Major Benjamin Netherland
1755 - 1838 (83 years)-
Name Benjamin Netherland [1, 2] Title Major Born 28 Feb 1755 Powhatan, Virginia, USA 
Gender Male Find-A-Grave 100820920 Occupation Postmaster Reference Number 10383 _MILT Revolutionary War _MILT Between 1835 and 1850 Kentucky, USA [1] Died 10 Oct 1838 Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA Buried Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA - Netherland Cemetery
Person ID I10383 Thompson-Milligan Last Modified 12 Apr 2018
Father John Netherland, b. 4 Oct 1726, New Kent, Virginia, USA , d. Aug 1803, Henrico, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary Ann Mosby, b. 1736, Goochland, Virginia, USA , d. 1803, Henrico, Virginia, USA (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Married 1 Feb 1750 Cumberland, Virginia, USA Family ID F903 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Theodosia Bramlett, b. 10 Aug 1769, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, USA , d. 1852, Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA (Age 82 years) Married 16 Feb 1788 Surry, North Carolina, USA Children 1. Benjamin Netherland, b. 5 Mar 1797, Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA , d. 5 Jun 1881, San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA (Age 84 years) [natural]2. Betsy Ann Netherland, b. Abt 1793, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA , d. Jessamine, Kentucky, USA [natural]3. John Netherland, b. Abt 1791, Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA , bur. Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA [natural]4. Mary Ann Netherland, b. 21 Sep 1789, Surry, North Carolina, USA , d. 22 Sep 1811, Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA (Age 22 years) [natural]5. Powhatan Netherland, b. Abt 1790, Virginia, USA , d. 1831, Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA (Age ~ 41 years) [natural]6. Catherine Netherland [natural] Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 Family ID F782 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 28 Feb 1755 - Powhatan, Virginia, USA 
Married - 16 Feb 1788 - Surry, North Carolina, USA 
_MILT - Between 1835 and 1850 - Kentucky, USA 
Died - 10 Oct 1838 - Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA Buried - - Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Benjamin Netherland was the son of John Netherland; the date and place of his birth and the name of his mother are no shown. In 1789, his father was living in Powhatan County, Virginia, and was referred to then as John Netherland, Senior.
Benjamin Netherland, a cadet, entered the service in Colonel Henry's 1st Virginia Regiment, was in the battle at the Long Bridge, then went to Norfolk and remained until that place was burned, and was commissioned ensign in Colonel George Mathews' Virginia Regiment; he resigned to go to Georgia where regiments were then being raised, and in 1776, was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Colonel George Habersham's 1st Georgia Regiment; he was on expeditions against the Indians, to Fort Augusta and to the St. Johns River, and at the time the British invaded Georgia under the Tory Colonel Brown, he was in command of a relief company and went to a fort on the Alatamaha River, was taken prisoner and confined nineteen days in a dungeon under a light house on the island opposite Augusta, following which he was imprisoned several months, was later sent to Charleston, thence to Georgia and, on account of ill health, went to Boston where he remained until late that fall; he returned south in 1780, was brevetted a Captain was granted leave to go to Kentucky by Colonel Samual Elbert, and in 1782, was in the battle of Blue Licks.
It was stated further that in 1786 or 1787, he was appointed Major of the County, the state not designated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, at which time he resided in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. He was then seventy-seven years of age.
The soldier died October 6 [10?], 1838 in Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Benjamin Netherland married in February, 1787, in North Carolina, Theodosia, daughter of Ambrose Bramlet, of Surry County, North Carolina.
Theodosia Netherland, the solider's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed June 18 [19], 1843, at which time she resided in Jessamine County, Kentucky. She was then 'above severty-six years' of age; the date and place of her birth are not stated.
Mary Anne Netherland, the daughter of Benjamin Netherland and Theodosia, was their only child in 1789. No other names of children are shown in the papers on file in this claim.
- Benjamin Netherland was the son of John Netherland; the date and place of his birth and the name of his mother are no shown. In 1789, his father was living in Powhatan County, Virginia, and was referred to then as John Netherland, Senior.
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Sources - [S494] U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
Record for Benjamin Netherland - [S298] North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Data Source: County Court Records - FHL # 0546467-0546474.
Record for Benjamin Netherland
- [S494] U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
