Individual Details
Benjamin Cave
(15 Jun 1760 - 16 Feb 1842)
Events
| Birth | 15 Jun 1760 | Culpeper County, Virginia |  | ||
| Military | Ca 1776 | Culpeper County, Virginia |  | | |
| Occupation | Ca 1781 | Fairfield County, Ohio | | ||
| Marriage | 14 Aug 1785 | Ross County, Ohio - Keziah Esery Jones | | | |
| Census | 6 Aug 1810 | Barnwell, Barnwell District, South Carolina | | | |
| Will | 20 Mar 1829 | Pickaway, Ross, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Census | 1840 | Hocking County, Ohio | | | |
| Death | 16 Feb 1842 | Ross County, Ohio | | | |
| Burial | Olive Brance Cemetery, Hocking County, Ohio | | | ||
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Families
| Spouse | Keziah Esery Jones (1764 - 1848) |
| Child | Benjamin Cave (1786 - 1870) |
| Spouse | Mary Jenkins (1760 - 1835) |
| Child | Benjamin Easton Cave (1810 - 1889) |
| Child | Dorcus Cave (1786 - ) |
| Child | Emanuel Cave (1788 - 1876) |
| Child | Nathaniel Cave ( - ) |
| Child | Jonas Cave ( - ) |
| Child | Sally Cave ( - ) |
| Child | Ezekiel Cave ( - ) |
| Father | Benjamin Cave (1735 - 1832) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Belfield (1738 - 1810) |
| Sibling | Belfield Cave (1756 - 1811) |
| Sibling | John Cave (1764 - ) |
| Sibling | William Cave ( - ) |
Notes
Military
From the papers in the revolutionary War Pension claim S 3116 it appears that Benjamin cave was born June 15 1760 in Culpeper County, VirginiaWhile a resident of the said Culpeper County he enlisted, date not stated, sieved three months as a private in Captain James or Charles Browning's Company, Colonel Barbour's Virginia Regiment returned home and in about fifteen days enlisted as a substitute for his brother John "who was newly married" and served eighteen months as a private, in his stead in Captian Henry Fields' Company, Colonel Towles' Virginia Regiment and was discharged in June 1781.
In 1781 he moved to Guilford County, North Carolina, and subsequently liven in Camden District, South Carolina, Guilford County, North Carolina, Culpeper County, Virginia, Kentucky, and Fairfield County, Ohio respectively. He was allowed pension on his application executed November 7, 1832, while a resident of Perry Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, at which time he was a Baptist minister.
There is no data on file as to his family except the reference to his brother John and one other brother whose name is not given
DAR
Benjamin Cave 1760-1842; wife Kziah Cave 1764-1848; married 1785
Benjamin Cave 1786-1870; Margaret 1789-1859; married ?
Benjamin Cave 1810-1888; Susan Routh 1812-1889; married 1833
Jasper Cave 1 Oct 1849, Hocking County, Ohio
Occupation
Baptist MinisterMarriage
Name: Benjamin CaveGender: Male
Marriage Date: 12 Aug 1785
Marriage Place: Ross, Ohio, USA
Spouse: Kasiah Esery
Film Number: 000281650
Census
Benjamin Cave3 males under 10
1 male 26 to 44
1 female under 10
1 female 26 to 44
Census
Benjamin Cave 1 male 20 thru 291 male 50 thru 59
1 female 5 thru 9
1 female 50 thru 59
2 in Agriculture
Death
Birth 1760 Culpeper Virginiaenlisted 1779
discharge 1781
death 16 Feb 1842
Harrison, Ross, Ohio
Burial
Birth: Jun. 15, 1760, Culpeper County, VirginiaDeath: Feb. 16, 1842, Ross County, Ohio
Moved to Olive cemetery by descendants, from Essery-Whetstone cemetery in 1939. His second wife Keziah Essery may be buried with him.
His first wife, Mary Jenkins is also buried in this cemetery at another location near Emanuel Cave, his son.
Burial: Olive Branch Cemetery, Hocking County, Ohio
Note
CAVE Benj. Cave who is buried in Ross Co., Ohio. The 1929 "Roster of Rev Soldiers Bur. in Ohio, pg 73, Enl 1779 served 3 mo. Capt Browning, Col Barber Staff, Va. reenlisted 1780; served 18 mo. Capts Fields, Fowler, Staff, Va.; born Culpeper, Va., 1760; parents -- Benj Cave (wife of Benj Sr not named); married Keziah Cave (per pension record) children: Benj. (would be Benj., the 3rd) Emanuel; Ezekiel; John Jonas; Nathaniel. Died Feb 16, 1842, Harrison Two., Ross Co., Ohio. Buried Stanhipe, Ross Co., Ohio. After the Rev war moved to Montgomery Co., Ky., thence to Ohio in 1816. Minister of Gospel. Organized & was pastor, for several years of the Baptist Church, Couth Perry, Ohio. Pension granted 1833, rate $70 per year. Ref: Mrs Josephine Cave Harper, Evart, Michigan and Mr Byron Cave, Lancaster, Ohio.Endnotes
1. Familysearch.org, online \<[Url]\\><, [Cd]><. Hereinafter cited as [ShortTitle]>.
2. National Archives, "Revoluntionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrent Application File," digital image, Fold 3, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/ : downloaded 5 November 2015), Benjamin Cave.
3. National Archives, "Revoluntionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrent Application File," digital image, Fold 3, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/ : viewed and download 5 November 2015), Benjamin cave.
4. Benjamin Cave records, "U.S. Sons of the American Revolition," Image , DAR member #30728, Ancestry. Com, Salt Lake City.
5. Benjamin Cave and Keisah Esery, (14 August 1886), Ohio County Marriages, 1789-2013: page 13 image 7 of Ross 1834-1934; county courthouses, , Ohio.
6. Benjamin Cave, 1810 U.S. Census, Barnwell district, Barnwell, page 172; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 60,.
7. Benjamin Cave (1742), Ohio Wills US Probate 1786-1989; transcript vol 1-2: page 57; image 47 0f 163; Pickaway, Ohio, Pickaway, Ohio.
8. 1840 U.S. Census, Hocking County, Ohio, Laurel, p. 178, Benjamine Cave; NARA microfilm publication M704, 403.
9. Find A Grave, Findagrave.com, database and digital images (http//:www.findagrave.com : viewed 5 November 2015), Memorial# 10412467.
10. U S Department of Veterans Affairs, "Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File," database, Fold 3 (https://www.fold3.com : Internet 9n December 2023), Benjamin Cave; citing Fold3.
11. Find A Grave, Findagrave.com, database and digital images (http//:www.findagrave.com : viewed 5 November 2015), Memorial# 10412467.