Spouses: Mary Elizabeth Shumate
Birth:14 Jan 1780            VA
Death: 12 Feb 1863            Rough Creek, Hardin Co. KY

Children: 
1. Mary (Polly) (1803-1860)
2. John (1808-1879)
3. Eliza

From 1820 census of Hardin Co., KY:

Ben Singleton
2 males 0 -10 years old,
1 male 10-16 years old,
1 male over 45 years old,
3 females 0-10 years old,
2 females 10-16 years old,
1 female 16-26 years old,
1 female 26-45 years old.
2 people working in agriculture, no slaves.

There is a deed of land in Hardin Co., KY from Eliza Walters, daughter of Benj. Singleton to Robt. M Tabor, viz:

Robt. M. Taber, from Eliza Walters, whose father, Benj. Singleton, died on this land, on Rough Creek, mouth of Vertrees Cr; Mary Singleton lives on the land. (1)

At the time of this deed transfer Benjamin Singleton died in 1846, and Mary Singleton was still alive.

From another source;

1 March 1870. Robert M. Tabor and Sarah, his wife, to John Sawtell. $6 per acre for 35 acres adjoining Denton Geohegan and Ben Singleton on Rough Creek. (2)

Note: There is another indication that John Hartley had land near Denton Geoghegan's mill on Rough Creek, and Joseph Hartley tells us that John Hartley and Benjamin Singleton were neighbors.

The deed transfer records:

3T:259 Date: Feb 1830 RtCt” 19 March 1830 Benjamin Singleton & wife Mary of Hardin Co Ky to William Ldn with mansion house in Fqr on AShby’s Gap Turnpide road nr Goose Creek bridge, where Samuel SINGLETON dec’d resided, subject to widow’s dower. Delf. pr order filed 14 May 1830, DBk SSS:355

3T:261 Date: 6 Dec 1829 RtCt” 19 March 1830 Benjamin Singleton of Hardin Co Ky to William Ldn with mansion house in Fqr on Ashby’s Gap Turnpide road nr Goose Creek bridge, where Samuel Singleton dec’d resided, subject to widow’s dower. Delf. pr order filed 14 May 1830, DBk SSS:333 (335?) (3)

There is not complete agreement among researchers that Stanley Singleton is the father of Benjamin Singleton. William Singleton (son of Stanley Singleton) was married in Nelson Co., KY (Hardin Co. KY, residence of Benjamin Singleton was then part of Nelson Co., KY). Agnes Singleton. daughter of Stanley Singleton married in Nelson Co. in 1790. And, of course, Benjamin Singleton was married in Nelson Co., Ky in 1796.

More evidence that Benjamin Singleton was the son of Stanely Singleton comes from the will of Samuel Singleton, son of Stanley Singleton. It is noted that:

1829: Each of Samuel's sibling received a 1/7th share of his estate. The living siblings were Benjamin Singleton, Joshua Singleton and Elizabeth Young Singleton. Deceased siblings were William Singleton, Sarah Singleton Young, Agnes Singleton Gray, and John Singleton -- their children received their shares. (4)

1. Deed Book 3 pg 349, 5 Aug. 1857

2. Kentucky Ancestors, Volume 11-13, page 124

3. Index to Loudoun County, Virginia Land Deeds Book 3n-3v, 1826-1881 by Patricia B. Duncan

4. 1829 Loudoun Co., Virginia, deeds in Samuel Singleton's estate LDS FHL film 32,328, abstracted in Patrice B. Duncan "Index to Loudoun County, Virginia land deed books 3N-3V, 1826-1831," Willow Bend Books, Westminster, MD, 2006.

This page was prepared by Charles Hartley.