Life History

Notes

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
  Volume 67, Page 33
  George Green
  Birth 1750 North Carolina
  Reference: Heads of fams. at the first U.S. census. NC. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (292p.):12, 61, 119, 147, 185
  
  Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
  George Greene
  Cemetery: Oakland Cem, 2 MI SW of Petersburg IL 64
  Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.2, p.  Serial: 12671; Volume: 4
  
  Records report that both George and Lucy were bureid in Calry's Grove Cemetery, about 2 miles from Tallula, in Menard County, Illinois.
  
  Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried In Menard County
  Published by Pierre Menard Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Petersburg, Illinois
  GEORGE GREENE
  Born 1755-1760 in North Carolina, Son of William and Nancy (Justice) Greene.
  Died July 25, 1834 in Sangamon (now Menard) County, Illinois.
  Buried in Menard County, Illinois on a farm in Clary's Grove, grave unmarked.
  
  Married: Lucy Jones, March 1784 in Rutherford Co., N.C. She was born in Rutherford Co., N.C. She died Spet.28, 1834 in Sangamon (now Menard) County, Illinois.
  
  George Greene enlisted in Captain Robert Porter's Tyron County, North Carolina Militia. Oct. 21 to Dec 30, 1777, in Revolutionary War. The original marriage bond is still in existence in Rutherford Co., N.C. He was returned in the first Federal Census, in 1790, as the head of a family residing in Rutherford Co., N.C. He afterward lived at or near Bowling Green, Ky., and in Knox Co. , Tenn. On March 13, 1797, he made a deed to land in N.C., describing himself as a resident of Knox Co., Tenn., in which he conveyed to one James Taber, land on the North Fork of White Oak Creek, then in Rutherford Co., N.C., but which is now in Polk Co. about 12 miles southwest of Rutherfordton near a town called Mill Spring.
  
  He came to Edwardsville, Ill as early as 1809. His sister, Mary and husband having preceded him in 1804. He was in Sangamon (now Menard) Co. before Nov. 1821, for then his nephew, William Griggs Greene and his family and mother arrived from Obey's Creek, Overton Co., Tenn. At the home of George Greene, Nov. 9, 1821.
  
  Children of George and Lucy Greene
  John: born 1787, died February 3, 1843; married Nancy Mains, December 19, 1816 in Madison Co., Ill.
  William died August 20, 1828; married Matilda Greene, February 1, 1818 in Bond Co., Ill.
  Royal Porter: died 1835; married Frances McHenry
  Aaaron: born about 1799-1800; married Nancy Harmon
  Elias; Died Sept 1, 1834; never married
  Keziah (Kittie): born in 1781; died September 30, 1834; married Cyrus Kirby in 1808
  Hannah; married Wm. Ferguson, Nov. 25, 1813
  Mary (Polly): born in Kentucky 1794-95, died May 9, 1871; married Thomas Watkins, July 2, 1813.
  Susan; born about 1804; married Isaac Teeter, October 13, 1822.
  Nancy; born about August 20, 1806 in Kentucky; married Joseph Watkins, about 1820.
  Matilda Greene a daughter of James Green and Sarah Hix, brother of George and Jarvis Greene, all Revolutionary Soldiers.
  
  References: Adjutant General's Office War Dept. Washington, D.D., Past & Present o Menard Co. by Rev. R.D. Miller pages 40-2-3. Journal of the Ill. State Historical Society, Vol. 1&2, DAR Patriot Index. NSDAR Report, SAR No. 31021, SAR No. 33991, National DAR No. 189028 add 152, No. 16958 and 130, No. 151186, No. 460904, No. 332968 and No. 195850. Map Atlas of Menard Co. Published in 1874, pages 18-27-30 & 31. Greene Family Historical Collections, by Edward Ewing Adams of the Ill. Bar, Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, IL.
  
  Transcription by: Jeanie Lowe, mailto:SWLowe1234aol.com
  Copyright © 2007 Jeanie Lowe & contributors
  --  Ancestry Stories, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4615098/person/1302210786/story/4fab5faa-0b0e-4c28-88b8-c7f23cb12ef2?src=search&ftm=1
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  This cemetery was checked in 1980 by Eileen Gochanour and in 1981 by Mr. James Toal. Neither could find any evidence that the cemetery had existed. The cemetery was located about 1 1/2 miles east of Tallula. It is her belief that George Greene was buried in this cemetery in 1834. He was a Revolutionary War Veteran, born between 1755-1760 in North Carolina. He married Lucy Jones. George Greene served in Capt. Robert Porter's Company of Tryon County, North Carolina Militia, serving from Oct. 21, 1777 to Dec. 30, 1777. George died July 25, 1834.
  
  The children of George & Lucy (Jones) Greene were:
  John Greene
  Aaron Greene
  Hannah Greene
  Nancy Greene
  William Greene
  Elias Greene
  Mary Greene
  Thomas Greene
  Royal Potter Greene
  Keziah Greene
  Susannah Greene
  
  George was a brother to Jarvis Greene & James Greene - all were in the Revolutionary War.
  --  Clary's Grove Cemetery, Menard County, Illinois, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/menard/cemetery/cem_clarysgrv.html
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