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The County of Benton was created in 1836 from Washington County, which was from created in 1828 from Crawford County, Crawford from Pulaski in 1820, and Pulaski from Arkansas an Original County in 1813.     Major indian tribes of the area were the Quapaw, also known as the Akansa or Arkansas, the Osage, and the Caddo.  The area was origanally opened to American settlers by the Spanish in 1783.  Arkansas Territory was formed in 1819 from Missori Territory in 1812 with settlers from Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Mississippi, or Missouri.  The Arkansas Territority included present day Oklahoma until June 15 1836, when Arkansas became a State.  The county seat of Benton is Bentonville, AR.

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1850 Benton County, Arkansas - Sugar Creek twp, page 82, Enumerated 3rd December 1850 by A. Phenery Asst Marshall.
HH# 493/493
JENINGS, Abner, 45 M., Farmer  b. Ten,
  Cloe         45 F     Virg
  Mary A.    18 F    Ten
  Elizabeth    14 F    Do
  George W. 11 M    Do   ***my ancestor
  Edmund       8 M    Mo
  Joshua         6 M    Mo
BOYDSTON, Thomas J. 21 M Ten
  Susan         18 FArk

Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907
Document number:  6075     Description number:  2
Number of acres:  80.0000     Accession number:  AR0960__.403
Patentee Surname:  Jennings     Patentee given name:  Abner
State name:  Arkansas
Volume:  960     Page number:  403
Land office:  Fayetteville     Aliquot part reference:  SWSW
Section number:  36
Township:  20 North     Range:  28 West
Meridian or special survey area:  Fifth Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority:  Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date:  Nov. 15, 1854
Multiple patentees:  N     Multiple warrantees:  N
Signature:  Y     Canceled document:  N     Subsurface rights reserved:  N
Metes and bounds:  N     Fractional section:  N

Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907
Document number:  6075     Description number:  1
Number of acres:  0.0000     Accession number:  AR0960__.403
Patentee Surname:  Jennings     Patentee given name:  Abner
State name:  Arkansas
Volume:  960     Page number:  403
Land office:  Fayetteville     Aliquot part reference:  SESE
Section number:  35
Township:  20 North     Range:  28 West
Meridian or special survey area:  Fifth Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority:  Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date:  Nov. 15, 1854
Multiple patentees:  N     Multiple warrantees:  N
Signature:  Y     Canceled document:  N     Subsurface rights reserved:  N
Metes and bounds:  N     Fractional section:  N

Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907
Document number:  8882     Description number:  2
Number of acres:  99.7500     Accession number:  AR1020__.042
Patentee Surname:  Jennings     Patentee given name:  Abner
State name:  Arkansas
Volume:  1020     Page number:  42
Land office:  Fayetteville     Aliquot part reference:  SENE
Section number:  2
Township:  19 North     Range:  28 West
Meridian or special survey area:  Fifth Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority:  Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date:  Jul. 1, 1859
Multiple patentees:  N     Multiple warrantees:  N
Signature:  Y     Canceled document:  N     Subsurface rights reserved:  N
Metes and bounds:  N     Fractional section:  Y

Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907
Document number:  8882     Description number:  1
Number of acres:  0.0000     Accession number:  AR1020__.042
Patentee Surname:  Jennings     Patentee given name:  Abner
State name:  Arkansas
Volume:  1020     Page number:  42
Land office:  Fayetteville     Aliquot part reference:  N½NE
Section number:  2
Township:  19 North     Range:  28 West
Meridian or special survey area:  Fifth Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority:  Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date:  Jul. 1, 1859
Multiple patentees:  N     Multiple warrantees:  N
Signature:  Y     Canceled document:  N     Subsurface rights reserved:  N
Metes and bounds:  N     Fractional section:  Y

Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907
Document number:  8859     Description number:  1
Number of acres:  40.0000     Accession number:  AR1020__.023
Patentee Surname:  Jennings     Patentee given name:  Abner
State name:  Arkansas
Volume:  1020     Page number:  23
Land office:  Fayetteville     Aliquot part reference:  NESE
Section number:  35
Township:  20 North     Range:  28 West
Meridian or special survey area:  Fifth Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority:  Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date:  Jul. 1, 1859
Multiple patentees:  N     Multiple warrantees:  N
Signature:  Y     Canceled document:  N     Subsurface rights reserved:  N
Metes and bounds:  N     Fractional section:  N

1860 Federal Census: Benton County, AR; War Eagle & Walnut Twp, Two Mills P.O.; page 161: Stamped 389; Enumberated 6th August 1860 by S.R. Rice
HH#1044/1038
BOYDSTON, Thos    31 M Farmer 120/500 Tenn
    Mary    27 F  Tenn
    Abner    1  M Arkansas
Notes:  This is Mary Ann White JENNINGS, daughter of Abner and Cloe Ferris (Lester) JENNINGS and Aunt to Georgia Anna JENNINGS RODGERS.

1860 Federal Census: Benton County, AR; War Eagle & Walnut Twp, Two Mills P.O.; page 169: Enumberated 9th August 1860 by S. R. Rice.
HH#1096/1090
STEPHENS, David  19 M Farmer 50 Arkansas
  Irene 18 F Arkansas
 

1860 Federal Census: Benton County, AR; War Eagle & Walnut Twp, Two Mills P.O.; page 169: Enumberated 9th August 1860 by S. R. Rice.
HH#1099/1098
STEPHENS, Jarrett 58 NC,
 Julia  32 F TN,
 John  12 M AR
 Garrett  10 M AR
 Sarah  3  F AR
 Bolivar 2  M AR
 David  7/12
 David  19
STEPHENS, DAVID 19 M AR
Transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt
NOTE:  Garrett STEPHENS was the father of Elizabeth Caroline STEPHENS who married George W. JENNINGS.  Their daughter Georgia Anna JENNINGS married Thomas Albert RODGERS.   Georgia Anna and Thomas RODGERS had a daughter Hattie Lee RODGERS whomarried Green Whitfield TOTTY.   Garrett STEPHENS is shown here with his second wife Julia Ann TRAMMEL STEPHENS who he married in Benton County, after the death of wife Lucinda UNKNOWN, mother of Elizabeth Caroline STEPHENS.  See records also Washington Co., AR; Montague Co., TX and Palo Pinto Co., TX.   See also David shown in the above household with his sister along with this household.

1860 Federal Census: Benton County, AR; Flint Twp, Dowling Springs P.O.; page 91; Enumberated 6th July 1860 by S.R. Rice
LEFORSE, John 60 IL Farmer 2000/2500
 Martha 40 MO
 James 17 MO
 Thomas 15 MO
 Samuel 13 MO
 Sarah  8  MO
 Martha  5  MO
 Hetta  1  MO
Transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt
NOTES: John LeFors was married to Martha Jane INGLISH and they had a son Thomas (1845) who married second to Margaret MaryAnn JENNINGS daughter of George W. and Elizabeth Caroline (Stephens) JENNINGS after his first wife died.  Margaret Mary Ann JENNINGS was the sister of Georgia Ann JENNINGS, the mother of Hattie Lee (RODGERS) TOTTY.   Both Margaret and Georgia Anna JENNINGS married brothers William Bethel RODGERS and Thomas Albert RODGERS, son of Elisha Austin RODGERS and wife Nancy Ann (Marshall).   Margaret MaryAnn JENNINGS LEFORS married  "Bill" after the death of Thomas, according to researching Pat Lefors Dawson.   Some of the RODGERS and LEFORS families are buried in Wise County, TX Cemeteries.

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