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Descendants of Benjamin Kevil 1

Generation No. 2

2. Benjamin Kevil² 2 (Benjamin Kevil¹ 1) was born Bet. 1750 - 1760 in Unknown - Possibly Lunenburg, Virginia or Laurens County, South Carolina, and died March 28, 1813 in Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Akins Abt. 1780 in Laurens County, South Carolina, daughter of Lewis Akins and Elizabeth Mann. She was born Abt. 1760 in Laurens County, South Carolina, and died Abt. 1818 in Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky.

Notes for Benjamin Kevil 2:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2880, Date of Import: Jun 24, 1999]

LAND GRANTS TO BENJAMIN KEVIL:

South Carolina Archives & History at Columbia records: (spelling varies)
1. State Grants, Volumn 7, page 118, ST613, October 3, 1785; In consideration of Fourteen Pounds 18/8 Sterling Money paid by Benjamin Kevill into the Treasury of the Use of this State, We have granted, and by thfe Presents do grant unto the said Benjamin Kevill his Heirs and Assigns, a Plantation or Tract of Land, containing 640 acres situated in the District of Ninety Six on Enoree River below the Sine....

2. State Grants Volumn 20, page 214, ST624, May 7, 1787; In consideration for fourteen pounds 1/10 Sterling Moneypaid by Benj. Kevil into the Treasury for the Use of this State, we have granted, and by these Presents do grant unto the said Benj. Kevil his Heirs and Assigns, a Plantation or Tract of Land, containing six hundred and four acres Situated in the District of Ninety Six on Gilders Creek the waters of Enoree River bounding on lines running N. W. by James Ruker N. E. by R. Collins S. W. & S. E. by In. Peeks & W. & S. W. by John Collins the other sides by vacant land.........

3. Grant to Benjamin Kevil 900 acres in Laurens Co. January 6, 1794. State Grant Vol. 38, Page 19.

Deed Book Laurens Co., South Carolina:
1. Deed Book B, Page 18, July 20, 1786: Robert Goodwin sold 200 acres to Benjamin Keville for 143 pounds.

2. Deed Book B, Pages 42 -44, 27 July 1786 - 5 Jan. 1787: Benjamin Kevill, planter of Laurens Co., sold to Thomas Kevill, carpenter and millwright of Laurens Co. for 10 pds. sterling, one-half of 200 acres in sd county orig. granted to Robert Goodwin by Gov. Wm. Moultrie 3 Oct. 1785 rec. in Sec. State Office Grant Bk. FFFF page 192 together with 350 acres more or less being part of a tract granted to Benjamin Kevill containing 640 acres and rec. Sec. State Office Grant Bk. FFFF, Page 118 with plat annexed. Land located on Enoree River. Wit.: Martin Williams, Samual F. Jones.

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3. Deed Book D, Page 152, December 10, 1788, Release Mat 1792: Nathaniel Newman and wife Sally, sold to Benjamin Kevil for 10 pounds lawful money, 300 acres on Durbin Creek, waters of Enoree River.

4. Deed Book F, Pages 240-241, Lease October 17, 1796, Release July 8, 1797: Benjamin Kevil of Greenville, South Carolina, sold to John House for 10 pounds lawful money, 60 acres lying in Laurens County on the south side of the Enoree River, being part of 900 acres originally granted to said Benjamin Kevil by patent January 6,1794 and which is recorded in Secretary of State Office Grant Book M, No. 5, Page 19 with plat annexed.
Wit: Joab League; James Halks; Thomas Kevil; James Kilgore, JP.
*This land of Benjamin's was located in the northwest tip which joins
Greenville County line and Spartanburg County lines. He owned land in both counties.

5. Deed Book F, Page 240, Lease October 17, 1796, Release July 18, 1797: Benjamin Kevil of Greenville County, South Carolina, sold to John House for 45 pounds lawful money, 300 acres in Laurens County, on south side of the Enoree River on branches of Durbin Creek, the waters of the Enoree River being the same tract originally granted by patent dated 6 June 1785 to Nathaniel Newman and recorded in Secretary of State Grant Book DDDD, Page 347 with plat annexed.
Wit: Joab League; James Halks; Thomas Kevil; James Kilgore, JP.

6. Deed Book K, page 220B, October 29, 1800. Benjamin Kevil sold 600 acres to William Collins in the Laurens District of South Carolina for 40 pounds Sterling.

When Benjamin Kevil died in 1813 he had a land grant of 900 acres on the Enoree River.

The following is a Bill of Sale from Benjamin Kevil to Mathew Williams found in Will Book I, page 11 of the Robertson County, Tennessee Archives:
"Know all men by these presence that I Benjamin Kevil of the County of Montgomery and State of Tennessee for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars to me in hand paid by Mathew Williams of Robertson County and State aforesaid before the execution of these presence have bargin and sold and delivered unto said Williams one negro woman named Sarah and the said Kevil my heirs and assigns due by these presence warrent and secure the title of the negro Sarah unto the said Matheew Williams his heirs and assigns clear from the lawful claim or demand of any person or persons whatsoever witness my hand and seal this sixth day of March 1797."
Witness: Morgan Brison Signed: Benjamin Kevil (Seal)
Elias Fort
Robertson County Court April term 1797
The above bill of sale was proven in open court by the oath of Elias Fort.
Signed: Thomas Johnson, Clerk

Land Grants to Benjamin Kevil in the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
1. December 26, 1798 - Book 2, Page 133 - Gov. James Garrard, 178 acres south of Green River.
2. December 26, 1798 - Book 2, Page 134 - Gov. James Garrard, 200 acres south of Green River.
3. November 15, 1803 - THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS, Volume 1, Part 1; CHAPTER V, TELLICO GRANTS (1803-1853); THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY, page 446; Grantee: Kevil, Benj; Acres: 200; Book 1; Page 272; Date of Survey: 11-15-1803; County: Livingston; Watercourse: None. Gov. Christopher Greenup.

Benjamin Kevil and Betsy Kevil, his wife, in 1810, conveyed a tract of land to one Thomas Brooks and Thomas Kevil and Lucretia Kevil were witnesses to the deed.

OTHER FACTS;

In his privately published work, "The Decedents of Uriah Stevens and Nancy Kevil," Ronald Evans notes on Page 31 that "...Benjamin Keville was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving in General George Robuck's Regiment during the battle and fall of Charleston, South Carolina. The Roster of the South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution by Bobby Gilmore Moss shows on Page 532: KEVILLE, BENJAMIN; b. ca 1750/60; d. 1813; m. Betsy Akin; He served in the militia, Benjamin served in Captain Vardry McBee's Company as a Sargent in horses for 335 days from June 10, 1780 to July 1, 1781, and as a private horseman for 19 days from October 17 to November 5, 1781. He was paid 22.5 shillings per day as a Sargent in horses and 20 schillings per day as a private horseman."

When Benjamin Kevil died in 1813, Samuel Glenn was appointed Special Commissioner to divide the Keville homestead, which contained 460 acres, into five equal parts; one boy and three girls, the widow taking a child's part. The deeds to his three daughters were made to their husbands. Thomas Kevil then bought his three sisters out. The girls married Samuel Stephen, Uriah Stephen and Laban Marchbanks. Book A, Page 105, County Clerk's Office, Princeton, Kentucky.

In1818, Betsy Kevil died and in 1819 Thomas Kevil bought her interest from the other heirs, which gave him the entire 460 acres,

Sgt. Benjamin Kevil lived in Laurens County, South Carolina, and fought with Gen. George Roebuck at the fall of Charleston. After the American Revolution he migrated to Caldwell County, Kentucky about 1796-1797.

At the Kevil Family Cemetery, off the Cadiz Road in Caldwell Co., Kentucky
a marker was erected on his grave on June 3, 1977. Excerpt from speech given by Rev. Wendell Hurt at the dedication: "Mr. Kevil found in America something that he liked and something that he felt worth fighting for. He fought with Gen. Roebuck for more than just the land on which he stood. He fought for a dream. A dream which he did not see fully develop, but one he knew would come to full harvest."

In the 1800 U.S. Census Tax lists March 10,1800, Benjamin Kevil was listed as residing in Livingston County, Kentucky.

More About Benjamin Kevil 2:
Burial: Abt. October 14, 1813, Old Kevil Cemetery outside of Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky
Emigration: 1796, Migrated to Princeton, Kentucky from South Carolina with three daughters and one son, Thomas.
Fact #1: Source: "The Decendents of Uriah Stevens and Nancy Kevil" by Ronald Evans
Fact #2: Settled Caldwell County on land grant from Governor of Kentucky
Fact #3: Marker in Kevil Cemetary, Princeton, Cauldwell County, Kentucky
Fact #4: Bet. 1780 - 1781, Served in Revolutionary War as a Sargent in horses for Captain Vardy McBee's Company from June 10, 1780 to July 1, 1781, and as a private horseman from October 17th to November 5, 1781.
Fact #5: Benjamin Kevil is shown on page 532 of the Roster of South Carolina Patroits in the American Revolution, compiled by Bobby GilmerMoss of Limestone College in 1983 for the Genealogical Publishing Company in Baltimore, Maryland.
Fact #6: 1800, The U. S. Federal Census for Kentucky shows Benjamin Kevil living in Livingston County, Kentucky at an unknown township.
Military service: Was a soldier in General George Roebuck's Regiment during the battle and fall of Charleston.
Occupation: Farmer, planter, and owned livestock

More About Elizabeth Akins:
Burial: Old Kevil Cemetery outside of Princeton,, Caldwell County, Kentucky

More About Benjamin 2 and Elizabeth Akins:
Marriage: Abt. 1780, Laurens County, South Carolina

Children of Benjamin 2 and Elizabeth Akins are:

+	5	i.	Mary Ann³ Kevil, born Abt. 1780 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died Bef. August 15, 1837 in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
+	6	ii.	Thomas S. Kevil, born April 20, 1784 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died December 4, 1862 in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
+	7	iii.	Nancy Kevil, born January 6, 1788 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died May 1, 1860 in Tickfaw, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisana.
+	8	iv.	Rebecca Kevil, born Abt. 1790 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died Unknown in Caldwell County, Kentucky.

4. Mary² Kevil (Benjamin Kevil¹ 1) was born Unknown in Unknown - possibly Virginia or South Carolina, and died in Unknown - possibly Indiana.. She married Julius Ceaser Glazebrook December 23, 1790 in Rustburg, Campbell County, Virginia, son of William Glazebrook and Unknown. He was born April 15, 1752 in New Kent County, Virginia, and died September 14, 1841 in Putnam, Putnam County, Indiana.

More About Mary Kevil:
Fact #2: No known children with Julius Glazebrook.

Notes for Julius Ceaser Glazebrook:
One of the First Families of America:
Listed in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Patriot Index; the 1787 Census of Virginia; the 1790 Census Charlotte County, Virginia; the1800 Census Lincoln County, Kentucky; Some Virginia Marriage 1700-1799, Volume 1; Virginia/West Virginia General Data from Revolutionary War Pensions, Volume 2; the Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames; History of Putnam County, Indiana Microfiche 6017916 LDS Library; Pension Roll as of 1835 Volume 3, page 267; The Suttons of Virginia Microfilm 1433996 LDS Library; the DAR Application of of Vera Cornelia Glazebrook Natl. No. 369690, DAR application of Rhonda Lynn Robinson, DAR application of Louise B. Smith, and DAR application of Myrtle Smythe; the Glazebrook Family, Kentucky Historical Society; Early Kentucky Landholders 1787-1811; Lincoln County, Kentucky, Record Volume 3; a monument in Putnam County, Kentucky to Revolutionary War Soldiers and Cemetery Records in Putnam County shown on Microfilm 0817851 at the LDS Library; and the will of Richard Glazebrook.

The date of his birth and death is established by his military pension records
Number S 16, 831. In his declaration of December 10, 1832, Julius Glazebrook states he was 80 years the 15th day of April last, which would make his birthday April 15, 1752. He was married twice. His first wife was Mary Garton, and his second wife whom he married December 23, 1790 was Mary Keville. Julius and Mary Keville were married in Campbell County, Virginia according to the DAR Patriot Index.
In the DAR Patriot Index, they also show a James Glazebrook born 1739, Richard
Glazebrook born April 10, 1753, and a John Glazebrook who was killed in the Revolutionary War. All were from Virginia.
Julius Glazebrook entered the service on June 10, 1780 in the County of Charlotte, Virginia, and was a private and served in the Company of Thomas Williams. He was discharged five months later in the last of November at the Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. He re-entered the service the second time in July 1781 again from
Charlotte County, Virginia, and served for a term of three months under Colonel Tucker and Matt Richardson. For his pension, he was paid $26.66 per annum commencing March 1831. The certificate of pension was issued the 10th day of June 1833, and was sent to Gritton, Columbia, Kentucky where he was living at that time. By March 20, 1841, he made a further declaration and was residing in Putnam County,
Indiana.
Julius Glazebrook died in Putnam County, Indiana, and there is a monument to the soldiers who served in the American Revolution and his name is among them. He is listed in the 1787 Personal Property Tax of Charlotte County, Virginia, and he had 2 horses and 12 cattle. In the 1790 Census, he is shown in Charlotte County as head of the family and there was 8 whites living within the home. Julius appears in the 1800 tax list of Lincoln County, Kentucky.
It is believed that the Glazebrooks first came from Madeley, Shropshire, England. Also stated was the area of Nottinghamshire. In "From Bavaria to Baltimore" there is a biography of Annie Lee Glazebrook who was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1884. Her father was Wilber Blackwell Glazebrook, and she traces her pedigree back to Egbert (775f-839) 1st king of England and Charlemagne. In that same book, it refers to Julius as her 5th great-uncle and Richard Glazebrook as her 4th Great-grandfather. In the manuscript Suttons of Carolina County, Virginia, Hawsie Sutton daughter of Hawes R. Sutton married Larkin W. Glazebrook. He was the son of Larkin W. and Rena Roane Glazebroo. Larkin Jr. was born June16, 1854 and died September 12, 1930. There was a William Glasbrooke who emigrated on August 1, 1635 aboard the Elizabeth of London.
The Pension Roll of 1835, Volume 3, page 267, states that Julius Glazebrook was put
on Pension in the County of Casey, Kentucky. He was a Private in the Virginia
Militia and his annual allowance was to be 26.66 and he received 66.65. He was
placed on the pension roll on July 10, 1833 at the age of 82.
In Tennessee Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, there is a John B. Glazebrook who
married Miss Jane L. Green on November 4, 1851. The Minister was Robert Boyte
Howell in Richmond, Virginia. In Suttons again, Jane Lipscombe Green married John B. Glazebrook. His will was dated July 8, 1874 in Henrico County, Tennessee. The above Annie Lee is descended from Wilbur Glazebrook son of Jane and John. DAR Application of Vera Cornelia Glazebrook Kenney Natl No 369690 states there
is two other application on file # 327662 aunt of Vera and No 163299 (unknown). In the Kentucky Historical Society, an article about theGlazebrook Family states the Glazebrooks (two brothers) emigrated to Amrica from England and settled in Virginia. An account states that one brother died at sea and they were the sons of Julius.
Richard Glazebrook, the second son of the first Julius had his home in Hanvoer
County, Virginia, 4-5 miles from Ashland and it was called Beargarden. He married Kitty Snead and had John Glazebrook who married Judith Blackwell, Nancy
married Benjamin Thomas, Catharine married Billy Davis, Lucy married John Cross, and Richard married Lucy Davis. This ties in with the history found in Suttons.

On a web page maintained by John Shanfelt, it states the same regarding two
brothers coming to America with one dying and being buried at sea. He further
states that a young girl was kidnapped, taken on board ship and that he fell in
love with her and worked to pay her passage and married her.

Early Kentucky Landholders 1787-1811 shows Julius with acreage along Rolling
Fork from 1799 to 1806. Lincoln County, Kentucky Records, Volume 3, on October 9, 1798 states that Julius Glazebrook should be summoned because they wanted a rode to pass thru his land. On Septemnber 9, 1806, the records show Julius Glazebrook was to make appraisal of the personal estate of Gabriel Hutchings, deceased. On Decembr 14, 1807, records show that Julius was appointed executor of estate of James Glazebrook, deceased.
Julius gave consent for his daughter Polly to marry James Brinton on March 15, 1806. It was witnessed by James Glazebrook and Clifton Glazebrook. He also consented on January 23, 1803 for his daughter Elizabeth to marry Jesse Smith. There is a will on file in Barren County, Kentucky, Will Book 1, page 327, of Richard Glazebrook. It was probated April 1816 and names his sister, Elizabeth Frances; brothers, James, John, William, Jorden; and sister Polly. This could be another son or nephew. The will does not mention Clifton. Miscellaneous Deed Abstracts of Charlotte Co. Va shows Julius as Witness to deed found Book 7, page 225 on December 4, 1794. There is also a deed in Book 6, page 64, on October 5, 1789, they mention Glazebrooks land as a marker. In Book 8, page 21, August 3, 1789, Julius was sworn to the Grand Jury.and again on
November 1, 1790, page 10. Also on page 203, March 1, 1792 and again on page 223 on May 1, 1792 he is a member of the grand jury.

More About Julius Ceaser Glazebrook:
Burial: Abt. September 16, 1841, Mount Carmel Cemetery in Filmore, Indiana
Fact #2: 1832, Applied for Revolutionary War pension while in Casey County, Kentucky.
Military service: Bet. 1780 - 1781, Served in Virginia Malitia during latter part of Revolutionary War.

More About Julius Glazebrook and Mary Kevil:
Marriage: December 23, 1790, Rustburg, Campbell County, Virginia

Child of Mary Kevil and Julius Glazebrook is:

<Unnamed>³.

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