Tag: New Orleans Louisiana

Children of John Ewing Colhoun and Floride Bonneau (2): James Edward

March 28, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “The eccentric, & wicked, but highly gifted James Edward Calhoun” 3. James Edward Calhoun, the third child of John Ewing Colhoun and Floride Bonneau who lived to adulthood, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on 4 July 1798. This date of birth is recorded on his tombstone in Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church cemetery … More Children of John Ewing Colhoun and Floride Bonneau (2): James Edward

Children of Jane Caroline Green (1808-1897) and Husband Thomas Keesee: Louisa, Eleanor, William Fortenberry, John Hill, Patience W., and George Sidney Keesee

December 27, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “There is doubtless in store for him a great reputation as the pioneer and principal breeder of fine-stock in the State” This posting is a continuation of a previous posting in which I discussed the first seven children of Thomas Keesee and Jane Caroline Green. In what follows, I’ll provide information about Thomas … More Children of Jane Caroline Green (1808-1897) and Husband Thomas Keesee: Louisa, Eleanor, William Fortenberry, John Hill, Patience W., and George Sidney Keesee

Children of John Green (1768-1837) and Jane Kerr (1768-1855): Ezekiel Calhoun Green — Estate Documents

November 4, 2023

Or Subtitled: When a Name in Estate Documents Hides Thickets of Kinship Connections The final set of documents I have for Ezekiel Calhoun Green are his estate records. His tombstone in Smithland cemetery at Smithland in Livingston County, Kentucky, tells us that Ezekiel died on 6 April 1851. On 7 July 1851, James K. Huey … More Children of John Green (1768-1837) and Jane Kerr (1768-1855): Ezekiel Calhoun Green — Estate Documents

Children of John Green (1768-1837) and Jane Kerr (1768-1855): Ezekiel Calhoun Green (2)

October 29, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “In 1860, she had only aged 8 years and in 1870 she aged another 8 years. By 1880, she had only aged 2 years” Ezekiel Purchases Island Property Outside Smithland Now, returning to the chronological narrative of Ezekiel C. Green’s documents following his marriage on 2 September 1835: on 28 March 1836, Ezekiel … More Children of John Green (1768-1837) and Jane Kerr (1768-1855): Ezekiel Calhoun Green (2)

Children of John Green (1768-1837) and Jane Kerr (1768-1855): Ezekiel Calhoun Green (1)

October 29, 2023

Or Subtitled: “Ezekiel Green has attand my permition to marry my Niece Matilda Harrison of your County who I Stand as garden for“ 4. Ezekiel Calhoun Green, the fourth child of John Green and Jane Kerr, was born 22 August 1795 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. This date of birth is recorded on his tombstone … More Children of John Green (1768-1837) and Jane Kerr (1768-1855): Ezekiel Calhoun Green (1)

Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Years and Death in Grimes County, Texas (1848-1860)

August 25, 2023

Or, Subtitled: This father’s attempt to bastardize his son “came with a bad grace” since “it is sometimes impossible for a child to know with certainty whether he be legitimately begotten or not” In the previous two postings (here and here), I discussed the life of Samuel Kerr Green during his years in Natchitoches Parish, … More Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Years and Death in Grimes County, Texas (1848-1860)

Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Years, 1835-1848 (2)

August 18, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “Maj. Samuel K. Green, an old veteran in the cause gave a splendid ball in the evening” So with the previous posting, we’ve gotten Samuel Kerr Green from New Orleans to Natchitoches Parish in northwest Louisiana by October 1835, when he bought 640 acres there from Dr. John Sibley. As the conveyance record … More Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Years, 1835-1848 (2)

Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Years, 1835-1848 (1)

August 14, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “Claiming, by virtue of occupation, habitation, and cultivation, a tract of land lying wwithin the late neutral territory” As my previous posting about Samuel Kerr Green indicates when it wraps up discussion of the period in the early 1830s that Samuel spent working as an overseer on the plantation of James Hopkins in … More Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Years, 1835-1848 (1)

Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Years Working on James Hopkins’ Plantation in New Orleans, Early 1830s

August 4, 2023

Two postings in the past, I brought the story of Samuel Kerr Green up to 1830, as I tracked Samuel after he left Nashville and his Nashville-New Orleans trading firm Young, Green and Co. in 1820 or 1821 and went to south Louisiana. When I wrote that posting, I had thought that Samuel went directly … More Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Years Working on James Hopkins’ Plantation in New Orleans, Early 1830s