Individual Details
Benjamin Franklin Newkirk
(25 Dec 1754 - 17 May 1840)
Name: Benjamin NEWKIRK
Given Name: Benjamin
Surname: NEWKIRK
Sex: M
Note:
28 Aug 1796 Bullitt Co. KY Deed Book A 1 Richard JOHNSON by William G.JOHNSON his attorney of the State of Virginia and County of Louisa onthe One part and Benjamin NEWKIRK of the State of Kentucky and Countyof Jefferson of the other part Witnesseth that the said RichardJOHNSON by his attorney as aforesaid for and In Consideration of Twohundred and thirty pounds good and lawful money of the Said State haveGranted Bargained and Sold unto the said Benjamin NEWKIRK one Certaintract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Jefferson andbordering Salt River Beginning at a Hickory Ash and dogwood Cornerswith Tunis NEWKIRK thence South... to the bank of Salt River. (Signed)Richard JOHNSON by William G. JOHNSON his attorney. Witnessed by DavidSLIGER Lawrence BISHOP Henry SOUSLEY It does not give the date it wasrecorded.
Bullitt County KY TAX LIST for 1803
NEWKIRK, Benjamin - 200 acres 3rd rate land on Salt River in BullittCo. first entered under the name of JOHNSTON - 1 white male over 21
Birth: ABT 1762 in Jefferson Co, Ky
Death: AFT 1801 in Lawrence Co, Ind
Father: Peter NEWKIRK b: ABT 1727 in Berkley Co, Virginia
Mother: Cornelia SOUSLEY b: ABT 1735 in VA/OH
Marriage 1 Mary HAWKINS
1
Married: 20 DEC 1789 in Jefferson Co, Ky 2
Marriage 2 Alsey SPARKS
1
Married: 3 NOV 1801 in Jefferson Co, Ky
Marriage 3 Elizabeth
Sources:
Abbrev: Bullitt Co, KY Marriage Records
Title: Bullitt Co, KY Marriage Records & CD229
Abbrev: Kentucky Marriages before 1850-CD
Title: Kentucky Marriages before 1850-CD
Soldier in Revolutionary War. Buried Brown Cemetery, Jackson County, Carr
Township. Came to Indiana after 1810.
Given Name: Benjamin
Surname: NEWKIRK
Sex: M
Note:
28 Aug 1796 Bullitt Co. KY Deed Book A 1 Richard JOHNSON by William G.JOHNSON his attorney of the State of Virginia and County of Louisa onthe One part and Benjamin NEWKIRK of the State of Kentucky and Countyof Jefferson of the other part Witnesseth that the said RichardJOHNSON by his attorney as aforesaid for and In Consideration of Twohundred and thirty pounds good and lawful money of the Said State haveGranted Bargained and Sold unto the said Benjamin NEWKIRK one Certaintract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Jefferson andbordering Salt River Beginning at a Hickory Ash and dogwood Cornerswith Tunis NEWKIRK thence South... to the bank of Salt River. (Signed)Richard JOHNSON by William G. JOHNSON his attorney. Witnessed by DavidSLIGER Lawrence BISHOP Henry SOUSLEY It does not give the date it wasrecorded.
Bullitt County KY TAX LIST for 1803
NEWKIRK, Benjamin - 200 acres 3rd rate land on Salt River in BullittCo. first entered under the name of JOHNSTON - 1 white male over 21
Birth: ABT 1762 in Jefferson Co, Ky
Death: AFT 1801 in Lawrence Co, Ind
Father: Peter NEWKIRK b: ABT 1727 in Berkley Co, Virginia
Mother: Cornelia SOUSLEY b: ABT 1735 in VA/OH
Marriage 1 Mary HAWKINS
1
Married: 20 DEC 1789 in Jefferson Co, Ky 2
Marriage 2 Alsey SPARKS
1
Married: 3 NOV 1801 in Jefferson Co, Ky
Marriage 3 Elizabeth
Sources:
Abbrev: Bullitt Co, KY Marriage Records
Title: Bullitt Co, KY Marriage Records & CD229
Abbrev: Kentucky Marriages before 1850-CD
Title: Kentucky Marriages before 1850-CD
Soldier in Revolutionary War. Buried Brown Cemetery, Jackson County, Carr
Township. Came to Indiana after 1810.
Events
| Birth | 25 Dec 1754 | Berkeley, Virginia, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 20 Dec 1789 | Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - Mary Hawkins | | ||
| Death | 17 May 1840 | Jackson, Indiana, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Hawkins (1769 - 1801) |
| Child | Henry Newkirk (1798 - 1846) |
Endnotes
1. Genealogy of Benjamin Newkirk married to Mary Hawkins as posted to Rootsweb World Connect. sources given: Kentucky Marriages before 1850-CD (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ read Oct 2002).
2. Marshall, Wendy Henry, Email about David Hawkins. (Feb 24. 2001.).
3. Genealogy of Benjamin Newkirk married to Mary Hawkins as posted to Rootsweb World Connect. sources given: Kentucky Marriages before 1850-CD (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ read Oct 2002).
4. Genealogy of Benjamin Newkirk married to Mary Hawkins as posted to Rootsweb World Connect. sources given: Kentucky Marriages before 1850-CD (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ read Oct 2002).