Benjamin Christopher "B. C." Parton^{[1, 2, 3]}

1832 - 1916  (83 years)

• Name	Benjamin Christopher "B. C." Parton
  Born	4 Aug 1832	Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Jul 1916	Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Buried	7 Jul 1916	Chris Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [6]
  Person ID	I55153	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Parton,   b. 1801, North Carolina ,   d. Sevier County, Tennessee
  Mother	Hannah L. Cole,   b. 1795, North Carolina ,   d. Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F11312	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Margaret J. Evans,   b. 29 Apr 1837, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Mar 1915, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Abt 1853	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Richard Rogers Parton,   b. 6 Apr 1854, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Oct 1929  (Age 75 years)   2. William Parton,   b. 1855/1856,   d. 1863/1864  (Age 8 years) + 3. Catherine Parton,   b. Abt 1857, Tennessee   4. John Rodgers Parton,   b. Abt 1860, Tennessee + 5. Albert Huston Parton,   b. May 1865, Tennessee ,   d. 1920/1930  (Age ~ 64 years) + 6. Eliza G. Parton,   b. 26 Jun 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Jul 1906  (Age 39 years) + 7. Nancy Malinda "Linda" Parton,   b. 14 May 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Sep 1946, Jefferson County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years) + 8. Rebecca J. Parton,   b. Dec 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Oct 1926, Haywood County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 53 years) + 9. Martha Cordelia Parton,   b. 25 Dec 1874, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Jun 1965  (Age 90 years)   10. Freeman Parton,   b. Abt 1880, Tennessee ,   d. See Notes   11. Parton,   d. See Notes   12. Parton,   d. See Notes   13. Parton,   d. See Notes
  Family ID	F19917	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Aug 1832 - Cocke County, Tennessee Married - Abt 1853 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 6 Jul 1916 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 7 Jul 1916 - Chris Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Benjamin C Parton Pvt Co K 9 Tenn Cav Aug 4 1832 Jul 6 1916

  
  

• Notes

  When asked in his Union Civil War pension application how to spell his last name, he replied, "Some people spell my name Parton and some Partain. I do not know which is correct. I'm no scholar." He was six feet, two and one half inches tall with black hair and blue eyes. ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 304, 305.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 321A, 1880. Census Place: Emerts Cove, Sevier, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255277 National Archives Film T9-1277 Page 321A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Bengeman PARTON Self M M W 46 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN Margret PARTON Wife F M W 42 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN John PARTON Son M S W 19 TN Occ: Laborer Fa: TN Mo: TN Huston PARTON Son M S W 15 TN Occ: Laborer Fa: TN Mo: TN Eliza PARTON Dau F S W 13 TN Occ: Domestic Servant Fa: TN Mo: TN Nancey PARTON Dau F S W 11 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Rebecca PARTON Dau F S W 7 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Cordela PARTON Dau F S W 3 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Freeman PARTON Son M S W 5M TN Fa: TN Mo: TN [S84] E-Mail, Sharon Lee Huffman [nannypaw@comcast.net], 22 Sep 2007. [S84] E-Mail, Doris Noland Parton [tenntree@peoplepc.com], 14 Aug 2011. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 344a, 23 Jul 1870. C:\My Documents\Genealogy\SevierCensus1870\0344a.gif [S87] Death Certificate. Name: B C Parton Event: Death Event Date: 06 Jul 1916 Event Place: Sevier, Sevier, Tennessee Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Race or Color: White Age: 85 Estimated Birth Year: Birth Date: 1831 Birthplace: Georgia Spouse: Father: Moses Parton Father's Birthplace: U.S. Mother: Mother's Birthplace: Occupation: Farming Street Address: Residence: Cemetery: Brier Burial Place: Burial Date: 07 Jul 1916 Informant: Additional Relatives: Digital Folder Number: 4183054 Image Number: 618 Film Number: 1299659 Volume/Page/Certificate Number: vol 44 pg 165 [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 709, S-35.