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In the 1820 Madison Co., KY, there is listed a Benage Gentry and a Benagah Gentry, both of a similar age, but living in different parts of the county. The data for "Benagah" matchs the family of Benajah Gentry (son of Moses Gentry), who continued to be listed in Madison Co. census records until 1850. I have never been able to identify the first-listed "Benage", but in a "moment of revelation", it occurred to me that this was in fact a listing for BrightBerry Gentry with all the correct family information included in it but with a wrong entry for the Head of Household. BrightBerry is listed in the 1810, and in the 1830 and succeeding Madison Co., census records, but is missing as such from the 1820 census.
The 1820 "Benage" record matchs his family perfectly, including living in the same vicinity as his brother, Richard Gentry in 1820 and 1830.
This is not the only example of a mistaken census listing for a Gentry, for in the 1850 Shelby Co. AL, there is a listing for a "Samuel" Gentry which unquestionably lists the family of "Daniel" Gentry. In this case "Samuel" sounds enough like "Daniel" that a census enumerator might be mistaken in hearing the name. In the case of Benage, how or why such a mistake was made by the census enumerator is a mystery as there is no other record of BrightBerry having a middle name or nickname resembling Benage, and the two names certainly would not be confused when spoken.
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