six Dist., SC (Tombstone indicates birth Feb. 4, 1774), and died October 20, 1834 in Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried Old Bonner Family Cemetery near Gaffney, SC. He married ANNA HARRIS/HARRISON June 20, 1796 in Ninety Six Dist., SC, daughter of THOMAS HARRISON and JEMIMAH BAYLISS. She was born May 24, 1777 in Rutherford County, NC or Ninety-Six Dist., SC, and died July 23, 1850 in Spartanburg Dist. SC, Buried Old Bonner Family Cemetery near Gaffney, SC. Children of BRYANT BONNER and ANNA HARRIS/HARRISON are: i. NANCY ANN3 BONNER, b. April 06, 1798, Grassy Pond, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. 1865, Forest City, NC, Buried Baptist Church Cemetery at Forest City, NC; m. WILLIAM M. MARTIN, Abt. 1820, Spartanburg Dist., SC; b. 1802, Rutherford, Rutherford County, NC (Another Source 1793); d. SC, Buried New Pleasant Baptist Church near Cowpens, SC;. ii. SARAH BONNER, b. February 10, 1800, Spartanburg Dist., SC (Another source Aug. 13, 1795; d. September 24, 1843, Cherokee County, SC, Buried Grassy Pond Baptist Church Cemetery, Headstone extant; m. OBEDIAH SARRATT, Abt. 1820, Spartanburg Dist., SC; b. February 18, 1801, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. June 28, 1880, York County, SC, Buried Buffalo Baptist Cemetery, Cherokee County, SC, Headstone extant. iii. CHARLOTTE BONNER, b. March 29, 1802, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. December 29, 1852, Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried New Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery; m. JEREMIAH MARTIN, Abt. 1820, Spartanburg Dist., SC; b. 1781, Spartanburg Dist. SC; d. 1857. iv. ROBERT ANDREW SR. BONNER, b. October 18, 1808, Grassy Pond, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. October 29, 1862, Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC, Buried Old Bonner Cemetery Near Gaffney, SC; m. MARIAH LOUISA CAMP, May 04, 1830, Spartanburg Dist., SC (N.C.Spectator: Capt. Andrew of Rutherford County, to Miss Louisa Camp, July 27, 1831); b. October 16, 1811, Ninety Six Dist., SC; d. October 20, 1888, Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC, Buried Old Bonner Cemetery Near Gaffney, SC. v. ANN BONNER, b. April 25, 1811, SC, Near Gowdysville, Union County, SC; m. THOMAS H. ARMSTRONG; b. 1807, Spartanburg Dist., SC. vi. LUCINDA BONNER, b. September 23, 1813, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. November 12, 1838, Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC, Buried Old Bonner Cemetery Near Gaffney, SC; m. THOMPSOM ROBBS, January 09, 1832, Spartanburg, SC; b. July 19, 1805, Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC; d. April 11, 1872, Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC, Buried Old Bonner Cemetery Near Gaffney, SC. vii. BRYANT REV. JR. BONNER, b. February 04, 1817, Grassy Pond, Spartanburg Dist., SC (Now Cherokee County); d. April 07, 1879, Grassy Pond, Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried Grassy Pond Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokke County, SC near Gaffney, SC; m. HANNAH MIDDLETON FOSTER, April 07, 1836, Grassy Pond, Spartanburg Dist., SC; b. March 24, 1818, Pacolet River, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. January 15, 1892, Cowpens, Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried Grassy Pond Cemetery. viii. ANNA LOUISE BONNER, b. February 13, 1820, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. February 13, 1908; m. (1) JOHN LINDER; m. (2) ?HOLLMAN.