Life History

Notes

• 1870 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina, Yorkville, page 80 (scan 496), Hse #562, Fam # 553
  Green, James 27 M W Farming  No Real Estate  Personal Estate $100 b NC
  Green, Hannah 29 F W Keeping House b SC
  Green, Gilliard 3 M W At Home b SC
  
  Consistent with the pronunciation patterns of the local dialect, the 1870 census reports Gilead as Gilliard.  The 1880 census gives us the formal form of "Gilliard's" name, which we find in various sources, Gilead.  Several family sources and public records vary in recording Gilliard's name as either Gilliard or Gilead.
  
  The elite southern speech would pronounce the name "Gilliard" very similarly or exactly the same as the separate name Gilead.  His mother's obituary names him Squire Gilead Green, Squire apparently being also a given name and not the old feudal title.
  
  1880 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina, 15 June, Cherokee Township, p 25, Hse/Fam #239
  Green, Hannah W F 40 Keeping House NC NC NC (b abt 1840)
  Green, Gilead  W M 13 Son Works on Farm NC NC NC (b abt 1867)
  
  1920 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 12 January, Lattimore (Township 7), District 64, page 7A, Hse #115, Fam #125
  Green, Gilead Head Owns M W  52 NC NC NC Farmer
  Green, Susanna  Wife  F W  61 NC NC NC
  Green, Hannah Dau F W  27 Single NC NC NC
  
  1930 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 25 April, Sandy Run, District 23-26 Page 2A, Hse #20, Fam #23
  Green, Gilead Head Owns  Has a Radio M W 62 First Married at age 16 NC NC NC Farmer [b abt 1868]
  Green, Susanna Wife F W 71 First Married at age 34 NC NC NC [b abt 1859]
  Green, Hannah Dau F W 37 NC NC NC [b abt 1893]
  Green, Hannah Mother F W 91 Widow First married at age 22 NC NC NC [b abt 1839]
  Lovelace, Louisa Sister-in-law F W 80 Widow First married at age 42 NC NC NC [b abt 1850]
  
  Notice how Gilead/Gilliard's name is spelled in the North Carolina death record.
  
  North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
  Gilaird [Gilliard=Gilead] Green
  Age 76, Date of Birth 1867
  Death 26 May 1943 Cleveland County, North Carolina
  
  North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
  Gilaird Green
  White Male, Age 76, Birth Date 18 Apr 1867
  Residence Rt 4, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Occupation Farmer
  Death 26 May 1943 Township 7, Cleveland County
  Father James Monroe Green [other sourcs report him as James Moore Green, son of James Monroe Green]
  Mother Miss Lamar [Hannah?] McSwain
  Cause of Death Cerebral Hemorrhage, due to High Blood Pressure, No Autopsy
  Informant Mrs Vergal [sic, for Virgil, his son-in-law] Weaver
  Burial 28 May 1943 Double Springs Cemetery, near Washburn Station, Cleveland County
  By Palmer Mortuary, Shelby, North Carolina
  
  The mother's name here is typed as Lamar.  It is the first indication I have had that Lamar was one of Hannah's names.  Perhaps this was a typo for her name Hannah.  There are several other misspellings here, including the county name (which I have entered correctly), and obviously Gilliard's name itself.  Notice here also that the name for Gilliard's father is given as James Monroe Green.  This takes us back to a discussions and uncertainty even within the family over this name.
  
  It is documented in various sources and asserted in family sources as both James Moore Green and James Monroe Green.  The doctor filling out Gilliard's death certificate also comments that he has known Gilliard all his life, so we would think he would know the correct name of Gilliard's father.  But other errors on this certificate and the uncertainty of the name of the mother here as Lamar (a man's name, and evidenced nowhere else I have seen) throws doubt on this source as uncertain.  His mother's newspaper obituary in 1931 is well-styled and knowledgeable, and it presents his name as Squire Gilead Green.
  
  There is a matching record for his burial in Find a Grave.
  
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  Gilead Greene
  Birth Apr. 20, 1867
  Death May 26, 1943
  
  Spouses:
  Rachel Jane Pruett Greene (1853 - 1891)
  Susannah Hamrick Greene (1858 - 1936)
  Children:
  Elizabeth Lee Greene Hamrick (1883 - 1927)
  Hannah Etta Greene Weaver (1892 - 1964)
  Mary Jane Greene Jones (1894 - 1970)
  James David Greene (1895 - 1962)
  Bessie Anna Green Lovelace (1897 - 1977)
  
  Burial Double Springs Baptist Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  
  Created by Elizabeth Olmstead Mar 03, 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #34384859, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34384859
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  But there is also a matching grave in Antioch Baptist Cemetery near Blacksburg, just over the border in South Caroilna, where other members of his family are buried.  Gilead has a joint marker here where his first wife Rachel was buried, and his second wife's nmae is also on the stone, making it a triple stone.  Gilead's (Gilliard's) Gravestone there records both wives, as does the memorial above for the Double Springs grave.
  
  Gravestone of Green Gilead (Gilliard) & Susannah Greene
  Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  Greene Gilead
  Apr 20, 1867  May 26, 1943
  And Wife Rachel J Pruett
  Buried Antioch Church (no place or date)
  And Wife
  Susannah Hamrick
  June 7, 1868  June 2, 1938
  

Sources

• 1. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina
  • 15 June, Cherokee Township, p 25, Hse/Fam #239
• 4. Ancestry Trees
• 5. 1920 Federal Census, Choctaw County, Oklahoma
  • 12 January, Lattimore (Township 7), District 64, page 7A, Hse #115, Fam #125
• 6. 1870 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina
  • 20 August, Division 103, PO Yorkville, page 80 (scan 496), Hse #562, Fam # 553
• 7. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
• 8. 1930 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 25 April, Sandy Run, District 23-26 Page 2A, Hse #20, Fam #23
• 9. North Carolina, Death Collection, 1908-2004
• 10. Gravestone of Green Gilead (Gilliard) & Susannah Greene, Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Blacksburg, Cherokee, South Carolina
• 11. Obituary of Hannah McSwain Green, Double Springs, Anderson County, South Carolina
• 12. 1920 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 12 January, Lattimore (Township 7), District 64, page 7A, Hse #115, Fam #125
• 13. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
• 14. Ancestry Trees
  • McSwain Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18452585/person/1059310913