Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
NameJEFFCOAT, Benjamin Jr. 
Birthca 1792
DeathMay 1850
BurialLexington Co, SC
FatherJEFFCOAT, Samuel Jr. (ca1775-1855)
MotherJEFFCOAT (UNPROVEN), Bridget (1774-)
Spouses
ChildrenElijah Henry (1812-1870)
Mary Ann “Polly” (1818-1896)
Martha Addenton (ca1820-)
Elizabeth E. (1825-1853)
Benjamin (1828-<1880)
Zelphia (1828-)
Claiborne Johnson (1830-1851)
Uriah (1832-1907)
Nancy Caroline (ca1835-)
Westly (1837-1870)
Land/Deeds notes for Benjamin JEFFCOAT Jr.
South Carolina
I do hereby certify for Benjamin Jeffcoat a tract of land containing One-hundred and eighty acres. Surveyed for him the 20th of August, 1796. Situate in Orangeburgh District on Big Pond branch on the North side of North Edisto River. And hath such form mar buttings and boudings as the above plat represents.
Given under my hand this 31st of December 1796
I do hereby certify for Benjamin Jeffcoat a tract of land containing One-hundred and eighty acres. Surveyed for him the 20th of August, 1796. Situate in Orangeburgh District on Big Pond branch on the North side of North Edisto River. And hath such form mar buttings and boudings as the above plat represents.
Given under my hand this 31st of December 1796
Census notes for Mary Ann (Spouse 1)
1850 US Census, Lexington, SC (Household 1046)
Mary Jefcoat, age 51
Benjamin, age 22
Claiborn, age 20
Uriah, age 18
Carroline, age 15
Westly, age 13
**#1040, Louis Robinson; #1041, DANIEL JEFFCOAT, SR.; 1042, JOHN STURKIE; 1043, Wiley Jefcoat; 1044, Rev. John M. Jeffcoat; 1045, Rev. Elijah Jeffcoat; 2046, Mary Jeffcoat; #1047 Elijah Jeffcoat;1049 Chas Wmson;1050 Michael Sharpe;
1860 US Census, Vicinity of Beaver Pond, Lexington, SC
Mary A. Jefcoat, age 63
Wesley, age 22
Mary, age 19
**next door to Benj. Sturkie
Mary Jefcoat, age 51
Benjamin, age 22
Claiborn, age 20
Uriah, age 18
Carroline, age 15
Westly, age 13
**#1040, Louis Robinson; #1041, DANIEL JEFFCOAT, SR.; 1042, JOHN STURKIE; 1043, Wiley Jefcoat; 1044, Rev. John M. Jeffcoat; 1045, Rev. Elijah Jeffcoat; 2046, Mary Jeffcoat; #1047 Elijah Jeffcoat;1049 Chas Wmson;1050 Michael Sharpe;
1860 US Census, Vicinity of Beaver Pond, Lexington, SC
Mary A. Jefcoat, age 63
Wesley, age 22
Mary, age 19
**next door to Benj. Sturkie
Notes for Mary Ann (Spouse 1)
THE JEFFCOAT CIVIL WAR MATRIARCH -
The Benjamin Jeffcoat Jr. papers reveal much about his feelings for his wife and children. Benjamin was careful to include the entire family. It is evident that there was a special relationship between Benjamin and his wife, Mary Ann Johnson Jeffcoat (1796-1868).
Benjamin Jr. had acquired substantial wealth including inheriting the "house of my grandfather", the Samuel Jeffcoat House & Plantation owned by Samuel Jeffcoat Sr. In the 1820s, Benjamin Jr.'s father, Samuel Jr. moved to Alabama with his wife Bridget. It was at this same time that Samuel Sr. died leaving Benjamin Jr. the house and plantation and in charge of the care of his wife, Benjamin's grandmother who died in the 1830s.
When Benjamin Jr. died in 1850 of complications caused by dropsy, Mary Ann Johnson Jeffcoat took-on the huge project of converting the Samuel Jeffcoat House from a traders-transitional style to the style that it is today, a Virginia-S.C Lowcountry style house with symmetrical chimneys at each end and a detached kitchen connected by a breezeway.
The house was hers for her lifetime and transitioned after her death in 1868 to their son Wesley Jeffcoat and his wife Mary Ann Grubbs Jeffcoat. Wesley and his new bride can be seen in the 1860 census living with Mary Ann Johnson Jeffcoat in her then fully renovated lowountry-style house with a new stove in each main room. It was a state-of-the-art renovation and just in time for Sherman's men for whom the "fatted calf was killed" and this house and other houses, mills and meeting house at the Wesleyan-colonial settlement known as Jeffcoats were spared.244
The Benjamin Jeffcoat Jr. papers reveal much about his feelings for his wife and children. Benjamin was careful to include the entire family. It is evident that there was a special relationship between Benjamin and his wife, Mary Ann Johnson Jeffcoat (1796-1868).
Benjamin Jr. had acquired substantial wealth including inheriting the "house of my grandfather", the Samuel Jeffcoat House & Plantation owned by Samuel Jeffcoat Sr. In the 1820s, Benjamin Jr.'s father, Samuel Jr. moved to Alabama with his wife Bridget. It was at this same time that Samuel Sr. died leaving Benjamin Jr. the house and plantation and in charge of the care of his wife, Benjamin's grandmother who died in the 1830s.
When Benjamin Jr. died in 1850 of complications caused by dropsy, Mary Ann Johnson Jeffcoat took-on the huge project of converting the Samuel Jeffcoat House from a traders-transitional style to the style that it is today, a Virginia-S.C Lowcountry style house with symmetrical chimneys at each end and a detached kitchen connected by a breezeway.
The house was hers for her lifetime and transitioned after her death in 1868 to their son Wesley Jeffcoat and his wife Mary Ann Grubbs Jeffcoat. Wesley and his new bride can be seen in the 1860 census living with Mary Ann Johnson Jeffcoat in her then fully renovated lowountry-style house with a new stove in each main room. It was a state-of-the-art renovation and just in time for Sherman's men for whom the "fatted calf was killed" and this house and other houses, mills and meeting house at the Wesleyan-colonial settlement known as Jeffcoats were spared.244