Lincoln County GaArchives Bible Records.....John Bentley (son of Balaam) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Allan Bentley abentley@bellsouth.net March 26, 2005, 2:00 pm The following Bible record was given to me by Hazel Bentley Eubanks. She states that it is a copy of an old Bible from 1805. The record is on an 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper, typewritten: Dr. John and Nancy Bentley and their Children Dr. John BENTLEY was born January 31, 1797. Nancy Paschal was born March 24, 1805. Married January 21, 1822. Note: Written in long hand in blue ink: Both buried at old Family cemetery at Leathersville. Dr. John BENTLEY died December 22, 1867. Nancy BENTLEY died May 16, 1887. Mary A. BENTLEY was born December 16, 1822. Peter Colemn DILL was born March 17, 1818. Married May 22, 1841. Peter Coleman DILL died MAy 24, 1879. Mary A. DILL died October 24, 1891. William P. BENTLEY born February 15, 1824. Sallie H. HOGAN born April 12, 1829. Married September 18, 1845. William P. BENTLEY died March 15, 1905. Sallie H. BENTLEY died September 21, 1896. Note: Written in long hand in blue ink: Buried at old Hogan Cemetery. John B. BENTLEY born September 10, 1826. Mary A. RIED born August 12, 1844. Married December 22, 1859. John B. BENTLEY died October 12, 1890. Mary A. BENTLEY died January 31, 1887. Dr. Ben BENTLEY born February 1, 1828. Mary T. DAVENPORT born September 11, 1838. Married April 22, 1856. Dr. Ben BENTLEY died January 5, 1892. Mary T. BENTLEY died September 11, 1838. Note: Written in long hand in blue ink: Buried at Salem Cemetery Jerry W. BENTLEY born June 19, 1830. Married to Harriet COLMAN December 23, 1852. Jerry W. BENTLEY died July 15, 1878. Harriet BENTLEY died August 16, 1910. Note: Written in long hand in blue ink: Jeremiah Washington. Both buried in Tennessee. Jabus M. BENTLEY born April 13, 1832. Died December 24, 1855. Note: Written in long hand in blue ink: Marchall. Buried Leatherville, Bentley Cemetery. A. J. BENTLEY born September 13, 1834. Virginia A. PASCHAL born May 26, 1840. Married January 22, 1859. A. J. BENTLEY died March 24, 1918. Virginia A. BENTLEY died September 10, 1916. Note: Written in long hand in blue ink: Asa. Virginia A. PASCHAL buried at Salem. Sallie E. BENTLEY born September 21, 1836. Mikiel B. SMALLEY born December 23, 1837. Married January 28, 1858. Mikiel B. SMALLEY died December 7, 1877. Sallie E, SMALLEY died January 14, 1901. Note: Written in long hand in blue ink: Sallie E. SMALLEY buried at Leatherville. Martha J. Bentley born March 9, 1839. Jessie M. CARTLEDGE born February 5, 1837. Married December 21, 1855. Jessie M. CARTTLEDGE died April 23, 1909. Martha J. CARTLEDGE died April 24, 1898. Note: Written in long hand in blue ink: Buried at old Cartledge home. Charlie M. BENTLEY born April 2, 1842. Killed in the Confederate Army in the balle of Malviem Hill, Virginia, July 2, 1862. Note: Written in long hand in blue ink: Body brought back and buried at Leatherville. Dennie B. BENTLEY born Septamber 2, 1844. Grace A. RAMSEY born September 13, 1852. Married May 1, 1869. Dennie B. BENTLEY died September 29, 1912. Grace A. BENTLEY May 9, 1905. H. N. BENTLEY born January 24, 1847. Martha Murphey born April 8, 1846. Married December 2, 1869. H. N. BENTLEY died January 16, 1877. Martha BENTLEY died December 21, 1916. Susan V. BENTLEY born September 3, 1849. Robert N. GRAVES born January 26, 1843. Married December 2, 1869. Susan V. GRAVES died May 1, 1911. Robert N. GRAVES died November 10, 1922. Note 1: Written in long hand in blue ink: Nancy Paschal BENTLEY baptized at Greenwood Baptist Church. Note 2: Judson Terry Bentley (direct descendant of Dr. John Bentley) of Augusta, Georgia, has the original Family Bible. The family record is 4 pages long. Note 3: I have have a copy of the bible record in my possession. Note 4: John B. Bentley above is John Balaam Bentley in the actual bible record. Additional Comments: For more information on Balaam Bentley and his ancestors and descendants please go to the following URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=danielbsr&id=I01427 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/lincoln/bibles/johnbent244gbb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb