Benton County, Tennessee Genealogy


"The Goodspeed History of Tennessee Illustrated - Carroll, Henry and Benton Counties" The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887


Benton County History
First Settlement of Benton County
Officers of Benton County
Village of South Camden
Village of Big Sandy
West Danville Station {Memphis Division of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad}


Arnold, Aaron - Born June 7, 1832
Barnes, J.A. - Born 1828
Bullock, Silas W. - Born August 13, 1851
Caraway, William - Born May 14, 1836 in Smith County Tennessee
Davidson, Travis - December 14, 1856 in Perry County Tennessee
Farmer, John H. - Born June 22, 1822, on Sulphur Creek, Benton, TN
Farmer, A. J. - Born February 22, 1846, in Benton County, TN
Greer, Green B. - Born January 21, 1840
Hawley, Adam M. - Born December 10, 1847
Holladay, J.M. & Brothers - Began the mercantile trade at Mount Carmel, Benton, TN, April 28, 1873
Hubbs, William T. (M.D) - Born in Fulton County, KY, December 23, 1849
Hudson, J. H. - Born in 1834 in Windham County, VT
Hudson, Jo. G. - Born near Glasgow, KY, September 7, 1837
Hudson, F. G. - Born in Benton County 1838
Jones, Joseph B. - Born October 29, 1857
Lindsey, John B. - Born September 17, 1835
Lockhart, Samuel - Born in Stewart County TN, in 1822
McDaniel, John C. - Born in Lincoln County, TN, March 2, 1811
McDaniel, Archibald G. - Born in Benton County, January 9, 1851
McKenzie, Gilbert - Born in Houston County, TN (then Stewart County), in 1820
Morris, Hon. William P. - Born in Sumner County, TN, January 12, 1817
Moses, Dr. James M. - Born July 1, 1853, at Camden
McRae, Alexander C. - Born February 4, 1843
Pierce, H. R. - Born in 1836 in Benton County
Potts, Uriah H. - Born in Davie County, NC, February 9, 1861
Rushing, H. - Born in 1825 in Benton County, TN
Rushing, W. C. - Born in Benton County in 1826
Smith, Alexander H. - Born August 17, 1841, in Lauderdale County, AL
Spencer, James M. - Born November 14, 1827, in Maury County, TN
Thompson, Jeremiah - Native of Benton County born April 2, 1839
Travis, Robert B. M.D. - Born May 18, 1832
Wyly, Christopher K. - Born in Sequatchie Valley, TN, February 2, 1807
Young, Dr. J. R. - Born in Stewart County, TN, 1836



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