The Benton Cemetery is listed in the Veterans’ Graves Registration Project of the WPA, containing the graves of two men, Malachia Anderson and Edward Benton. We have never been able to locate the cemetery, but the records of these two men are included in our database since we have proof of their burials.

The original Veterans’ Graves Registration location directions place the cemetery in Section 19, Township 4N, Range 25E. “From the intersection of Kings Ferry and Fernandina Roads at Kings Ferry, go 4/10 mile on Kings Ferry road, the right on dirt road 2 and 2/10 miles to cemetery which lies on an open field”

Jim Miller searched for this cemetery without success in 2013, and he created the following survey report to record the result.

Benton Cemetery Survey Report

Benton Cemetery Interments

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wdt_ID	Gravesite Id	Individual ID	First name	Last name	Maiden name	estimated birth date	Birth month	Birth day	Birth year	Death month	Death day	Death year	Revision	Cemetery name	Cemetery ID	Cemetery zone	Taxonomy 1	Taxonomy 4	Gravesite note	Details
13,749	13749	630649	Malachi	Anderson		0	Nov	11	1893	Dec	21	1919	JCM 5/23/15 corrected given name was Malachia based on WPA Veteran's Grave Survey, Malachi based on Application for Headstone attached.	Benton Cemetery	1072	New	Benton	1	Veterans' Grave Registration Survey 1940	More details
13,750	13750	630650	Edward	Benton		0			1897	Dec	26	1934		Benton Cemetery	1072	New	Benton	2	Veterans' Grave Registration Survey, 1940	More details
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Benton Cemetery Interments

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