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113. BENJAMIN SHINN (4).--SAMUEL (3), --THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).. Benjamin, the seventh child of Samuel and Abigail (Urie) Shinn, was
born at Hopewell, Va., 1753. He was named in his father's will, 1760, and received a tract of land containing two hundred and fifty acres, being the remainder of a five-hundred-acre tract on Coldwater, about
six miles from Concord. Silas received the other half. He joined the North Carolina militia in 1779; was surrendered with the American Army at Charleston, S. C. In 1782 he was a Grand Juror at Charlotte, and
was styled in the minutes as Captain Benjamin Shinn. The County Court Minutes at Charlotte show that from 1782 to 1790 he was in continuous command of a hundred, or "Command," in Mecklenburg
County. He held many positions of honor and trust. He married Rebecca Carlock at Old Bethpage in 1780, and at his death, 1801, was buried at that place. He left an estate of nearly one thousand acres of land
and several negroes. The Minutes of the Probate Court of Cabarrus County, N. C., show that he left a will, but it and its record were destroyed with the courthouse in Concord, N. C., in 1800. This will
was proven in open court by the oath of Frederick Meister, a subscribing witness; in it he nominated as executors his brothers, Joseph and Silas, and his nephew, Samuel, son of his brother, Isaac, and
letters testamentary were granted to them. Upon the death of Joseph the executorship fell to Silas and Samuel, and upon the death of Silas to Samuel. Samuel and Silas were also made guardians of Josiah
Carlock Shinn, one of Benjamin's sons, and at the death of Silas this trust fell upon Samuel, who made his final settlement in 1815. In this way Josiah Carlock Shinn, a minor, became a part of the family of
Silas and Samuel, and accounts for many ideas of the descendants of Silas and Samuel as to their relationship to Benjamin. They found Josiah Carlock Shinn in the families of their ancestors, and as he
descended from Benjamin, as is conclusively proven by the records, they, too, claimed the same line. Children of Benjamin and Rebecca (Carlock) Shinn.
349. 1. Solomon Shinn, b. 1781; ob. sine proli. 350. 2. Catherine Shinn, b. 1783; m. (1) a Mr. Hunt, (2) David Coulter. 351. 3. Sarah Shinn, b. 1785; m. Eli P. Dennis and moved to Kentucky.
352. 4. Benjamin Shinn, b. 1788; married and moved to Georgia. 353. 5. Moses Shinn, b. 1790; removed to Indiana; ob. sine proli. 354. 6. Joseph Shinn, Jr., b. 1792; ob. sine proli.
355. 7. Josiah Carlock Shinn, b. 9/21/1794; m. (1) Elizabeth B. Humphreys, 10/4/1827; (2) Melissa Ann Baker, 2/6/1844; (3), Elizabeth Frances
Gilpin, 11/18/1846. 356. 8. Abigail Shinn, b. 1796; married a man named Graham. 357. 9. Mary Shinn, b. 1800; married, at Paris, Ky., at her sister's house. |
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