RABUN CO., GA -- BIOGRAPHIES -- John and Elizabeth Hartle Benfield

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John BENFIELD b. 1775 Berks Co., PA migrated to Rabun Co., GA to settle
near the Teem and Smith families, from Burke Co., NC sometime after 1835 
with wife, Elizabeth Hartle, b. 1775 prob Lincoln Co., NC, with 6 of his 
11 children.  John was born prior to his parents, John & Catherine Benfield, 
migrated to Lincoln Co., NC by 1786.  John married Elizabeth Hartle abt 
1794 in Lincoln Co., NC.

Six BENFIELD children settled in the Rabun Co., GA area.  The 1840 Rabun 
Co., Ga census lists:  Adam (son of Peter Miles Teem, Sr) & Saphronia 
(Benfield) TEEM, Daniel M. (son of Peter Miles Teem, Sr) & Susan (Benfield) 
TEEM,  Absolem & Nancy (Scheuffler) BENFIELD, Thomas (son of Henry Benfield, 
Sr) & Lydia (Benfield) BENFIELD, and Henry (son of Henry Benfield, Sr) & 
Jemima (Benfield) BENFIELD. d(pps 211-213).  The 1850 Rabun Co., GA census 
added his youngest daughter, Mary "Polly" Benfield Smith, who migrated with 
husband, Ellis Smith, from Burke Co., NC to Rabun Co., GA.

Saphronia Benfield, b. 1809 Lincoln Co., NC d. aft 1870 md abt Oct 1830 Burke 
Co., NC Adam Teem b. 1808 Cabarrus Co., NC d. aft Jun 1880 Gilmer Co., GA.  
Issue:  1. Peter M. Teem md cousin, Rebecca Smith, (dau Ellis & Mary "Polly" 
(Benfield) Smith).   2. Lydia "Liddy" Teem md Henry A. Blalock.  3. Manerva 
Teem died aft 1850. 4. Absolam Teem   5. Martha E. Teem  md John Wesley Bramblett  
6. Newvia Saphronia Teem md Martin Alexander Fincannon  7. John Marion Teem  
8. Jackson Teem md Salina  9. Israel Teem  10. Philo F. Teem md Gilmer Co., GA 
Lizer I. Jones  11. John Teem  12.  Helen Teem.

Susan Benfield b. 6 Jul 1810 Lincoln Co., NC d. 15 Sep 1896 Rabun Co., GA md 
abt Sep 1830 Burke Co., NC Daniel M. Teem b. 11 Nov 1810 Cabarrus Co.,  NC d. 
20 Dec 1892 Rabun Co., NC.  Issue:  1. Elizabeth Teem md John Marion English  
2. John Washington Teem md Lucinda Kerby  3. Thomas H. Teem  4. Absolem McDonald 
Teem md Sarah Ann Bramblett  5. Jemima Mary/Manerva Teem md Leander  T. Burton  
6. Daniel Teem  7. Isreal Teem md cousin, Elizabeth "Betty" Smith  (dau Ellis & 
Mary "Polly" (Benfield) Smith)  8. Sarah Ann Teem md Marcus Lafayette Frady  
9. Warren Teem  10. Joseph Grayson Teem md widowed cousin, Elizabeth Benfield 
Welborn (dau Henry  & Jemima Benfield).

Absolem Benfield b. 20 Dec 1815 Lincoln Co., NC d. 10 Jul 1903 Rabun Co., GA 
md Nancy Schueffler b. 10 Dec 1810 NC d. 18 Jun 1875 Rabun Co., GA.  Issue:  
1. Lucinda Benfield  2. Catherine Benfield  3. Alpheus Benfield b. Burke Co., NC 
md Mary Jane Bramblett  4. Jane Benfield  5. Christopher  Benfield b. Burke Co., 
NC md Rachel Daniels  6. Sarah E. Benfield b. Burke Co., NC md Thomas Cook 
7. Mary L. Benfield b. SC md Joe Morrison.

Lydia Benfield b. 1816 Lincoln Co., NC d. 15 Feb 1871 Polk Co., TN md  cousin, 
Thomas Benfield (son of Henry Benfield, Sr) b. 1810 Lincoln Co., NC d. 1 May 1883 
Turtletown, NC.  Issue:  1. Absolem Benfield md Macon Co., NC Martha A. Morgan  
2. John Benfield md Barbara  3. Susan Lucy Benfield md William Jasper Mason  
4. Elizabeth Ann Benfield  5. Noah Henderson Benfield md (1) Elizabeth (2) Nancy 
Cordell  6. Ellen Benfield  7. Thomas Jasper Benfield md prob Cherokee Co., NC 
Martha Sutton  8. Anna Benfield.

Jemima Benfield b. 10 Oct 1818 NC d. 1906 md cousin, Henry Benfield, (son of 
Henry Benfield, Sr) b. 1815 d. aft 1870.  Issue:  1. Saphronia Benfield   
2. Elizabeth Benfield md (1) Martin Welborn (2) cousin, Joseph Grayson Teem 
(son of Daniel M. & Susan (Benfield) Teem)  3. Burgner F. Benfield  
4. George W. Benfield md Jane  5. Mary E. Benfield   6. Jasper Henry Benfield. 

Mary "Polly" Benfield b. 10 Oct 1818 NC d. 1895 Macon Co., GA md 7 may 1832 
Burke Co., NC Ellis Smith.  Issue:  1. Mary Smith  2. Rebecca Smith md cousin, 
Peter M. Teem (son of Adam  & Saphronia (Benfield) Teem)  3. John Smith  
4. Simon Smith  5. Elizabeth "Betty" Smith md cousin, Isreal Teem (son of 
Daniel M. & Susan (Benfield) Teem).

By 1850 John, 76, and Elizabeth, 76, with several grandchildren were living 
in the 509th District.  Five of John's children were living in Rabun Co., 
GA:  Saphronia Teem, Susan Teem, Absolem Benfield, Lydia Benfield, and Mary 
(Benfield) Smith.  Two children remained in Burke Co., NC:  Joseph S. Benfield 
and Jemima Morrow;  while son , John Benfield, and Elizabeth (Pitts) Benfield, 
widow of son, Daniel Benfield, lived in McDowell Co., NC.

John & Elizabeth Benfield's burial location is unknown, but believed to be in 
Clayton, Rabun Co., GA.