Husband: Joseph Lewis BENTON
Birthdate: Circa 1740-1750
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death date: Aft. 1795 and bef. 1810
Place of death: South Carolina
Burial: South Carolina
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: Circa 1770
Marriage place: North Carolina

Wife: Leucretia COVE
Birthdate: Circa 1740-1750
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death date: Aft 1830 & Bef. 1840
Place of death: South Carolina
Burial: South Carolina
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Joseph Lewis BENTON
Sex: Male
Birthdate: Circa 1772
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: 1772
Place of death: South Carolina
Burial: South Carolina
Marriage date: Never Married
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 2: Anna BENTON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: Circa 1773
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: Bef. 1860
Place of death: South Carolina
Burial: South Carolina
Marriage date:
Marriage place: South Carolina
Spouse's name: John TIMMONS

Child No. 3: Susannah BENTON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: Circa 1775
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: Bef. 1860
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place: South Carolina
Spouse's name: Stephen THOMAS

Child No. 4: Elizabeth BENTON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: Circa 1777
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: Aft. 1850
Place of death: Marion Co., South Carolina
Burial: South Carolina
Marriage date:
Marriage place: South Carolina
Spouse's name: Samuel TIMMONS

Child No. 5: Moses BENTON
Sex: Male
Birthdate: Circa 1779
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: 1816
Place of death: South Carolina
Marriage date:
Burial: South Carolina
Marriage place: South Carolina
Spouse's name: Frances DAVIS

Child No. 6: Samuel BENTON
Sex: Male
Birthdate: Circa 1781
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: Bef. 1860
Place of death: South Carolina
Burial: South Carolina
Marriage date:
Marriage place: South Carolina
Spouse's name: Frances (Last Name unknown)

Child No. 7: Clarissa BENTON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: Circa 1783
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: August 1847
Place of death: South Carolina
Burial: South Carolina
Marriage date: Never Married
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 8: Leucretia BENTON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 25 September 1786
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: Aft. 1850
Place of death: Sumter Co., South Carolina
Burial: South Carolina
Marriage date:
Marriage place: South Carolina
Spouse's name: Abraham LEE

Child No. 9: Rachel BENTON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 7 July 1789
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: 28 September 1855
Place of death: Darlington Co., South Carolina
Burial: South Carolina
Marriage date:
Marriage place: South Carolina
Spouse's name: Benjamin LAWRENCE
 

Documentation:
* Research of John Burnett of Reno, NV.
* Happy Heritage by Lyndon Lee Cannon.
* 1810, 1820, 1830 Census of Williamsburg Co., SC that show Leucretia Benton listed in the Census. Joseph Benton was evidently dead before or by 1810 as she is listed alone in the 1810 Census.
* The 1850 census for Marion, Sumter, and Darlington Counties South Carolina show several of the daughters still living.

Notes:
* The son Moses Benton is claimed by some to have been 1st married to Susannah TIMMONS, but no evidence has been conclusively found to support this.
* It is assumed that Joseph Benton was in South Carolina by 1770--as per family lore. He was definitely from North Carolina and in some of the 1850 censuses his children stated both North Carolina and South Carolina as their place of birth.