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My great-great grandfather, Bennett Hail Maxey, was born about 1808, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, the son of Hail Maxey and Dicey Craighead.
Bennett Hail's name first appears on the tax records of Oglethorpe County in 1830.
Bennett Hail married my great-great grandmother, Frances Eason, on October 26, 1836 in Oglethorpe County. Frances Eason was born about 1810, in Georgia.
Bennett appears on the 1840 Oglethorpe County census. He is listed as head of household, with his wife and two children.
Bennett Hail and Frances raised their children in Georgia. The 1850 census shows Bennett and Frances and their five children living in Walker County, Georgia. Bennett was listed as a farmer with real estate valued at $300.00.
The family moved to Arkansas prior to 1858. Bennett Hail first appears on the Izard County, Arkansas tax records as paying taxes there in 1858. The family appears on the 1860 Izard County census in Sylamore Township, Blue Mountain Post Office. The census shows B. H. Maxey, age 57, a farmer, born in Georgia; wife Frances, age 50, born in Georgia; and children Dicey J., age 18; James F., age 16; and Martha A., age 14, all born in Georgia.
Frances died prior to 1875, in Stone County (formerly Izard County), Arkansas.
After Frances' death, Bennett Hail made a will, which he signed on June 26, 1875, in Stone County. Bennett Hail died in Stone County in late 1875.
Children of Bennett H. Maxey and Frances Eason
1. Delilah F. Maxey, b. abt 1839, Oglethorpe Co, GA
2. John H. Maxey, b. 1840, Oglethorpe Co, GA
3. Dicey Jane Maxey, b. 1843, Oglethorpe Co, GA; m. William T. Bridgman (my line)
4. James F. Maxey, b. abt 1844, Oglethorpe Co, GA
5. Martha Ann Maxey, b. 1846, Oglethorpe Co, GA