Tom McCabes Genealogy 2022

COULD have been born about 1807 according to 1850 Census of Rusk Co Tx. M. Y. Bennett listed as 43.

Marriage of MY BENNETT to Mary COTTON recorded in Book B, fo 110 12 June 1828.

Some dates of the MY Bennett family are from the Family Group sheet sent to me by Panola's son, in 1999. Labeled Fam Grp Sheet. Prepared by Patricia L. (Fondren) Murray.

Mycajah got Indian land in the 1832 Georgia Land Lottery, but for some reason, did not take the land.

Micager Bennett 169 24th DISTRICT, THIRD SECTION, CHEROKEE Residence=Griffin's Fayette County

1840 census in Fayette Co Georgia:

Bennett, Micajah Males: 1 LT 5, 1LT 10, 1LT 15, 1LT 40, Females: 1LT 5, 2LT 10, 1LT 40, Male Slaves: 1LT 24, 1LT 36

Fayette County, Georgia: Jury Selection for the 1834 March Term of the Superior Court. March Term 1834

The Honorable the Superior Court of Fayette County met present according to an ajournment present his Honor Hiram Warner Judge of Said Court Petit Jury No. 2 Sworn to wit:

1 William H. Avrea 7 Solomon Whatley 2 Louden Doney 8 Alfred M. Reeves 3 Hiram Moses 9 Jesse Locklier 4 Isham Rozier 10 Carter Houston 5 William Powell, Jr 11 Micajah Bennett 6 Jonathan Springer 12 Abram W. Moulder

Source: Microfilm of the actual Superior Court Minutes: LDS microfilm # 209358

Taken verbatim from Trinity County GenWeb site:

BENNETT CEMETERY

Bennett Cemetery is reached by taking State Highway 94 north from Groveton, Texas, for twelve miles. The cemetery sign is located about two miles past Centerville School. Turn left and follow the unpaved road about one-quarter mile up a small hill to one of the largest cemeteries in the county.

Georgia native, Mycajah Y. Bennett arrived in Texas with his family by 1850 when he is listed in the census for Rusk County. According to family tradition, he and others were clearing trees from this hill when he remarked that upon his death he would like to be buried here under a particular large tree. When he died in 1856, they honored his request. As other family members and friends died, they were buried near him in what came to be known as Pleasant Hill Cemetery. His is the first known burial, although local history dates the cemetery to 1843 prior to the Bennett’s’ ownership of the property. The burial ground was later renamed Bennett Cemetery, and Mycajah’s son Richmond Oliver Bennett reportedly donated the land for use as a burial ground for the agricultural community of Crecy. Records indicate a Baptist church was at one time located adjacent to the burial ground. A cemetery association was formed in 1902 and continues to maintain the cemetery, which has more than 1500 graves including those of military veterans and pioneer area settlers.

Mycajah and Mary were cousins. Mycajah's father Peter Bennett and Mary's mother Sally were siblings.