Esquire, Benjamin Richardson Sr.
Date of birth:	1740
Place of birth:	Tyrrell County, North Carolina
Death Date:	14th July 1809
Death Place:	Bulloch County, Georgia
Burial:
Military Service:	Pvt. North Carolina Continental Line 1780-1781
Marriage: (1) 30th September 1767 Tyrrell County, North Carolina	Sarah Mizell
Children	1 Hardy Richardson 1761* 2 Penny Richardson 1763* 3 John Richardson 1767* 4 Wm M Richardson 1772* 5 Frances Richardson 1775* 6 Benj. Richardson 1776* 7 Amos Richardson 1778* 8 Jane Richardson 1780* 9 Mary N Richardson 1782* 10 James Richardson 1784*
Sources:	1 Ancestry.com GEDCOM  2 Tyrrell County Chamber of Commerce 3 Biography by, R.M. Medders 11/1/1999 4 Daughters of the American Revolution Georgia
Direct Line Paternal Ancestors of Charles Jack Medders starting with Father;	1 Zach Richardson 1695 2 Josiah Richardson 1665 3 Josiah Richardson 1635 4 Ezekiel Richardson 1601 5 Thomas Richardson 1590
Direct Line Maternal Ancestors of Charles Jack Medders starting with Mother;	1 Sarah Butterfield 1701* 2 Joseph Butterfield 1673 3 Jonathan Butterfield 1633 4 Benj. Butterfield 1600 5 Thomas Butterfield 1572 6 Benj. Butterfield 1548
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Benjamin Richardson Sr.*, R.S 1740-1799
¹Benjamin Richardson, R.S. Esquire, was born 1740 in Tyrell County, North Carolina and died 1799 in Bulloch County, Georgia. He was the son of Zachariah RICHARDSON (1695-1776) and Sarah BUTTERFIELD (1701-1788). 

Birthplace ²History-Future

Tyrrell County was established in 1729 as a precinct of Albemarle County. In 1799, six years after Columbia was chartered, the town was selected as the seat of Tyrrell County. The name of the town was changed to Columbia in 1810, to avoid confusion with another Elizabethtown in North Carolina. The 1870 Federal census suggests a population of slightly over one hundred people, who subsisted on livelihoods such as mercantile trade, milling, county administration, and maritime occupations including boat building. Columbia's population increase after the Civil War was largely the result of the expansion of the local lumber industry.

Early Life
³Benjamin Richardson, Sr. married on 30^th September 1767, Sarah MIZELL (1740-1802). Sarah was the daughter of Luke MIZELL (1706-1769) and Susannah THOMPSON (1708-?). Sarah was born in North Carolina. Benjamin and Sarah had (10) recorded children.

Benjamin Richardson grew-up and began raising a family in Tyrell County, North Carolina during a time when America was in the early stages of seeking its independence from Great Britain.

Thirteen years after his marriage to Sarah Mizell, Benjamin would leave home to fight in the American Revolutionary War for about a year (see Military Service below).

Military Service

⁵Benjamin Richardson is listed with the Daughters of the American Revolution under DAR#600067. At this time we are currently seeking information on any major battles Benjamin mat have fought in.

Move to Georgia  

⁶Sometime before 1799, Benjamin moved to Georgia. He Granted land in St Phillip Parish, Georgia, which became Screven County (then later Bulloch County).

Bulloch County, Georgia's 21st county was named for Archibald Bulloch, who presided over the Provincial Congress of July 4, 1775, before becoming Georgia's first Provincial Governor in 1776. 

 

 

Death-place ⁵History-Future
Benjamin Richardson, Sr. R.S. died in Bulloch County, Georgia.