Confederates
Name: Chesser, Benjamin F.
Rank: Pvt
Unit: 9th GA Lt Artillery, Company D
Born: 1832
Died:
Militia age (if given):
1860 Census:
Militia District/Post Office: Yello River/408
Age: 1832
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Amanda
[information in brackets is presumed based on other sources because the individual hasn't been located in the 1860 census]
Family Information: (not from census)
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Amanda Lockridge
Buried:
Roster Information:
Chesser Benjamin F – Winess on William bradberry pension Benjamin M. Chesser119, born 1832 in Georgia, 28 in 1860 Census119; died Unknown; married Amanda Lockridge 1852 in Gwinnett Co. Georgia119; born Abt. 1837 in 23 in 1860 Census119; died Unknown.Notes for Benjamin M. Chesser: Benjamin was living with his father in the 1850 census. Benjamin served in the War Between The States as a Private. This Battery D., Ninth Georgia Battallion Light Artillery was organized April 23, 1862, and sent to Atlanta, Georgia to guard government stores awaiting the arrival of arms and equipment. House on Hwy 124, approximately 3/4 mile north of Old Peachtree Road Taken October 28, 2006 According to the Gwinnett Historical Society, the original owner of this (privately owned) home is unknown, but it was once the home of Benjamin Chesser. In June 1880, Benjamin Chesser appears in the Hog Mountain District. On either side of this property are the families of John M. Tuck, and Syntha Langston.