By William "Bennett" White, Spring 2023 

Henry Weston was born in Norfolk around 1835. His parents were James and Lucy Weston. He enlisted into Company C of the 10th USCT Infantry Regiment on February 8, 1864.He was listed as a farmer before enlisting at Craney Island on October 20, 1863. Unit involved in Butler's operations along the southside of Petersburg and Richmond in August 1864. Captured Ft. Powhatan in May 1864. Served along the Rio Grande in Texas after the war before being mustered out in May 1866. He married Lucy Shield in 1868. According to the 1880 US Census, Weston was working as a domestic servant in Norfolk. He had at least one child, a daughter named Mary L. Hawkins, who died in 1926.

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Full Name: Henry Weston

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Birth Date: ca. 1832

Birthplace: Northampton County, VA

Parents: James Weston, Lucy Weston

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Race: African American

Spouse: Lucy Weston (née Shields)

Children: Mary L. Hawkins

Marriage Date: January 9, 1868

Marriage Place: Norfolk, VA

Death Date: February 11, 1887

Death Place: Norfolk, VA

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Burial Place: West Point Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia

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Henry Weston, USCT, 10th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, Norfolk, VA

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Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 8th through 13th, including the 11th (new); Microfilm Serial: M1821; Microfilm Roll: 53

Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Year: 1880; Census Place: Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia; Roll: 1381; Page: 408B; Enumeration District: 072

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National Park Service, “The Civil War: Battle Unit Details,” Last modified (n. d.), Accessed on March 17, 2023, Battle Unit Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

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