He applied for a pension for his Revolutionary War service in 1833, and received $80.00 per year, until his death. The 1830 Cole Co MO census shows Benjamin in Cole Co MO with 4 children living at home.īy 1840 the family had moved to Benton Co MO His name shows up as 'Minister of the Gopel' in early Cole Co MO marriages In 1808, Benjamin moved his family to Missouriīenjamin, and some of his brothers, were Methodist ministers, with Benjamin being a circuit minister for the church.

Much of this information comes from their pension applications in their older years. It should be noted that even though the Proctors were frontiersmen and never wore a military uniform, they were just as much Revolutionary soldiers as any of George Washington's soldiers. He would serve as spy and scout throughout the Revolutionary War. *A station was a small farming community centered around a small fort* Benjamin, as well as some of his brothers excelled at this job The famed frontier military leader George Rodgers Clark, asked that two men from each station act as scouts and spies to find out the movements of the Indians. He would have been 18 years old at the time. Being patriotic he volunteered at Fort Boonesborough. The injury was serious enough to exempt him from military service. The family no longer owns the propertyĪt an early age he was injured in both arms. Memorial marker is located at Union-Williams Cemetery.

Sign and portrait painter proctor 1800s