BENHAM, John

- 1800   Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.

HOBBS, Mary

Abt 1763 - Aft 1825  (62 years)

Birth	Abt 1763	Province of Maryland, UK
Died	Aft Apr 1825
Father	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Mother	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725
Family	BENHAM, John

• Name	BENHAM, John  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Indian Fighter, Hunter, Farmer  [1, 2, 4]
  Death	1800	Washington County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I4452	Cochrane Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2019

  
  

  Family	HOBBS, Mary,   b. Abt 1763, Province of Maryland, UK d. Aft Apr 1825 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	They had 11 children. [1]
  Marriage Status	Ended with Husband's death
  Residence	Abt 1769	Mendota, Augusta, Colony of Virginia, UK   [2]
  	on the North Fork of the Holston River
  	They moved from Maryland to settle just upstream from Mary's parents.
  Residence	1792	Russell County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	on 350 acres in Turkey Cove on the Powell River in the valley between Powell Mountain and Stone Mountain
  	They moved here from their farm on the North Fork of the Holston River, following Mary's parents who moved here in 1780. This location is now the town of Dryden in Lee County, Virginia. They moved back to the Mendota area on the North Fork of the Holston River sometime before 1800. Both died there and are thought to be buried with their son, Joel Benham, in his cemetery (36°40'04" N, 082°20'38" W).
  Family ID	F1812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - on the North Fork of the Holston River - Abt 1769 - Mendota, Augusta, Colony of Virginia, UK Residence - on 350 acres in Turkey Cove on the Powell River in the valley between Powell Mountain and Stone Mountain - 1792 - Russell County, Virginia, USA Death - 1800 - Washington County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 4 Aug 2016, p 567-573. [S1038] Lawrence J. Fleenor Jr., Book - Benge!, (Big Stone Gap, VA: Self, 1998.), 17 Aug 2017, p 20. [S1079] Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., Book - Bicentennial History of Lee County, VA, (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1992.), 20 Nov 2017, HOBBS, : p 287. [S1170] Virginia. Pennington Gap., Newspaper Article - Powell Valley News (VA), 12 Jan 2019, Koger Marvin V., "Life Sketch of Captain Joshua Hobbs," 24 July 1947; transcript : accessed 12 January 2019). Life Sketch of Cpt. Joshua Hobbs [S1038] Lawrence J. Fleenor Jr., Book - Benge!, (Big Stone Gap, VA: Self, 1998.), 17 Aug 2017, p 65, 86.