Benjamin Franklin Harvill
son of Mary "Polly" Hobbs and William Harwell/Harvill
Benjamin Franklin Harvill b. Jul 13, 1838 AL d. Jan 1899 Milo Community, Ashley Co., AR
m. Apr 1879
Fannie White         d. Jul 1879 Ashley Co., AR
Mary Thacker  b. 1867 Ashley Co., AR
Benjamin Franklin Harvill featured in Goodspeed on well known Arkansas men in the 1890's.

He states facts about his birth and his father.  He married Fannie White in Spring of 1858, she died 3 months later.

In 1861, he joined the Confederate Army and was in many major battles, captured at Jonesboro and sent to Louisville, KY as a prisoner.  He was discharged there. 

He lived just above Memphis for about a year and then returned to Ashley County, Arkansas where he married Mary Thacker of Virginia. 

He bought 600 acres of land and became a successful farmer.  He says he is a democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.  He left his estate to his widow and at her death it was to go to RC and LE Harvill and the estate was to be administered by his nephew William Edward Harvill, son of Robert Curtis Harvill.   From this John F was also a brother of Benjamin Franklin especially since he lived in John F Harvill's home in Dallas Co., AR after his father's death in 1852.

Benjamin Franklin Harvill was a very prominent citizen of Ashley County, Arkansas according to articles in the old Ashley County newspaper.  He had no children.
Last name            First name   Init County      Sec Twp Rng  Acres ---Date--- Warrant Name and/or Remarks
HARVILL              EDWARD          F Ashley       21 17S  9W    0 1901/02/09
HARVILL              EDWARD          F Ashley       21 17S  9W    0 1901/02/09
HARVILL              EDWARD          F Ashley       21 17S  9W   120 1901/02/09
HARVILLE             BENJAMIN        F Ashley       17 16S  8W  157.56 1899/01/30
HARVILLE             BENJAMIN        F Ashley       3  16S  8W    0 1899/01/30
HARVILLE             BENJAMIN        F Ashley       3  16S  8W    0 1899/01/30
HARVILLE             EDWOOD          F Ashley       22 15S  8W    0 1899/01/30
HARVILLE             EDWOOD          F Ashley       26 15S  8W   120 1899/01/30
HARVILLE             MILLEY            Logan        30  7N 27W   69.77 1882/12/30
HARVILLE             MOSES           W Pope         1   7N 20W    40 1886/01/20
HARVILLE             WILLIS            Washington   28 16N 32W    40 1857/08/01
HARVILLE             WILLIS            Washington   28 16N 32W    40 1857/09/01
Last name            First name   Init County      Sec Twp Rng  Acres ---Date--- Warrant Name and/or Remarks
HARVILL              EDWARD          F Ashley       21 17S  9W    0 1901/02/09
HARVILL              EDWARD          F Ashley       21 17S  9W    0 1901/02/09
HARVILL              EDWARD          F Ashley       21 17S  9W   120 1901/02/09
HARVILL              GEORGE          J Pope         22  7N 20W    40 1854/03/01
HARVILL              HUNTER          C Ashley       33 16S  7W    0 1905/05/02
HARVILL              HUNTER          C Ashley       33 16S  7W   160 1905/05/02
HARVILL              JAMES             Saline       12  3S 15W    40 1837/04/15
HARVILL              JAMES           E Pope         24  7N 20W    40 1845/05/01
HARVILL              JAMES           T Cleveland    10 11S 12W   160 1860/09/01
HARVILL              JAMES           T Dallas       18  7S 16W  191.03 1896/08/26
HARVILL              JOHN              Pope         23  7N 20W   160 1845/05/01
HARVILL              MOSES           W Pope         24  7N 20W    40 1845/05/01
HARVILL              ROBERT          C Ashley       2  17S  8W    0 1860/09/01
HARVILL              ROBERT          C Ashley       2  17S  8W    0 1860/09/01
HARVILL              ROBERT          C Ashley       2  17S  8W    0 1860/09/01
HARVILL              ROBERT          C Ashley       2  17S  8W  159.99 1860/09/01
HARVILL              ROBERT          C Cleveland    10 11S 12W   160 1859/07/01
HARVILL              ROBERT          C Drew         4  12S  6W     0 1895/07/09
HARVILL              ROBERT          C Drew         4  12S  6W     0 1895/07/09
HARVILL              ROBERT          C Drew         4  12S  6W     0 1895/07/09
HARVILL              ROBERT          C Drew         5  12S  6W  183.21 1895/07/09
HARVILL              WILLIAM         H Bradley      24 13S 11W    0 1861/08/01
HARVILL              WILLIAM         H Bradley      25 13S 11W    40 1860/09/01
HARVILL              WILLIAM         H Bradley      25 13S 11W    40 1861/04/01
HARVILL              WILLIAM         H Bradley      25 13S 11W    80 1861/08/01
HARVILLE             BENJAMIN        F Ashley       17 16S  8W  157.56 1899/01/30
HARVILLE             BENJAMIN        F Ashley       3  16S  8W    0 1899/01/30
HARVILLE             BENJAMIN        F Ashley       3  16S  8W    0 1899/01/30
HARVILLE             EDWOOD          F Ashley       22 15S  8W    0 1899/01/30
HARVILLE             EDWOOD          F Ashley       26 15S  8W   120 1899/01/30
HARVILLE             MILLEY            Logan        30  7N 27W   69.77 1882/12/30
HARVILLE             MOSES           W Pope         1   7N 20W    40 1886/01/20
HARVILLE             WILLIS            Washington   28 16N 32W    40 1857/08/01
HARVILLE             WILLIS            Washington   28 16N 32W    40 1857/09/01
Last name            First name   Init County      Sec Twp Rng  Acres ---Date--- Warrant Name and/or Remarks
HARWELL              COLEMAN         C Logan        23  5N 28W    80 1860/03/01
HARWELL              COLEMAN         C Logan        29  6N 26W    40 1860/03/01
HARWELL              COLEMAN         C Logan        29  6N 26W    40 1860/03/01
HARWELL              EMMETT          F Logan        25  5N 29W     0 1892/06/21
HARWELL              EMMETT          F Logan        25  5N 29W    80 1892/06/21
HARWELL              FREDERICK       W Boone        22 21N 19W     0 1901/06/08
HARWELL              FREDERICK       W Boone        22 21N 19W     0 1901/06/08
HARWELL              FREDERICK       W Boone        27 21N 19W    160 1901/06/08
HARWELL              JAMES             St. Francis  24  5N  1E   160 1820/11/27  HARWELL       JAMES
HARWELL              JAMES           D Marion       29 19N 15W    40 1855/03/01
HARWELL              JAMES           D Marion       32 19N 15W    0 1873/06/05
HARWELL              JAMES           D Marion       32 19N 15W    80 1873/06/05
HARWELL              JAMES           M Jackson      8  11N  2W    40 1856/09/01
HARWELL              JAMES           S Polk         7   3S 32W    0 1900/10/12
HARWELL              JAMES           S Polk         8   3S 32W    80 1900/10/12
HARWELL              JASPER          M Pike         15  8S 25W    80 1884/06/30
HARWELL              JOHN            B Logan        30  5N 28W    40 1875/02/05
HARWELL              JOHN            G Logan        23  5N 28W    40 1907/04/10
HARWELL              MARY            E Logan        23  5N 28W    80 1875/07/15
HARWELL              NELSON          G Polk         31  2S 31W    0 1901/08/12
HARWELL              NELSON          G Polk         31  2S 31W    0 1901/08/12
HARWELL              NELSON          G Polk         31  2S 31W   160 1901/08/12
HARWELL              RICHARD           Pope         10  9N 20W    0 1889/07/16
HARWELL              RICHARD           Pope         10  9N 20W    0 1889/07/16
HARWELL              RICHARD           Pope         10  9N 20W   120 1889/07/16
HARWELL              RUFUS           H Drew         4  14S  6W     0 1860/09/01
HARWELL              RUFUS           H Drew         4  14S  6W     0 1860/09/01
HARWELL              RUFUS           H Drew         4  14S  6W     0 1860/09/01
HARWELL              RUFUS           H Drew         5  14S  6W    320 1860/09/01
HARWELL              SAMUEL          F Ouachita     25 14S 19W    40 1860/09/01
HARWELL              SAMUEL          F Ouachita     26 14S 19W     0 1858/05/03
HARWELL              SAMUEL          F Ouachita     26 14S 19W    40 1860/09/01
HARWELL              SAMUEL          F Ouachita     28 14S 18W    40 1855/03/01
HARWELL              SAMUEL          F Ouachita     35 14S 19W    80 1858/05/03
HARWELL              STERLING          Chicot       25 14S  2W   160 1842/12/01
HARWELL              STERLING          Monroe       21  1S  2W  107.95 1842/12/01
HARWELL              THOMAS          A Polk         1   3S 32W    0 1901/04/22
HARWELL              THOMAS          A Polk         1   3S 32W  160.58 1901/04/22
HARWELL              THOMAS          A Polk         36  2S 32W    0 1901/04/22
HARWELL              THOMAS          W Logan        30  5N 28W   39.93 1888/10/17
HARWELL              WILLIAM         A Polk         31  2S 31W    40 1891/08/04
HARWELL              WILLIAM         C Baxter       33 19N 13W    80 1859/07/01
HARWELL              WILLIAMSON      B Logan        30  5N 28W   39.95 1860/03/01
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