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Benjamin Borden

Born: 11 Dec 1801

Died: 09 Nov 1886

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Cemetery transcription provided by F.C. Byrd, August 2, 2007

 

Burial Notes: Benjamin Borden was the son of Joseph Borden & Esther Wallace born in Carteret Co.,N.C. on 11 Dec. 1801. He married Martha Thompson Cocke, who was born in Bremo, on the James River in Virginia on 27 Mar 1808, the daughter of John Ruffin Cocke & mary Coleman Scott. Her first husband was John Scott Gray who died on 19 Oct 1835 in Eutaw, Al. She & Gray had lived at a plantation called Lorraine on land given them by her father. Upon Gray's death she married Benjamin Borden on 3 nov 1845, who renamed it Borden Oaks.

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Benjamin Borden, close up dates
Benjamin Borden

Born N.C.; Died Hale Co., Ala