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Benjamin Whitehead 1787 – 1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1787

Birth Location: Virginia

Death Date: 1850

Death Location: Tennessee

Father: Thomas Whitehead

Mother: Elizabeth Upham

Spouse(s): Sally Hargrove, Margaret Stewart, Lucy Simmons

Children(s): Polly Whitehead, Jane Whitehead, John Whitehead, William Whitehead, Robert Whitehead, Elizabeth Whitehead, Marinda Whitehead

Benjamin Whitehead was born in 1787 in Virginia, the child of Thomas Whitehead and Elizabeth Ann Upham. Benjamin Whitehead later married Sally Hargrove, Margaret Stewart and Lucy B Simmons, and together they raised children including Polly E Maryanne Whitehead, Jane Whitehead, John W Whitehead, William W. Whitehead, Robert Alexander Whitehead, Elizabeth A Whitehead and Marinda Whitehead. In 1850, Benjamin Whitehead passed away in Tennessee.

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Parents

Thomas Whitehead
1744 – 1798
Birth Location: Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
TW
Elizabeth Upham
1744 – 1832
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
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Spouses(s)

Sally Hargrove
Birth Location: –
SH
Margaret Stewart
1815 – 1855
Birth Location: Overton, Tennessee, United States
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Lucy Simmons
Birth Location: –
LS

Children(s)

Polly Whitehead
1838 –
Birth Location: Overton, Tennessee
PW
Jane Whitehead
1840 –
Birth Location: –
JW
John Whitehead
1842 –
Birth Location: –
JW
William Whitehead
1844 – 1922
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Robert Whitehead
1846 – 1926
Birth Location: Gainsboro, Jackson, Tennessee, United States
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Elizabeth Whitehead
1848 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
EW
Marinda Whitehead
1849 –
Birth Location: Jackson, Tennessee
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1787
    Event Place: Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 26; Census Year: 1849; Census Place: District 1-17

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1787
    Event Place: Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1798
    Event Place: Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895, The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tax Lists of Tennessee

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1820
    Event Place: Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Montgomery, Tennessee; Page: 242; NARA Roll: M33_122; Image: 205

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1830
    Event Place: Robertson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830; Census Place: Robertson, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 179; Page: 370; Family History Library Film: 0024537

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1840
    Event Place: Overton, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 26; Census Year: 1849; Census Place: District 1-17

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Tennessee
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