Bennett H Gerrard

Bennett H Gerrard has an estimated birth date of 1844 in Beaufort County, North Carolina. He was the son of William Bennett H P Gerrard and Mary 'Polly' Peed. He was recorded on the census of 1 June 1850 living in Beaufort County. He was enumerated as Bennett Gerrard age 4 in the household of Napoleon Bonapart Mitchell. During the year 1861, Bennett H Gerrard enlisted in Company B, 40th Regiment North Carolina Troops, to serve in the armies of the Confederacy during the War Between the States. Company B was known as McMillan Artillery. He died 19 January 1864 in Fort Fisher, New Hanover County, North Carolina.