Husband: Richard Benedict BEST
Birthdate: 03 FEB 1815
Birthplace: South Carolina, Probably Lancaster Co.
Death date: After 1910
Place of death: Haywood Co., NC
Burial: Locust Field Cemetery
Father: David BEST
Mother: Hannah ?
Other Spouses: Martha CLARK married 13 DEC 1885

Marriage date: 15 APR 1836
Marriage place: Walton Co., GA

Wife: Lucretia Ann ADAMS
Birthdate: 16 August 1816
Birthplace: Georgia (Probably Walton Co.)
Death date: ABT 1880
Place of death:
Burial: Locust Field Cemetery Place: Canton, NC
Father: Reuben ADAMS
Mother:
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1. Name: John A. J. BEST
Birthdate: 5 JUN 1836 Georgia
Death date: ABT 1865 Petersburg, VA (Confederate Hospital)
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Child No. 2. Name: Sarah BEST
Birthdate: 11 SEP 1837 Georgia
Death date: 8 JAN 1894
Burial: Locust Field Cemetery, Canton, NC
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Child No. 3. Name: William BEST
Birthdate: 7 APR 1840 Georgia
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Child No. 4. Name: James BEST
Birthdate: 30 MAR 1841 Georgia
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Child No. 5. Name: Annie Virginia BEST
Birthdate: 30 OCT 1845 Georgia
Death date: 24 DEC 1928 Haywood Co., NC
Burial: Clark Chapel Cemetery Place: Clyde, NC
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Child No. 6. Name: Samuel Burton BEST
Birthdate: 8 MAR 1847 Georgia
Death date: 21 MAR 1923 Haywood Co., NC
Burial: Locust Field Cemetery Canton, NC
Marriage date: 13 JUN 1869 Haywood Co., NC
Spouses' names: Laura Lavada ROBINSON {1854-1894)

Child No. 7. Name: Thomas M. BEST
Birthdate: 2 AUG 1849 Georgia
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Spouses' names: Elizabeth

Child No. 8. Name: Joseph R. BEST
Birthdate: 2 APR 1850 North Carolina
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Spouses' names: Maggie W.
 
 
Documentation:
* Family Records,
* Ethel Best Walker,
* Haywood County Courthouse records,
* Census records.

Notes:
* Graves of both Benedict and Lucretia Adams Best are unmarked.