Mary Calhoun (abt. 1743-1805), Wife of Samuel Kerr of Abbeville County, South Carolina

Or, Subtitled: “We are at best but Strangers and pilgrames as all our fathers have been” Now that I have completed a series of postings tracking family lines descending from John Green (1768-1837) of Abbeville and Pendleton District, South Carolina, and Bibb County, Alabama, a series that began with this posting, I’m going to begin … More Mary Calhoun (abt. 1743-1805), Wife of Samuel Kerr of Abbeville County, South Carolina

John Green (1768-1837): Some Notes on His Yet-to-Be Proven Ancestry

Or, Subtitled: Making Lemonade with No Lemons — Trying to Do Genealogy in Absence of Records You Need Beginning with this linked posting in early September 2023, I’ve been tracking a Green family line from my earliest proven ancestor in this line, John Green, who was born 21 January 1768 in Granville (later Abbeville) County, … More John Green (1768-1837): Some Notes on His Yet-to-Be Proven Ancestry

Children of Ezekiel Calhoun Green (1795-1851) and Wives Matilda Harrison and Louisa B. Reed: John K., Samuel Kerr, and Mary Musa Green

Or, Subtitled: “One of the best known river men in this section of the country” Ezekiel Calhoun Green (1795-1851) had the following children: John K. and Samuel Kerr Green, sons of Ezekiel by wife Matilda Harrison; and Mary Musa Green, a daughter by Louisa B. Reed.

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

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): Benjamin S. Green

Or, subtitled: “Times is harder here I expect than you have any Idea of” 3. Benjamin S. Green, the third child and second son of John Green and Jane Kerr,was born in 1794 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. The 1860 federal mortality schedule for Grimes County, Texas, lists B.S. Green next to his brother S.K. … More Children of John Green (1768-1837) and Jane Kerr (1768-1855): Benjamin S. Green

Jane Kerr (1768-1855), Wife of John Green of Pendleton District, South Carolina, and Bibb County, Alabama

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, … More Jane Kerr (1768-1855), Wife of John Green of Pendleton District, South Carolina, and Bibb County, Alabama

John Green (1768-1837): Pendleton District, South Carolina Records, 1800-1818

Or, Subtitled: “He left Pendleton for the Alabama a week before John E. got up and expects to return in about two months” 1800-1810 As my last posting tells you as it examines Pendleton District, South Carolina, records for John Green from the 1790 federal census, which suggests that he and wife Jane were living … More John Green (1768-1837): Pendleton District, South Carolina Records, 1800-1818

John Green (1768-1837): Pendleton District, South Carolina Records to 1799

Or, Subtitled: “Tell her I have got 5 guns all sure fire and when danger is approaching myself and jane will Each of us shoulder a few of them and march up the hill as a Reinforcement” John Green’s Birth and Marriage John Green was born 21 January 1768. This date is recorded on his … More John Green (1768-1837): Pendleton District, South Carolina Records to 1799

Ezekiel Samuel Green (1824/5 – 1900/1910) (2)

Or, Subittled: From the Louisiana Supreme Court to the Texas Supreme Court The account of the early life of Ezekiel Samuel Green in the previous posting, culled almost entirely from affidavits in the 1856 Pointe Coupee Parish Green v. Green case, augmented with data from federal censuses, brings us to the point at which he … More Ezekiel Samuel Green (1824/5 – 1900/1910) (2)