Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey

1821 - 1901  (79 years)

• Name	Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey  [1, 2]
  Birth	17 Dec 1821	Louisiana   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	8 Mar 1901	Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Burial	Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	Kay Parker McCary, in the transcription of the tombstone, writes that she was Born in Pitt Co., North Carolina, Moved to Texas Dec 1842 (Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey - Daughter of Seth Harvey & Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd - Married 1 Aug 1839 h Adam Jackson Bennett, Sr.) The 1880 census shows her state of birth as South Carolina, and early census records instead show her as being born in Louisiana. (Research): Census Listings: 1900 Census Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 5 Enumerated 14 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 15B 205-205 Bennett, Burtis Head W M Apr 1845 55 Wd Tx La La Farmer Bennett, Mary J Mother W F Jan 1823 77 Wd La --- NC
  Person ID	I1220	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Seth Harvey,   b. Abt 1801, North Carolina d. Aug 1841, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 40 years)
  Mother	Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd,   b. Abt 1801, North Carolina d. 21 Jun 1865, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 64 years)
  Family ID	F842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adam Jackson Bennett,   b. 27 Jan 1815, Laurel Hill, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana d. 28 Mar 1886, Time, Sabine County, Texas (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1839	West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  	Virgie Speights, in OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS, in a column about Pearl Chambers Lord Greer, dated January 30, 1964, wrote that "Adam Bennett and Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey, came with their slaves from Louisiana, just ahead of the sheriff. He was chasing them to take away their slaves in connection with some sort of lien connected with the estate of Mrs. Bennett's mother. They barely made it to Texas and safety in time to camp in the 'sand field' now known as "Bennet Field," just on the Texas side of the Sabine. The Louisiana authorities camped on the opposite side of the river before frustratedly returning home the next day. Then Adam staked his claim atop a nearby hill with gently sloping fields towards the river. The place is still called the "Bennett Place." There is a family graveyard nearby. The elder Bennetts had come to East Feliciana Parish from Alabama, and his father, a silversmith, had come from Germany." In a later article, this one profiling Abbie Della Bennett Travis, January 27, 1966, she added that the lien was due to "a matter of a few unpaid debts. The slaves were to be confiscated, so the Bennett's, their two children, and Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd Harvey raced to the Sabine River and safety which they attained just before dark."
  Children	1. Mary Ann Bennett,   b. 19 Sep 1840, Louisiana d. 23 Feb 1880, Sabine County, Texas (Age 39 years)   2. Henry Seth Bennett,   b. 26 Jul 1842, Louisiana d. 16 Jan 1924, Louisiana (Age 81 years)   3. Burtis Bennett,   b. 20 Apr 1845, Time, Sabine County, Texas d. 1 Feb 1904, Sabine County, Texas (Age 58 years)   4. Sarah Jane Bennett,   b. 16 Oct 1847, Texas d. 10 Feb 1928 (Age 80 years)   5. William Henry "Dutch" Bennett,   b. 8 Jun 1850, Sabine County, Texas d. 26 Jan 1926, East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas (Age 75 years)   6. Adam Jackson "Tony" Bennett, Jr,   b. 8 Feb 1853, Sabine County, Texas d. 9 Nov 1922, Sabine County, Texas (Age 69 years)   7. Robert Emmett Bennett,   b. 6 May 1855, Sabine County, Texas d. 21 Nov 1924, Texas (Age 69 years)   8. Margaret "Mittie" Louisa Bennett,   b. 5 May 1857, Texas d. 4 Dec 1923, Texas (Age 66 years)   9. Major A. Bennett,   b. 23 Mar 1859, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   10. Elizabeth Bennett,   b. 4 Oct 1861, Sabine County, Texas d. 19 Nov 1861, Sabine County, Texas (Age 0 years)   11. Jesse Archibald "Archie" Bennett,   b. 2 Jun 1864, Texas d. 16 Feb 1936, Sabine County, Texas (Age 71 years)   12. Alva D. Bennett,   b. 6 May 1869, Sabine County, Texas d. 22 Jul 1940, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F844	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Dec 1821 - Louisiana Marriage - 1 Aug 1839 - West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Death - 8 Mar 1901 - Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972. [S736] McCary, Kay P. "Bennett Cemetery, North of Milam, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.