Or, Subtitled: An experiment in silk worm raising in Bibb County, Alabama
a. John Randolph Green was born 7 February 1844 at Woodstock, Bibb County, Alabama. John stated this date and place of birth on his report for the 1921 census of Alabama Confederate soldiers.[1] John’s reply to the questionnaire sent to former CSA soldiers in 1921 was written and signed by him. He gave his full name on the report as John Randolph Green.
Or, Subtitled: Fortunes Rising, Fortunes Falling, as Sands Shift
9. James Hamilton Green, the ninth child of John Green and Jane Kerr, was born in or about 1806 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. Or so I conclude: federal censuses have conflicting data about his year of birth. The 1850 and 1870 censuses have him born in 1806, the 1860 census in 1808, and the 1880 federal mortality schedule in 1810.[1] The lists of John Green and Jane Kerr’s children stated in their estate records, as well as in the estate records of James’s brother John Ewing Green, all place the children’s names in the same order, which is clearly their order of birth. These lists consistently place James between John Ewing and Jane Caroline Green. John E. Green was born 6 November 1803 and Jane Caroline was born 10 October 1808. Unless James was a twin of Jane Caroline — and I’ve seen no record suggesting this — it seems to me that the 1806 year of birth indicated by the 1850 and 1870 federal censuses is correct.
Or, Subtitled: “From his youth to his last camp hunt [he] killed with his own rifle in his own hands not less than twelve hundred deer”
Joscelin B. Green and wife Elizabeth Nichols had the following children, who are named in the estate records of Joscelin and his mother Jane Kerr Green:
Or, Subtitled: “In Memory of Jane Green born in Abbeville District S.C. Oct. 8th 1768. Departed this life Nov. 2nd 1855”
As a previous posting has indicated, the tombstone of Jane Kerr Green, wife of John Green, which formerly marked her grave in the family cemetery on the Green plantation near Woodstock in Bibb County, Alabama, but is now in Tannehill Historical State Park in Tuscaloosa County, states that Jane was born 8 October 1768 in Abbeville District, South Carolina, and that she died 2 November 1855.[1] The posting I’ve just linked contains a photo of the tombstone and transcribes its inscription, which reads,
In Memory of Jane Green born in Abbeville District S.C. Oct. 8th 1768. Departed this life Nov. 2nd 1855
As the linked posting also explains, at the time John Green and Jane Kerr were born in 1768 in what would become Abbeville County or District in 1785, this area, then called Granville County, would shortly after their births become Ninety-Six District until Abbeville District/County was created.
Begats and Bequeathals 