Florida Family Group Sheet for Benjamin F. AVERETT Family

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Submitted by:  Geneva A. Cunningham
Email address:  Allamanda4@aol.com


Husband:  Benjamin F. AVERETT, Sr.
Birth date:  abt 1912
Birthplace:  Georgia
Death date:  bef. 1850 Census
Place of death:  Twiggs Co., GA
Father:
Mother:

Marriage date:  abt. 1832
Marriage place:  Georgia

Wife:  Mary unknown
Birth date:  15 Oct 1817
Birthplace:  Georgia
Death date:  6 Apr 1890
Place of death:  Hamilton Co., FL.  Bur. Sasser's Landing Cemetery.
Father:
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1:  James E. AVERETT
Sex:  Male
Birth date:  5 Jun 1834
Birthplace:  Twiggs Co., GA
Death date:  15 Oct 1910
Place of death:  Hamilton Co., FL.  Bur. Sasser's Landing Cemetery
Marriage date:  1856
Marriage place:  Hamilton Co., FL
Spouse's name:  Elizabeth L. STEPHENS b. 17 Aug 1839 d. 6 Apr 1881

Child No. 2:  Henry A. AVERETT
Sex:  Male
Birth date:  7 Jun 1836
Birthplace:  Twiggs Co., GA
Death date:  22 Feb 1913
Place of death:  Hamilton Co., FL.  Bur. Jennings Bluff Ceme. 
Marriage date:  1859
Marriage place:  Hamilton Co., FL
Spouse's name:  Dorsa Elizabeth JENNINGS b. 15 Feb 1852 d. 18 Sep 1882.

Child No. 3:  Jeremiah Eugene AVERETT     a/k/a  Jerry E.
Sex:  Male
Birth date:  16 Jun 1838
Birthplace:  Twiggs Co., GA
Death date:  15 Sep 1910
Place of death:  Hamilton Co., FL.  Bur. Oak Grove Cemetery.
Marriage date:  24 Jan 1867
Marriage place:  Stewart Co., GA
Spouse's name:  Mary L. BOWERS b. 7 Apr 1845 d. 27 May 1924

Child No. 4:  Martha AVERETT
Sex:  Female
Birth date:  1842
Birthplace:  Twiggs Co., GA
Death date:  
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:  Deas?

Child No. 5:  Matthew AVERETT
Sex:  Male
Birth date:  1844
Birthplace:  Twiggs Co., GA
Death date:  bef. 1860 Census
Place of death:

Child No. 6:  Mary AVERETT
Sex:  Female
Birth date:  1846
Birthplace:  Twiggs Co., GA
Death date:  
Place of death:
Marriage date:  1860
Marriage place:  Hamilton Co., FL
Spouse's name:  H. M. HORN

Child No. 7:  Benjamin F. AVERETT, Jr.
Sex:  Male
Birth date:  1848
Birthplace:  Twiggs Co., GA
Death date:  3 Jul 1895
Place of death:  Hamilton Co., FL. 
Marriage date:  1880
Marriage place:  Hamilton Co., FL
Spouse's name:  Mary E. DORMAN b. 1859 d. aft. 1928 Hillsborough Co., FL
 
NOTES/SOURCES:  Benjamin Averet was hh in 1840 Twiggs Co., GA Census.  Mary 
Averett was a widow in 1850 Twiggs Co., GA Census.  Mary Averett is shown as 
Mary Everett in 1860, 1870, 1880 Hamilton Co., FL Census.  Sometime after the 
moved to Hamilton Co., FL, the spelling of the name changed to Avriett.  
Benjamin F. Averett, Jr., James E. Averett, Henry A. Averett and Jeremiah Eugene 
Averett all served in the Civil War.  That information is on their individual 
FGS in the FLGenWeb FGS Project.  "Cemeteries of Hamilton County, Florida" 
Registered by Winnie Smith Hodges; Civil War Service Pensions online at the 
Florida Department of Archives and History.  Online marriage records.  Personal 
research by me and submitted to the FL FGS Project 17 May 2006.