Charles Riley

Title

Charles Riley

Aliases

None listed

Date

13 December 1886-29 May 1916

Description

Regiment: 34th United States Colored Troop
Company: C
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 25 April 1863 at Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 28 February 1866 at Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Other locations listed during time of service: Morris Island, South Carolina, United States; Beaufort, South Carolina, United States; Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Comrades mentioned: Not listed

Cain Jenkins

See Cain Jenkins' Pension for testimony.

Name(s) of spouse(s): Betsy Blake Habersham Riley; Mary Blake (1st)
Children: Rebecca Riley; Abraham Riley; Fannie Riley; Jane Riley; Molsey Riley; Eliza Riley; Isaiah Riley (children of Betsey)

Veteran's birth date and location: ~1837 Combahee River, Colleton, South Carolina
Plantation(s): Santee Plantation
Enslaver(s): Arthur Middleton Blake (1812-1881)

Parents of veteran: Richard Riley
Other listed family members: Not listed

Wife's place of birth: Combahee River, Colleton, South Carolina, United States
Wife's enslaver: Arthur Middleton Blake (1812-1881)
Wife's parents: Friday and Eliza Blake
Wife's other family members: Amelia Singleton, Dorcas, Robert Blake (siblings of Betsy)

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.