| 1. | Benjamin Love was born about 1793 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, (son of Elias Love and Mary DeLoach); died on 17 Jan 1857 in Van Buren County, , , Arkansas. Notes:
Mrs. Fred Love sent the Census for 1840 from Davidson Co. Civil Destrict, , TN,p351, showing Benjamin with one male 5-10, one 15-20, one 40-50; one female under 5 , one 5-10, two 10-15, one female 30-40. William Benjamin would be the male 5-10, unknown 15-20, female under five Sarah, Levisa 5-10, Nancy and Lucy 10-15 and Teliza, 30-40. no slaves, and apparently no one attended school. Immediately above is a James Love 60-70 with 24 slaves.
Goodloe Chapel cemetery has no markers for Benjamin or his wife, but that is where they were buried, probably with a fieldstone to mark the site(s). There is a Confederate marker for Benjamin, but without dates.
Benjamin Love was awarded 160 acres in Van Buren County , AR, for his service in the War of 1812 on 26 Feb 1856. On 18 Jan 1861 William B. Love apparently the administrator for Benjamin Love deceased came into the Court for Van Buren County, AR, wanting to dispose of the land warrant issued from the land office of the United States for one hundred and sixty acres #17267. The court accounts are hard to read, but the court said that the administrator has paid out fifteen hundred and forty five dollars and ninety six cents more than the assets in his hands. 12 April 1861 W. B. Love and Evan Harris present a petition asking to have their bond as administrators of said estate reinstated and asked the court to have a citation run against John J. Harton, James H. Shiply, George Crone and John Chandler to appear at the Courthouse in Clinton, Van Buren Co., AR on Thursday after the second Monday of July next, to show why the bond should not be reinstated.
His Bounty Land Warrant was 17267-160-55 based upon an act passed 28 September 1850 by Congress. He applied for this land on 13 December 1854 in Van Buren County before a Justice of the Peace, Squire Freeman. He said he had never before applied for bounty land. The application was sent to Clinton, the county seat of Van Buren County, where the clerk testified that Squire Freeman was a Justice of the Peace and sent the document on. On 21 April 1855 Benjamin Love appeared before Allanson Witt, another J.P. in Clinton with two witnesses, Jesse Day, and B. T. Arnold, who testified that he was indeed Benjamin Love.
He served from 29 June 1813-22 Sept 1813 and from 25 Sep 1814 to 20 Oct 1814. He served in " a company of Light Infantry commanded by Capt Rce B. Pearce, 65 Reg't Virginia Militia, attached to 35 Reg't U. S. Infantry, and marching 75 miles from Jerusalem, Southampton County, the place of regimental rendezvous, to Portsmouth and the same for returning. [Jerusalem is now called Courtlands, the county seat of Southampton County, VA]
Benjamin married Elizabeth "Teliza" Oney on 16 Mar 1814 in Southampton County, , , Virginia. Elizabeth was born on 23 Oct 1792 in Southampton County, , , Virginia; died on 23 May 1873 in Van Buren County, , , Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Abt 1793 - 1857 (~ 64 years)