Notes for: John Amos BENNETT, Sr.

This family is the most numerous BENNETT family in the county and are descendants of John (called "Governor") BENNETT. John BENNETT was born in Ireland in 1873, immigrated to America and settled in the state of Maryland. He, it is said, served in the Revolutionary War, but there has not been an official record found. His descendants are searching for that record. He and his family moved from Baltimore, Maryland to Ohio County in 1798.
On 15 May 1776, during the Revolutionary War, he was commissioned a Captain of the Upper District of Frederick County Maryland belonging to the 34th Battalion.
He received the first deed made in Ohio County. It was for a tract of land containing 1,102 acres on the North or Northwest side of Ohio County and on the waters of No Creek and adjoining a two thousand acre survey in the name of Robert BARNETT. This tract lay between Rough River and No Creek and extended from the mouth of No Creek almost to the Hartford-Owensboro Road.
He was the first settler on No Creek and established his home about the center of this splendid tract of land. That portion is now owned by H.H. Lindley's heirs, also his descendants. He also owned land north of No Creek. He showed good judgment in selecting his now home as no finer body of land could be found in Ohio County. He had sufficient land to give each of his children a farm and most of them reared their families and spent their entire lives on the farms given them. Some of this land has not been out of the family since it was settled. This land includes the farms of R.D. and M.G. Sanderfur.
"Ohio County in the Olden Days," by Harrison D. Taylor and edited by his granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Taylor Logan has the following to say concerning John BENNETT and his family: "Perhaps the BENNETT family has the most numerous descendants of any of the early settlers. John BENNETT, called (Governor) perhaps from his numerous families, with his sons, Jefferies, John, Samuel, Reuben, Asa Titus, Obed and George BENNETT were among the first settlers on No Creek. The old man and most of his sons were very industrious, frugal, sober, honest farmers. The descendants of the BENNETT family are now intermarried and mixed with most of our population, and, with very few exceptions, perpetuate the virtues of their ancestors.