Tag: John Green

Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), Son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard: South Carolina Years (1786-1808)

April 24, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “The family came in a cart whose wheels were sections of a big tree sawn out thicker in the center than on the edge” This posting continues a thread discussing records that document the life of Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard. The previous posting in the thread documents … More Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), Son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard: South Carolina Years (1786-1808)

Benjamin Green (abt. 1766 – after 1805) of Abbeville and Pendleton District, South Carolina: New Information

January 13, 2025

Or, Subtitled: The Potential of FamilySearch’s New AI All-Text Search Tool to Discover New Information The following are several new pieces of information I’ve uncovered recently regarding a Benjamin Green Junior who was son of Benjamin Green Senior of the Long Cane settlement in what became Abbeville (and McCormick) County, South Carolina. As a previous … More Benjamin Green (abt. 1766 – after 1805) of Abbeville and Pendleton District, South Carolina: New Information

James G. Birdwell (1795-1849): Georgia and Alabama Years

August 12, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “A farmer and a sober, steady man of good habits and of good family” I’ve spent lo these many months now on this blog documenting the ancestry of my paternal great-grandmother Mary Ann Green Lindsey (and here). I followed Mollie Green Lindsey’s Green line back from her father Ezekiel Samuel Green (that series … More James G. Birdwell (1795-1849): Georgia and Alabama Years

John Green (1768-1837): New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 11, 2024

As a previous posting has noted, when John and Jane Kerr Green sold their 1,345 acres in Pendleton District to Thomas Gates on 4 May 1818, as they made their move to Alabama, Gates then resold that land to John and Jane’s neighbors the Lawrences. In the “Lawrence Family Papers” at Clemson University Library’s Special … More John Green (1768-1837): New Information Added to Previous Posting

John Green (1768-1837): New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 11, 2024

As a previous posting here had indicated, on 22 July 1794, as John Green continued adding to his initial land acquisition of 838 acres in Pendleton District in May 1793, he bought from Levi Peirce 148 acres bordered by the Keowee River and Six Mile Creek. This land adjoined his 838-acre tract, and was land … More John Green (1768-1837): New Information Added to Previous Posting

John Green (1768-1837): New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 9, 2024

After my recent research trip to Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives, I have added another new piece of information to a previous posting about John Green (1768-1837). This new information is from biographical information about John Green’s Pendleton District neighbor Benjamin Lawrence that I found in the Lawrence Family Papers at Clemson’s archives. … More John Green (1768-1837): New Information Added to Previous Posting

Benjamin Green (abt. 1766 – after 1805): New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 9, 2024

I have now added new information to a previous posting about Benjamin Green Jr., son of Benjamin Green Sr. of Abbeville County, South Carolina, and, in my view, a likely brother of John Green, who married Jane Kerr, daughter of Samuel Kerr and Mary Calhoun of Abbeville County. This new information discusses notes of Mary … More Benjamin Green (abt. 1766 – after 1805): New Information Added to Previous Posting

Benjamin Green Sr. and Jr.: New Information Added to Previous Postings

May 8, 2024

Here’s more new information I’ve now added to some previous postings following my recent research trip to the Special Collections and Archives of Clemson University’s Library: previously, I have made a number of postings about a Benjamin Green who appears in records of the Long Cane settlement in Granville County, South Carolina (later Abbeville County) … More Benjamin Green Sr. and Jr.: New Information Added to Previous Postings

John Green and Wife Jane Kerr: New Information Added to Previous Postings (2)

May 7, 2024

In a posting I just uploaded, I told readers of this blog that I recently found the original plat for John Green’s survey of 838 acres on the Keowee River in Pendleton District, South Carolina, in 1793. That plat is in the Lawrence Family Papers in Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives (box 1, … More John Green and Wife Jane Kerr: New Information Added to Previous Postings (2)