Granville Bennett (Alabama politician)

Granville Bennett (b. 1824) was an American farmer and state legislator in Alabama. He represented Sumter County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives during the 1872 and 1874 terms.[1][2] He and other black members of the state legislature who served during and in the years that followed the Reconstruction era are included on a historical marker.[3] A Republican, he signed onto a "Memorial" addressed to U. S. President Ulysses S. Grant.[4]

He was born 1824[1] in Alabama. He was a farmer.[5] In 1872 he testified he came to Alabama about 1835 at age ten. In his sworn testimony to a committee investigating the 'Condition of affairs in the southern states' he said he lived about 3 miles from Livingston, Alabama at Robert Mason's place which had been Maconico. He testified to not being threatened at his home but having spoken with a father whose son was taken from the man's arms and killed.[6]

References

1. English, Bertis D. (February 9, 2020). Civil Wars, Civil Beings, and Civil Rights in Alabama's Black Belt: A History of Perry County. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-2069-0 – via Google Books.
2. "African American Legislators in Reconstruction Alabama" (PDF). Retrieved September 6, 2024.
3. "Black Members of the Alabama Legislature Who Served During The Reconstruction Period of 1868-1879 Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
4. Elections, United States Congress Senate Committee on Privileges and (February 9, 1877). "Report ... to Inquire ... Whether in and of the Elections in the State of Alabama in the Elections of 1874, 1875, and 1876 the Right of Male Inhabitants ... to Vote Had Been Denied Or Abridged". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
5. English, Bertis D. (6 October 2020). Civil Wars, Civil Beings, and Civil Rights in Alabama's Black Belt: A History of Perry County. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-2069-0.
6. States, United States Congress Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary (February 9, 1872). "Report ... Made to the Two Houses of Congress February 19, 1872: Alabama". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.