Due to disagreements about his middle name, I will not put it on the official name at top of page. According to one suggestion, it is not proven that his middle name was Franklin. According to another suggestion, it was Franklin.
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The Meadows Family of Chambers County, Alabama 1836 - 1880s
... from North Carolina to Alabama

Benjamin Franklin Meadows
Born: Circa 1785 Warren County, North Carolina
Died: 1864 Meadows Mill, Lee County, Alabama
Buried: Hepzibah Cemetery, Lee County, Alabama
1st Wife: Nancy Parker .... see Below
2nd Wife: Sarah R Brown Philpot

Benjamin Meadows was born ca 1785 in South Carolina according to 1880 census daughter for America Betts
Born ca 1785 in Virginia according to Sarah R Meadows census records
He was the son of Isham Meadows, Sr (b 1740 VA, d. April 4, 1829 Harris Co GA) and Frances Goode Acree (b. 1764 NC, d. aft 1803NC). Isham Meadows, Sr. was the son of Daniel Meadows (bef 1691-1775 NC) and Jane Woodief (b. 1692 VA d. aft 1741).

Ben married Nancy Parker December 17,1805 in Greene County, Georgia. Nancy Parker was b. ca 1788 Chatham County NC - d. Mary 6. 1852 Chambers/later Lee County AL. She was the daughter of Daniel Parker, Sr and Lucy Ann White (see below). History of Green Co GA; gives the marriage dates. Ben and Nancy came to Chambers Co., Alabama about 1830. Ben bought land from the Creek Indians in Chambers County. His land was located in Township 20 Range 28E Section 33. he bought 319.80 acres from For-No-Con-Hau (Indian) and 319.80 acres from For-Ko-Chus-Yo-Ho-Lo (Indian). (Information from Land Office, Montgomery, Alabama) Meadows Grist Mill in Chambers County, AL. After Nancy Parker Meadows' death, Benjamin married Sarah R Brown Philpot circa 1852 in Chambers County, Alabama. What we know about Benjamin Franklin Meadows

He was the owner of the first grist mill in Chambers County.
The mill was built on Halawakee Creek by Marshall J. Thompson, a millwright who came from Green Co., Georgia to Chambers Co., Alabama in 1836.
He purchased 640 acres S33 T20 R28E in 1846. He deeded land for Hepzibah Church Cemetery
Donated land for Halawakee Academy in 1836.
Application for mill house and dam were granted in 1838
"Meadows Mill Bridge" was located above the mill.
Benjamin was very active in church and early school work

According to Lee County and her Forebears by Alexander Nunn Isham (Son of Benjamin Franklin and Nancy Parker Meadows) was a farmer and grist mill owner in Chambers Co. Early settlers had immediate need for their corn to be ground converting it into grits or meal. The alternative was lye hominy, parched corn, or the mortar and pestle method of breaking up the corn to make cornbread.
Ben Meadows gave land for the Hepzibah Cemetery, Chambers County, (now Lee County). He and his wife Nancy, were members of Hepzibah Primitive Baptist Church and are buried there on the highest point. Ben also gave land on which Halawakee Academy for girls was built in 1836. The original log structure was torn down and a new school built in 1849. Marshall J. Thompson was a trustee of the school.

Descendants of Benjamin Franklin Meadows and Nancy Parker;

1) Lucy Meadows b. December 15, 1806 Green Co Ga - d. March 10, 1876 Pike Co AL Married September 12, 1824 to James Loflin b. 1797 Greene Co GA - d October 5, 1872 Lee Co AL Both are buried in Hepzibah Cemetery. They had four children: America A, Sarah A, Samuel and James Loflin.
2) Isham Meadows b. April 4, 1810 Greene Co GA - d. January 1, 1879 Beulah, AL Married October 8, 1837 to Martha Jane Stevens b. January 15, 1820 Putnam Co GA - d. October 2, 1891 Beulah, AL
3) Alleatha "Alletha" Ann Meadows b. October 27, 1812 Green Co GA - July 11, 1883 Milltown, AL Married January 11, 1829 to Nicholas Briskey (.... see AL Briskeys)
4) Mary Alice "Polly' Meadows b. September 20, 1814 Greene Co GA - d. September 25, 1883 Married August 25, 1831 to Hiram Clayton Murphy b. September 7, 1807 SC - October 8, 1861 killed during the Civil War.
5) Daniel Porter Meadows b. October 30, 1818 Greene Co GA - d. June 22, 1879 Married ca 1839 in Lee Co AL to Caroline Sarah Sturkie b. December 29, 1817 - d. January 1, 1900 Lee County, Alabama Both are buried in Concord Cemetery, Lee Co AL
6) Susanna "Susan" Meadows b. January 5, 1821 Jones County Alabama - d. ca 1876 Married March 11, 1838 to James Marshall Thompson, Jr b. ca 1810 Jones Co GA - d. September 25, 1883 Both are buried in Hepzibah Cemetery Note; James M Thompson Jr is the son of Capt James Marshall Thompson (1775-1812) of NC and Susan Meadows (b. ca 1776), Benjamin F Meadows' sister.
7) Nancy Green Meadows b. May 23, 1824 Greene Co AL - August 6, 1890 Lee County AL She is buried in Hepzibah Cemetery. Married 1st October 9, 1839 Chambers Co AL to William Sturkie b. July 13, 1813 - d. July 20, 1853. He is buried in Concord Cemetery. Married 2nd circa 1854 to Thomas D. Jones b. March 18, 1813 - d. ca 1866. Married 3rd time to John Isaac David b. ca 1814 - d. September 8, 1880 Columbus, GA He is buried in Hepzibah Cemetery Lee Co AL
8) America Ann Meadows October 19, 1825 GA - October 7, 1899 Married August 15, 1844 to William Andrew (Betz) Betts b. October 14, 1815 - d. January 20, 1884 Both died in Opelika Lee Co AL and are buried in Hepzibah Cemetery. W A Betts and his brother Charles appear to have traveled across Georgia with the Meadows family as they were orphans.
9) Miles A. Meadows b. May 9, 1827 Chambers Co AL - d. April 10, 1863 Civil War casualty Married October 23, 1849 Russell Co AL to Mary V Weeks b. ca 1829 - d. January 18, 1910 Lee County, Alabama

Benjamin Franklin Meadows married his second wife circa 1852, Sarah R Jeters in Chambers County, Alabama. She was born Sarah Mary Brown Philpot November 26, 1819 Lunenberg, Virginia and died April 7, 1888 in Franklin, Heard County, GA. Her parents were David Philpot and Sarah "Sally" Nance. She is buried in Caswell Cemetery, Heard County, GA. as are several of their children. She was first married to William Jeter ca 1838 VA, they had three children; Rev David Harrison "Henry", "Queenie" and William Lee Jeter.
Descendants of Benjamin Franklin Meadows and Sarah R Philpot;

1) Sarah Meadows b. 1853 Chambers Co AL
2) Payton Benjamin Meadows b. February 1855 Chambers Co AL - d. May 29, 1929 Bowdon, Carroll Co GA Married ca 1880 in Heard Co Ga to Mary J Mobley b. July 1852 GA
3) James D Meadows February 1857 Chambers Co AL d. aft 1910 Heard Co GA Married to Mary J ??
4) Eva Exonia Virginia Meadows b. January 20, 1859 Chambers Co AL - d. January 1926 Franklin, Heard Co GA Married ca 1880 Heard Co GA to Nathan L A Caswell b. May 6, 1857 - d. August 23, 1941 Both are buried in the Caswell Cemetery Heard Co GA
5) Serena Elvina (Clara) Meadows b. February 2, 1861 Chambers Co GA - d. September 18, 1874 Clunty, Heard Co GA Buried in the Caswell Cemetery Heard Co GA