Colonel Benjamin Harrison

1741 - 1819  (78 years)

• Name	Colonel Benjamin Harrison  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1741	Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  DAR/SAR	Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor #: A052087 -- Sons of the American Revolution Patriot #: P-176121  [2, 5, 6]
  		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution
  FSID	LZKR-HD2
  Occupation	1768	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
  	Benjamin Harrison served as a surveyor for the highway from Linville's Creek to Mole Hill
  Military Service	Abt 1776	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [5, 6]
  	American Army - Revolutionary War; Lieutenant Colonel
  Elected	1781	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
  	Benjamin Harrison represented Rockingham as a member of the House of Delegates
  Religion	22 Jun 1789	Harrisonburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
  	Benjamin Harrison served as a trustee of the Presbyterian Church of Harrisonburg
  Death	1819	Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I29131	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Daniel B Harrison,   b. 1700, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, USA d. 10 Jul 1770, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Craven,   b. 1702, Maiden Plantation, Sussex County, Delaware, USA d. 1783, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F12966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary McClure,   b. 28 Nov 1742, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 1815, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1760  [1]
  Children	1. William Harrison,   b. 1775, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA d. 1841, McLean County, Illinois, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F12963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1741 - Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA Occupation - Benjamin Harrison served as a surveyor for the highway from Linville's Creek to Mole Hill - 1768 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Military Service - American Army - Revolutionary War; Lieutenant Colonel - Abt 1776 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Elected - Benjamin Harrison represented Rockingham as a member of the House of Delegates - 1781 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Religion - Benjamin Harrison served as a trustee of the Presbyterian Church of Harrisonburg - 22 Jun 1789 - Harrisonburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Death - 1819 - Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~l Sanderson-M (SAR) Sanderson Ancestor - Sons of the American Revolution

  
  

  Arms Icons & Insignia		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution

  
  

• Sources

  [S634] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 111 : 1914. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 111 : 1914 [S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S4094] Daughters of the American Revolution - Ancestors, HARRISON, BENJAMIN -- Ancestor #: A052087. Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): COLONEL Birth: 1741 AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA Death: 1819 ROCKINGHAM CO VIRGINIA Service Source: GWATHMEY, HIST REG OF VA IN THE REV, P 354 Service Description: 1) ALSO LCOL; ROCKINGHAM CO MILITIA Spouse: MARY MCCLURE https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A052087 [S4149] Sons of the American Revolution - Patriots, Benjamin HARRISON -- SAR Patriot #: P-176121. State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Colonel / Patriotic Service DAR #: A052087 Birth: 1741 Dayton / Rockingham / VA Death: 1819 Dayton / Rockingham / VA Patriotic Service Description: Lt. Col. in McIntosh's Campaign in 1777 Led troops in 1781 to aid Gen. Lafayette against Gen Cornwallis In 1774 he commanded a company at Point Pleasant In 1775 he was appointed Captain of a company of minute men He was a member of the Augusta County Court Martial in 1779 and took the oath as Lt. Col. of the Militia on April 1, 1780 He was in McIntosh's campaign in 1777 in the Revolutionary War until the surrender Yorktown https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/176121