Life History

Notes

• Sources are uncertain on the reported children of Shadrack Green and Mary Cage.  The age range of the children makes Mary pretty old when the later children are born.  I have commented that generations may be confused and dates may be wrong.
  
  North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
  Dicy Green
  Spouse William Bandy
  Marriage 24 Oct 1836 Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Source: County Court Records at Rutherfordton, NC & Family
  
  Marriage bond records indiate her brother served as the bondsman for her surety when she married William Bandy.
  
  North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
  William Bandy, Male
  Spouse Dicy Green Female
  Bond Date 24 Oct 1836
  North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
  Bond #000132297, Record #01 011
  Rutherford County
  Bondsman Cornelius Green
  Witness Drury Dobbins
  
  1850 Federal Census, Monroe County, Tennessee, 24 October, Civil District 8, Hse/Fam #1243
  William Brady (Bandy) 43 M $0 Real Estate Value Farmer b NC [born abt 1807] Cannot read and write
  Dica Brady 35 F Born NC [born abt 1815] Cannot read and write
  Ancel Brady 12 M b NC [born abt 1838]
  Martha Brady 11 F b Tenn [born abt 1839]
  John Brady 9 M b Tenn[born abt 1834]
  Elizabeth Brady 7 F b Tenn [born abt 1843]
  Sarah Brady 5 F b Tenn [born abt 1845]
  
  1860 Federal Census, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, 21 July, PO Pikeville, page 70, Hse/Fam #493
  William Bandy 52 M Farm Laborer $0 Real Estate $300 Personal Estate born NC
  Dicy Bandy 43 F Housekeeper born NC
  Ancel Bandy 21 M Farm Laborer b NC
  John Bandy 18 M b TN
  Elizabeth Green 16 F b NC
  Sarah Bandy 15 F  b NC
  Thomas Bandy 10 M   b Tenn
  George Bandy 7 M   b Tenn
  Clementine Marion Bandy 5 F  b Tenn
  Marion Bandy 3 F  b Tenn
  
  1870 Federal Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee, 25 August, District 42, PO Chattanooga, page 14, Hse #96, Fam #98
  Bandy, Dicie 53 F W Keeping House No Real Estate or Personal Rptd b NC  Cannot read or write
  Bandy, Sarah A  23 M W At Home b Tenn  Cannot read or write
  Bandy, George 18 M W Farm Hand b Tenn  Cannot read or write
  Bandy, Clementine  15 M W At Home b Tenn  Cannot read or write
  Bandy, Marion 12 M W Farm Hand b Tenn  Cannot read or write
  
  Dicea's son Thomas is a couple of houses away.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee, 25 August, District 42, PO Chattanooga, page 14, Hse #98, Fam #100
  Bandy, Thomas 19 M W Works on Farm No Real Estate or Personal Rptd b Tenn Married Jan
  Bandy, Dicie 19 F W Keeping House b Tenn Married Jan
  
  In 1880 Wiliam is back in the household and they are living with their widowed daughter Elizabeth Potter across the border in Chatooga County, Georgia.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Chatooga County, Georgia, 1 June, Trion District 870, Enumeration District 11, page 2, Hse/Fam #11
  Potter, Elizabeth  W F 35   Widowed Keeping House Cannot read or write  NC NC NC
  Potter, Martha  W F 15 Dau Domestic Laborer Cannot read or write TN AL NC
  Potter, Jona W M 15 Son Farm Laborer Cannot read or write TN AL NC
  Potter, John W M 8 Son Works on Farm GA AL NC
  Potter, Dicy W F 5 GA AL NC
  Bandy, William W M 70 Father NC SC SC
  Bandy, Dicy W F 63 Mother NC NC VA
  
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  My dad, who descended from Marvel Green's granddaughter Hattie, always told us that we were part Cherokee. We've been trying for years to figure out how we were and we focused on Hatti's husband's family. Coincidentally, his name was also Sparks. It actually may not be a coincidence because I find that the families to which I am related seemed to travel west together in groups.
  
  Years ago, I was in contact with a woman who also descended from Marvel Green, through another of his children. She had her DNA analyzed and it showed she had Native American ancestry. However, she attributed it to another line of her ancestry, although she also was told that her grandmother, one of Marvel's daughters, was part Cherokee.
  
  It seems to me, if memory serves, that this woman was related to a Dicey Green, who married a William Bandy. Also, if memory serves, somewhere among the records at Fold3, related to the Sparks family members who were trying to get listed as tribal members, there was a mention of Dicey Green and someone named Bandy.
  --  Patricia Topolski, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 3 November 2015
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Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Monroe County, Tennessee
  • 24 October, Civil District 8, Hse/Fam #1243
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  • 25 August, District 42, PO Chattanooga, page 14, Hse #96, Fam #98
• 3. World Family Tree Vol. 146
  • Pedigree #36
• 4. 1860 Federal Census, Bledsoe County, Tennessee
  • 21 July, PO Pikeville, page 70, Hse/Fam #493
• 5. Glenda Pool, William Green Genealogy
  • Name: private, received through Green-Bearden family channels;
• 6. North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
• 7. North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868