BENNETT CEMETERY
Surveyed by Woodford Sherrill and Jack Ingram
This cemetery is located deep in the woods on property now owned by the family of Landis Seawell Bennett in southeastern Montgomery County NC near both the Moore and Richmond county lines. Landis was my uncle and the oldest son of Martin Bennett, son of Stephen Bennett. The cemetery is near the site of the Stephen Bennett homeplace (long since gone) and bricks from the chimney remain scattered in the surrounding woods. The best way to see the property and to meet your surviving Bennett and Poole relatives is to attend our annual "Walk in the Woods" held the first Saturday in March each year. Our host are brothers Carroll, Mitchell, and O'Neal Bennett. All three are well along in years but are still active and live nearby. Carroll conducts the walk for those physicall able to walk several miles of rough terrain from his residence to the cemetery. The rest of us carpool and we meet them for a picnic lunch at the cemetery around noon. O'Neal prepares a pork barbecue and chicken dumpling supper around 4 PM - around 10.00 a head to cover cost of fixins and guests bring their favorite desserts. The morning assembly point and site for the BBQ is at a updated former hunting lodge owned by the brothers and between their properties. Very informal with hiking duds for the walkers. Plan to stay the day as your motel may be quite a ways away. I have been going to this cemetery location all of my life and due to its deep woods location, directions would not be practical as private roads are involved for the last two or three miles. My sister Jane Stuart is the unofficial historian for Martin Bennett's ancestors and descendants. Martin is buried in the Marcus United Presbyterian Church Cemetery with his wife. We are all descended from Cyrus Bennett and there are many of us, with several of our ancestors having been married twice with numerous children each time. If you go back into the early 1800's Richmond county records there is notice of Cyrus' marriage to wife #1. The Bennetts intermarried with Pooles alon the way (no, our family tree does not go straight up) and some Poole descendants also attend. I will put you in touch with my sister Jane who will give you further instructions as the time comes nearer. If you are a resident of the area the three Bennett brothers live on Poole Mill Road just after its intersection with NC 73 (between West End and Ellerbe). A. D. Stuart Grandson of Martin Alexander Bennett Richmond VA Myrtle Bridges
Bennett Abigil 5-20-1825 6-28-1862 w/o Stephen Bennett Bennett Ashley No Date No Date Bennett B.L. 7-1-1883 1-19-13 Bennett Catherine 6-24-1832 2-16-26 w/o Stephen Bennett Bennett Dewey 1895 No date Bennett E.E. 1862 1904 w/o W.P. Bennett Bennett Larence 1890 1916 Bennett Lina C. 12-28-1858 12-4-1897 Bennett M.D. 8-3-1869 8-21-06 Bennett Mittie May 1885 1915 Bennett S.F. 12-10-1865 6-25-1894 MD Bennett W.O. 7-19-1874 Dec-06 Bennett W.P. 1855 1913 Harris Mary E. 5-23-1885 5-13-1888 d/o George Washington & Lucinda C. Harris Jenkins John 9-29-1846 6-10-18 Jenkins Sarah C. 3-2-1864 3-19-33 w/o John Jenkins Parish Annie E. 6-25-1860 7-10-09 w/o W.J. Parish Parish Bertha L. 2-6-01 11-10-10 Parish W.J. 1872 11-27-03 Poole Atlanta L. 5-19-1889 5-8-17 Poole Orren C. 9-29-1886 6-7-1888 s/o C.W. & L.R. Poole Sturdervant Rosa 1-15-1878 8-20-12 w/o Vance Sturdervant Bennett Abigail 6-20-1862 7-2-32 Bennett Stephen 9-9-1822 12-9-1896
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