I have recently been searching records of Jasper ,County Miss.The following may be of interest to members of this list.
Land Records, Grantor- Grantee index:
21 Oct. 1854 Grantor Malinda E. Edmonson
Grantee Samuel D. Bedingfield
deed recorded Book 8, page159
14 Nov. 1854 Grantor Eri Lewis and wife Atha Lewis
Grantee Samuel D. Bedingfield
Book
13 Aug 1857 Grantor Samuel D. Bedingfield and wife
Lucy E. Bedingfield
Grantee Aaron B. Rogers
Book 9 page193
21 Oct 1858 Grantor Harriett A. Rogers
Grantee Samuel Bedingfield
Book 9 page 575
12 Nov 1860 Grantor S. D. Bedingfield
Grantee Protestant Methodist Church
Book 11 page295
21 Dec 1863 Grantor S. D. Bedingfield and wife
Rebeca Bedingfield
Grantee Washington Hall
Four parcels of land recorded Book 12
page 48

The 1860 U. S. census for Jasper County MS on page 144 lists in house 941, family 946,
Saml Bennifield, 41, Male, Farmer, Real Estate value 4500, Personal property 5000, born Al.
Martha Bennifield, 17, F, Born Mip
Wyatt Bennifield, 4, M, Born Mip
The slave schedule for 1860 shows Saml Bennifield owning 4 slaves.
Later in the 1860's Samuel D.Bedingfield is recorded in Leake County, MS
If anyone wants more information they may contact me.