Benjamin Christopher "B. C." Parton

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.
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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 304, 305.

Benjamin married Margaret J. Evans Abt 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of Rev. Richard Evans and K Catherine Emert) was born 29 Apr 1837, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Mar 1915, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Mar 1915, Chris Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Richard Rogers Parton was born 6 Apr 1854, Tennessee; died 17 Oct 1929; was buried Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. William Parton was born 1855/1856; died 1863/1864.
3. Catherine Parton was born Abt 1857, Tennessee.
4. John Rodgers Parton was born Abt 1860, Tennessee.
5. Albert Huston Parton was born May 1865, Tennessee; died 1920/1930; was buried Chris Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
6. Eliza G. Parton was born 26 Jun 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Jul 1906; was buried Chris Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
7. Nancy Malinda "Linda" Parton was born 14 May 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Sep 1946, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 25 Sep 1946, Fain Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
8. Rebecca J. Parton was born Dec 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Oct 1926, Haywood County, North Carolina; was buried 15 Oct 1926, Pine Grove Cemetery, Fines Creek, Haywood County, North Carolina.
9. Martha Cordelia Parton was born 25 Dec 1874, Tennessee; died 15 Jun 1965; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
10. Freeman Parton was born Abt 1880, Tennessee; died See Notes.
11. Parton died See Notes.
12. Parton died See Notes.
13. Parton died See Notes.

Notes:

1830 Cocke County, Tennessee, 1840 Greene County, Tennessee, 1850 Murray County, Georgia, and from 1850's until his death in Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 33.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 305.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncocke/1830ctmp.htm

Benjamin — Hannah L. Cole. Hannah was born 1795, North Carolina; died Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 33.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 305.