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Not sure if your still out there, but I am a Benton. I heard stories from relatives that sometime in the 20th century some people came to Evansville Indiana to purchase some land that belonged to a family member. They said it was a castle and was a queens summer home. I was also told that a great grandfather named John Benton came over on the ship Garrick. My father was Louis Matthew Benton, his brother was Oscar, his father was Francis or Frank Benton, his mother was named Anna, and dies shortly after giving birth to my dad. He was raised by his aunt with surname Rainey In Evansville. It was a Rainey who told me about the castle. I believe there was an Isaac Benton somewhere in there too. I hope this helps in some way and if you have found out anything I would like to know. We may be related! I live in Alabama.