Michael Greathouse and the Snawder Sisters - Benjamin Franklin Greathouse

Benjamin Franklin Greathouse

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 20 Feb 1824 - , Crawford County, Georgia 2
    Christening: 
          Death: 7 Mar 1909 - , Taylor County, Georgia 3 4
         Burial: in Wesley Methodist Cemetery 3 4
 Cause of Death: 

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Events

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• Military: Confederate Army. ⁵ Benjamin Greathouse
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Georgia
Regiment Name: 63 Georgia Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 63rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Company: E
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M226 roll 24

• Military: Pension application, 1887. ⁶ Power of Atty - State of Georgia
Banjamin Greathouse authorizing J. W. warren to act for him. Signed Benjamin (his mark X) Greathouse

• He appeared on the U. S. Federal census in 1900 in Carsonville -Dist 70, Taylor County, Georgia. ⁷ Household 134, family 135
Greathouse, Benjamin, Head, M, W, Feb. 1824, 76, Married 18 yrs, GA, GA, GA
Matilda, wife, F, W, July 1834, Married 18 Yrs, GA, GA, GA

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Matilda Cates (Jul 1834 -       ) 1 3 4 8 
       Marriage: 

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Notes

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General:

This may be the Benjamin Greathouse, Pvt. Co. E. 63rd GA Infantry buried in Wesley Methodist Cemetery, near Butler, GA. stone gives dates 1824 - 7 Mar 1909. GA Division United Daughters of the Confederacy, Roster of Confederate Graves, Vol. VII, 1998 p. 278.
-FN
I believe this is not the Ben Greathouse above:
The 1850 census would has him born in 1830
And the 1860 shows him 29, born about 1830-31
-LL

Sources

1 Harold A. Kelley.

2 U. S. Federal Census 1900 (National Archives, Washington D. C.), District 70, Carsonville, Taylor County, Gerogia, Household 134, family 135.

3 Greathouse5gen.FTW.

4 Greathouse6gen.FTW.

5 U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (National Park Service.)

6 Civil War Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications (
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7 U. S. Federal Census 1900 (National Archives, Washington D. C.), Militia District 743, Carsonville, Taylor County , Georgia Enumeration District 70, Household 134, family 135.

8 Ged com file from Harold kelley, received 7 April 2004.