Revolutionary War Soldiers Series: Remembering Banner Bentley
Editor's note: Next year, the United States of America will celebrate its semiquincentennial, its 250th anniversary. The semiquincentennial marks the first nationwide celebration of America's birth since the bicentennial in 1976. Of course, America's independence cannot be celebrated without also honoring the efforts of the Revolutionary War soldiers that led to independence. The Waw-wil-a-way Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, along with the Southern Ohio Genealogical Society will be presenting a series of articles featuring Revolutionary War soldiers who lived and died within the borders of Highland County.
By Betty F. Crum and Pat Young
Waw-wil-a-way Chapter Daughters
of the American Revolution, 250 Project
Banner Bentley was born May 30, 1754 in Concord, Cumberland County, Pa. and died in or around 1840 in Leesburg, Highland County, Ohio. He was buried in Leesburg.
From a manuscript by Helen Woodruff, Bentley was married to Elizabeth Pope. He, along with George and Caleb Bentley were patrollers in Leesburg, Loudon County, Va. in 1788-94.
Bentley appeared in the 1820 census and the 1830 census of Highland County of Ohio. He bought 23.75 acres of land here on Nov. 25, 1820 and sold it to Caleb Bentley on Feb. 6, 1836.
The census indicated that Elizabeth died between 1820 and 1830.
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