James
Charles
Bennett
Born in Anson, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Neville Bennett
and Susannah (Dunn) Bennett
Brother of
Nevil James Bennett, Isham Bennett, Lemuel Dunn Bennett, John Washington Bennett, Susannah (Bennett) Little, Mary A Bennett and Nancy Jane (Bennett) Ingram
Husband of
Mary Ella (Winifree) Bennett
— married
1820 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 68
in Anson, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Mar 2013
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Biography
James Charles Bennett married Mary Ella Winfree about 1820.[1]
Shot dead in cold blood by Kirkpatrick's raiders (Union forces attached to Sherman's March) on the front porch of his house south of the present town of Wadesboro, NC less than a month before the end of the conflict.
He was buried under tree next to his house; grave unmarked.
The house and property was used on location in the filming of Speilberg's "The Color Purple" major box office release.
Sources
- ↑ Sons of the American Revolution Application for Membership, #47423 - application of James David Tillman, Jr., 1928
Hope Tillman Genealogy, http://www.tillmangenealogy.org/getperson.php?personID=I3358&tree=hope1
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Bennett-5153 through the import of Hamilton.ged on Mar 9, 2013.
Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~3.12%
Donald Harris
:
23andMe, GEDmatch AB3323418 [compare]
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~3.12%
Robert Little :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T270239 [compare], FTDNA kit #279182
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~1.56%
Leake Little :
23andMe, GEDmatch M617533 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T375146 [compare], FTDNA kit #279183
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~1.56%
Louis Little :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Steve Sanders :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692738 [compare], Ancestry member stevesanderstx
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Rejected matches › James Bennett (1666-1730) › Charles William Bennett Sr. (1838-1921) › › James Bennett (1807-1892) › › James Bennett (1848-1918) › James Eschol Bennett › James Bennett (1802-) › James Benedict (1797-) › James Bennett (1794-1863) › Charles Pannett (1796-)
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