Individual Details
* William Benjamin "Pa Benny, Ben" Dunlap
(6 Jun 1840 - 19 Apr 1918)
Events
| Birth | 6 Jun 1840 | Waxhaws, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States |  | ||
| Census | 12 Nov 1850 | Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Education | 1858 - 1860 | at Princeton but left to join the Confederate Army - Princeton College, Princeton, New Jersey, United States | | ||
| Census | 1860 | Lancasterville, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Military | 8 Apr 1861 | Lancaster Grays-9th SC Regmt then in Jenkins Brigade 5th SC regiment (family story) - Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Military | 8 Apr 1861 | was enlisted by Capt John D Wylie as a Private - Lancaster Court House, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Military | From 12 Apr 1861 to 14 Apr 1861 | battle of Ft. Sumter from Charleston | | ||
| Military | 15 Apr 1861 | 2nd regiment of SC Volunteers under Capt Wylie arrived - Charleston, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Military | Apr 1862 | promoted to 2nd Corporal | | ||
| Military | 31 May 1862 | first real battle was the Battle at Seven Pines | | ||
| Military | Jun 1862 | promoted to 4th Sargent | | ||
| Military | 30 Jun 1862 | wounded during the Seven Days Battle, brother Joseph mortally wounded | | ||
| Military | Aug 1862 | promoted to 2nd Lieutenant | | ||
| Military | 1865 | is listed in a book stating he was there during the surrender and it matches family lore - Appomattox, Virginia, United States | |||
| Signature | 1865 | from his brother's estate, JL Dunlap - Lancaster, South Carolina | | ||
| Marriage | 11 Oct 1865 | Fishing Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina, United States - * Elizabeth Wells "Bettie Baskin, Ma Bettie" Baskin | | ||
| Signature | 22 Nov 1865 | Lancaster, South Carolina | | ||
| Occupation | Aft 1865 | first Democratic Treasurer receiving his appointment from Governor Wade Hampton - Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 18 Apr 1868 | became executor for his father's probate after previous executors died including older brother JL and a Samuel R or B Massey - Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | 1870 | Cane Creek, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1870 | farmer - Cane Creek, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1870 | purchased from the estate of Alexander C Dunlap along with his siblings RT, EC and ME Dunlap - Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1876 | appointed treasurer of Lancaster County by Gov Hampton and this position of honor and trust he held for 14 consecutive years - Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Gills Creek, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States - * Elizabeth Wells "Bettie Baskin, Ma Bettie" Baskin | | ||
| Occupation | 1880 | Co Treasurer - Gills Creek, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1888 | Treasurer for County - Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Move | 1890 | rented from the McCosh family - 224 East Black Street, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | Aft 1890 | first secretary of the Winthrop board of trustees serving when the college was under construction - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | Aft 1891 | secretary of the Arcade Cotton Mills - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Occupation | Aft 1892 | president of the Smith-Fewell Company, a mercantile concern that was a few years ago consolidated with the Rock Hill Grocery Company - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Picture | Abt 1900 | Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States | |||
| Census (family) | 7 Jun 1900 | Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States - * Elizabeth Wells "Bettie Baskin, Ma Bettie" Baskin | | ||
| Occupation | 7 Jun 1900 | book keeper - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1910 | mentioned in brother Edward obit - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | |||
| Census | 18 Apr 1910 | Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1914 | mentioned in brother's obit - Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | |||
| Obit | 1918 | Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Death | 19 Apr 1918 | Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Burial | 19 Apr 1918 | Laurelwood Cemetery, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 10 Jul 1983 | Dunlap-Roddey Board of Trustees Room at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Bio | 2014 | ||||
| Will | |||||
| Religion | Old Presbyterian Church on Gay Street - Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | |||
| Miscellaneous | set up 4 scholarships at Winthrop, 4 at Davidson, 4 at Prebyterian College and 4 at Erskine | |
Families
| Spouse | * Elizabeth Wells "Bettie Baskin, Ma Bettie" Baskin (1841 - 1906) |
| Child | * Mary Perry "Perry, Mama Joe" Dunlap (1866 - 1967) |
| Child | Benjamin Foster Dunlap (1868 - 1878) |
| Child | Ira Baskin Dunlap (1871 - 1921) |
| Child | Bernard 'Bernie' Carnes Dunlap (1873 - 1920) |
| Child | Walter Massey Dunlap (1875 - 1943) |
| Child | *Capt. Herbert McCullough Dunlap (1875 - 1934) |
| Father | poss son Alexander Carnes Dunlap (1800 - 1859) |
| Mother | Janie Artemesia Massey (1814 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Lieut Joseph L (Latta?) Dunlap (1837 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Robert Thomlinson Dunlap (1843 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Edward Carnes "Ed C" Dunlap (1847 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Mary Elizabeth Dunlap (1850 - 1930) |
Endnotes
1. 1870 Census for WB Dunlap.
2. Louise Pettus, A Roddey Family: Our Ancestral Lineage from David Roddey, the Pioneer, through the lives of William Joseph ' Papa Joe' Roddey and Mary Perry Dunlap ' Mama Joe' Roddey (N.p.: n.p., 1998), 68.
3. Ei\dited and complied by Randolph Lee Jones and Catherine Jones McClarin, Remembrance self published.
4. 1900 U.S. census, York Co., SC, population schedule, , SC>York>Rock Hill>District 0090>30, * B Dunlap [Wm B Dunlap]; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2013); citing FHL microfilm 1241546, roll 1545.
5. "," database, Genealogy Bank (GenealogyBank.com: accessed 15 August 2013), Sat, April 20, 1918, State (Columbia, SC), Issue: 9008, p2, obit of Col. W.B. Dunlap.
6. Rev James Arthur MacClellan Hanna, The House of Dunlap (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc, 1956), 192.
7. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005).
8. Bible of Mary Perry Dunlap Roddey.
9. "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965 > 4177021," digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 9 June 2022), im 1236, William Benjamin Dunlap, 19 Apr 1918; citing State Board of Health; Department of Archives & History, Columbia; .
10. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 June 2022), memorial page for Col William Benjamin Dunlap, Find A Grave Memorial # 51022651, citing Laurelwood Cemetery (Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina), photograph by Rick and Kathy Wright.
11. 1850 U.S. census, Lancaster Co., SC, population schedule, , p.132a, dwelling 18, family 18, A. C. Dunlap household [transcribed as H.C.]; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 December 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 854.
12. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005).
13. BB Roddey Lobato, daughter, , audio tapes by , 1973 at Pawley's Island; , privately held by Bettie Baskin Roddey Lobato, , 1973.
14. "," database, Genealogy Bank (GenealogyBank.com: accessed 15 August 2013), Sat, April 20, 1918, State (Columbia, SC), Issue: 9008, p2, obit of Col. W.B. Dunlap.
15. "College of New Jersey," database, (http://www.morganohiolibrary.com/CollegeofNewJersey.html: downloaded Dunlap portion 11 December 2014), WB Dunlap and brother Joseph L Dunlap from Lancaster CH SC.
16. "U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935," database, ancestry (ancestry.com: accessed 19 January 2015), Joseph L Dunlap and W.B. Dunlap, Freshmen from Lancaster CH, SC in room 21 W.
17. 1860 U.S. census, Lancaster District, South Carolina, population schedule, Lancaster Ville, p. 148 (penned), dwelling 1160, family 1173, Jane A Dunlap household; digital images, Ancestry ( : accessed 6/30/17).
18. Jean Dunlap, a cousin.
19. "," database, Genealogy Bank (GenealogyBank.com: accessed 16 June 2013), "W. B. Dunlap" Obit.
20. "Compiled Service Records,'" NARS Microcopy #267, Roll # CW770;CW727;CW631, Researched by PM: TP:2, #:772; TP:29,#773;TP:1, #:774, SC Archives and History Center, Columbia, SC.
21. SC Department of Archives and History, Compiled Service Records, NARS Microcopy #267, Roll# CW727, TP:29, #773.
22. "A Strong Company," Charleston Courier, Charleston, SC, 16 April 1861, Vol LIX, Issue 18832, p2, arrival in Charleston of Capt John D Wylie's company; online images, Genealogybank (Genealogybank.com : downloaded 4 January 2015), Newspaper Archives.
23. "," Charleston Mercury, Charleston, SC, Tuesday April 16, 1861, p2, Date 2nd remt under Capt John D Wylie arrived in Charleston; online image, (genealogybank.com : downloaded 4 January 2015), Newspaper Archives.
24. SC Department of Archives and History, Compiled Service Records, NARS Microcopy #267, Roll# CW727, TP:29, #773.
25. Rev James Arthur MacClellan Hanna, The House of Dunlap (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc, 1956), 202.
26. SC Department of Archives and History, Compiled Service Records, NARS Microcopy #267, Roll# CW727, TP:29, #773.
27. SC Department of Archives and History, Compiled Service Records, NARS Microcopy #267, Roll# CW727, TP:29, #773.
28. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : 7 October 2016), Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC, memorial # 103166561, photo by “t. stephens”, grave maker of James Greer, 11 Sept 1828., Lieut Joseph L Dunlap, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.
29. SC Department of Archives and History, Compiled Service Records, NARS Microcopy #267, Roll# CW727, TP:29, #773.
30. "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19384-28746-54?cc=1911928&wc=MPPR-6TG:190567901,190561002,190567902,190915301 : accessed 22 Apr 2014), Lancaster > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1950 > Denton - Fleming > image 514 of 1780., image 533 specifically.
31. Raymond Martin Bell Washington and Jefferson College, The Baskin-Baskins Family SC - Penn 1963.
32. Louise Pettus, A Roddey Family: Our Ancestral Lineage from David Roddey, the Pioneer, through the lives of William Joseph ' Papa Joe' Roddey and Mary Perry Dunlap ' Mama Joe' Roddey (N.p.: n.p., 1998), p 70.
33. 1900 U.S. census, York Co., SC, population schedule, , SC>York>Rock Hill>District 0090>30, * B Dunlap [Wm B Dunlap]; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2013); citing FHL microfilm 1241546, roll 1545.
34. Bible of Mary Perry Dunlap Roddey.
35. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 June 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth Wells 'Bettie' Baskin Dunlap, Find A Grave Memorial # 51022681, citing Laurelwood Cemetery (Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina), photograph by Rick and Kathy Wright.
36. "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19384-28746-54?cc=1911928&wc=MPPR-6TG:190567901,190561002,190567902,190915301 : accessed 22 Apr 2014), Lancaster > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1950 > Denton - Fleming > image 514 of 1780., Probate of Joseph L Dunlap.
37. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005).
38. SC, Probate Records and Loose papers, 1732-1964>Lancaster>Probate Court, Estate Records>1865-1950>Denton-Fleming> feb 20 1868, image 262-311.
39. 1870 U.S. census, Lancaster Co, South Carolina, population schedule, Cane Creek, p. 14 (penned), dwelling 110, family 110, J.A. Dunlap household household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 27 April 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1500.
40. 1870 U.S. census, Lancaster Co, South Carolina, population schedule, Cane Creek, p. 14 (penned), dwelling 110, family 110, J.A. Dunlap household household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 27 April 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1500.
41. SC, Probate Records and Loose papers, 1732-1964>Lancaster>Probate Court, Estate Records>1865-1950>Denton-Fleming> feb 20 1868, image 262-311.
42. 1870 U.S. census, Lancaster Co, South Carolina, population schedule, Cane Creek, p. 14 (penned), dwelling 110, family 110, J.A. Dunlap household household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 27 April 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1500.
43. "Historical Obits," database, (genealogybank.com: accessed 25 August 2013), WB Dunlap, Obit, Sat, Apr 20, 1918 State Paper (Columbia, SC), Issue: 9008, P2.
44. 1880 Federal Census, South Carolina, Lancaster, Gills Creek, 080, , image 15, Wm D Dunlap (William Benjamine Dunlap); digital images, Ancestery.com ( : accessed ).
45. 1880 Federal Census, South Carolina, Lancaster, Gills Creek, 080, , image 15, Wm D Dunlap (William Benjamine Dunlap); digital images, Ancestery.com ( : accessed ).
46. , The Charleston City Directory: Together with a Compendium of Governments, Institutions and Trades of the City (25 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina: Southern Directory and Publishing Co, 1888), 663.
47. Compiled and written by George Williams Dunlap, History of the Dunlap Family (Self published to family from Rock Hill, SC: n.p., 23 August 1981), 2.
48. Louise Pettus, A Roddey Family: Our Ancestral Lineage from David Roddey, the Pioneer, through the lives of William Joseph ' Papa Joe' Roddey and Mary Perry Dunlap ' Mama Joe' Roddey (N.p.: n.p., 1998), p 68.
49. "," database, Genealogy Bank (GenealogyBank.com: accessed 15 August 2013), Sat, April 20, 1918, State (Columbia, SC), Issue: 9008, p2, obit of Col. W.B. Dunlap.
50. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005), not numbered. p 182 (I hand numbered).
51. "," database, Genealogy Bank (GenealogyBank.com: accessed 15 August 2013), Sat, April 20, 1918, State (Columbia, SC), Issue: 9008, p2, obit of Col. W.B. Dunlap.
52. "," database, Genealogy Bank (GenealogyBank.com: accessed 15 August 2013), Sat, April 20, 1918, State (Columbia, SC), Issue: 9008, p2, obit of Col. W.B. Dunlap.
53. "," database, Genealogy Bank (GenealogyBank.com: accessed 15 August 2013), Sat, April 20, 1918, State (Columbia, SC), Issue: 9008, p2, obit of Col. W.B. Dunlap.
54. 1900 U.S. census, York Co., SC, population schedule, , SC>York>Rock Hill>District 0090>30, * B Dunlap [Wm B Dunlap]; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2013); citing FHL microfilm 1241546, roll 1545.
55. 1900 U.S. census, York Co., SC, population schedule, , SC>York>Rock Hill>District 0090>30, * B Dunlap [Wm B Dunlap]; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2013); citing FHL microfilm 1241546, roll 1545.
56. 1910 U.S. census, York Co., SC, population schedule, , SC>York>Catawba>0103>8, Ben B Dunlel [Wm B Dunlap]; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2013); citing NARA microfilm publicaton T624, roll 1468.
57. "Col. W.B. Dunlap Dies At Home in Rock Hill," obituary, Charlotte (North Carolina) Observer, 20 April 1918, W.B. Dunlap, 19 Apr 1918; digital images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 30 June 2017), Newspaper Archives; NewsBank and/or American Antiquarian Society, 2004.
58. "Col. W.B. Dunlap," obituary, State (Columbia, SC), 20 April 1918, W.B. Dunlap, 19 Apr 1918; digital images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 30 June 2017), Newspaper Archives; NewsBank and/or American Antiquarian Society, 2004.
59. "Splendid Citizen Passed Away Friday Morning [W.B. Dunlap]," (22 April 1918); folder: "Acc. 925, 1-3," William Lyle Roddey Papers, Newspaper Articles, 24 Oct 1888 - 22 June 1925; Louise Pettus Library, Rock Hill, South Carolina.
60. "," database, Genealogy Bank (GenealogyBank.com: accessed 15 August 2013), Sat, April 20, 1918, State (Columbia, SC), Issue: 9008, p2, obit of Col. W.B. Dunlap.
61. "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965 > 4177021," digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 9 June 2022), im 1236, William Benjamin Dunlap, 19 Apr 1918; citing State Board of Health; Department of Archives & History, Columbia; .
62. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 June 2022), memorial page for Col William Benjamin Dunlap, Find A Grave Memorial # 51022651, citing Laurelwood Cemetery (Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina), photograph by Rick and Kathy Wright.
63. "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965 > 4177021," digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 9 June 2022), im 1236, William Benjamin Dunlap, 19 Apr 1918; citing State Board of Health; Department of Archives & History, Columbia; .
64. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 June 2022), memorial page for Col William Benjamin Dunlap, Find A Grave Memorial # 51022651, citing Laurelwood Cemetery (Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina), photograph by Rick and Kathy Wright.
65. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005), not numbered. I hand wrote page numbers. 182 .
66. Louise Pettus, A Roddey Family: Our Ancestral Lineage from David Roddey, the Pioneer, through the lives of William Joseph ' Papa Joe' Roddey and Mary Perry Dunlap ' Mama Joe' Roddey (N.p.: n.p., 1998), p44 in footnote.
67. Randolph Lee Jones and Harry Tudor Jones, Jr, The Heritage of Harry Tudor Jones and Catherine Wylie Roddey Jones (self published: n.p., about 2005), 164.