Benton County, Tennessee Genealogy

Early Settlers and Biographies

According to Goodspeed, "There is no county in Tennessee which is better watered than Benton". Early settlers in Benton County built their homes and farmed their lands on the many small creeks in the area. The early county, heavily forested and full of game, offered tremendous opportunity to anybody who was willing to work the land. The following individuals were among the first.

Note: The following tables have been formatted to link to biographies and family histories of those listed. If you have information on a person that is listed without a biography or if you have one you would like to include, email Mike Stockdale. Please include the area your ancestor lived in.

BEAVERDAM CREEK

ARNOLD, Wyatt
CARSON, John
CUFF, David
CUFF, James Andrew
LASHLEE, Burwell
MELTON, Cooper
PAFFORD, John

PENICK, John
PAFFORD, William
SARRETT, John
SAYLES, James
SETTLE, Daniel
VICK, Americus
VICK,_Christoper_Columbus

BIG SANDY RIVER

ALSUP, Hugh BARNES, Allen Wesley BREWER, Lewis BREWER, Nicholas BUCHANAN, Daniel CLEMENT, Aaron COLLINS, James Monroe COOPER, William Daniel COTTINGHAM, Levin	COTTINGHAM, Will CRAIG, James CRAIG, Thomas FLOWERS, Elijah Green GRAHAM, John GREER, Carroll GREER, Hezekiah JONES, Isham LINDSEY, Edward	MATHENY, David McDANIEL, George McKENZIE, Malcomb PIERCE, John ROWE, William WARMACK, William WATSON, David WILSON, James WYATT, Harvey Lafayette

BIRDSONG CREEK

ANDERSON, John BUSH, Malchijah CAMP, George HATLEY, Edwards HATLEY, Hardy HATLEY, Mark HATLEY, Sherwood LUPER, Cullen	LYNCH, Anderson MERRICK, Molton NOWELL, Cullen OATSVALL, Charles TOWNSEND, Joseph UTLEY, Abel UTLEY, Burwell UTLEY, Seth WALKER, Williams

BURNSIDE CREEK

HUDSON, Dawsey
HUDSON, Edward
PERKINS, Ephraim

	CAMDEN

ADEN, Winston	FRANCISCO, George	McDANIEL, John
AYERS, Robert	FRANCISCO, Hegwood	MORRIS, William P.
BRIDGES, Rhubin	FRANCISCO, Peter	POPE, Simon
BROWN, Hugh	GORDON, James	RYE, Thomas Clarke
CAMP, Henry	HALEY, Richard Peter	SAWYER, Henry
CAPPS, Hillory	HAWLEY, Royal	TRAVIS, Robert B.
CARNS, Irvin	HILL, William	WILLIAMS, Dr. Jeptha
CARNS, John	JACKSON, John	WOODS, William
DAVIDSON, John Wallace	McAULEY, William	WYATT, William E.

CARROLL COUNTY LINE

COLE, Julius
PRESSON, Allen

CHALK LEVEL

HARDIN,Obediah
WYLY, James

CHASEVILLE

SMOTHERS, James Franklin

CYPRESS CREEK

BARKER, Lewis BARKER, Zachariah BIVENS, Alexander COWELL, Joseph CROCKER, Lilly HICKS, Jacob HOLLAND, Benjamin	HOUSE, Joshua JONES, Thomas JORDAN, Moses LEE, James THOMPSON, William WILLIAMS, Charles

EAGLE CREEK

BARNETT, John
FRY, Joseph
HUBBS, William
MATLOCK, Caswell
WHITE, James

HARMONS CREEK

MELTON, Thomas Jefferson

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Some of the above information was summarized from Jonathan K.T. Smith's "Benton County
volume of the Tennessee County History Series" by Memphis State University Press (1979).

If you have suggestions and/or additions for these pages, please feel free to write
County Coordinator

HOLLADAY

ABBOTT, Henry Franklin BABER, Francis BARNETT, Nancy CAMP, James FLOWERS, Green HOLLADAY, John Randolph	HOLLOWELL, Reden KEE, Thomas Jackson KING, Wesley MATHEWS, Joseph OXFORD, Samuel WOOD, George

MAYNARD

Howe, William Swindle, et al, John	Swindle, Thomas Swindle, William Anderson Swindle, Dr. William Thomas

RUSHING CREEK

BROWNING, Jacob FLORENCE, Jacob Browning FLORENCE, Josiah HERRIN, Beverly HERRIN, Caleb Abimilick HERRIN, Ellis	HERRIN, Lemuel HERRIN, William Elisha RUSHING, Abel RUSHING, Dennis RUSHING, Willis

SULPHER and HARMON CREEKS

BENTON, David BENTON, David (D.W.) Washington BENTON, Samuel BULLOCK, Obediah FARMER, George GARNER, James HOLLAND, James	HOLLAND, Richard MELTON, Joseph MELTON, Sion PARKER, Katherine PHIFER Jr., John WHEATLEY, Charles WHEATLEY, William

UNKNOWN

ALLEN, John G. BEATON, Anguish BEATON, Malcolm A. BIRD, Hiram Pendleton CLEMENT, Stephen CLEMENT, Stephen Alse DAVIS, Lucas Eldridge	FORREST, Elijah Arnold FLORENCE, George William GREER, James Henderson KEE Family MCGILL, William Porter M. D. ROBBINS, William Bailey SMYTH, James Max M. D.