Nimrod E. Benson deeds
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0140
Scope and Contents note
The collection includes two deeds: one is a handwritten statement dated 19 February 1830, and the other is a printed form that has been filled in, dated 2 April 1832 and also signed by Benson's wife, Catharine. Both deeds record the transferral of real property in the town of Montgomery, Alabama, from Benson's ownership to that of George Whitman.
Dates
- 1830, 1832
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical/Historical note
Nimrod Earl Benson was a lawyer, a judge, and a member of the House of Representatives from 1825-1826. He practiced law in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. He also served as mayor of Montgomery in 1847. He was born in Fairfax, Virginia, to William Henry (1745-1796) and Eleanor Key (1751-1815) in 1793. He married Catharine Louisa Goldthwaite (1800-1873). They had six children: Jane Anne (1822-unknown), Mary (1828-unknown), Eleanor Key (1832-unknown), William H. (1834-unknown), Louise (1839-unknown), and Olivia (1842-unknown). Nimrod E. Benson died in Montgomery, Alabama, on September 28, 1854, after contracting yellow fever.
Sources: www.ancestry.com; www.encyclopediaofalabama.org; www.findagrave.com
Sources: www.ancestry.com; www.encyclopediaofalabama.org; www.findagrave.com
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (2 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Two deeds recording the conveyance of land in Montgomery County, Alabama, by Nimrod E. Benson to George Whitman, 19 February 1830 and 2 April 1832.
Provenance
Unknown
Processed by
Unknown
- Title
- Guide to the Nimrod E. Benson deeds
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- May 2009; updated 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository