Young Amanuel Bennett (1846 - 1939)

Born 27 Jan 1846 in Fines Creek, Haywood, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Jane (Rogers) Bennett — married 26 Dec 1868 in Haywood County, North Carolina

Husband of Alice Victoria (Mabe) Bennett — married 6 Dec 1905 in Fries, Virginia

Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1939 at age 93 in Fries, Grayson, Virginia, United States

Biography

Young Bennett was born in Appalachia, in North Carolina.

Young Bennett was born in North Carolina.

Young Bennett was a South Carolinian.

Young Bennett served in the United States Civil War.
Side: CSA

This profile is part of the Bennett Name Study.

Young Amanuel Bennett was born on January 27, 1846 in Fines Creek, Haywood, North Carolina, United States, son of Young Bennett (1812–1894) and Alice Elvira Mease (1811–1891).

His siblings were:

• Jasper Newton Bennett (1832–1909)
• Archibald Lafayette Bennett (1835–1863)
• Creighton Maury Bennett (1836–1878)
• Washington George Bennett (1839–1919)
• Silvandus Crisenberry Bennett (1841–1863)
• Sophronia Elvira Bennett (1843–1902)

Young died on November 8, 1939 in Fries, Grayson, Virginia, United States, aged 93. He was buried in Fries Cemetery, Fries, Grayson County, Virginia.

In 1860, Young A (14) was in the household of Young Bennett.

Young (22) and Martha Jane Rogers (23) were married on December 26, 1868 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Martha was born on March 9, 1845 in Fines Creek. She was the daughter of Matthew Nathan Rogers and Elizabeth Garrett (Lusk) Rogers. Their known children were:

• Judd Marion Bennett (~1871–1954)
• Archie Avaline Bennett (1877–~1966)
• Emma Weaver Bennett (1884–1964)

Young (22) married M. Jane Rogers on December 26, 1868.

In 1870, Young (24) was living in North Carolina.

In 1880, Young (34) was living in Fines Creek, Haywood, North Carolina.

In 1900, 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 61; Digital film/folder number: 004120581; FHL microfilm: 1241541; Image number: 704; Sheet number: 12; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00849-2
FamilySearch Record: M3TG-MJF (accessed 30 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6SRL-5V
Entry for Young E and Robbert Bennett, 1900.

Young (59) and Alice Victoria Mabe (31) were married on December 6, 1905 in Fries, Virginia. Alice was born on October 4, 1874 in Stratford, Alleghany, North Carolina. She was the daughter of James Mabe and Mary (Stamper) Mabe. Their known children were:

• Thomas Edgar Bennett (1906–1982)
• Mabel Victoria Bennett (1907–1987)
• Ruby Arlean Bennett (1912–1914)
• Woodrow Gentry Bennett (1914–1997)

Research Notes

Military records show that Young was captured Jun 21, 1864 at Elk Creek, Tennessee By Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman's forces. They further show at age 18 on Jul 31, 1864 Young was sent to USA Gen'l Hosp., Louisville, Ky from Military Prison for Measles. He was returned to prison Aug 21, 1864.

Excerpt from History of My Bennett Ancestors: by Mrs. R. T. Messer (Herma Jarrett) Young Amanual Bennett was close to 15 years old when the war started. He remained at home till after the house was burned. Then Kirk and his raiders came to the cabin where the Bennetts were living, early one winter morning. Grandfather Young was out looking after a cow they had managed to keep hidden. He saw them and made himself scarce, not thinking that they would harm his 17-year-old son. They tied Amanual and took him with them, claiming he was a Confederate on furlough. They took him out on Mt. Sterling. There they met another bunch of their men. They talked awhile and decided to turn back and make a raid on Jonathans Creek. Kirk called two of his men over and told them to take Bennett to Chattanooga and overtake him in one hour. I have heard Uncle Mann tell the story many times. He thought they were going to kill him. That is perhaps what Kirk intended, for he hated Grandfather very much. But the two men evidently didn't want to murder a boy. They took him some distance around a turn in the road. They stopped, and one of the men asked him if he was a good hand to run. He replied, "If you will untie me, I will show you." One of the men got off his horse and untied him and told him to go. As he ran, they both fired their guns. He said he heard the bullets whistle, but they did not strike him. He says he returned home through the woods and found the family frantic with grief, which turned to joy. (Note: Young Amanual was born in January 1846, which would make him 14 when the war broke out, 18 when the house was burned in 1864. I believe this story may have occurred before the house was burned, rather than after. Or, I have the wrong date for the house burning. CBM)

It may be well to pause here and tell why Kirk hated Great-Grandpa so much. The road coming down into Cataloochee Valley came around the side of a mountain just across the creek from Grandpa's home, and travellers on this road could be seen and heard for a good ways. If Kirk's men were coming, the news had a way of preceding them up the creek. Soldiers home on furlough, horses, and cattle disappeared. On one occasion, they heard a band of riders coming in late at night, and Aunt Sophronia was the only one to carry the news. Their horses had long ago been taken by Kirk, so she was running as fast as she could. She was about a half mile below Fayette Palmer's house when Kirk's men saw her and began shooting. She dodged into some woods with the bullets cracking the limbs all about her. She returned home, knowing the sound of the shooting had carried the message she was trying to take. Well, after Uncle Mann's experience with Kirk, the family decided that he would be safer in the army than at home. So he came to Waynesville and volunteered. He was sent to Camp Patton at Asheville and was there when the war closed a few weeks later. Some years after the war, he married Jane Rogers, daughter of Matthew Rogers. They settled on Fines Creek, stayed here till about 1897, then moved to Pacolet, S. C. These are their children: Dockie, Judge, Robert, David, Ava, Charles, James, Emma (Dollie - nickname for Emma), George, and Fannie. Aunt Jane died at Pacolet. A few years later Uncle Mann married again. He and his wife moved to Fries, Virginia, taking Fannie with them. There were some children by this wife. I know nothing of them. Uncle Mann died at Fries in his 97th year. Fannie was in Virginia the last I heard of her. Dockie married Harry Terrell. They lived at Clyde and have been dead a good while. They left three children, Edith, Annie, and Edward. Dollie married a Smyth of Columbia, S. C. He died, leaving her with a small daughter, Ava. Dollie came to Charlotte to visit my sister, Jalie Danner, while she was sick. She stayed and helped to care for her till she died. Later she married her husband, C. M. Danner. They have two children, Woodrow and Ruth. James Bennett was an ordained minister of the Methodist church. He died young, unmarried. George Bennett was in Haywood on a visit about five years ago. He was living in Greenville, S. C. He said David was living near Spartanburg, S. C., and Ava, now Mrs. Henry Tony, was a widow living with some of her children at Raleigh, N. C. The others were all dead, leaving families scattered all over.

Sources

See also:

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6Z-CW9 : 12 December 2017), Young A Bennett in entry for Young Bennett, 1860.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS6M-W6Y : 4 December 2014), Young A. Bennett, Private, Company E, 29th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M230 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 3; FHL microfilm 821,170.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ1K-YL7 : 22 December 2016), Young A. Bennett and M. Jane Rogers, 26 Dec 1868; citing , Haywood, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 463,141.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8S-Y4K : 12 April 2016), Young Bennett, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 14, family 93, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,641.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX9-DZS : 12 September 2017), G A Manuel Bennett, Fines Creek, Haywood, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 91, sheet 206C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0967; FHL microfilm 1,254,967.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47558480/young-amanuel-bennett: accessed), memorial page for Young Amanuel Bennett (27 Jan 1846–8 Nov 1939), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47558480, citing Fries Cemetery, Fries, Grayson County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by George Rogers Park (contributor 47185030).
• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 35; Digital film/folder number: 004203581_003_M9C8-1FN; FHL microfilm: 444646; Image number: 127; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01140-5
  FamilySearch Record: M4BC-VKX (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6LD7-ZYD
  Entry for Tony Bennit and Elvira Bennit, 1850.
• 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
  citing Page: 35; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Digital film/folder number: 005170492; FHL microfilm: 803901; Image number: 41; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01783-9
  FamilySearch Record: MD6Z-CW9 (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBS4-2SN
  Entry for Young Bennett and Elviry Bennett, 1860.
• Military: "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865"
  citing Affiliate Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina; Affiliate Publication Number: M270
  FamilySearch Record: XKXT-V6K (accessed 30 December 2023)
  http://www.fold3.com/document.php?doc=47475416&xid=215&p=ma
  Entry for Young A Bennett, 1864.
• Military: "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865"
  citing Affiliate Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina; Affiliate Publication Number: M270
  FamilySearch Record: XKFH-55L (accessed 30 December 2023)
  http://www.fold3.com/document.php?doc=47475451&xid=215&p=ma
  Entry for Young A Bennett, 1864.
• Military: "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865"
  citing Affiliate Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina; Affiliate Publication Number: M270
  FamilySearch Record: XKXT-V6L (accessed 30 December 2023)
  http://www.fold3.com/document.php?doc=47475460&xid=215&p=ma
  Entry for Young A Bennett, 1864.
• Marriage: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979"
  citing Haywood, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,431,732
  FamilySearch Record: Q28Y-91TP (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C916-Z78T-D Image number 00380
  Young A Bennett and M Jane Rogers, 26 Dec 1868.
• Marriage: "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 007611842; FHL microfilm: 463141; Record number: 195; Packet letter: A
  FamilySearch Record: FZ1K-YL7 (accessed 30 December 2023)
  Young A. Bennett, 1868.
• Marriage: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979"
  citing Haywood, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,433,479
  FamilySearch Record: Q28Y-SZ44 (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C916-Z7QT-M Image number 00015
  Young A Bennett and M Jane Rogers, 30 Dec 1868.
• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
  citing Page: 14; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 35; Digital film/folder number: 004277194; FHL microfilm: 000552641; Image number: 366; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01582-2
  FamilySearch Record: MW8S-Y4K (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6799-12W
  Entry for Young Bennett and Martha Bennett, 1870.
• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
  citing Volume: 1; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00045; Digital film/folder number: 005161767; FHL microfilm: 1254967; Image number: 417; Sheet number: 206; Sheet letter: C; Packet letter: D
  FamilySearch Record: MCX9-DZS (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YB6-9HFP
  Entry for G. A. Manuel Bennett and M. Jane Bennett, 1880.
• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 61; Digital film/folder number: 004120581; FHL microfilm: 1241541; Image number: 704; Sheet number: 12; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00849-2
  FamilySearch Record: M3TG-MJF (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6SRL-5V
  Entry for Young E Bennett and Robbert Bennett, 1900.
• Marriage: "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 007740045_004_M985-KNT; Image number: 90
  FamilySearch Record: 66D2-FBZF (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C91C-VWPB-Q
  Entry for Y A Bennett and Alice, 1905.
• Marriage: "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 007578985; FHL microfilm: 31758; Record number: 259; Packet letter: J
  FamilySearch Record: XRZC-2XX (accessed 30 December 2023)
  Y. A. Bennett, 1905.
• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T624; Digital film/folder number: 005157516_001_M9FP-SS6; FHL microfilm: 1375643; Image number: 156; Sheet number: 2; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03650-6
  FamilySearch Record: MPGJ-1RX (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBQ-9SFF
  Entry for Younge A Bennett and Alice Bennett, 1910.
• 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T626; Line: 93; Digital film/folder number: 004955300_002_M9FG-SJF; FHL microfilm: 2342179; Image number: 225; Sheet number: 18; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03731-6
  FamilySearch Record: C6XT-H6Z (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GR8C-R1X
  Entry for Y.a. Bennett and Alice V Bennett, 1930.
• Death: "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
  citing Fries, Grayson, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond
  FamilySearch Record: QVR4-125L (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9GG-XSBB Image number 00250
  Young Amanuel Bennett, 08 Nov 1939.
• Burial: "Find A Grave Index"
  citing record ID 47558480, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com
  FamilySearch Record: QVK5-RCNB (accessed 30 December 2023)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #47558480
  Young Amanuel Bennett.
• Burial: "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
  citing Affiliate Publication Title: Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; Affiliate Publication Number: M1916; Digital film/folder number: 004832175; FHL microfilm: 1878157; Image number: 416; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: B07790-3
  FamilySearch Record: VHZW-6MP (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9P82-3TP
  Entry for Young A Bennett.
• Military: "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"
  citing Affiliate Publication Title: Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917 - 1940; Affiliate Publication Number: 76193916; Digital film/folder number: 105124149; Image number: 1998
  FamilySearch Record: QPC6-N587 (accessed 30 December 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS1Q-2S1X-W
  Entry for Young Amanual Bennett.