Individual Details
Joseph Benight
(Abt, 1779 - Abt, 1851)
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1779 | New York, United States | |||
| Marriage | January 25, 1795 | Margaret Rawson | |||
| Marriage | 1799 | Chemung, Tioga, New York, United States - Charlotte Rosseau |  | ||
| Civil | 1799 | Taxes - Chemung, Tioga, New York, United States | |  | |
| Civil | 1800 | Taxes - Chemung, Tioga, New York, United States | | | |
| Civil | 1803 | Taxes - Chemung, Tioga, New York, United States | | | |
| Census | 1810 | Chemung, New York, United States | | ||
| Census | 1820 | Vigo, Indiana, United States | | ||
| Census | 1830 | Vigo, Indiana, United States | | ||
| Civil | March 18, 1837 | Land purchase, 40 and 37 acres | | | |
| Residence | 1840 | Prairie Creek, Vigo, Indiana, United States | | ||
| Death | Abt, 1851 | Indiana, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Charlotte Rosseau (1780 - 1850) |
| Spouse | Margaret Rawson (1774 - 1827) |
| Child | Isaac T. Benight (1796 - 1856) |
| Child | Minerva Benight (1798 - 1872) |
| Child | Guy Ross Benight (1805 - 1864) |
| Child | Charles Napp Benight (1809 - 1886) |
| Child | Clementina Benight (1800 - 1847) |
Notes
Marriage
No sources, spouse's name could be Margaret Rowson, as in History of Vigo County bookCivil
Taxes 1799 Tioga, Chemung. House and farm real estate value 1190 personal estate value 40 tax paid $1.23Civil
Taxes 1800 Chemung, Tioga county, House and lot real estate value 1190 personal estate value 50 or 350 tax paid $3.85Civil
Taxes 1803 Chemung, Tioga county, Real estate 1190, personal estate 0 total 1190 taxes $1.85Civil
Two land purchases 36 acres and 40 acres in Vigo, Indiana, with Joseph Benight and Martin Van Buren's signatures. President Van Buren's signature was written by another authorized to sign land records, a law passed in 1832 after 10,000 records were still waiting for a presidential signature.Death
Estimated date, an 1840 census is the last record.Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2014), 1799 Chemung, Tioga, New York.
2. Ancestry.com, New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2014), 1800 Chemung, Tioga County, New York.
3. Ancestry.com, New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2014), 1803 Tioga Chemung New York.
4. Ancestry.com, 1810 US Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2010), Year: 1810; Census Place: Chemung, Tioga, New York; Roll: 37; Page: 643; Image: 00092; Family History Library Film: 0181391.
5. Ancestry.com, 1820 US Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2010), 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Vigo, Indiana; Page: 190; NARA Roll: M33_14; Image: 292.
6. Ancestry.com, 1830 US Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2010), 1830; Census Place: Vigo, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 30; Page: 67; Family History Library Film: 0007719.
7. Ancestry.com, US General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2008), 1837 Mar 18 Land purchase, 40 acres in Indiana, document No. 7365.
8. Ancestry.com, US General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2008), 1837 Mar 18 Land purchase, 36 acres in Indiana, document No. 7364.
9. Ancestry.com, 1840 US Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2010), Year: 1840; Census Place: Prairie Creek, Vigo, Indiana; Roll: 96; Page: 397; Image: 809; Family History Library Film: 0007730.