- Husband
- Adam Bennett
- Birth: abt. 1835, South Carolina
- Death: 04/27/1910, Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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- Wife
- Hannah Bennett
- Birth: About 1838, South Carolina
- Death: 09/12/09
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| Children
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- Gabriel Bennett
- Birth: 04/14/1873, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Death: May 25, 1938, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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- Adam Bennett, Jr.
- Birth: Jan 15, 1874
- Death: April 27, 1910
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- John Bennett
- Birth: 1878
- Death: 1926
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- Isaac Bennett
- Birth: 5 Nov 1883, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Death: 03/1965
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- Ezekiel Bennett
- Birth: 14/03/1886, Magnolia Plantation, Charleston, SC
- Death: 07/29/1949
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- Susan Bennett
- Birth: April 13, 1886
- Death: December 10, 1957
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- Elizabeth Bennett
- Birth: 1890, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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Adam Bennett and Hannah Bennett: Family History
Adam Bennett was the plantation overseer at Magnolia Platation both prior to, and after Emancipation. His descendants continued to live and work at Magnolia well into the twentieth century. On the 1880 Census for St. Andrews Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, Adam gives his occupation as phosphate laborer. The household consisted of:
|
Name |
Color |
Gender |
Age |
Relationship |
Birth |
| Bennett, Adam |
B |
M |
45 |
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SC |
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Bennet, Hanna |
B |
F |
42 |
Wife |
SC |
| Bennett, Gabriel |
B |
M |
8 |
Son |
SC |
| Bennett, Adam |
B |
M |
5 |
Son |
SC |
| Bennett, John |
B |
M |
2 |
Son |
SC |
| Bennett, Infant |
B |
F |
1/12 |
Daughter |
SC |
Adam and Hannah Bennett had 8 children:
Gabriel - b. 1872
Adam - b. 1875
John - b. 1878
Unknown child - b. 1880
Isaac - b. 1883
Susan - b. 1885
Ezekiel - b. 14 March 1886
Elizabeth - b. 1890
Family Group Sheet
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About This Page
This page is part of a groundbreaking research project to rediscover the family lineages of enslaved people on Drayton family plantations in Barbados and the United States. To read more about this historic research, please visit the article below:
Genealogy of Enslaved Communities on Drayton Family Plantations: A Research Project Sponsored by the Magnolia Plantation Foundation of Charleston, SC
| S1. | 1880 Census of the United States
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Saint Andrews, Charleston, South Carolina; Roll: T9_1223; Family History Film: 1255223; Page: 67.2000; Enumeration District: 81; .
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