Ancestry of
Henry Benson

(c1865–)

Silas Benson

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• • Father of Henry Benson — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1842 
  • Birth Location:
  • Mississippi 
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  • Death Date:
  • Aug 1890 
  • Death Location:
  • Mound Bayou, Bolivar, Mississippi 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sallie -----
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  Henry Benson (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Civil War veteran - US Colored Troops

    Cook Q M Dept US Vols

    Silas Benson may have been one of 27 slaves owned by Wilson Benson in 1860 at Hinds County, Mississippi.

    Silas Benson died at Mound Bayou, Mississippi, which was founded in 1887 by former slaves led by Isaiah Montgomery, a former slave whose owner was Joseph Davis, brother of CSA President Jefferson Davis.

• Sources for Silas Benson

  • ¹ Federal Census, MS, Hinds County, 1880, Dry Grove, E.D. 13, p. 4, Image 4 of 62.
  • ² Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890, MS 1890 Veterans Schedule, Record for Silas -aka- Benson.
  • ³ United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, Military service record for Silas Benson.