Hiram was born in North Carolina in 1793 and moved to Kentucky before 1816. He married Mary "Polly" Estes on July 20, 1816 in Madison County, Kentucky, where the family lived until at least 1820. On the 1830 Census, the family is living in Estill County, Kentucky. Nine children of their twelve children were born in Kentucky.
Sometime between 1831 and 1834, the family moved to Missouri, where their three youngest children were born. The 1850 US Census shows the family living in Gallatin, Clay County, Missouri, where Hiram was a farmer and owned land valued at $3000.
According to the 1850 Slave Schedule, Hiram owned three slaves, all teenagers:
1 male, age 16, black
1 female, age 13, mulatto, listed as fugitive
1 female, age 12, mulatto, listed as fugitive
Children
Nancy Benton (1817-1852)
Byrd Benton (1818-1899)
Sarah Benton (1820-1905)
Elisha Benton(1822-1914)
Kirk Benton b. 1825
Robert Benton b. 1825
James Benton b. 1827
John Benton b. 1829
Mourning Benton b. 1831
Malinda Benton b. 1834
Lucinda Benton b. 1840
Hiram Benton b. 1842
Sometime between 1831 and 1834, the family moved to Missouri, where their three youngest children were born. The 1850 US Census shows the family living in Gallatin, Clay County, Missouri, where Hiram was a farmer and owned land valued at $3000.
According to the 1850 Slave Schedule, Hiram owned three slaves, all teenagers:
1 male, age 16, black
1 female, age 13, mulatto, listed as fugitive
1 female, age 12, mulatto, listed as fugitive
Children
Nancy Benton (1817-1852)
Byrd Benton (1818-1899)
Sarah Benton (1820-1905)
Elisha Benton(1822-1914)
Kirk Benton b. 1825
Robert Benton b. 1825
James Benton b. 1827
John Benton b. 1829
Mourning Benton b. 1831
Malinda Benton b. 1834
Lucinda Benton b. 1840
Hiram Benton b. 1842
Hiram was born in North Carolina in 1793 and moved to Kentucky before 1816. He married Mary "Polly" Estes on July 20, 1816 in Madison County, Kentucky, where the family lived until at least 1820. On the 1830 Census, the family is living in Estill County, Kentucky. Nine children of their twelve children were born in Kentucky.
Sometime between 1831 and 1834, the family moved to Missouri, where their three youngest children were born. The 1850 US Census shows the family living in Gallatin, Clay County, Missouri, where Hiram was a farmer and owned land valued at $3000.
According to the 1850 Slave Schedule, Hiram owned three slaves, all teenagers:
1 male, age 16, black
1 female, age 13, mulatto, listed as fugitive
1 female, age 12, mulatto, listed as fugitive
Children
Nancy Benton (1817-1852)
Byrd Benton (1818-1899)
Sarah Benton (1820-1905)
Elisha Benton(1822-1914)
Kirk Benton b. 1825
Robert Benton b. 1825
James Benton b. 1827
John Benton b. 1829
Mourning Benton b. 1831
Malinda Benton b. 1834
Lucinda Benton b. 1840
Hiram Benton b. 1842
Sometime between 1831 and 1834, the family moved to Missouri, where their three youngest children were born. The 1850 US Census shows the family living in Gallatin, Clay County, Missouri, where Hiram was a farmer and owned land valued at $3000.
According to the 1850 Slave Schedule, Hiram owned three slaves, all teenagers:
1 male, age 16, black
1 female, age 13, mulatto, listed as fugitive
1 female, age 12, mulatto, listed as fugitive
Children
Nancy Benton (1817-1852)
Byrd Benton (1818-1899)
Sarah Benton (1820-1905)
Elisha Benton(1822-1914)
Kirk Benton b. 1825
Robert Benton b. 1825
James Benton b. 1827
John Benton b. 1829
Mourning Benton b. 1831
Malinda Benton b. 1834
Lucinda Benton b. 1840
Hiram Benton b. 1842
Family Members
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