Bennett of North Carolina, Florida; Appling, Effingham and Wayne County, Georgia

Richard Bennett was born 1756 in Robeson County, North Carolina and died 1830 in Appling County, Georgia. He was married 1785 in Bulloch County, Georgia to Mary Cook (1769-1847), a daughter of James Cook and his wife, Margaret Lucile (Hawthorne) Cook. Their issue: Elizabeth Bennett, born 1783 in Effingham County; William Bennett, born 1786 in Effingham County; Henry Bennett, born 1789 in Robeson County, North Carolina, died 1835 in Bryan County, Georgia; Elizabeth Bennett, born 1797 in Bulloch County, Georgia; Wiley Bennett, born 1800 in Bryan County; and Braxton Bennett, born 3/18/1808 in Bryan County, died 4/3/1881 in Gardi, Wayne County, Georgia.

Braxton Bennett, born 3/18/1808, died 4/3/1881 was married 1st. 6/1847 in Wayne County, Georgia to Elizabeth Westbury, buried Flint Baptist Church Cemetery, Wayne County and was married secondly to Mary Hopps. Issue:

Daniel Hopps Bennett, born 5/5/1848 in Wayne County, died 12/27/1907 in Wayne County, buried in the Jesup City Cemetery, Jesup, Georgia.
Rachel Bennett, born 10/29/1849 in Wayne County, Georgia, died 3/26/1938 in Hastings, St. Johns County, Florida. Andrew Robert Bennett, born 12/31/1850 in Waycross, Wayne County, died 4/27/1935 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, buried in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia.
Nancy Bennett, born 11/21/1854 in Wayne County.
Eliza Bennett, born 2/11/1857 in Wayne County.
Frank C. Bennett, born 12/1/1860 in Wayne County.
Francis E. Bennett, born 12/1/1860 in Wayne County.
John T. Bennett, receiver and collector of taxes, served eight years as treasurer for Wayne County. Issue:

John W. Bennett, attorney, was born 9/15/1865, 16 miles south of Jesup, Georgia. He was married to Charity Gertrude, the daughter of Lewis and Sarah (Geiger) Price of Liberty County on 12/31/1889.[1]