Garnett, Benjamin Franklin

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Title: Garnett, Benjamin Franklin
Alias: Garnett, B.F.; Garnett, Ben F
Gender: Male
Biography: Benjamin Franklin Garnett was born in either Kentucky or Virginia in 1814. He married Elizabeth Wilhoit in Madison County, Virginia on 7 Dec 1835. In 1840, Benjamin Garnett was living in Boone County, Kentucky and known to have 1 enslaved. The 1850 census shows Benjamin Garnett living in District One in Boone County with wife and four children. In 1860, Benjamin Garnett is in Union, Boone County, Kentucky with his wife and one daughter. Benjamin died on 22 Jan 1884 and is buried in Petersburg Cemetery (Petersburg, Ky.)
Member: Garnett family
Birth date: 27 Apr 1814
Father: Garnett, William Henry
Mother: Garnett, Elizabeth
Life event(s): Marriage: 7 Dec 1835 (Madison County, Va.); Madison County (Va.)
Spouse(s): Wilhoit, Elizabeth Cornelia
Child(ren): Garnett, Lamora; Garnett, Marietta; Garnett, Franklin; Garnett, Elizabeth; Garnett, Eugene
Death date: 22 Jan 1884
Death and burial information: Petersburg Cemetery (Petersburg, Ky.)
Neighbor of: Neighbors in the 1850 Census: Williams, Hannah; Barnett, James; Merchant, Milton; Neighbors in the 1860 Census: Roberts, John
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, male [43]; unknown, Vina [3]; unknown, male [43]; unknown, Vina [3]
Description: Enslaved held in 1840: Females, 10 thru 23, one; Enslaved held in 1850: Female, 34 years old, black; Male, 8 years old, black; Female, 16 years old, black
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #60620087
Source(s): Find A Grave.com; Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules; Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940; Genealogy and Story of the Family of Robert Kirtley Garnett; The

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--G

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Items with "Relationship: Garnett, Benjamin Franklin"
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unknown, male [43]	Person
unknown, Vina [3]	Person

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Garnett, Elizabeth	Person
Garnett, William Henry	Person