John Bess

Title

John Bess

Aliases

John Wainwright

Date

30 December 1891-5 June 1934

Description

Regiment: 1st United States Colored Calvary
Company: H
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: January 1864
Mustered-out date and place: February 1866 at Brazos Santiago, Texas, United States

Other locations listed during time of service: Hampton, Virginia, United States; Oak Grove, Virginia, United States; Brazos, Texas, United States
Comrades mentioned: Theophilus Butler; Henry Curtis; Albert Etheridge; George Goodson; Alonzo Hodges; Jeremiah Locker, Whilman Lewis; Albert Page; Richard Pierce; Chas Sturgis; George E. Webb; John McCoy; Bob Hughes; John Fields; Jos Nelson; Rapheal Wright; Richard Wright; James Holland; Jordan Vesey; Narrent Pleasent; Alfred Simpson

Name(s) of spouse(s): Louisa Todd Wainwright
Children: John Henry Wainwright; Sarah Frances Wainwright; Mary Mason; Eldora Wainwright; Cornelia Wainwright; Otelia Carrington; Norella Wainwright; Sibby Triplett; Lucy Wainwright

Veteran's birth date and location: ~1838 Nansemond County, Virginia, United States
Plantation(s): Not listed
Enslaver(s): John Gaskins (1790-1860)

Parents of veteran: John and Nancy Gaskins Wainwright
Other listed family members: Sam Bess (Uncle)

Wife's place of birth: Not listed
Wife's enslaver: Not listed
Wife's parents: George Todd
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.