Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Charles Bennett (b. 1836 - d. 1923)
MSA SC 3520-4973
USCT Soldier, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

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Archival Sources -

ADJUTANT GENERAL (Muster Rolls) 1863-1866. Charles Bennett. U.S. Colored Troops. 7th Regiment, Md. Volunteer Infantry. Company E. Line 2 (Middle of Page). Image 35. MdHR Number: 50,055-47. MSA S936-47. 

BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record). Charles Bennett. 02/1923-05/1923. CR 48194. [MSA SC1132-151].

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Bounty Rolls) Charles Bennett. Dates: 1864-1880. Description: Slaves and Owners by USCT Regiment. 7th Regiment. MSA S629-1-25.

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Bounty Rolls) 1864-1880. Volunteers. Slave Roll. 7th Regiment. Charles Bennett. Reel: SR 4438. Page 148. [MSA SM183-1]. 

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records) Liber SED 1. Folio 215. [MSA C1427-6] William H. Beck to Charles Bennett. May 24, 1864.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (U.S. Colored Troops Pension File Collection) [MSA SC 4126] Charles Bennett. Box 08. Folder 119 (First Page Begins with 85).

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1880. BC. Baltimore City, Maryland. "Charles Bennett." Lines 16-20. Enumeration District 48. Image 822. SCM 4734-2. MSA SM61-295.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1890. Union Veterans and Widows, BC. Baltimore City, Maryland. "Charles Bennett." Line 23. Enumeration District 106. Image 231. SCM 26-1. MSA SM61-351.


Newspapers and Journals -


Books -

Callum, Agnes Kane. Colored Volunteers of Maryland, Civil War: 7th Regiment United States Colored Troops 1863-1866. Baltimore, MD: Mullac Publishers, 1990.

Strong, J. G. Map of Queen Anne's County. District 2. 1866. MSA SC 5080-1. Courtesy of the Queen Anne's County Historical Society.

Wilmer, L. Allison, J. H. Jarrett, and Geo. W. F. Vernon. History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-65. Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: Guggenheimer, Weil & Co., 1899.

Internet Sources/Google Earth -

Ancestry.com. 1850. United States Federal Census. Slave Schedule. "William H. Beck." Queen Anne's County, Maryland. 2nd Election District. Lines 15-21. Page 4.

Ancestry.com. 1900. United States Federal Census. "Charles Bennett." Baltimore City, Maryland. Mount Winans. Enumeration District 57. Sheet 6. Lines 92-95. Image Page 12.

Ancestry.com. 1920. United States Federal Census. "Charles Bennett." Baltimore City, Maryland. Ward 5. Enumeration District 56. Sheet 2. Lines 99-100. Image Page 4. Page 451.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for Charles Bennett. Company Descriptive Book. Company E. 7th United States Colored Troops. Page 296.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for Charles Bennett. Promotion to Corporal. Company E. 7th United States Colored Troops. Page 303.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for Charles Bennett. Muster Out Roll. Company E. 7th United States Colored Troops. Page 316.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for Charles Bennett. Compensation Awarded to Beck. Company E. 7th United States Colored Troops. Page 319.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for Charles Bennett. Evidence of Title. Company E. 7th United States Colored Troops. Page 320.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for Charles Bennett. Witnesses to Title. Company E. 7th United States Colored Troops. Page 321.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for Charles Bennett. Board of Claims - Beck's Loyalty . Company E. 7th United States Colored Troops. Page 325.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for Charles Bennett. Claimant's Certificate. Company E. 7th United States Colored Troops. Page 326.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for Charles Bennett. Oath of Allegiance. Company E. 7th United States Colored Troops. Page 327.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for Charles Bennett. Certificate of Awarded Compensation. Company E. 7th United States Colored Troops. Page 329.

ARCHIVES OF MARYLAND ONLINE. Supplement to the Maryland Code, Containing the Acts of the General Assembly, Passed at the Sessions of 1861, 1861-62, 1864, 1865, 1866, and 1867. Vol. 384, Ch. 15, Section 4. Page 31.

"Charles Bennett, Tour from Slavery to Freedom" KMZ File, created 06/26/2012.


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