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Bennett Leroy Page Early Conecuh County Settler

 

 

Bennett Leroy Page

 

   Bennett Leroy Page came to Conecuh County in 1820 when he was eleven years old.  He came from Georgia with his parents, Jacob & Priscilla May Page, and a wagon load of Page siblings.  They were among the first settlers in Conecuh County who arrived in early Spring so they could get crops planted and construct their houses and out-buildings during the warm summer months ahead.  The fertile land where the family settled was located in the forks of two creeks (Sepulga & Duck Creeks) and the new settlers called the area "Fork Sepulga."

 

   Bennett Page(born 1809-GA) & his wife, Gracie (White) Page (born 1809-GA) lived with their daughter in the Witherington main house until their death; both were buried in the Witherington Cemetery. They are the only Page's buried there, except for Bennett & Gracie's daughters that married into the Witherington family.

 

   The Civil War had great impact on Bennett and Gracey Page.  Their oldest son, John Page, enlisted in the Texas Confederate Cavalry.  Leroy Page was one of the first to join Conecuh's 1st Battalion of Hilliard's Legion of Alabama.  Bennett Page enlisted in the "Home Guard" on his 17th birthday.  Jacob Page and Ethan Page disappeared from all records during the time of this war, never to be heard from again.  Only Samuel Page was young enough to be deferred from military service.  Samuel was only 11 years old when his brothers went off to fight the Yankees and he was only 15 when the war ended.

 

   Bennett Page died before 1880 and Gracey lived with her son, Leroy Page, and his wife, Catherine Witherington Page on the Witherington estate at Fork Sepulga.  Gracey died before 1890, and she and Bennett are both buried in the Witherington Family Cemetery in Conecuh County.

 

Source: Copied from the book "Early Page Families", by John Buford Page; submitted by Bill King