Hardy Bennett Line


Hardy BENNETT was born 5 Aug 1788 in Georgia. He resided in Franklin Co, GA; TN (about 1812 and possibly before until about 1818); Pickens Co, AL (about 1818-1835); and Carroll Co, Mississippi (about 1835 and probably until his death). Hardy served in the War of 1812 from December 20, 1813, to February 8, 1814, having enlisted at Fayetteville, Tennessee. He received a total pay of $40.87 for his service. Hardy's first wife was Zilpha SANDERS, born 8 March 1791, daughter of Henry and Jane SANDERS. Hardy BENNETT and Zilpha SANDERS had the following children:

  1. Oliver BENNETT b 18 Apr 1809, probably in GA or TN; died 15 Dec 1817
  2. Elmina BENNETT b 15 Sept 1810; possibly married a Brown; possible children: Oliver Perry Brown, Jane Brown b abt 1830 Ala, Zelphia Brown b abt 1833 Ala, and Hardy Brown b abt 1836 Miss.
  3. Henry Grundle BENNETT b 1812 TN; married Hannah TAYLOR in 1838 in Carroll Co, MS, and died before 1870. Henry Grundle BENNETT purchased land in Carroll Co, MS, in 1836. Hanna TAYLOR was born abt 1817 in AL, the daughter of Lee TAYLOR and Agness A. STOKES. Children:
    1. Elmina Helen BENNETT b 23 Aug 1839 Duck Hill, MS; m 1860 James HOWARD; died 1904 MS
    2. Nancy Ann BENNETT b 9 Nov 1841 MS; married Presley Sanders EZELL
    3. Zilphy Elvina BENNETT b 2 Jan 1843 MS
    4. George R. BENNETT b 24 Nov 1846 MS; m Mary Elizabeth TAYLOR
    5. Lee Columbus BENNETT b 26 Jan 1850 MS; m Pairlee TAYLOR; died 27 May 1927
    6. Fair C. BENNETT b 6 Feb 1853 Montgomery Co, MS m Frances BLAYLOCK
    7. Addline Aslean BENNETT b 16 Feb 1856; m Francis Horace MOORE; died 8 Nov 1936 MS
  4. William Calloway BENNETT b 11 Nov 1816 TN; married Elizabeth Lucinda ELLIOTT, daughter of Alexander ELLIOTT and Nancy P. HUGHES, in 1840 in Carroll Co, MS. William Calloway BENNETT and Elizabeth Lucinda ELLIOTT had the following children, all born in MS:
    1. Epey Ann BENNETT b 1841 MS; m Hiram Sanders BENNETT; died 22 Dec 1916; buried in Montgomery Co, MS
    2. George Washington BENNETT born 3 Jan 1843 MS; m Hulda A. CAMPBELL, daughter of William CAMPBELL and Rachel BECKWIDTH
    3. Mary Elizabeth BENNETT b 9 Jul 1844 MS; died 1939; m Leroy Polk BENNETT
    4. Martha E. BENNETT b abt 1846 MS; married Thomas HILL
    5. William M. BENNETT b 30 Apr 1847; m Margaret Saphronia BLAYLOCK; died 17 Jan 1897 MS
    6. Oliver Ander BENNETT b 1 Nov 1847; m Mary Elizabeth BLAYLOCK; died 20 June 1921
    7. Sarah BENNETT b abt 1850; no other information
    8. Jesse C. BENNETT b abt 1854; m Molly VANCE
    9. Luvenia E. BENNETT b abt 1861; no other information
    10. Charlie Ammons BENNETT b 12 May 1862 MS; m 1st Frances "Fannie" BLAYLOCK; m 2nd Elmira BLAYLOCK, sister to Fannie; died 12 April 1953
    11. E. V. BENNETT (female) b abt 1862 MS
    12. N. H. BENNETT (female) b abt 1867 MS
  5. Lucinda BENNETT b 5 Jan 1817, probably in TN or AL; died 28 Dec 1817
  6. Jane BENNETT b 21 June 1819 AL; m John BILLINGS (his name also given as John Billions) in 1838 in Carroll Co, MS. The children of Jane and John are:
    1. Mary BILLINGS b about 1841 MS
    2. Nancy BILLINGS b abt 1845 MS; married 1861 in Montgomery Co, MS to John Simpson BLAYLOCK; died about 1870
  7. Hiram BENNETT born 1821 Pickens Co., Alabama; married Mary Margaret Cockrell abt 1845 in Alabama; seven chidren; resided in Pickens Co., Alabama and Winston Co., Mississippi
  8. Drury Warren BENNETT b 23 Sept 1823 AL, probably Pickens Co; m Martha SUTTON; died about 1870 in Carroll Co., MS; Children:
    1. Hiram Sanders BENNETT born 15 Jan 1847 in MS; m Epey Ann BENNETT; died 15 Sept 1891; bur in Winona, MS
    2. Benjamin Franklin BENNETT born 15 Nov 1854 in MS; m Mary Elizabeth BENNETT; died 1935; buried at New Hope Cem. in Montgomery Co., MS
    3. Luvenia BENNETT born about 1860 MS; I have no other information on her.
    4. James Warren BENNETT born 3 April 1863 MS; m Eliza J. LAWSON; died 1938
    5. Elizabeth BENNETT b abt 1866 MS; I have no other information on her.
    6. Alice BENNETT b abt 1868 MS; I have no other information on her.
  9. Epsey BENNETT b 24 Dec 1825 AL, m Benjamin McKEY in 1841 in Carroll Co, MS. Benjamin McKEY was born abt 1822 in LA. Epsey BENNETT and Benjamin McKEY had the following children:
    1. Margaret Arena McKEY born 8 Oct 1843 MS
    2. Roena Emeline McKEY born 2 Dec 1846 MS
    3. Christopher Columbus McKEY born 29 Sep 1848 MS
    4. Mary Louise C. McKEY born 22 March 1851 AL
    5. Benjamin McKEY born abt 1853 MS
    6. Leline McKEY born abt 1856 MS
    7. Virginia McKEY born abt 1859 MS
  10. John Frank BENNETT b 15 Nov 1827 AL; married first Pervilla TAYLOR; married second Mary HOWARD; died 1893 in Montgomery Co, MS
  11. Lydia BENNETT b 8 July 1831 AL; married Daniel Thomas BLAYLOCK (1829-1889); died 1895 in Winona, Montgomery Co, MS The children of Lydia BENNETT and Daniel Thomas BLAYLOCK are:
    1. Alexander Washington BLAYLOCK born 1850 Carroll Co, MS; m Betty VANCE; died 21 Apr 1918; bur in Montgomery Co, MS
    2. Zilpha Azalene BLAYLOCK born about 1852 Carroll Co, MS; m Joseph W. VANCE; died 1895; bur New Hope Cem. in Montgomery Co, MS
    3. Saphronia BLAYLOCK born 1854 Carroll Co, MS; m William M. BENNETT 1879 in Montgomery Co, MS; died 20 April 1880; bur at Prospect Cem., Montgomery Co, MS
    4. Maggie Angeline BLAYLOCK b 1856 MS; m Jim DEATON; died 20 June 1889; buried at Mission Cem.
    5. Benjamin Franklin BLAYLOCK born 12 April 1858 Carroll Co, MS; married first Betty OLIVER; died 1916 in Carroll Co, MS
    6. Thomas Daniel BLAYLOCK b 17 Sept 1860 MS; m Eliza Jane RATLIFF; died 1924; bur New Hope Cem. in Montgomery Co, MS
    7. Walter BLAYLOCK b abt 1862 MS
    8. William Mason BLAYLOCK b 13 Sept 1864 Winona, MS; m Sallie Alma BLAYLOCK; died 1941
    9. Virginia BLAYLOCK b 16 Dec 1866 Carroll Co, MS; married John Calloway BENNETT; died 18 Dec 1902; bur New Hope Cem., Montgomery Co, MS
    10. BLAYLOCK (female) born 1869
  12. Nancy Caroline BENNETT b 7 Apr 1833 AL; married 1851 in Carroll Co, MS to William Gifford SULLIVAN (1828-1864), who was killed in the Civil War in VA. William G. SULLIVAN and Nancy Caroline BENNETT had the following children:
    1. Orville G. SULLIVAN born abt 1852; married Martha Josephine Holbert; 9 children born in Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas
    2. William Barnes SULLIVAN born 1854 MS
    3. Franklin Monroe SULLIVAN born 1856 MS; married Mary E. CHATHAM
    4. Sallie C. SULLIVAN born abt 1860 MS; married Major Walter Collins
    5. I. D. A. SULLIVAN (female) born abt 1863 MS






Hardy BENNETT's second wife was Catherine CAMERON. They married in 1844 in Carroll County, Mississippi, and had the following four children:

  1. Leroy Polk BENNETT b 1845 MS, married Mary Elizabeth BENNETT
  2. Elisha Jackson BENNETT b 1847 MS
  3. Nancy Jane BENNETT b 1848
  4. Francis Marion BENNETT b 1849
  5. Hardy Elley BENNETT b 13 June 1852 in Carroll Co, MS; m 1st Molly C. THOMPSON - 5 children; m 2nd Lula Virginia THOMPSON; died 1914; bur at Mission Cem., Montgomery Co, MS





The Bennetts Three

The above photo is of my father and his two sisters.




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Solomon BENNETT was born in 1786 in SC. I believe he and Hardy BENNETT are brothers, but I have never been able to prove or disprove this. Solomon BENNETT died in 1852 and is buried at Duck Hill, MS. Click on his name to go to his page.

I have also added some information on a William BENNETT family. William's son, William David BENNETT was in Carroll Co, MS. As far as I know at this time there is no connection between this BENNETT family and my own, but another generation or two back might find one.











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