Colonel Benjamin Lewis Goodman

1732 - 1781  (49 years)

• Name	Benjamin Lewis Goodman  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	Colonel
  Birth	1732	Hanover County, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  DAR/SAR	Daughters of the American Revolution #: A046457, Sons of the American Revolution # P-167701  [3]
  		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution
  Military Service	1781	Laurens County, South Carolina, USA   [5]
  	American Army - Revolutionary War: Little River District Regiment of Militia
  Death	18 Nov 1781	Laurens County, South Carolina, USA   [2, 3, 5]
  	Cause: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War
  	Massacred by Major William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham and a large force of Loyalist militia at the Hayes Station Massacre
  Burial	Hayes Station Edgehill Plantation, Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, USA   [2]
  	Site of the Hayes Station Massacre
  		Memorial-Hayes Station Memorial to the men massacred by Bloody Bill Cunningham at the Hayes Station Massacre on 17 November 1781 at Hayes Station in Laurens County SC
  		Hayes Station Cemetery (Edgehill Plantation - Site of the Hayes Station Massacre) Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina Find a Grave: #2361338
  Person ID	I25214	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Timothy Goodman,   b. 1765   d. 1805 (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Samuel Goodman,   b. 1760   d. 1831 (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Daniel Goodman,   b. 1761   d. 1801 (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Joseph Goodman,   b. 1761   d. 1801 (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Charles Goodman,   b. 1768   d. 1769 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]   6. Rhoda Goodman,   b. 1759   d. 1775 (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]   7. James Goodman,   b. 1761   d. 1793 (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]   8. Ursula Goodman,   b. 1771   d. 1835 (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]   9. Claibourn Goodman,   b. 11 Feb 1769, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA d. 16 Jun 1850, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F13971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1732 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Military Service - American Army - Revolutionary War: Little River District Regiment of Militia - 1781 - Laurens County, South Carolina, USA Death - Cause: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War - 18 Nov 1781 - Laurens County, South Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia » Slide Show		Military Grave Marker - Revolutionary War Killed in Action: American Service in the Revolutionary
  		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution

  
  

  Biographies and Histories		History-Battle of Hayes Station Battle of Hayes Station during the American Revolutionary War -- + https://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/811119-hayes-station/
  		History-Hayes Station Massacre HAYES STATION MASSACRE - Daniel and Joseph Williams, sons of Brig. Gen. James Henderson Williams, were killed at Hayes Station Massacre along with their uncle Benjamin Goodman, who was married to Brig. Gen. James Henderson William’s sister Marya Williams Goodman.

  
  

  Burials

  Memorial-Hayes Station Memorial to the men massacred by Bloody Bill Cunningham at the Hayes Station Massacre on 17 November 1781 at Hayes Station in Laurens County SC

  
  

• Sources

  [S634] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 028. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 028 [S10484] Find a Grave (Killed in Action - Revolutionary War), GOODMAN Benjamin Lewis Sr - Colonel American Army - 1732-1781 (Veteran) (KILLED IN ACTION). - Birth: 1732 Hanover County, Virginia - Death: 18 Nov 1781 (aged 48–49) Laurens County, South Carolina - Burial: Haye's Station Cemetery Edgehill Plantation, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina - Benjamin Lewis GOODMAN, born 1732, Hanover County, Virginia, died November 18, 1781, during the Haye's Station massacre, on Edgehill Plantation, southern Laurens County, South Carolina. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54699863/benjamin-lewis-goodman Memorial-Hayes Station Memorial to the men massacred by Bloody Bill Cunningham at the Hayes Station Massacre on 17 November 1781 at Hayes Station in Laurens County SC [S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [S602] Hatcher, Patricia Law, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;), Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 2; Serial: 12556; Volume: 7. [S1407] USWars: Battle of Hayes Station - My Revolutionary War, (Name: American Revolutionary War;), The Battle of Hayes Station. Maj. William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham and a large force of Loyalist militia attacked a group of Patriot militia that were resting in the home of their commander, Col. Joseph Hayes. The Patriots surrendered when the home was set on fire. Bloody Bill then lived up to his name by personally killing every prisoner in cold blood. On November 19, Maj. William Cunningham crossed the Saluda River and headed to Hayes Station. The station was at Edgehill Plantation and was commanded by Col. Joseph Hayes. Hayes had been warned of the prsence of Cunningham's force, but after a scouting expedition returned with no evidence of Loyalist activity, he refused to heed any warning. Joseph Hayes owned a tavern adjacent to Edgehill Station - a stop along the local stage coach line. He and about two dozen of his men were sitting down to a nice meal when a colleague, Capt. John Owens, rode up and informed the men that smoke was coming out of the nearby plantation house of the late Brig. Gen. James Williams' widow. Hayes and his men jumped up from their meal and followed Capt. Owens out of the tavern and up a small hill to gather at an old Cherokee War Block House - to see what was going on at the neighbor's home. They were instantly surrounded by "Bloody Bill" Cunningham with about 300 Loyalists. Hayes and his men ran into the small block house, but it was soon torched, so they threw down their arms and surrendered. Cunningham warned Hayes that if any shots were fired at his men that all of the station's defenders would be killed. As the Loyalists approached the station, several shots were fired at them. Cunningham sent in a flag of truce and stated that if the post surrendered, he would spare the defenders. Hayes refused to surrender, thinking that reinforcements would be arriving soon. The fight continued for several hours until the post's roof was set on fire by flaming arrows. Choking from the fire's smoke, Hayes surrendered. Only 2 of the 16 Patriots were killed during the fight. Each man was forced to back out of the small block house to have their hands tied behind them then affixed to a long rope, ostensibly to be marched to another location. However, as soon as the last man was attached to the long rope, Cunningham strarted hanging them, and then his men dismembered fourteen of them, with Cunningham killing 4 Patriots with his sword. Cunningham then rode off, leaving the body parts scattered. https://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/811119-hayes-station/ History-Battle of Hayes Station Battle of Hayes Station during the American Revolutionary War -- + https://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/811119-hayes-station/