Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames G Through H

     This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust (now digitized in the free collection Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1874 at FamilySearch.org), then layer on abstracts of military records digitized at Footnote.com from two collections, Civil War Soldiers – Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry and Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index. If you find an ancestor here, there are many more records waiting for you on Footnote.com, within the two subscription collections listed above.

     Please scroll to the bottom of the page for source citations for these records. Happy Ancestor Hunting from the crew at Lowcountry Africana!

 

Benjamin Gardiner, Company B 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2796 Benjamin Gardiner, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Warsaw Isld SC
 
Where Brought Up: Same Place
 
Residence: Same Place
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Teena
 
Children: Lizzie
 
Father: Joseph
 
Mother: Judy
 
Brothers: James & Sam, William & Joseph
 
Sisters: Peggy Brown, Henrietta Taylor, Mary & Molsey Gardiner
 
Benjamin Gardiner X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Benjamin Gardner, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at St. Helena Island SC 19 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 17
 
Where Born: St. Helena Island SC
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

John Gardiner, Company B 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2752 John Gardiner, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Where Brought Up: Same Place
 
Residence: Same Place
 
Age: 23
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Venus
 
Children: William 4 years and John 4 months
 
Father: Leon
 
Brothers: Jacob, Jack & Samuel
 
Sisters: Flora & Betty
 
John Gardiner X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

John Gardner, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 19 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 20
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

Stephen Geddis, Company B 33rd USCT 

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2798 Stephen Geddis, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Residence: St. Helena Isld SC
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Olivia
 
Children: Phoebe
 
Father: Moses dead
 
Mother: Lavinia
 
Brothers: Manuel, Moses and Simon
 
Sisters: Sukey, Nanny, Peggy and Lavinia
 
Stephen Geddis X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Steppeny Geddes, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 19 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 20
 
Where Born: Ladies Island SC
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

Andrew General, Company C 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:

Acct: 2836 Andrew General, Company C 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Cat Island
 
Residence: St. Helena Isld. SC
 
Complexion: Dark Brown
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Teena
 
Children: Mary
 
Father: Paul dead
 
Mother: Mary dead
 
Brothers: Winter, Paul & Stepney
 
Sister: Mary
 
Andrew General X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Andrew General, Company C 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 28 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 21
 
Where Born: Cat Island SC
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

Robert Goodwin, Company B 33rd USCT 

Freedmen's Bank Record:

Acct: 2744 Robert Goodwine, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Wilmington, NC
 
Residence: Port Royal Isld. SC
 
Complexion: Dark Brown
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Hetty
 
Father: Friday Haines
 
Mother: Phoebe
 
Brothers: Grayson
 
Sisters: Nancy & Martha
 
Robert Goodwin X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Robert Goodwine, Company G 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 21 Mar 1863
 
Age at Enlistment: 19
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Occupation: Bricklayer
 

Green Gordon, Company B 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 136 Green Gordon
 
Date of Application: 17 Mar 1866
 
Name of Master: Thom. Millet
 
Brothers: Joe Ban & Tom, Catharine
 
Regiment and Company: B 33rd USCT
 
Place of Birth: Lincoln Co. TN
 
Residence: of Mother Lincoln Co. TN
 
Remarks: Was waiter in Comp F 78 Vols
 
Came into Union lines Winter of 61 & 62
 
Green Gordon X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Green Gordon, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Hilton Head SC 11 Jan 1865
 
Age at Enlistment: 20
 
Where Born: Lincoln County TN
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

Ansel Graham, Company C 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2811 Ansel Graham, Company C 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: St. Helena SC
 
REsidence: sarah H. Perry Place
 
Age: 23
 
Complexion: Dark
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Clarinda
 
Father: Sammy
 
Mother: Phoebe
 
Brothers: Frank Scott. Frank, William & Billy Middleton
 
Sisters: Abby, Jane & Anna Middleton
 
Ansel Graham X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Ansel Graham, Company A 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 15 Dec 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 20
 

James Grant, Company B 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2806 James Grant, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Port Royal Island SC
 
Residence: Paris Island SC
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Single
 
Father: James Living on Savannah River
 
Mother: Diana Williams
 
Brother: Moses Pringle
 
Sisters: Mary & Celia
 
James Grant X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

James Grant, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 12 Feb 1863
 
Age at Enlistment: 17
 
Where Born: Port Royal Island SC
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

James Grant, Company K 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2978 James Grant, Company K 33rd USCT
 
Date of Application: 18 Aug 1868
 
Where Born: Cooahatchie [sic] SC
 
Where Brought Up: Same Place
 
Residence: Hilton Head
 
Age: About 30
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Roseanna
 
Father: John
 
Mother: Rose
 
Brothers: John Grant
 
Sisters: Rose wife of Renty Miller
 
James Grant X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

James Grant, Company K 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Camp Saxton 1 Dec 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 24
 
Where Born: Bluffton SC
 
Occupation: Stevedore
 

William Grant, Company C 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 3275 Lydia Grant, Wife of William Grant, Company C 33rd USCT
 
Date of Application: 3 Feb 1869
 
Where Born: Cat Island SC
 
Where Brought UP: Same Place
 
Residence: Beaufort SC
 
Age: 30
 
Complexion: Brown
 
Occupation: Seamstress & Washer
 
Works For: Herself
 
Wife: Husband William Co. C 33rd USCT
 
Children: Charley Smith
 
Father: Poole Smith Cain Island
 
Mother: Molly Cain Island
 
Brothers: Lardress Smith
 
Sisters: Nanny Simmons, Laura Mitchell All live on Cain Island SC
 
Signature: Lydia Grant
 

Daniel Grayson, Company B 33rd USCT  

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2797 Daniel Grason, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Where Brought Up: Same Place
 
Residence: Same Place
 
Complexion: Brown
 
Occupation: Boatman
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Diana
 
Children: Ellen
 
Father: Primus
 
Maother: Hagar died in 1864
 
Brothers: Stephen lives North
 
Sisters: Daphne, Rachel, Matilda and Rebecca
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Daniel Grason, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort 19 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 26
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Occupation: Shoemaker
 

Edmund Green, Company B 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:

Acct: 2852 Edmund Green, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Residence: Beaufort SC
 
Age: 22
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Farming on Pert Royal Isld.
 
Works For: Himself
 
Father: Toney Green
 
Mother: Chloe
 
Brothers: David, Toney, Simon & Jo
 
Sister: Leah
 
Edmund Green X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Edmund Green, Company B 3rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort 19 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 22
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

Jackson Green, Company K 33rd USCT 

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 3208 Jackson Green, Company K 33rd USCT
 
Residence: Near School House "Old Fort" Plantation
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Peggy
 
Children: None
 
Father: Prince (dead)
 
Mother: (dead)
 
Brothers: None
 
Sisters: Clarissa & Susanna
 
Wife's Father Sandy dead. Mother Silla.
 
Jackson Green stutters a little.
 
Jackson Green X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Jackson Green, Company K 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Camp Saxton 1 Nov 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 24
 
Where Born: Bluffton SC
 
Occupation: Hostler
 

Joseph Green, Company  B 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:

Acct: 2795 Joseph Green, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Where Brought Up: Same Place
 
Residence: Same place
 
Complexion: Dark Brown
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Phoebe
 
Children: Clifford
 
Father: Joseph Green
 
Mother: Katy Green
 
Borthers: Peter & Sammy
 
Sisters: Laura Bryan
 
Joseph Green X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Joseph Green, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 19 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 22
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

Moses Green, Company D 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 3480 Moses Green , Company D 33rd USCT
 
Date of Application: 27 Jul 1869
 
Where Born: Savannah GA
 
Where Brought Up: Same Place & at "Old Fort" 
 
Residence: "Old Fort" Port Royal Island SC
 
Age: About 29
 
Complexion: Brown
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Patty Green
 
Children: John Andrew Green 2 1/2 yrs
 
Father: Caesar Wallace
 
Mother: Silla dead about 5 years
 
Brothers and Sisters: Jimmy White, Tom Wallace, Simon Grant or Wallace
Potro Haywood
 
Moses Greene [signature]
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Moses Green, Company D 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 1 Nov 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 23
 
Where Born: Savannah GA
 
Occupation: Farmer
 

Quaker Green, Company E 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2823 Quaker Green, Company E 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Cooper River near Charleston
 
Residence: St. Helena Isld. SC
 
Complexion: Brown
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Hannah
 
Children: Miley, Titus & Silby
 
Father: George
 
Mother: Silla
 
Brothers: None
 
Sisters: None
 
Quaker Green X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Quaker Green, Company E 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at St. Helena SC 1 Nov 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 29
 
Where Born: St. Helena Island SC
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

Frank Hagans, Company C 33rd USCT 

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 3385 Frank Hagans, Company C 33rd USCT
 
Date of Application: 6 Apr 1869
 
Where Born: Jacksonville FL
 
Where Brought Up: Same Place
 
Residence: Beaufort SC
 
Age: About 29
 
Complexion: Brown
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Lavinia
 
Father: George Hagans
 
Mother: Ann dead
 
Brothers: Aleck dead
 
Sisters: Lafila. No More
 
Frank Hagans X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Frank Hagens, Company C 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 6 Feb 1863
 
Age at Enlistment: 24
 
Where Born: Jacksonville FL
 
Occupation: Boatman
 

Ansel Haggard aka Ansel Hazzard, Company E 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2821 Ansel Haggard, Company E 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Darien GA
 
Residence: Washaw Isld. SC
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Kate
 
Children: Becky, Atchy & Lindy
 
Father: Molbrook dead
 
Mother: Phoebe dead
 
Brother: July
 
Sister: Cinda
 
Ansel Haggard X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Ansel Haggard aka Ansel Hazzard, Company E 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at St. Simons Island GA 14 Dec 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 34
 
Where Born: Glenn County GA
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

Joseph Haines, Company B 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2832 Joseph Haines, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Coosahatchie SC
 
Residence: Beaufort SC
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Brick-layer
 
Works for: Himself
 
Wife: Mary
 
Children: Betsey & Rosa
 
Father: Robert
 
Mother: Betsey dead
 
Brothers: None
 
Sisters: Susan, Emma & Sophia
 
Joseph Haines X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Joseph Haines, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 19 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 25
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

Nathan Haines, Company B 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2842 Nathan Haines, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Port Royal Isld. SC
 
Residence: Savannah
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Carpenter
 
Wife: Single
 
Father: Carolina dead
 
Mother: Diana McKnight
 
Brothers: Solomon, Carolina, Samuel, Albert & Jimmy McKnight
 
Sister: Rachel
 
Nathan Haines X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Nathan Haines, Company B 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 19 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 36
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Occupation: Engineer
 

Abram Hamilton, Company H 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 3985 Abram Hamilton, Company H 33rd USCT
 
Date of Application: 1 Sep 1870
 
Where Born: St Helena Island SC
 
Where Brought Up: Same Place
 
Residence: Same Place
 
Age: 25
 
Complexion: Brown
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Nancy
 
Father: Ishmael Brown dead
 
Mother: Abby
 
Brothers: Toby & Moses & Scipio Brown
 
Sisters: Patsie wife of David Small. Violet wife Barrock Fuller. Nanny wife of Handy Linyard(?)
 
Abram Hamilton X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Abram Hamilton, Company H 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 19 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 25
 
Where Born: Beaufort SC
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

Willam Happy, Company F 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2914 Nancy Happy, Widow of William Happy, Company F 33rd USCT
 
Date of Application: 7 Aug 1868
 
Where Born: Georgetown SC
 
Where Brought Up: Same Place
 
Residence: Beaufort SC
 
Age: About 25
 
Complexion: Brown, marked with small pox
 
Occupation:Seamstress & Cook
 
Works For: Herself
 
Husband: William Co. F 33rd USCT
 
Children: Mary (10)
 
Father: Gabriel Green dead
 
Mother: Phoebe Green
 
Brothers: Scipio Green, One more don't know name
 
Sisters: Docia Green. Rhody Green. Beck Brown. Sally Green
 
Husband William dead
 
Nancy Happy X Her Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

William Happy, Company F 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 9 Dec 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 
 
Where Born: Georgetown SC
 
Occupation: Teamster
 
Died of wounds received in action near Pocotaligo SC 31 Dec 1865
 

Luke Harris, Company H 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 3334 Luke Harris, Company H 33rd USCT
 
Date of Application: 9 Mar 1869
 
Where Born: Harris Neck McIntosh Co. GA
 
Residence: Same Place
 
Age: 24 Co. H 33rd
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Wife: Betsey
 
Children: Susan 1 1/2 years
 
Father: Burgen died 15 years ago
 
Mother:Jane at Harris Neck
 
Brothers: Hamilton, Wm Curry, Lewis Curry & David Curry
 
Sisters: Bina Jenkins, Ellen McIntosh and Sally Sheaves
 
Luke Harris X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Luke Harris, Company H 3rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort 19 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 19
 
Where Born: McIntosh GA
 
Occupation: Laborer
 

James Haynes, Company E 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2869 James Haynes, Company E 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Hilton Head SC
 
Residence: Ladies Island SC
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Single
 
Father: Hector dead long ago
 
Mother: Maria dead
 
Brothers: Dick & Gadsden both dead
 
Sister: Nancy
 
James Haynes X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

James Haynes, Company E 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at St. Helena SC 1 Nov 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 22
 
Where Born: Georgetown SC
 
Occupation: Mason
 

Able Hewitt, Company A 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:

Acct: 2898 Able Hewitt, Company A 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Ladies Island SC
 
Where Brought Up: Same Place
 
Residence: Same Place
 
Complexion: Brown
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Judy
 
Children: Hagar & Eliza
 
Father: Lunnon Jackson
 
Mother: Peggy dead
 
Brothers: None
 
Sisters: Nanny, Eve, Bina, Riah, Dolly
 
Able Hewitt X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Abel Hewitt, Company A 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort 19 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 26
 
Where Born: St. Helena SC
 
Occupation: Cartman
 
 

John Hibbard, Company D 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 90 John Hibbard
 
Date of Application: 28 Feb 1866
 
Name of Master: Howell Hollister
 
Name of Mistress: Mary
 
Plantation: Savannah GA
 
Height and Complexion: 5 ft 6 Black
 
Father or Mother? John Stafford, Serina Gray
 
Regiment and Company: D 33rd USCT
 
Place of Birth: St Marys GA
 
Residence: St Marys GA
 
Brothers: Robert, Lewis, Henry
 
Sisters: Jane, Milley
 
John Hibbard X His Mark
 

Richard Howard, Company C 33rd USCT

Freedmen's Bank Record:
 
Acct: 2906 Richard Howard, Company C 33rd USCT
 
Where Born: Pinckney Island SC
 
Residence: Seabrook Hilton Head Island
 
Age: 22
 
Complexion: Black
 
Occupation: Farming
 
Works For: Himself
 
Wife: Tilla
 
Children: None
 
Father: dead
 
Mother: Nellie
 
Brothers: William, Toby Jones and Sampson
 
Sisters: Leah, Rhina & Daphne
 
Richard Howard X His Mark
 
 

Civil War Service Record:

Richard Howard, Company E 33rd USCT
 
Enlisted at Beaufort SC 26 Oct 1862
 
Age at Enlistment: 20
 
Where Born: Pinckney Island SC
 
Occupation: Laborer
 
 

Source Citations:

Freedmen's Bank Records: 

"Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874," database, FamilySearch.org, from Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. Registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865–1874.

Civil War Service Records:

"Civil War Soldiers – Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry," database, Footnote.com, from Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, NARA M1992.

Civil War Pension Records:

"Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index," database, Footnote.com, from Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, NARA T289. 

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