Rodwell Jenkins

Title

Rodwell Jenkins

Date

24 October 1890-9 July 1917

Description

Regiment: 34th USCT
Company: D
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 24 March 1863 in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 28 February 1866 at Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Other locations listed during time of service: Saint Simons, Georgia, United States; James Island, South Carolina, United States; Morris Island, South Carolina, United States; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States; Jacksonville, Florida, United States; Palatka, Florida, United States; Honey Hill, South Carolina, United States
Comrades mentioned: Romeo Pinckney; John Green; Billy Wiley; Nat Osborne; Emanuel Bolend

Quabner Green

See Quabner Green's Pension file for testimony.

Edward Bennett

See Edward Bennett's Pension for testimony.

Widow's name: Clara Williams Jenkins
Children: Abraham Jenkins

Veteran's birth year & place: Lady's Island, South Carolina, United States
Plantation: Ashdale Plantation
Enslaver: Henry McKee (1811-1875)

Parents: Moses and Lavenia Geddis
Family Members: Mandy Geddis; Mosses Geddis; Rena Grant; Nacy Geddis; Peggy Mack (siblings of Rodwell)

Stephney Geddis

See Stephney Geddis's Pension file for the relationship.

Wife's place of birth: Not listed
Wife's enslaver: Not listed
Wife's parents: Not listed
Wife's other family members: Not listed

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.