• General Notes

  [pitts.FTW]
  
  [Br²derbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0725, Date of Import: Apr 16, 2002]
  
  According to information in Dale's Tree, Benjamin Pierce is in the
  Russell County 1870 Census.
  
  Dale's information shows his birthplace as Russell County Kentucky, the
  1880 census where I found Patrick Luther shows his father's birthplace as
  North Carolina.
  
  The following is from Dale Patterson's Tree:
  Benjamin was the son of simple but honest farm folk. His childhood was
  spent on a farm in Russell County, Kentucky. He attended school therea
  and could read and write. In 1844, at twenty-five he married Martha J.
  Peck of Tennessee. She was the daughter of Andrew Peck of Tennessee.
  Their first son, Andrew, was born in Tennessee in 1845. Patrick, their
  second son, was born in Lumpkin County, Georgia, in 1846. Marth, their
  third child, was born in Tennessee in 1854. They returned to Georgia
  where Benjamin Jr. was born in 1856. Three more children were born in
  Georgia: John in 1859, Rebecca in 1861 and Laura in 1862.
  In 1863 Benjamin was conscripted into the Army of the Confederacy. His
  son Patrick was already a member of the 32nd Kentucky Infantry of the
  Union Army. Although he had lived in the south for nearly twenty years,
  Benjamin's loyalty lay with the North. He was from the Blue Grass State,
  the birthplace of Lincoln. He could not bring himself to fight in a war
  against his own son. On December 1, 1863, he turned himself into Union
  forces at Benton, Tennessee. he was imprisoned at Nashville. He was
  transferred to louisville, Kentucky, where he took an oath to the Union.
  He was released on parole December 10, 1863.
  During this time his family moved to Russell County, Kentucky and he
  joined them there. William was born in 1864 and James in 1863 in Russell
  County, Kentucky.
  On March 3, 1869 he purchased a farm on the Aligator Fork of Wolf Creek,
  Russell County, Kentucky from Willis Harris. He lived on this farm until
  his death on June 22, 1882. He is buried in Cemetery No. 131 located on
  Carrie Richards property in Russell County, Kentucky.

Details of Benjamin Pierce's family with Martha Jane Peck