Cain Jenkins

Title

Cain Jenkins

Aliases

None listed

Date

2 March 1882-29 April 1916

Description

Regiment: 34th United States Colored Troops Infantry
Company: C
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 20 March 1863 in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 28 February 1866 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Other locations listed during time of service: Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States; Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States; Fort Wagner, Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Comrades mentioned: James White

Charles Riley

Joe Fields

See Joe Fields' Pension for testimony.

Name(s) of spouse(s): Selena Recker Jenkins; Bella Mack Jenkins
Children: Elijah Jenkins; Samuell Jenkins; Ceasar Jenkins; William Jenkins; Daniel Jenkins; Essie Jenkins; Louisiana Jenkins; Pheobe Ann Jenkins; Allen Jenkins (son of Bella)

Veteran's birth date and location: 1 April 1834 [1839] Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Plantation(s): Not listed
Enslaver(s): William Elliott

Parents of veteran: None listed
Other listed family members: None listed

Wife's place of birth: Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Wife's enslaver: Sams
Wife's parents: Richard and Annie Recker [Johnson]
Wife's other family members: Margaret; William; Amie; Amalita (siblings)

Creator

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions

Publisher

National Archives and Records Administration

Type

Document

Format

Portable Document Format

Language

English

Coverage

United States of America

Rights

Public Domain | All records should be cited as coming from the Center Family History at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.