HALIFAX COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Bennett Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Bennett graveyard:
                  1938 Jan. 21
                  Research made by Lizzie B. Ragland

Cemetery Location:  10 miles southeast of South Boston, Virginia.  Go 8.8 miles 
                    south of South Boston on Route #501, thence 1.2 miles east 
                    on Route #49.  The graveyard is on the north side of the 
                    road.
                    Halifax County


DATE:

1798.

OWNERS:

Walter Bennett, 250 acres, 1798. (1)
Richard E. Bennett, 250 acres for $1000.00, 1802 (2)
Henry Easley, from Richard E. Bennett estate, 1835 (3)
William W. Carrington, 521 ˝ acres for $803.75, 1838 (4)
Robert E. Owen, 321 ˝ acres for $1,286.00, 1883 (5)
Nannie E. Owen, gift, 1891 (6)
John C. Harris, gift, 1900 (7)

DESCRIPTION:

This graveyard is in the corner of the garden at the home of John C. Harris.  
There are small marble markers at each grave.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The stones bear the following inscriptions:

Thomas Carter
Born Feby. 8, 1767
Died Feby. 14, 1830


Richard E. Bennett
Born Feby. 26, 1779
Died Sept. 14, 1826


W. W. Bennett
Born Feby. 19, 1812
Died Feby. 20, 1815


Mary Bennett
Born Apr. 23, 1809
Died Apr. 27, 1810


Theoderick Carter’s will was recorded in 1805 in Will Book 7, page 152.  His 
wife was Judith Carter and his children were Charles, Samuel, Elizabeth 
Richardson, William, Susanna Cabiness, Ann Bennett, Alexander, Nathaniel, Thomas 
and Jesse.

Richard E. Bennett’s will was recorded in 1828 in Will Book 14, page 379.  His 
wife was Ann Bennett and his children were John, Richard E., Theoderick A., 
William W., Mary W., Eliza Ann and Ann E..

Henry Easley married Eliza A. Bennett, September 10, 1827 and the marriage is 
recorded in Marriage Register Book 1, page 125.

The Bennett home burned while Robert E. Owen was owner.  He built a modern house 
on the site of the old home.  The original office, kitchen and smoke house are 
still standing.

John C. Harris, the present owner (1937), remodeled the Owen home a few years 
ago, and now it is a beautiful country home.

The store in which the Bennetts and Owen merchandised, burned a few years ago.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  The late D. W. Owen, who was a nephew of Robert E. Owen.

Court Records, Halifax Court House, Halifax, Virginia:
(1) Deed Book 17, page 437
(2) Deed Book 19, page 241
(3) Deed Book 42, page 456
(4) Deed Book 44, page 588
(5) Deed Book 70, page 448
(6) Will Book 35, page 493
(7) Will Book 37, page 69

Tombstone Inscriptions

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