Samuel and his wife MARY HUNTER were 1st cousins once removed. [Civil: V Canon:3]
His parents were JAMES BENTON and ELIZABETH CROWELL (Dau. of Samuel Crowell & Tabitha Bradford both of Halifax NC)
Served in the Home Guard as a Private (perhaps Col. was honorary):
Alabama, Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865Name S C BentonBirth Date abt 1806Enlistment Date 13 Aug 1864Enlistment Place Alabama, USAEnlistment Age 58Military Branch: Home GuardRegiment or Unit: Russell County ReservesCompany Unit Name: M. Perry's CompanyEnlistment Info: Age 58, Alabama, Russell County, PrivateAuthor: Muster in Roll, Opelika, Alabama 1864/08/13.
Samuel and his wife MARY HUNTER were 1st cousins once removed. [Civil: V Canon:3]
His parents were JAMES BENTON and ELIZABETH CROWELL (Dau. of Samuel Crowell & Tabitha Bradford both of Halifax NC)
Served in the Home Guard as a Private (perhaps Col. was honorary):
Alabama, Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865Name S C BentonBirth Date abt 1806Enlistment Date 13 Aug 1864Enlistment Place Alabama, USAEnlistment Age 58Military Branch: Home GuardRegiment or Unit: Russell County ReservesCompany Unit Name: M. Perry's CompanyEnlistment Info: Age 58, Alabama, Russell County, PrivateAuthor: Muster in Roll, Opelika, Alabama 1864/08/13.
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