Marion County GaArchives Biographies.....Andrew  Benson 
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Andrew Benson is believed to have arrived in the Wilmington,N.C. area in the 
1770's and settled in the northern part of the Camden District,SC.(1808 S.C.Tax 
Districts)on the border of Kershaw and Lancaster Counties.  This was known as 
the Liberty Hill,S.C.area. Presently there is an old Episcopal Church in the 
area, but not much else.  He received a pension on May 19, 1785 of 3lbs. 17 
shillings and 1 1/2 penny sterling for service of 54 days in the S.C. militia 
in 1780. He is listed in the 1810 and 1820 Lancaster, Co.census. He fought in 
the battle of Blackstock, Union,S.C.during the American Revolution. He fought 
under the command of Lt.William McCorkle,who was killed in this battle, and 
General Sumter "The Fighting Gamecock" was badly wounded in the shoulder. 
Robert McCorkle was the son of Lt.William McCorkle, he moved the family to 
Marion County, Ga. in the 1820's., along with two brothers, James McCorkle and 
William McCorkle.  John Benson, (born 1803, son of Andrew Benson of 
Lancaster,Co.S.C.)moved at the same time to Marion County, Ga. and married Mary 
Elizabeth McCorkle, the daughter of James McCorkle.
He settled in the same area as the McCorkles, around the Brantly area, Red Bone 
District.

Additional Comments:
McCorkles,Bensons, Marion County,Ga.

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