Life History

Notes

• 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]
  William Green 17 M Farm Laborer b Georgia [born abt 1843]
  Creca Green 16 M b Georgia [born abt 1844]
  James Green 14 M b Georgia [born abt 1846]
  Thomas Green 12 M b Georgia [born abt 1848]
  Shadrick Green 6 F b Georgia [born abt 1854]
  Henryetta Green 1 F b Georgia [born abt 1859]
  Nancy Green 8 F b Georgia [born abt 1852]
  
  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, Shadrack 14 M W b Georgia [born abt 1856]
  Green, Henrietta 12 F W b Georgia [born Jan 1858]
  Green, Nathan 10 M W b Georgia [born abt 1860]
  Green, Geo W 7 M W b Georgia [born abt 1863]
  
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  Comments from the World Family Tree Pedigree # 2738
  
  Benisa Green was 45 years old when her son George was born (2-17-1863).  She was a licensed midwife who delivered a baby a year before she died.  She had saddled up and went with a man whose wife was about to deliver.  She came back about daybreak and said the couple had a fine baby boy.
  
  She lived with parents John and Nancy (Cruce) Laneer.  Husband died and probably is buried in Georgia (Gwinnett County).  [Why would her parents be named Laneer if her name is Owens, as this source lists her? -- OBJ]
  
  John Laneer had to leave area because he had beat up his sister-in-law.  His brother met him with a fresh horse so John could leave the area.
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  At some point Benisa moved to Arkansas before 1900.  She is living alone as a Farmer in her own household in Johnson County, Arkansas.  I find no other families with surname Green within several pages of her entry.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas, 5 June, King Township, District 40, page 4B, Hse/Fam #323
  Green, Beniza Wife W F May 1819 81 Widow 5 children/2 living NC NC VA Farmer Rents
  
  The name here is spelled Beniza, and the same on her gravestone.  This is a change from the consistent spelling as Benisa in early sources.  Note also that here we are told she bore 5 children and only two are living.  Two children are buried in the same cemetery, Nathan and George, her last two.  Her youngest son George died in 1883.  We later find her living with her daughter Nancy in 1910, so the two living children would be Nathan and Nancy.  All genealogies I have seen report her as the mother of 11 children.  This report that she had only 5 children seems to confirm my suspicion stated earlier that Shadrack had a previous wife.
  
  Going just by the count of 5 children, all children born before Thomas in 1848 would be the children of the first wife.  Also, due to the limited information, there may be other factors involved here that we have not accounted for.  I have not yet found this Shadrack or Benisa in the 1850 census.  And it may be that the early family sources I was following for the names of Shadrack's wife and children has errors.  I have not yet found marriage records.  Several sources have various people and family units mixed together.
  
  Her name is written in the 1910 census as Binza A.  The report of children here matches that in 1900 except an additional child has died.  This would be Nathan Louis, who died 19 May 1904 and is buried in nearby Clarksville.  Here Nancy is Head of hosuehold.  she is reproted as Married but no husband is enumerated in the household.
  
  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
  
  A memorial presents details and a photo of her gravestone in Clarksville, Arkansas.  She and some of her children are buried in Oakland Memorial Cemetery in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.  On the gravestone her name is spelled Beniza.
  
  Beniza Ann Owen Green
  BIRTH 12 May 1818 North Carolina, USA
  DEATH 7 Jul 1914 (aged 96)
  BURIAL Oakland Memorial Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas
  Spouse Shadrack L Green 1800-1864 (m. 1855)
  Children:
  Nancy J Green Laneer 1852-1926
  Shadrack L Green 1855-1884
  Created by Bea Smith Daniel 1 Oct 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 30234336,  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30234336/beniza-ann-green

Sources

• 1. One World Tree (sm)
  • http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=41509312
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia
  • 2 July, PO Lawrence, p 42, Hse #279, Fam #282
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas
  • 21 April, King Township, District 60, page 4A, Hse #69, Fam #73
• 4. World Family Tree Vol. 13
  • Pedigree #2783
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 6. 1900 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas
  • 5 June, King Township, District 40, page 4B, Hse/Fam #323
• 7. 1860 Federal Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia
  • 16 August, District 544, PO Sweet Water, p 733, Hse/Fam #963
• 8. World Family Tree Vol. 13
  • Pedigree #2738
• 9. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #30278217, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30278217
• 10. Martha McConnell, Note on genealogy website, 16 October 2010
• 11. Glenda Pool, William Green Genealogy
  • Name: private, received through Green-Bearden family channels;
• 12. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006