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Descendants of Benjamin Richardson

Generation No. 1

1. BENJAMIN¹ RICHARDSON was born Bef. 1740 in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, and died 1799 in Bulloch County, Georgia. He married (1) UNKNOWN Abt. 1763. He married (2) SARAH MIZELL 31 July 1767 in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, daughter of LUKE MIZELL and SARAH SMITHWICK. She was born Bet. 1745 - 1750 in North Carolina, and died Aft. 1807 in Bulloch County, Georgia.

Notes for BENJAMIN RICHARDSON:
Benjamin and Sarah moved to what was to become Bulloch County, Georgia from Tyrell County, North Carolina in 1770.

He was granted land in Georgia based on his Revolutionary War service. The Bulloch County records show the following:

Indenture was made 8 Jan 1776; recorded 5 March 1799, between William Coursey, Sheriff of Screven County for the year 1795 and Hardy Richardson of Bulloch County, 350 acres taken by virtue of execution of the property of Benjamin Richardson, Esq. including the plantation whereon he now resides and sold to Hardy Richardson for $53 as highest bidder. Originally granted Benjamin Richardson in Effingham County, now Screven.

Bulloch County was created in 1796 (Deed Bk. A;, p. 21). He was a Surveyor of Roads in Effingham County, thus given Patriotic Service. (DAR #600067)

Marriage Notes for BENJAMIN RICHARDSON and SARAH MIZELL:
Benjamin and Sarah were married on September 30, 1767 in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. (There has been confusion on their marriage date because there have been three dates in print - in the 1700's banns were displayed three times before the marriage; and the bondsman for our couple was William Mizell; also the bond was always granted in the county where the bride-to-be resided).

After their marriage they emigrated to St. Philip Parish, Geogia, which later became Screven County, Georgia, from which later Bulloch County was carved. An Historical Marker in Sylvania, Screven County, shows the name Benjamin Richardson among the first Justices of the Peace in that county.

Children of BENJAMIN RICHARDSON and UNKNOWN are:

2.	i.	HARDY² RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1764, Tyrrell County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1809, Bulloch County, Georgia.
3.	ii.	WILLIAM RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1765, Tyrrell County, North Carolina; d. December 1817, Bulloch County, Georgia.
4.	iii.	JOHN RICHARDSON, b. March 1766, Tyrrell County, North Carolina; d. March 1850, Buna, Jasper County, Texas.
	iv.	AMOS RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1767; d. Abt. 1781, Bulloch County, Georgia.

Children of BENJAMIN RICHARDSON and SARAH MIZELL are:

5.	v.	FRANCES (FRANNIE)² RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1774, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Aft. 1858, Clairborne Parish, Louisiana.
6.	vi.	PENELOPE RICHARDSON, b. 1775, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. 1841, Washington Parish, Louisiana.
7.	vii.	BENJAMIN RICHARDSON II, b. 1776, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Abt. 1850, Evadale, Jasper County, Texas.
8.	viii.	JANE RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1780.
	ix.	NANCY RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1782, Bulloch County, Georgia; d. Bef. 1799, Bulloch County, Georgia.
	x.	JAMES RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1784.

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