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Benjamin Bennett b. abt 1831 shows up in various documents as Bennett F.
Graves or William Bennett Graves or Bennett B., Benjamin Bennett...NOTE : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
"Benjamin Bennett Graves was born about 1831 in Montgomery Co., NC, died 1861-1865 in or immediately after the Civil War, and was buried in No. 2 National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA."
* SOURCE : Graves Family Association: Gen. 77NOTE : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
'Bennett F. Graves '
MILITARY: Civil War - Capt' Beauregard's Co. South Carolina Light Artillery
(Ferguson Co., Lt. Art'y) Confederate.
Enlisted 16 November 1862.
Missing since 25 November 1863.
Captured at Ringgold, Ga. on 1 December 1863.
Sent to Louisville, Ky on 13 December 1863 for exchange.
Sent on to Rock Island, Ill. on 16 December 1863.
Then transferred to Naval rendezvous at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill. on 25
January 1864.
Possibly died in Civil War.
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Camp Douglas was the equivalent of the South's Andersonville Prison Camp in
Georgia.; 4,000+ Confederate soldiers were starved to death at Camp Douglas.
Camp Douglas was located in present-day Chicago, Illinois.
A Bennett Graves is listed in 'Broken Fortunes' South Carolina soldiers, sailors
and citizen who died in the service of their country and state in the War for
Southern Independence 1861-1865 by Randolph W. Kirkland, Jr., 1995, The
South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, SC, page 137. BURIAL: No. 2
National cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA.
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Posted by: Val (ID *****0682)
Date: September 26, 2004 at 18:32:53
In Reply to: Camp Douglas (Where and Lookup) by Martin Graves; of 32549;
Confederate prisoners of war at Camp Douglas, c. 1864. During the Civil War,
Camp Douglas, originally constructed at Thirty-first Street and Cottage Grove
Avenue as a Union Army training post, served as a Confederate prisoner-of-war
camp. Between 1862 and 1865, the camp housed about twenty-six thousand
prisoners in temporary, wooden barracks. As a result of harsh conditions, some
four thousand men died at the camp; they were buried in unmarked paupers'
graves in Chicago's City Cemetery, located at the southeast corner of what is
now Lincoln Park. In 1867, the remains were reburied at Oak Woods Cemetery,
about five miles south of the camp.
From the Chicago Historical Society:
http://www.chicagohs.org/DGBPhotoEssay/DGB02.htmlInformation and links here:
http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/campdouglas.html
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Capt. Beauregard's Co. Light ArtilleryHISTORICAL SKETCH:
This unit was also known as Ferguson's Artillery Battery. It was formed in April of
1862. On March 29, 1864, it was armed with two 6-lb. Smoothbores and two 12-
lb. Napoleons. The unit was captured by the 119th Illinois Infantry Regiment at
Nashville, Tennessee on December 16, 1864.
BATTLES:
Vicksburg Campaign MS (MAY - JUL 1863)
Jackson MS (14 MAY 1863)
Chickamauga GA (19-20 SEP 1863)
Chattanooga Siege GA (SEP - NOV 1863)
Chattanooga TN (23 - 25 NOV 1863)
Atlanta Campaign GA (MAY - SEP 1864)
Atlanta Siege (JUL - SEP 1864)
Nashville TN (15 - 16 DEC 1864)
OFFICERS:
Ferguson, Thomas B. - Captain
Beauregard, Rene' T. - CaptainNOTE : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 9:36 PM
Subject: Greetings back
'As for Benjamin B. Graves, I went to the University of Virgnia and looked up his
muster rolls and found out that he was captured at Gettysburg and could'nt find
anything else about him. I figure he was taken to Elmyra prison and probably
died there since that was more of a concentration camp than a p.o.w camp. I
also went to the Fredricksburg battle-field and looked on the burial roll and his
name wasn't there. If you find anything more concrete, let me know.'
Your Cousin, Mike Graves
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Cynthia or Sinthy or Syntha or Cintha. Various spellings.NOTE : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
GRAVES, Cynthia Mrs.- 09 June 1915 - Mrs. Cynthia Graves, widow of the late Bennett F. Graves, died at the home of her son, Mr. E. J. Graves, near Mt. Croghan, last Wednesday. She had been in an almost helpless condition for about two years, and suffered much with rheumatism. She was about 82 years old and [had] been a member of Cross Roads Church for a long time and was a good woman. She is survived by the following children: J. W., E. J. and B. V. Graves of this County; W. S. Graves of Wadesboro, and Mrs. J. W. Stegall of Union County. The body was buried at Providence Thursday about noon. Rev's J. D. Purvis and J. M. Sullivan conducted the service.
* SOURCE : "Death Notices From the Pageland Journal of Chesterfield Co., SC", by James C. Pigg. Page 33NOTE : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
"Cynthia Sellers is the daughter of Joseph B. Sellers, Sr. and his wife Lillie Sutton. ...My notes indicate that Joseph was deceased by 1850 .... The information I have on Cynthia Sellers came from a family Bible. The information was shared with me about 10 years ago by a gentleman who has since passed away. I'll see if I can get in touch with a family member and obtain a copy of the page from the Bible. I just copied the names and dated at the time and didn't have my scanner with me. "
* SOURCE : John E. Ussery, JrNOTE : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
"Cynthia Sellers is one of those people we have not been able to figure out parentage. However, I figure she is from the Matthew Sellers family. Matthew also lived on Thompson Creek near the area where out more widely known Hardy Sellers lived. Matthew left no will or any other records, but we belive that McCarroll Sellers who moved from Thompson Creek to current day Jefferson area is from this family as well as David Crokett Sellers whose son Levander Jackson Sellers moved near the current day Patrick area from Anson County, NC. Wish I could have been more of a help here, but have not run across anything definitive. "
* SOURCE : James C. PiggNOTE : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Death certificate #8577 for Synthia Graves as recorded, shows date of death as 26 May 1915. Father listed as Joe Sellers. Age 83.
* SOURCE : "Chesterfield County, South Carolina Death Certificates (Caucasian) 1915-1920" by James C. PiggNOTE : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1880 Chesterfield., SC Federal Census
Census Place Mount Croghan, Chesterfield, South Carolina
Page Number 374C
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Mother's
Status Birthplace Birthplace
Sinthy GRAVES Self W Female W 42 SC Keeping House --- ---
Benjimon GRAVES Son Male W 16 SC Laborer On Farm --- ---NOTE : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Possible Brother? Guess based upon obit records for Cynthia say father is "Joe." Possible Joe Jr.?
1850 Chesterfield., SC Federal Census
LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB
34 788 788 Sellars Joseph 34 M Carpenter SC