Abstracts of Wills and Administration Records of Granville County, North Carolina 1750-1772 Granville Co. NC Page 136 Samuel BENTON wife: Frances son: Samuel son: Jesse son: Augustine daughter: Betty BRUCE daughter: Penny daughter: Pattey/Patty Exe: son Jesse BENTON, and Charles BRUCE Wit: Bromfield RIDLEY, Samuel HENDERSON, and Thomas HENDERSON Page 161 Inventory returned to July Court 1770, among items: 1 Manor Plantation called Oxford whereon Granville Court House now stands with about 1000 acres of Land adjacent, a Quantity of Land in Johnston County on Smiths Creek. (Present day Wake County) Pages 232-52 Inventory returned Feb. Court 1772 by Jesse BENTON Ex. is full and enters minutely into every item making up acct. and shows most trifling transactions of the ex.