Individual Details
Rebekah Benson
(1785 - 1839)
Events
| Birth | 1785 | Fairforest Creek, Spartanburg County, South Carolina | |||
| Marriage | 1804 | Union County, South Carolina - Ignatius Stokes | |||
| Census (family) | 1810 | Union County, South Carolina - Ignatius Stokes |  | ||
| Census (family) | 1820 | Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia - Ignatius Stokes | |  | |
| Death | 1839 | Jasper County, Georgia |
Families
| Spouse | Ignatius Stokes (1778 - 1835) |
| Child | Elender Stokes (1795 - 1850) |
| Child | William Benson Stokes (1805 - ) |
| Child | Eleanor Key Stokes (1806 - 1868) |
| Child | Malinda Stokes (1808 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Ann Stokes (1813 - ) |
| Father | William Henry Benson (1745 - 1796) |
| Mother | Eleanor Key (1752 - 1799) |
| Sibling | Willis Key Benson (1777 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Benson (1782 - 1833) |
| Sibling | Patience Benson (1789 - 1872) |
Notes
Census (family)
The family appears in the 1810 census in Union Co listed as "Nase" Stokes: 1 male 26-45 [Ignatius c32], 1 male 0-10 [William 5], 1 female 16-26 [Rebecca 25], and 2 females 0-10 [Malinda 2, Eleanor 1].Census (family)
By 1820, the family had settled in Jasper Co GA. The 1820 census for the family seems to have several errors: 1 male > 45 [Ignatius c42], 1 male 16-18 [William 15], 1 female > 45 [who?], 1 female 26-45 [Rebecca 35], 1 female 16-26 [Malinda 13], 1 female 10-16 [Eleanor 11], and 1 female 0-10 [Elizabeth 7].1820 Census
Free White: 001001/11101
Males:
0-10 0
11-16 0
17-18 1 [William 15]
19-26 0
27-45 1 [Ignatius 42]
45 & over
Females:
0-10 1 [Elizabeth 7]
11-16 1 [Eleanor 11]
17-26 1 [Malinda 13]
27-45 0 [Rebecca 35]
45 & over 1
Foreigners not naturalized 1
Slaves: 1210/1010
Males:
0-14 1
14-26 2
26-46 1
45+ 0
Females:
0-14 1
14-26 0
26-46 1
45+ 0
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLX-KT5 : 16 July 2015), Ignatius Stokes, 1820..