Notes:

Benjamin first petitioned for 350 acres of land on Scotch Creek in Newberry Co., SC on Feb 6 1759. He had the headrights to 100 acres for him and 50 for his wife and 4 children. The following is information from Harriet Imrey regarding Benjamin's unlikely Quaker status at that time. "The timing and location of the adjoining Brooks and Pearson lands are definitely "not right" for Quakers, and a risky venture for any settler at all. The Indian raids and massacres in precisely that section of the SC frontier had been escalating since 1751, and broke into all-out warfare in 1759. Jacob Brooks turned his property into a house-fort, sheltered all the neighbors in 1759. He was reimbursed by the province for his fort expenses (Benjamin Pearson was reimbursed for provisions for the fort and the militia). Jacob Brooks--one of them--was also paid ? 12 for his active duty as a member of Col. John Chevillette's Battalion of (backcountry) militia.

He was clearly not a Quaker at that time, so Agatha Brooks Pearson was perhaps not a Quaker either. The Elmores, like Pearson, were paid for provisions but not for militia service. These earliest settlers "could have been" an advance-guard for a Quaker meeting group that couldn't get going until after the Cherokee Wars ended in 1762. Militia service ruled-out at least some of this Brooks family from Quaker-status. The status of Margaret Evans at marriage (and/or just after it) might have been mentioned in the Fredericksburgh/Wateree MM minutes, but those did not survive. The various land records and military records, plus the absence of mention in Bush River MM records, raise some questions about the religious affiliations of this particular Pearson family grouping."

Benjamin married Agatha BROOKS about 1750. Agatha died in 1761 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Enoch PEARSON was born on 27 Sep 1761 in , , Pennsylvania; died on 17 Dec 1839 in , Miami, OH, USA; was buried in Concord Cemetery, Miami, OH.

Benjamin married Margaret EVANS in 1762 in , , Pennsylvania. Margaret was born about 1730; died after 1801 in , , OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]