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- See page on MS Avents, accessible from the main page of the website, for more info on Benjamin and other MS Avents.
The book "Ollie Patton and Benjamin Avent : their Ancestors and Descendants", by Clara Lorene Cammack Park and Wilbur Goolsby Park states the following as to Benjamin's parents:
"Peter Avent's granddaughter, Eliza O. (Fredonia Avent) Goolsby, prepared on ledger paper a family record, which is inserted in her own family Bible. Eliza O., assisted by her daughter Ollie (Goolsby) Park, wrote that Benjamin Avent (b. 1799) was a son of Susannah and Peter Avent, but they did not write birthdates or death dates for Susannah and Peter."
Eliza O. Goolsby was born in 1840's (less than a decade after Peter's likely death) and her father Benjamin lived until 1878, so there were plenty of people living during her lifetime who could've corrected her if her belief that Peter was Benjamin's father was incorrect.
Benjamin Edward Avent
Birth: Sep. 5, 1799
Halifax County
North Carolina, USA
Death: Oct. 17, 1878
Lafayette County
Mississippi, USA
Burial:
Liberty Hill Cemetery
Lafayette County
Mississippi, USA
Family Data Collection - Deaths
Name: Benjamin Edward Avent
Death Date: 17 Oct 1878
County: Lafayette
State: MS
Country: USA
Benjamin moved to Lafayette, Oxford, Ms. between 1838-1840
John moved to Choctaw Co. Ms. by 1840
William moved to Dawson, Terrell, Ga. after 1840
1830 census, Talbot Co. Ga.:
Benjamin 337
John 324
William 338
(Of the above- Benjamin married Olive Patton, Oglethorpe Co. Ga. 1822
William married Hannah Goolsby, Oglethorpe Co. Ga. 1823
John-supposedly the same John- married Hannah Burt 1815 Putnam Co. Ga.
These 3 are said to be the children of Peter Avent and wife Susannah.
1840 Lafayette Co., MS census shows B. C. (E?) Arent
Benjamin Avant and wife Ollie on 1850 Lafayette Co., MS census
Children of SAMUEL PATTON and MARY PYE are: i. OLIVE CRAIN (PYE)8 PATTON, b. March 27, 1807, Oglethorp Co., Georgia; d. January 04, 1863, LaFayette Co., Mississippi; m. BENJAMIN EDWARD AVENT, October 17, 1823, Oglethorp Co., Georgia; b. April 05, 1799, Halfax Co., North Carolina.
Notes for OLIVE CRAIN (PYE) PATTON: Jakson/Loffredo Genealogy Entries: 2738 Updated: Tue Mar 13 08:09:53 2001 Contact: Elizabeth Loffredo ID: I352 Name: Olive Crain Patton Sex: F Birth: 27 MAR 1807 in Oglethorpe Co., Georgia Death: 4 JAN 1863 in Larayette Co., Mississippi Burial: Shiloh Cemetery
Father: Samuel Patton b: 14 NOV 1779 in Wake Co., NC Mother: Mary "Polly" Pye b: 17 FEB 1786 in Wake Co., NC
Marriage 1 Benjamin Edward Avent b: 5 APR 1799 in Halifax Co., North Carolina Married: 17 OCT 1823 in Oglethorpe Co. Georgia Children Catherine E. Avent b: 9 JUL 1825 in TalBot Ga. William Edward Avent b: 10 JUN 1827 in Oglethrope Co., GA Mary Susan Avent b: 30 DEC 1828 in Talbot, Georgia Ellen Caroline Avent b: 4 AUG 1830 in Talbot, Georgia Francis Marion Avent b: 5 JUL 1832 in Talbot, Georgia Sam B. Avent b: 3 FEB 1832 in Talbot, Georgia Thomas Londa Avent b: 14 SEP 1833 in Talbot, Georgia Martha Ann Avent b: 22 AUG 1835 in Talbot, Georgia Sara Antinette Avent b: 4 DEC 1837 in Talbot, Georgia Julia Jannett Avent b: 12 APR 1840 in Lafayette Springs, Lafayette, Ms. Elizabeth Fredonia Avent b: 4 MAR 1842 in Lafayette Springs, Lafayette, Ms. George Washington Avent b: 24 JAN 1844 in Lafayette Springs, Lafayette, Ms James K. Avent b: 26 AUG 1846 in Lafayette Springs, Mississippi Alfred D. Avent b: 1848 in Lafayette Springs, Mississippi
More About OLIVE CRAIN (PYE) PATTON: Burial: 1863, Shilo Cemetery
from Faulkner's County, by Don H. Doyle:
Few were more notable for their success than the Avent family, whom many think inspired aspects of Faulkner's Snopes saga. There were several families in the area with the name Avent or Avant. The Avents we are concerned with came from a pioneer family from North Carolina that settled in the eastern part of Lafayette Co. around 1839. Benjamin Avent, the family patriarch, fatherd 14 children with his first wife and 4 more with his 2nd wife, the last when he was 76 years of age. Though this part of the county was comparatively hilly and less fertile, land was cheap and plentiful. Benjamin Avent farmed the land and garnered considerable property; by 1860 he claimed ownership of 11 slaves and $19,000 in real estate and personal property. The Avent clan remained numerous, most of the still farming the land at the turn of the century.
It was Benjamin Avent 's grandson, Thomas Wesley Avent, born in 1859, who in midlife began the migration from the hill country into Oxford Town. He had been farming land in the area around Liberty Hill, a small rural church in the NE quarter of the county. Judging from his holdings, T.W. Avent was more Varner than Snopes. He owned some 2000 acres and operated a cotton gin. In 1883 Avent married Sidney Parks, the daughter of another large and successful family in Beat Two. Their union was prolific. Thomas and Sidney Avent had 15 children, but 9...
ID: I1045
Name: Benjamin Edward AVENT
Given Name: Benjamin Edward
Surname: Avent
Sex: M
Birth: 5 APR 1799 in ,,NC
Death: 26 OCT 1878
Burial: Liberty Hill Cem,Lafayette,MS
Note: Heritage of Lafayette Co MI- LDS 976.283 F9-11
Change Date: 30 JAN 2001 at 09:31:23
Entry #681-(87) WILLIAM K. POWELL & his wife LUCY of Halifax Co. to DAVID
DAY JR. of Northampton Co. 13 Nov 1819. $804. 268 acres, joining
THOMAS BAGLEY [later: BADLEY] JOHN FULGUM, THOS DAY, Quanky Creek, Moodys
Spring Branch, MOODY, JOHN POWERS, NATHL GILLIAM, NANCY SILLS.
Wit: PETER AVENT, A. B. HARRELL. Nov Ct 1819 . Richard Eppes CC
Name: Benjamin Edward AVENT
Given Name: Benjamin Edward
Surname: AVENT
Sex: M 1
Birth: 5 SEP 1799 in Halifax Co, NC
Death: 17 OCT 1878 in Lafayette Co, MS
Burial: Liberty Hill Cemetery
1840 #208 Talbot Co. Ga. Also there were Macajah, Anson, WM. P, A.
1836-Feb. 27 pg 19
Thomas W. Robinson, John Wilkinson to Hezekiah Goolsby $290 16th Dis LL 274 (northwest corner) (bounds late residence of Elias Landrum Lot on which Talbotton is located [northwest of town of Talbotton] Wit: John T. Sims, C.R. Wynn, JP
John Brown-no other info
Elisha Brown- I have material from his estate pg 545 on estate w/my W. Nathaniel Raines-no date-can give approx.
Anson Goolsby
males 20/30 1 females 0/5 (2) 20/30 1
John Evans no info
Charles E Bedell no info
Benjamin Avent
males 0/5 1 5/10 1 30/40 1 females 0/5 2 20/30 1
Benjamin married Oglethorpe Co. Ga. Olive Criain Patton
he was son of Peter,& Susannah She was dtr of Samuel & Mary Pye- more on both and children. They later moved to Ms.
Talbot Deed Book C
pg 104
8 Oct 1833
Robert S. Mangham to Benjamin Avent
$175 16th Dist SE side of LL 204
Wit Chappell Cox, John Brown, JIC
Recorded 24th Oct 1833
2nd wife Porter or Maples?:
Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Benjamin McComel Avent
Parents: Benjamin Avent , Sara Jane Porter
Birth Place: Lafayette, Lafayette Springs, MS
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1868
Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900
Name: BENJAMIN AVENT
Spouse: JANE PORTER
Marriage Date: 12 Nov 1864
County: Lafayette
State: MS
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1799 - 1878 (79 years)
