Calvin and Georgia McGill Langdon - Camden, TN
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N 36° 03.483 W 088° 05.837
16S E 401175 N 3990944
A memorial on a memorial....
Waymark Code: WMX6M4
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2017
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County of memorial: Benton County
Loation of memorial: E. Main St., Courthouse Lawn, Camden
Memorial dedicated by: James D. Langdon
Date erected: 1986
Text of memorial:
Presented to the
Citizens of Benton
County by James D. Langdon
In Memory of His Parents
Calvin and Georgia McGill
What did he present, well, he presented a large stone memorial to the name sake of Benton County.
The text of that stone:
DAVID BENTON
Born 1779, South Carolina
Died 1860, Benton County, Tenn.
Citizen soldier War of 1812
Member of Benton County's
First Quarterly Court
February 1836
PATRIOT
For whom Benton County
was named.
Ironically, the county was not a first named after this Benton but Thomas Hart Benton, who fell out of favor.
"Benton County was originally named for Thomas Hart Benton who was born in Orange County, North Carolina, in 1782. Benton was a conservative who concluded that slavery was economically and morally wrong. He subsequently fell out of favor with most southerners who regretted having named their county after him. The state legislature voted on February 4, 1852, "That the county of Benton retain its original name in honor of David Benton, an old and respected citizen of said county".' ~ Benton County, Tennessee Genealogy