Life History

Notes

• "Willis Green, born 1805 in Rutherford County, NC, and died in 1871 in Tippah Co. MS.  I have seen a lot of information that points to him being the son of Henry Green (b. 1775, d. 1834 m. Nancy Reeves), who was possibly the son of Major William Marion Green (b. 1753, d. 1832, married Mary McEntire."
  --  Bently Green, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 30 December 2017
  
  "Willis Green b. 1805 Rutherford Co., NC d. 1871 in Tippah Co. MS ....  I've found some information that suggests he was the son of Henry Green and Nancy Reeves, but nothing that ties it down for sure.  Willis married Polly Smart on 24 Mar 1828 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.  Willis is my 3G-grandfather."
  --  Bently Green, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 3 September 2018
  
  1850 Federal Census, Tippah County, Mississippi, 18 September, District 2, page 822, Hse/Fam #262
  Willis Greene 49 M Teacher $300 Real Estate b North Carolina [b abt 1801]
  Mary Greene 40 F b North Carolina [b abt 1810]
  Joseph Greene 20 M Farmer b North Carolina [b abt 1830]
  Priscilla Greene 19 M b North Carolina [b abt 1831]
  Wm Greene 15 M b North Carolina [b abt 1835]
  John L Greene 13 M b North Carolina [b abt 1837]
  Henry R Greene 10 M b North Carolina [b abt 1840]
  Elizabeth Greene 7 F b North Carolina [b abt 1843]
  Polly C Greene 4 F b Mississippi [b abt 1846]
  
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  Willis & Polly Green had four sons enlist in the Confederacy, William & Joseph didn't return.  Willis Green is most likely a son of Henry and Nancy Green as known he was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina in 1805 and his age fits in the family of Henry and Nancy Reeves Green on the 1810-1830 Rutherford County, NC censuses.  Per these census records, there are 3 males and 2 females unaccounted for children of this family and Willis definately would fit one of these. His son, Henry Reeves Green, was named for someone and this researcher believes that it was for his probable grandmother, Nancy Reeves.
  
  The names of Willis' other sons, Joseph, William and John, match the names of their probable uncles. Willis was living next door to his probable brother, Elias Green, on the 1830 Rutherford Co., NC census.  I believe that Willis and Polly Smart Green followed Polly's father, Joseph Smart, from Rutherford County, North Carolina to Tippah County, Mississippi in the mid 1840's and none of Willis' siblings went with them.  Both the Joseph Smart family and the Willis Green family are in Tippah County, MS on the 1850 census.
  --  Char Green, Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Green-18890
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  Willis Green
  Birth 31 Dec 1805
  Death 15 Oct 1871 (aged 65)
  Burial Old Pauls Chapel Cemetery, Dry Creek, Tippah County, Mississippi
  Spouse Mary Polly Smart Green 1810-1886
  
  Children:
  Priscilla Green Carpenter 1831-1902
  Elizabeth Green Braddy 1834 - unknown
  William J Green 1835 - unknown
  John Landrum Green 1838-1896
  Henry Reeves Green 1840-1892
  Margaret Catherine Green Colson 1846-1868
  Willis A Green 1850-1908
  Martin Ball Green 1853-1906
  
  Created by Tommy Covington 12 Dec 2004
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 10072900, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10072900
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Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Tippah County, Mississippi
  • 18 September, District 2, page 822, Hse/Fam #262
• 2. Geneanet Messaging
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011