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, Louisiana, from 1835 to 1848. As the second posting I’ve just linked states, in or shortly after 1848, Samuel moved with his wife Elvira Birdwell Green (the widow Grammer when he married her), his son Ezekiel Samuel Green, and his and Elvira’s children Albert B. and Cornelia Jane Green to Pointe Coupee Parish, where they settled on a plantation of 650 acres on the Atchafalaya River. How Samuel and Elvira acquired this land, I have been unable to find. Following Elvira’s death before 13 December 1855, the land was sold as part of her succession, and this has caused me to conclude that it came to Samuel when he married Elvira Birdwell Grammer.[1]
Begats and Bequeathals 