Sergeant Benjamin Stephen Caudill, Sr.

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Benjamin Caudill (son of Stephen Caudill)612, 613 was born 1730 in Virginia614, 615, and died date unknown.

Children of Benjamin Caudill are:

+Henrietta Caudill, b. 1747, Fairfax, VA616, 617, d. 1824, Perry, KY618, 619.

Benjamin Caudill (son of Stephen James Caudill and Mary Elizabeth Fields)308 was born 1730 in Brunswick, NC308, and died 1766 in During War308. He married (1) Elizabeth. He married (2) Abigail Pennington McFarlan, daughter of William L Pennington and Abigail Abby Caudill. He married (3) Adams. He married (5) Mary Elizabeth Fields, daughter of Matchett Fields and Elizabeth Rhodes.

BENJAMIN AND HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH HAD A NUMBER OF CHILDREN BUT ONLY TWO HAVE BEEN PROVEN, ABSOLOM AND STEPHEN.

BENJAMIN JOINED THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN CHATHAM CO., NC.

HE DIED BEFORE 1776 WHILE IN THE ARMY. HIS WIDOW WAS LIVING IN ANSON CO. IN 1883, NEAR HER OLDEST SON, ABSOLOM.

Benjamin’s father, Stephen Caudill, migrated from Scotland to America with his wife, Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) Fields. He first settled in Surry County, Virginia; then, moved to Brunswick County, Virginia where most of his children were born, including Benjamin.

Benjamin purchased land in Sussex County, Virginia where his three oldest children were born. By1757, Benjamin must be migrating southwestward as evidenced by the fact that Absalom, Sr. was born in Halifax County, Virginia. According to Dr. William Caudle of Tampa, Florida, Benjamin enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in Chatham County, N.C.

A history of Chatham County, by Walter D. Siler, does reveal the Regulator Movement was active in that county prior to 1776. Unrest was rampant regarding taxes, confiscation of property, and corrupt officials within the royal government. Those persons seeking reforms adopted the name "Regulators." According to Howard Zinn in his A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, the Regulator Movement had strong support in three additional counties: Orange, Anson, and Rowan. 6,000 of the 7,000 white taxable population of these counties supported the Regulators. In May 1771 the royal government determined to crush the Regulators militarily. A decisive battle ensued in which several thousand untrained, ill-equipped Regulators were defeated by the well-trained royal militia using cannons. Six Regulators were hanged. (pages 64-65)

We do not know how Benjamin died; however, as a member of the Revolutionary Army (i.e. Regulators), Benjamin fought for the reforms prior to the colonies’ actual declaration of independence in 1776—"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness…. When a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security."

Quote from: The Declaration of Independence, 1776

THE WAR OF REGULATION

THE BATTLE OF ALAMANCE (16 MAY 1771, THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. ALAMANCE, GUILFORD COUNTY, NC.)

PVT. BENJAMIN "CAUDLE" CAUDILL WAS BORN ABT. 1730 IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VA. HE DIED IN THE WAR OF REGULATION IN THE BATTLE OF ALAMANCE, ALAMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA ON 16 MAY 1771. THE BATTLE OF ALAMANCE IS CONSIDERED BY MANY HISTORIANS TO BE THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. HIS BODY WAS NOT RECOVERED AND ASSUMED BURIED ON OR NEAR THE BATTLEFIELD.

AT THE TIME OF THE REGULATOR MOVEMENT, BENJAMIN AND HIS FAMILY WAS LIVING IN CHATHAM COUNTY, NC.

BENJAMIN WAS MARRIED TO MARY ELIZABETH ADAMS WHO WAS BORN ABT. 1734 IN VIRGINIA AND DIED AFT. 1790 IN ANSON COUNTY, NC.

THEY WERE THE PARENTS OF A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER, PVT. ABSALOM CAUDLE OF THE 10TH NC REGIMENT. PVT. ABSALOM "CAUDILL" CAUDLE IS RECOGNIZED BY THE DAR #A023690. AFTER THE WAR ABSALOM APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS PENSION #W10589. HE IS BURIED IN THE ABSALOM CAUDLE CEMETERY, BURNSVILLE, ANSON COUNTY, NC.

Family Members Spouse Mary Elizabeth Adams Caudill 1734–1790

Children Nancy Ann Caudill Adams 1752–1785

Photo Absalom Caudle 1757–1846

Mary Ruth Caudill Joines 1760–1830

Inscription Front: First battle of the Revolution Back: Here was fought the Battle Of Alamance May 16, 1771 between the British and the Regulators Left: 1880 Right: Liberty

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