North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 B F McSwain m Nancy Green 30 May 1841, Cleveland County, North Carolina. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 21 August, page 276, Hse/ Family #325 Benjamin McSwain 32 M Farmer $110 North Carolina Nancy McSwain 30 F North Carolina George McSwain 4 M North Carolina Bury McSwain 1 M North Carolina Nancy Green McSwain Birth 1820 Death May 12, 1858 Parents: James Monroe Green (1802 - 1890) Narcissa Hamrick Green (1806 - 1882) Spouse Benjamin Franklin McSwain (1818 - 1900) Children: George C McSwain (1845 - 1864) George Green McSwain (1846 - 1919) Lula McSwain Lovelace (1870 - 1948) Burial Boiling Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Boiling Springs, Cleveland County, North Carolina Created by: Elizabeth Jan 01, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #32555274, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32555274 This memorial reports the parents of Nancy as James Monroe Green and Narcissa Hamrick Green. We have this family in this genealogy, but I have found no documentation of a child named Nancy. The parents other sources report for this Nancy Green is Elias Green and Judith Moore McSwain. The death date here is wrong also. The date reported here is 12 May 1958, though the date on the stone in the photo posted with this memorial says 12 Nov 1958. The memorial has only the year of birth, while the stone has the full date of 29 Aug 1920. McSwain Nancy (Green) Born Aug 29, 1820 Died Nov 12, 1858 Daughter of John Elias Green and Judith Moore McSwain Wife of Benjamin Franklin McSwain Buried in Boiling Spngs Baprist Cemetery, Boiling Spngs, Cleveland County, North Carolina -- Photo by Sharon and Jackioe, Find a Grave, 23 May 2011, accessed 8 August 2017, used by permission After the death of his first wife Nancy Green, Benjamin Franklin McSwain married Judith Green. The Hamrick Data pages provide us with a list of their children.
1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 28 August, page 297-298, Hse/Fam #481 Elias Green 43 M Farmer $550 Real Estate b North Carolina [b abt 1807] Rebecca Green 41 F b North Carolina [b abt 1809] Bury Green 19 M Farmer b North Carolina [b abt 1831] Thomas Green 18 M b North Carolina [b abt 1832] Benjamin Green 17 M b North Carolina [b abt 1833] Albert Green 14 M b North Carolina [b abt 1836] Hannah Green 13 F b North Carolina [b abt 1837] - page 297-298 - Mary [Malissa Narcissus] Green 9 F b North Carolina [b abt 1841] Reuben Green 8 M b North Carolina [b abt 1842] Nancy Green 6 F b North Carolina [b abt 1844] Jonathan Green 4 M b North Carolina [b abt 1846] Sarah Green 3 F b North Carolina [b abt 1847] Lucinda Green 8mos F b North Carolina [b abt 1849] Rebecca married Elias Green on December 22, 1827 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina. They had the following children: Berry (Bury) Green b: 1830 in North Carolina William Thomas Green b: Abt 1833 in North Carolina Benjamin Green b: Abt 1834 in North Carolina Albert Green b: Abt 1835 in North Carolina Hannah Green b: 25 Sep 1837 in North Carolina Mary Green b: Abt 1840 in North Carolina Reuben Hamrick Green b: 18 Dec 1840 in North Carolina Nancy Green b: Abt 1844 in North Carolina Jonathan Greene b: 24 Mar 1846 in North Carolina Sarah Green b: 26 Dec 1847 in North Carolina Drucinda Green b: 4 Oct 1849 in North Carolina Judith Elizabeth Green b: 16 Mar 1854 in North Carolina Sirus Harvey Green b: Abt 1858 in North Carolina -- David Holden, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwh1951&id=I557
Some Horton genealogists report the wife of John Brissell Horton as Anna Green. Some sources name her Ann(e) Green. These generally report no parents of Anna/Anne. Some link this Anna to parents Meshack and Lucretia Green. Others report his wife as the daughter of Meshack but have her name as Anna Nancy. Green genealogies report the daughter of Meshack as Nancy or Nancy Ann(e). One Horton genealogy reports the wife of John Brissell Horton as Anna Nancy Greene, possibly the daughter of Meshack. But very firm family evidence and historical records seem to indicate that Nancy Anne Green, daughter of Meshack W Green and Lucretia Franklin, married Jonathan Horton, John Brissell Horton's brother. Sheri Horton has found records of them in the Missouri (state-recognized) Cherokee Nation, confirming Nancy Anne as the daughter of Meshack and Lucretia and the wife of Jonathan Horton. The problem is that most genealogies report Nancy Ann to have been born about 1758, which is before Meshack married Lucretia. But they have no first wife of Meshack. Further, Jonathan Horton could not have been the son of Abraham and Martha Williams Horton. Martha would have been 70 years old when Jonathan was born. I discuss more details of these problem below. Two birth locations are reported, about 1750 in Guilford County, North Carolina and about 1756-58 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. It is likely two different but similar Green lines are involved here, but there is not enough firm information in the sources to sort them out. Note that the following tree reports that Anna Nancy Greene married in 1748, 10 years before she was born in "abt 1758!" Likewise the 3rd marriage date is impossible, since she would have been only 8 years old in 1766. It is unclear what this genealogist intended to communicate here. It is presented here more as a curiosity and as a testimony to the state of the evidence. The second date here, 25 July 1778, is about right for her marriage to John Brissel Horton, in Surry County, North Carolina. This location matches with a Friends (Quaker) North Carolina Annual Meeting that some Hortons were associated with. One descendant tells us she has documentation that John was excommunicated from this Quaker meeting (church) for marrying outside the faith. We have not seen that documentation. Anna Nancy Greene Birth ABT 1758 Marriage 1 John Brissell Horton b ABT 1748 in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania Married 25 JUL 1778 in Surry Co., North Carolina Married 9 JAN 1766 in (Anna Nancy Greene d/o Mishck and Creory Green?) Unknown -- Vicki Peterson, Our Kith n Kin, RootsWeb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hisandmine&id=I05238 Some propose that the wife of John Brissell Horton is a daughter of Meshack Green and Lucretia Franklin. Evidence seems to point in this direction. The birth date of 1758 for Anna Nancy Greene is close to the common date of 1750 for Nancy Anne Green in other sources I have seen for Meshack and Lucretia's daughter. Her birth date is also before the commonly reported date of 1770 for Meshack and Lucretia's marriage. The location of Surry County, North Carlina matches the location of a Friends (Quaker) annual meeting in which some Hortons participated, including one Rachel Horton, who appears to be John and Nancy's daughter. Nancy Anne (or Anna Nancy if they are names of the same person) may be a step-daughter of Lucretia, due to the great difference in age between Meshack and Lucretia and their later marriage date. Nancy Ann(e) is also called Nancy Anna or Anna Nancy in some Horton sources who also identify her with Meshack's daughter. She is listed in genealogies variously as Anna Green, Nancy Ann(e) Green(e) and Anna Nancy Green(e). No name has been found for a first wife of Meshack. In May 2014, I got a note from Sheri Horton, a researcher I have worked with in our research on this common Green ancestor. Her research brought forward some information connecting John Brissell Horton to Cherokee lands. In the 1817-1825 roll of Cherokee emigration, one John Brissell is included among those who have agreed to exchange their lands in the east for new lands in Arkansas. This seems to be John Brissell Horton, husband of the Cherokee Nancy Ann Green, daughter of Meshack Green. John's lands would have come to him by rights of his wife Nancy Ann Green. The Hortons also had various land grants for various reasons, including purchase in Virginia and North Carolina. Arkansas was at that time part of New Madrid District of Louisiana Territory, newly obtained from the French Empire. New Madrid District included part of Missouri, where the town New Madrid retains the old name of the Spanish province. This does not mean that Meshack was fullblood Cherokee, since Cherokees were intermarrying with whites since before the American Revolution. Sheri did report that on the basis of the connections she had proven, she received membership in the Missouri Cherokee Tribe. "I just got my card from the Northern Cherokee Nation for proving John Horton, wife Nancy Anne Green daughter of Meshack Green(e). I found therm on the Emigration rolls of 1817-1835 That Meshack, Creasy, and Nancy Anne were full Cherokee! [The rolls themselves do not state this; I have not seen documentation to this effect.] ... They are recognized by the state of Missouri and are working on Federal recognition." -- Sheri Horton, Ancestry Message to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 10 May 2014 Sheri originally had the name Jonathan for the husband of Nancy Ann Green, and then a son named Jonathan, but that was later corrected to John Brissell Horton as Nancy Ann's husband and the son was Jonathan or John. I can find the name Jonathan in no other source, and on John and Nancy's son's grave reports his name as John Brissell Horton Jr. "Meshack Greene m Creasy (Franklin ?) Daughter Nancy Anne Greene married Jonathan [John Brissell] Horton son of Abraham and Martha Brissels Horton. Jonathan of Quaker faith was excommunicated from the church for marrying out of the faith leading me to believe that my gggggrandmother Nancy Anne Greene was of Cherokee descent. Jonathan and Nancy's son John married Susan Grider and the family moved to Washington Co Mo John a soldier in war of 1812 had a land grant The family remains in the Washington and surrounding counties." -- Sheri Horton, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 19 October 2010 I find the name Jonathan Horton and the connection with the Quakers confusing. There are Hortons in the Quaker meetings, an some of them appear to be this Horton family. That conflicts with their involvement in battled in the Revolutionary War. Details are unclear, but it is reported that John Brissell was excluded from the fellowship for marrying outside the faith, when he married Nancy Ann Green. And various members of this Horton family were involved in the Battle of Kings Mountain in the American Revolution against Great Britain. Sheri Horton reports the chain of relationship to her from John Brissell and Nancy Ann Horton. --------------- Nancy Anne Green (Cherokee) m John Brissell Horton Johnathan (John) Horton m. Susan Grider Mary Ann Green m. Isaac Horton (s/o Abraham / Martha B Williams Christopher Columbus Horton m. Achsah [Alsie, Alsy] Montgomery Isaac Haywood Horton m. (Achsah Montgomery's niece) Rachel Minnie Montgomery Bert Horton m. Essie Mae Byington Eugene B Horton m Lois Jean McDuffie Sheri Horton -- Sheri Horton, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 27 August 2015 --------------- But Horton names do appear on some records of the Friends Annual Meeting in Surry County, North Carolina. However, Sheri Horton points out that John was also excommunicated from the Quakers when he married a Cherokee (Nancy Ann). His sons may never have joined the Quaker Meeting. Details are uncertain. Sheri does say that John Horton and his household were the only Horton family living in that area. So it would be this John Horton who was listed in the Cherokee rolls of 1817-1835 who had agreed to exchange their eastern Cherokee lands for new lands and considerations in Arkansas, part of the new Louisiana Territory. "Issac Horton, bro of Jonathan, married Nancy's sister Mary Anne and they moved to Gwinnett Co GA. Jonathan's brothers James (killed by Indians in Indiana, where he moved with his wife's family), Issac, Abraham Jr (married Aditha Clark) and Daniel are all Rev War Patriots. Jonathan wasn't born till ca 1796, and one more bro Joseph b ca 1800." -- Sheri Horton, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 October 2010 Various researchers have connected the daughters of Meshack Green in various ways. Dates of birth vary quite a bit. Nancy Ann Green (or Anna Nancy or Anna) is reported born from 1750 to 1758, while Jonathan is reported born in 1796, 38 or so years later. So generations are crossed here. Other Horton sources report that Anna Nancy (b abt 1759) married John Brissell Horton, son of Abraham and Martha. This matches the report here of Jonathan as a son of Abraham and Martha, but differs from the unworkable birth date in 1796, since John was born in 1748. Some report John Brissel's birth year as 1746, a more workable scenario. One or more genealogies report a daughter of Lucretia and Meshack named Nancy Anne Green who was born in 1792. But this would be too late to be the wife of John Brissell Horton, who was born in 1748. The place of death in Missouri matches the reports of Nancy Ann Green Horton, wife of John Brissell Horton. But maybe her husband John Horton was not John Brissell Horton, but his son or another younger member of the same family. The following genealogy reports no husband for the Nancy Anne reported as the daughter of Meshack and Creasy Green of Georgia. Two other similar ones likewise have the later birth date but no husband for Nancy Anne. Nancy Anne Green Birth 1792 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina Death 1850 in Washington, Missouri Parents: Meshack W Green 1720 - 1799 Lucretia Creasy Franklin 1725 - 1800 -- Johnson Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25805264/person/12451365083 Nancy Anne Greene Birth 1750 in ninety-sixth dist N C Cherokee Territory Death 1850 in Washington, Missouri Parents: Meshack Green 1720 - 1799 Creasy Franklin 1725 - 1800 Spouse John Brissell Horton 1750 - 1827 Children: Leah Horton 1776 - 1820 Joseph Horton 1782 - 1876 Rachel Horton 1785 - 1860 John Horton 1789 - 1870 Lucretia Horton 1791 - 1872 HEZEKIAH Horton 1808 - 1880 -- Sheri Horton, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/906160/person/6861082401
1850 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 1 August, District 38, page 334B, Hse/Fam #11 Thomas Green 44 M Miller b SC Mary Green 38 F b SC A F Green 21 M Miller b Hall Co E B Green 19 F b Hall Co N E Green 16 M b Hall Co M M Green 13 F b Hall Co J A Green 12 M b Hall Co M B Green 10 M b Hall Co G P Green 7 M b Hall Co E I Green 5 M b Hall Co N P Green 1 M b Hall Co 1860 Federal Census, Saline County, Arkansas, 14 June, Saline Township, page 28, Hse/Fam #177 Thomas Green 46 Farmer $0 Real Estate $300 Personal born South Carolina [b abt 1814] Mary Green 44 F Farmer born South Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1839] Nancy Green 24 F Farmer born South Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1836] Martha Green 23 F Farmer born Georgia Cannot read or write [b abt 1837] James Green 22 M Farmer born Georgia Cannot read or write [b abt 1838] Union Green 19 M Farmer born Georgia [b abt 1841] Gifford Green 17 M Farmer born Georgia [b abt 1843] Irvin Green 14 M Farmer born Georgia [b abt 1846] Perry N Green 12 M Farmer born Georgia [b abt 1848] A genealogy by Richard Bates provides more complete names for most children of Thomas Perry and Mary Elizabeth Green. Nancy is reported as Nancy Elvira. John McAfee GREEN b12 OCT 1827 in Gainesville, Hall Co., GA A. F. GREEN b1829 in Hall Co., GA Daniel Thomas GREEN b1830 in Hall Co.,GA Eliza B. GREEN b1831 in Hall Co., GA Nancy Elvira GREEN b1833 in Hall Co., GA Martha Mattie GREEN b1837 in Hall Co., GA James A. GREEN b1838 in Hall Co., GA Minor Brown GREEN b1840 in Hall Co., GA Union GREEN b1841 in Hall Co., GA Gilford Perry GREEN b1843 in Hall Co., GA Edward Irvin GREEN b1845 in Hall Co., GA Nathan Perry GREEN b1849 in Hall Co., GA -- Bates, http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I02824 Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957 Pinckney V Steed, Age 42 (born abt 1819) Residence Saline County, Arkansas Nancy Elvira Green, Age 28 (born abt 1833) Residence of both Saline County, Arkansas Marriage 25 July 1861 Saline County, Arkansas, United States Ceremony by Donald J McDonald, Justice of the Peace, Registered 14 May 1862 Saline County Marriage Book, Page 26
1850 Federal Census, Forsyth County, Georgia, 25 October, page 445, Hse/Fam #1111 Daniel Green 51 M Farmer b SC Catharine Green 45 F SC Nancy J Green 11 F GA 1860 Federal Census, Forsyth County, Georgia, 8 June, P O Not Reported, page 401, Hse/Fam #222 Dan'l Green 62 F Married Farmer $0 Real Estate $0 Personal Estate (None rptd) b So Carolina[b abt 1798] Catherine Green 57 F b So Carolina [b abt 1803] Nancy J Green 20 F b Georgia [b abt 1840] Sarah C Green 16 F b Georgia [b abt 1844] Lucinda Green 12 F b Georgia [b abt 1848] Wm Wooten 19 M b Georgia [b abt 1841] 1870 Federal Census, Forsyth County, Georgia, 6 August, PO Cumming, Hightower District, page 15 (scan 350), Hse #312, Fam #279 Green, Daniel 68 M W Farmer $75 Real Estate $0 Personal Estate born South Carolina Cannot write [b abt 1802] Green, Catharine 66 F W Keeping House born South Carolina [b abt 1804] Green, Nancy J 29 Farm Hand born Georgia [b abt 1841] Green, Catharine 3 F W At Home born Georgia [b abt 1867]
1860 Federal Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, 16 August, District 544, PO Sweet Water, p 733, Hse/Fam #963 Shadrick Green 51 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $50 Personal Born South Carolina [born abt 1809] Maniza [Benisa] Green 30 F b North Carolina [born abt 1830] Nancy Green 8 F b Georgia [born abt 1852] In 1900 Nancy is reported as Head of her household. She is reported as Married but no husband is enumerated in the household. Her mother Beniza is living with her. Living next door is what appears to be a son of Nancy, Garland L Laneer, age 21, and his 16-year-old wife. 1910 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas, 21 April, King Township, District 60, page 4A, Hse #69, Fam #73 Laneer, Nancy J Head F W 58 Married 38 years 11 children/10 living GA SC NC Owns Laneer, George Son M W 18 Single AR GA GA Farm Laborer Stubbs, Nora Boarder F W 15 Single AR AR GA Farm Laborer Green, Binza Mother F W 90 Widow 5 children/1 living NC NC VA Nancy J Green Laneer Birth Feb 29, 1852 Gwinnett County, Georgia Death Mar 17, 1926 Married Jan 4 1872 in Gwinnet Co. GA Parents: Shadrack L Green (1800 - 1864) Beniza Ann Owen Green (1818 - 1914) Spouse John Laneer (1847 - 1913) Children: Mary Alice Laneer Mauldin (1872 - 1939) John Henry Laneer (1876 - 1937) Earle Laneer (1886 - 1887) Sibling Shadrack L Green (1855 - 1884) Burial Woodland Memorial Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, Created by: Bea Smith Daniel Record added: Dec 15, 2008 -- Find A Grave Memorial #32178440, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32178440
1850 Federal Census, Warren County, Tennessee, 14 October, page 105, Hse/Fam #698 Shadrick Green 30 M Farmer $400 Real Estate Value b TN [born abt 1820] Mary A Green 29 F Born TN [born abt 1821] Nancy Green 8 F b TN Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Thomas I [J] Cantrell Spouse: Nancy K Green Marriage 16 Aug 1859 Warren County The handwriting of the marriage record appears to have Thomas' middle initial as I, but more complete records report his middle name as Jefferson. The comparison of this letter to other Js or Is on the page is inconclusive. Notice the difference in marriage date. The State Marriage record transcription by Ancestry.com says the date of the license was 14 Aug, while the Family Data Collection seems to report the date of the wedding. When I checked the actual image of the Tennessee State Marriages book, the date was 16 August, not 14 Aug as transcribed by Ancestry.com Family Data Collection - Individual Records Thomas Jefferson Cantrell Spouse: Nancy K Green Parents: Cantrell Birth 1837 Warren Co, Sink Creek, TN Marriage 16 Aug 1859 McMinnville, Warren Co, TN However, in the 1860 census, Shadrack and Mary's daughter Nancy is enumerated as Nancy Green in their household at age 18. 1860 Federal Census, Warren County, Tennessee, 14 July, PO McMinnville, page 76, Hse/Fam #572 Shadrick Green 40 M Farmer $3000 Real Estate $800 Personal Estate born TN Mary Green 39 F Housekeeper born TN Nancy Green 18 F Birth State Not Rptd Meanwhile, Nancy Cantrell is enumerated with her husband Jefferson in nearby DeKalb County, Tennessee. The latter Nancy is also 18. 1860 Federal Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee, 18 July, PO Smithville, page 104, Hse #757, Fam #739 Jefferson Cantrell 25 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $400 Personal Estate born TN Married within the year Cannot read or write Nancy Cantrell 18 F Tenn Married within the year Lacking further information at this time, it appears this is the correct Nancy Green, but she was enumerated twice, once under her maiden name in her father's household and once under her married name with her husband. I have seen several cases of dual enumeration. DeKalb and Warren are neighboring counties. The enumeration of the Green household was four days before the enumeration of the Cantrell household. Anyone with any further details should let me know so we can clarify this anomaly and if needed, separate two very similar persons. In 1880, where we would expect Nancy's husband to be reported as T J (for Thomas Jefferson) the entry appears to be T S. 1880 Federal Census, Warren County, Tennessee, 4 June, Civil District 14, District 137, page 5 (scan 414), Hse/Fam #39 Cantrell, T S W M 43 Farmer Tenn SC NC Cantrell, Nancy K W F 38 Wife Keeping House Tenn Tenn Tenn Cantrell, Joseph W M 15 Son Works on Farm TN TN TN Cantrell, J D W M 13 Son Works on Farm TN TN TN Cantrell, Absolem W M 12 TN TN TN Cantrell, Shadrach W M 10 Son TN TN TN Cantrell, Sarah W F 9 Dau TN TN TN Cantrell, Green W M 6 Son TN TN TN Cantrell, Levina W F 4 Dau TN TN TN Cantrell, Jennie F 1 Dau TN TN TN
1900 Federal Census, Collin County, Texas, 9 June, Justice Precinct 8, District 23, page 8A, Hse/Fam #137 Green, Abner J Head W M Feb 1888 62 Married 37 yrs NC NC NC Farmer Rents Green, Elizabeth Wife W F Aug 1844 55 Married 37 yrs 14 children/13 living TN VA TN Green, Andrew C Son W M Apr 1882 18 Single GA NC TN Farm Laborer Green, James A Son W M Apr 1882 18 Single GA NC TN Farm Laborer Green, Nancy M Dau W F July 1884 15 Single GA NC TN Green, Winnie A Dau W F Sept 1886 13 Single TN NC TN
Nancy Mandy Green Green Birth Sep 29, 1879 Frost, Navarro County, Texas, USA Death Sep 23, 1955 Hearne, Robertson County, Texas, USA Father Benjamin G Green (1846 - 1910) Spouses: Isaac Vanvert Green (1865 - 1924) Thomas John Dunagan (1874 - 1894) Siblings: Ida Green (1870 - 1935) Robert Natches Green (1874 - 1938) Dorris Erastus Green (1876 - 1956) Nellie Francis Green Gibbs (1881 - 1938) Burial Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro County, Texas, USA Created by Edward L Williams Feb 05, 2011 -- Find A Grave Memorial #65254511, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60737302
Our first indication of Nann Green as daughter of Henry Green and Nancy Elizabeth Reeves came from an old One World Tree genealogy that, as so many of the early resources, had no doumentation. She appears to be the second child of the couple. Nann is a nickname for Nancy. Nancy Green is a fairly common name in western North Carolina in the 1800s. -------------------------- Information on Nann Green is very elusive. One marriage record looks like her, a marriage bond record in 1814 for Nathaniel Burge and Nann Green. But a matching Find a Grave record for her, linked to Nathaniel, reports her as Nancy Green, daughter of Joseph Green and Belesina Twitty in Rutherford County. One of Nancy and Nathaniel's son was given the middle name Twitty, a testimony to her parentage. North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Nann Green Nathaniel Burge Marriage Bond #000132650 Bond Signed 10 Nov 1814 Rutherford County Recorded p 35 Bondsman F D Burge Witness Drury Dobbins --------------------------
Family sources give me the name as Narcissus, which is how her grandmother spelled her name. But I find it in some genealogies as Narcissa. And this is the spelling used on her gravestone in Hopewell Cemetery, Dryfork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Her grave also reports her nickname Sissie, which I find in various sources, as well as Narcissie, as in the 1880 census. 1880 Federal Census, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 14 June, District 175, Tunstall Magisterial District, page 28, Hse/Fam # 252 Green, James W M 37 Farmer NC NC NC Green, Hannah W F 38 Wife Keeping House VA VA VA Green, Narsisie W F 4 Dau VA NC VA Narcissus' grave information reports the years of her birth and death. Her death was ion 1916, the year following her mother's death. A genealogy reported the exact date of death, 29 May 1916. I found that the grave reports her birth year was 1881. But she is reported in the 1880 census as already being 4 years old at that time.
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 21 August, page 159 (scan 396), Hse/Fam #1146 Reubin Greene 36 M Farmer $400 Real Estate $348 Personal b NC Juda Greene 32 F NC Cannot read or write Hesentine Greene 5 F NC According to her burial information, Narcissus Hesentine Green was born on 3 November 1855. The 1870 census reports her age in September 1870 as 16, which would mean she had to be born before September 1854, over a year earlier than her reported birth date on the cemetery register. The 1860 census reprots her as 5 years old in the August census, which would make her born as early as 1 August 1854 before 1 August 1855. With the precision we have coem to expect in the modern rationalist era, we might conclude that she was born in August or September 1854. This is another of those many indications that exact dates were not the obsession for that generation that they became as the 20th century progressed. Similarly her age in 1880, 22 years, is only 8 years older than 1870, and would indicate she was born between July 1857 and June 1858, about 3 years later than the birth date reported by the family on her death information.
1870 Federal Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, 2 July, PO Lawrence, p 42, Hse #279, Fam #282 Hay, Levy F 22 M W (No Occup reported) $0 Real Estate or Personal Rptd b Georgia [born abt 1848] Green, Ann 38 F W Keeping House b Georgia [born abt 1822] Green, Nathan 10 M W b Georgia [born abt 1860] Nathan L Green Birth Oct. 27, 1859 Death May 19, 1904 Spouse Cora Green (1866 - 1943) Burial Oakland Memorial Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas Created by Bea Smith Daniel Oct 03, 2008 -- Find A Grave Memorial #30278217, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30278217
1850 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 1 August, District 38, page 334B, Hse/Fam #11 Thomas Green 44 M Miller b SC Mary Green 38 F b SC A F Green 21 M Miller b Hall Co E B Green 19 F b Hall Co N E Green 16 M b Hall Co M M Green 13 F b Hall Co J A Green 12 M b Hall Co M B Green 10 M b Hall Co G P Green 7 M b Hall Co E I Green 5 M b Hall Co N P Green 1 M b Hall Co 1860 Federal Census, Saline County, Arkansas, 14 June, Saline Township, page 28, Hse/Fam #177 Thomas Green 46 Farmer $0 Real Estate $300 Personal born South Carolina [b abt 1814] Mary Green 44 F Farmer born South Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1839] Nancy Green 24 F Farmer born South Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1836] Martha Green 23 F Farmer born Georgia Cannot read or write [b abt 1837] James Green 22 M Farmer born Georgia Cannot read or write [b abt 1838] Union Green 19 M Farmer born Georgia [b abt 1841] Gifford Green 17 M Farmer born Georgia [b abt 1843] Irvin Green 14 M Farmer born Georgia [b abt 1846] Perry N Green 12 M Farmer born Georgia [b abt 1848] A genealogy by Richard Bates provides more complete names for most children of Thomas Perry and Mary Elizabeth Green. Nathan is reported with the same middle name as his father. John McAfee GREEN b: 12 OCT 1827 in Gainesville, Hall Co., GA A. F. GREEN b: 1829 in Hall Co., GA Daniel Thomas GREEN b: 1830 in Hall Co.,GA Eliza B. GREEN b: 1831 in Hall Co., GA Nancy Elvira GREEN b: 1833 in Hall Co., GA Martha Mattie GREEN b: 1837 in Hall Co., GA James A. GREEN b: 1838 in Hall Co., GA Minor Brown GREEN b: 1840 in Hall Co., GA Union GREEN b: 1841 in Hall Co., GA Gilford Perry GREEN b: 1843 in Hall Co., GA Edward Irvin GREEN b: 1845 in Hall Co., GA Nathan Perry GREEN b: 1849 in Hall Co., GA -- Bates, http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I02824
1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 11 July, District 27, page ?, Hse/Fam #858 Alley Green 63 F No Occupation $No Real Estate Value b SC (b abt 1787) Nelly Green 7 F b Goergia (b abt 1843)
1940 Federal Census, Parmer County, Texas, 5 May, Justice Precinct 2, District 185-3, Page 62A, Hse #88, Rents $400 Green, Harry Head M W 35 Married Grade H4 b Arkansas (? should be Okla) Same place Parmer County in 1935 Farmer [b abt 1905] Green, Dortha Wife F W 28 Married Grade H4 b Oklahoma Same place Parmer County in 1935 [b abt 1908] Green, Doyl Leon Son M W 5 Grade 0 b Texas Same place Parmer County in 1935 [b abt 1935] Green, Nina Wanitta [Juanita] F W 3 Grade 0 b Mexico Clovis Curry County New Mexico in 1935 [sic] [b abt 1937] Green, Hubert Dale Son M W 2 Grade 0 b New Mexico Clovis Curry County New Mexico in 1935 [sic] [b abt 1938] Family sources and some references in records give us the proper form of the daughter's name. "Harry and Dorthea had four children, three sons and one daughter, Doyle, Wanette, Hugh and Richard." -- Hugh Green, via email from Rachel Ruthart to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 17 October 2010 Wanette and her husband Dave are mentioned as survivors in her brotrher Hubert's obituary in 2013. Hubert Dale Green Birth Mar 25, 1938 Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico Death Mar 21, 2013 Denver, Denver County, Colorado; residence Arvada, CO Preceded in death by parents & brother Doyle Leon Green Survivors sister Wanette Burrow & husband Dave, Stillwater, Okla brother Richard Green & wife Linda, Mobile, Ala; 2 sons & a daughter -- Find A Grave Memorial #107583890, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107583890&ref=acom&ftm=1 U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 Wanette Burrow Birth Date 10 May 1936 2914 Candlestick, Enid, OK, 73703-1621 (1987) 1320 Kiowa Trl, Dalhart, TX, 79022-5120 (1993) PO Box 1473, Stillwater, OK, 74076-1473 (1995) 1 MI County Line On N, Stillwater, OK, 74076 221 S Abbey Ln, Stillwater, OK, 74074-6714 (1996) 1301 W Oak Ave # Da, Enid, OK, 73703-4412 4841 Granville Ln, Woodward, OK, 73801-3741
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 21 August, page 159 (scan 396), Hse/Fam #1146 Reubin Greene 36 M Farmer $400 Real Estate $348 Personal b NC Juda Greene 32 F NC Cannot read or write Noah Greene 11 M NC I have not found Noah in the 1870 census, so have reproted him as dying before 1870. I may have missed him, so this report is tentative.
1900 Federal Census, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, 13 June, Township 15, District 40, Page 6B, Hse/Fam #126: Green, Jacob Head M W Nov 1848 51 2nd marriage married 18 years GA NC GA Farmer Green, Susan Wife F W Aug 1858 41 1st marriage, married 18 years, 6 children, 6 living MS MS GA Green, Norah Dau F W July 1885 14 Ind Terr GA MS 1910 Federal Census, Nash Township, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 30 April, District 107, Page 13B, Hse/Fam #104: Green, Jacob Head M W 60 2nd marriage married at age 27 GA NC SC Farmer Green, Susan Wife F W 51 1st marriage married at age 27 6 children, 5 living MS MS GA Green, Nora Dau F W 25 OK GA MS The 1920 and 1930 censuses for Nora have not been found. But a voter roll record for Norah is found for 1934. This roll also lists a Robert Smith at thte same address, which would be her husband. Note that this voter list has Norah's middle initial as A. San Francisco City & Voter Rolls Supplemental Register 35 Smith, Mrs Norah A, 1700 Broadway, Housewife Republican 36 Smith, Robert A, 1700 Broadway, Master Mariner Republican LInda Martin Hanks Bussell reports that David Green told her that Jacob had told him that Nora was crippled and that when they were kids Jacob had to carry her everywhere she went. -- Linda Martin Bussell, personal communication to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 18 January 2020 The 1940 census informs us that Robert Smith is Nora's Son (see below). So the Robert in this tax roll is not that son, but would be her husband. In the 1940 census, Nora is reported as Head of the household, without a husband. Her son Robert is only 16 years old. Nora was initially deisgnated married, but then that was marked out. No death record has been found for Robert Smith. This seems to indicate that Robert Smith died between Sept 1934 and April 1940. Nora is mentioned as a survivor of her mother, resident in Fresno at the time of her mother's death in 1939. This is a caution when we recall that the voter roll on 1934 above seeming to be for our same Nora Green Smith was in San Francisco. But a California Death record in 1957 reports that Nora Smith died in San Francsco, whose parents are reported as those of our Nora Green Smith. "Near Kerman, Calif., June 17, 1939. Susan Green, beloved mother of Mrs. Nora Smith of Fresno, Tom Green of Kerman and Pink Green of Fresno; ... a native of Mississippi, aged 84 years. Funeral services will be held in the Mission Chapel, Broadway at Belmont, Tuesday afternoon, June 20, 1939." -- Obituary of Susan Barnett Green, The Fresno Bee, Sunday, 18 June 1939 Nora was enumerated the next year in the 1940 census, with her 16-year-old son Robert. Nora has no husband in the household. Initially she was reported Married, but then that is marked through. But no other designation like Widow s added. 1940 Federal Census, Fresno County, Arkansas, 2 April, Fresno, District 10-52, Page 1A, Hse #9, Rents $9 Smith, Nora Head F W 54 Married (? appears to be marked out, but not changed) Grade 2 b Okla Same place in 1935 Seamstress [b abt 1886] Smith, Robert Son M W 16 Single Grade 8 b Calif same place in 1935 [b abt 1924] A cousin and coresearcher on the Greens and Barnetts, Winnie Yandell, found a death record for a Nora Smith in San Francisco. California Death Index, 1940-1997 Nora Smith Born 17 Sept 1886 OK Died 16 Jan 1957 San Francisco, CA Father Green Mother Barnett A matching funeral order for her was found by my cousin and co-researcher Marion Mixon. Initially this appears to be the correct one. The death certificate has not been found. Nora Smith Residence Lankershim Hotel (San Francisco) Death Jan 16 1957 San Francisco hospital Funeral Saturday Jan 19, 1957 2:30 PM at Chapel Interment (21 Jan 1957) Woodlawn, Oklahoma, Family will not be present Charge to Halter [Walter?, probably meant her son Walter] Smith, 224 4th St, Ripon, California Billed 1-30-57 (No name of Funeral Home). -- Funeral order form for Nora Green Smith The date of death on this funeral order is the same as the death record above for Nora Smith in San Francisco, 16 Jan 1957. The responsible person named on the funeral order is Halter Smith with a street address in Ripon, California. This is another confirming tie to the family. In the obituary of Nora's brother Pink Green, one of the survivors is a nephew Walter Smith of Ripon. My search indicated Ripon is in San Joaquin County, a Bay area county. I note that the name on the funeral order is definitely Halter, not Walter. Some genealogies report the name of Nora's husband as Frank Smith. But note that her residence is given as a hotel in San Francisco, while the address of "Halter Smith" was a street address in Ripon. Perhaps the hotel was a temporary residence while she was in San Francisco for medical treatment. "Surviving are a brother, Tom Green of Kerman; five nephews, Jake and Jack Green of Fresno, Paul Birch of Lubbock, Tex., Walter Smith of Ripon and Robert Smith of Texas, and two nieces, Eva Green of Kerman and Mrs Irene Sherman of Portland, Ore." -- Fresno Bee, 7 April 1968 The San Francisco location is somewhat questionable for our Susan Green Smith, since we have documented all the rest of her family in the Central Valley. But if there is a record in the California Death Index, this means that Nora Smith died in San Francisco. So why is the matching death certificate not showing up? The funeral order states "Place of Death S F Hospital" with no further detail. The funeral order notes that interment is to be in Woodlawn, Oklahoma. This matches her Oklahoma origins, and the reference in the San Francisco death record to her mother's maiden name of Barnett. The burial was stated to be "Monday," being 21 January, since the date of the funeral in Ripon was Saturday 16 January.1957. In searching for this city, the closest I could find was Woodlawn Park, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. This is actually a section within Bethany, a suburb of Oklahoma City. In 2010 a memorial was posted for a burial for one Nora E Smith on Find a Grave, in Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County. However, the date of death for this Nora Smith is 20 February 1957. It seems odd that her body was shipped back to Oklahoma for burial, given that all the other Greens who moved to California were buried out there. Burial was just two days after the funeral in California, which seems a short time for shipping the body back from San Francisco. Nora's SS record, which was found only in December 2015, has another variation of her birth date, reporting birth on 17 September 1884, compared to her burial record, reported 17 September 1886, while the 1900 census says July 1885. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Nora Green Smith Birth 17 Sep 1884 Muskogee, Oklahoma Father Name Jacob Green Mother Name Susan Barnett SSN 551162128 Aug 1938 Name listed as NORA GREEN SMITH Researcher Winnie Yandell made contact with the San Francisco Public Library to have them research an obituary for Nora Green Smith, but they could not find one in a San Francisco paper. ---------------------- "In response to your obituary request for Nora (Green) SMITH, we searched the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner from January 16, 1957 through January 23, 1957. However, we were unable to locate a death notice or an obituary for Nora (Green) SMITH. Please be aware that a death notice or an obituary appears in a San Francisco newspaper only if a relative or friend of the decedent pays for a listing" -- Magazines and Newspapers Center, email to Winnie Yandell, 9 April 2012 ---------------------- ---------------------- The C D Williams genealogy is one of a few that erroneously cite records for a Nora M Green as this Nora Green Smith. However, her name on the burial record cited has the last name as Green, and not Smith, as we would expects for her. The following Find a Grave memorial is cited as hers, but this is one of a large number of Green graves, so it is likely this is Nora M's married name, not the grave of Nora Green Smith. No other names here are recognizable as members of Nora Green Smith's family. The county does not match other known residences either. They were longtime residents of Fresno County for the time they moved from Oklahoma. This memorial is not linked to any other family members for further verification. Nora M Green Birth 1887 Death 1957 Burial Saint Marys Cemetery, Arcata, Humboldt County, California Created by A.Firefly May 17, 2011 -- Find A Grave Memorial #69946537, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Green&GSiman=1&GScid=8332&GRid=69946537& Other records of Nora M Green in Humboldt County, California confirm this is a different person whose married name was Green. The 1930 census reports her with her husband with her husband, Martin Green, while we have the 1940 census (above) reporting our Nora Green Smith with her son Robert in Fresno, right there where they should be. That record reports that Nora's parents were both born in Ireland. (The 1940 record has not been found for Nora and Martin -- 1940 census, Ancestry, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen&h=110133660&tid=31245569&pid=27326983970&usePUB=true&rhSource=70500 The California Death Index report eerily similar information for that Nora M Green also. She was born 1 Jan 1886 in California and died 15 Jul 1957 in Napa County, California. Her parents' names are not reported, except her father's surname is also reported as Green, the same as her married name. Both parents of Nora and Martin were born in Irish Free State, what is now known as the Republic of Ireland. ---------------------- Her Social Security record reports that Nora was born in Muskogee. This fits the location of the family. Muskogee is mentioned in some sources as the capital of the Creek Nation (Muskogee is the Creek name for the people), but maps are unclear on where the boundaries are. It appears that Muskogee was a general administrative center. The following article from 1901 gives us a profile of the city at that time. Here is an excerpt. ---------------- Muskogee has always been the seat of official life in the Indian Territory, the United States Indian Agency for the five tribes having been located there almost with the establishment of the town and continued to the present time. Within a few years a U S Court for northern district of the Indian Territory having jurisdiction over Creek, Seminole, Cherokee and the governments represented at the Quapaw agency was established, Jno R. Thomas being judge at the present time with Geo A Gill as district judge. Deputy clerks are found at Vinita, Tallequah, Miami, Wagoner and Wewoka. The U S Marshal, Leo E. Bennett has 25 deputies on his force while U S Attorney, Pliney L Soper needs two assistants, the whole comprising quite an army who help naturally in the prosperity of the place. At the jail 25 keepers are needed to look after and guard from 150 to 250 prisoners continually confined there. A U S Commissioner, T. A. Sanson has jurisdiction over certain misdemeanors and civil cases involving less than $300. The Indian Inspector with 23 subordinates and the Territory School Inspector with 10, the Town Appraisers with 10 add considerable to the population. The Dawes Commission, composed of Tams Bixby acting chairman, T. H. Needles and Clifton R. Breckinridge who are engaged in winding up to a great extent the affairs of the five tribes have their headquarters at Muskogee and employ a small army of clerks, fully 80 being on their rolls and it is expected their work will continue for a period of at least six years. A more conservative business-like set of gentlemen than those who comprise the city government it would be hard to find, and as a consequence not only does the place show many improvements but they have what few cities can boast, a surplus in the treasury and no debts. Fully $250,000 worth of business blocks, manufactories and residences have been erected during the past year, many of them being fine stone or brick structures that would do credit to any town in the states. Lodges are represented by the Masons, including a Commandery, the Knights of Phythias, Woodmen of the world, Odd Fellows, Elks, etc. Most of the fuel for domestic purposes is coal furnished by thin veins adjoining town and it is only a question of time until large mines are opened either at or within a very few miles of the business centre. Oil of a good quality is found near by which will also soon be developed and will become a great factor for the place. All summed up few cities in the west have the advantages and possibilities in a material and intellectual sense as have Muskogee. Gazatteer and Business Directory of the Indian Territory (Buffalo, N.Y.: McMaster Publishing Co., 1901). p.165-167 -- "Muskogee, Oklahoma," USGenNet, http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ok/county/muskogee/citiesandtowns/muskogee.html ----------------
Green Amanda Feb 22, 1861 Jun 4, 1945 Green Birdie Jan 7, 1898 Feb 16, 1898 daughter of T J & Lou Green Lou Ada Apr 28, 1877 Feb 22, 1907 wife of T J Green Norah Jan 20, 1902 Sep 1, 1902 daughter of T J & Lou -- Center Cemetery, USGenWeb, http://files.usgwarchives.net/ok/pontotoc/cemeteries/center.txt Norah Green Birth Jan 22, 1902 Death Sep 1, 1902 Parents: T J Green (1873 - 1947) Lou Ada Green (1877 - 1907) Siblings: Alpharetta Mae Green Gregory (1895 - 1963) Birdie Green (1898 - 1898) Minnie Lee Green Thornton 1899-1941 David Homer Green (1906 - 1989) Inscription: dau of T J & Lou Green Burial Center Cemetery, Center, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Created by Brandon Apr 07, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #35621774, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35621774#view-photo=101344161