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

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

Children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing: John Ewing Colhoun (1749 [or 1752] – 1802)

Or, Subtitled: “In the confidence of his Country, he filled at the time of his death the high Station of Senator of the United States” John E. Colhoun’s Birth and Early Life John Ewing Colhoun, son of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean or Jane Ewing, was born in 1749 or 1752. His tombstone in his Keowee … More Children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing: John Ewing Colhoun (1749 [or 1752] – 1802)

Notes on a Benjamin Green (abt. 1766 – after 1805) Who May Be a Brother of John Green (1768-1837)

Or, Subtitled: News of the selling of Tom Paine — a horse — and of rice plantations in the South Carolina lowcountry In my previous posting, I told you that a Benjamin Green who begins appearing in Abbeville County and Pendleton District, South Carolina, records by the late 1780s and early 1790s and who is … More Notes on a Benjamin Green (abt. 1766 – after 1805) Who May Be a Brother of John Green (1768-1837)

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

Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860) — The South Carolina and Tennessee Years

Or, Subtitled: “Young Men on the Make” in Early Nashville Samuel Kerr Green, father of Ezekiel Samuel Green (1824/5 – 1900/1910), was born in 1790 in Pendleton District (later Anderson County), South Carolina. As previous postings have noted (and here), Samuel is enumerated on the 1850 federal census in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, along with … More Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860) — The South Carolina and Tennessee Years