James Green History
as Transcribed by Richard Johnson

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James Green

born  6 Feb. 1789 in Eastern Tennessee

died 19 Aug. 1866 in Sturgeon, Boone Co., Missouri

 

married first, 15 Feb. 1807 in Henry Co., Kentucky

 

Rachel Folsom

born about 1787

died about 1822 in Henry Co., Kentucky

 

proven children of James and Rachel

 

Levi Lewis Green

born 13 Feb. 1808 in Henry Co., Kentucky

died about 1889 probably in Pacific Junction, Mills Co., Iowa

 

Jesse Green

born 5 Dec. 1811 in Henry Co., Kentucky

died 10 Mar. 1893 in Union Co., Oregon

 

Isaac Green

born 15 Jan. 1814 in Henry Co., Kentucky

died about 1847

 

Jemima Green

born 1 Feb. 1819 in Henry Co., Kentucky

died about 1892

 

Mary Jane Green

born 5 May 1822 in Henry Co., Kentucky

died about 1887 in Sullivan Co., Missouri

 

 

married secondly, 13 Oct. 1822 in Newcastle, Henry Co., Kentucky

 

Margaret Loudon

born 11 May 1803 in Kentucky

died 11 Sep. 1885 in Sturgeon, Boone Co., Missouri

 

             proven children of James and Margaret

 

                Sarah 'Sallie' Ann Green

                born 21 Jul. 1823 in Henry Co., Kentucky

                died 9 Sep. 1889 in Hinton, Boone Co., Missouri

 

                James G. Green

                born 9 Aug. 1824 in Henry Co., Kentucky

                died 12 Feb. 1881 probably in Audrain Co., Missouri

 

                John I. Green

                born 15 Sep. 1827 in Henry Co., Kentucky

                died 21 May 1909 in Boone Co., Missouri

 

                Nancy Jane Green

                born 22 Feb. 1829 in Henry Co., Kentucky

                died after 2 Mar. 1923

 

                William A. Green

                born 2 Feb. 1831 in Henry Co., Kentucky

                died after 21 Aug. 1908

 

                Squire Green

                born 4 Apr. 1832 in Boone Missouri

                died after 30 Jun. 1909

 

                Theresa Green

                born 17 Aug. 1833 in Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri

 

                Louisa Green

                born 2 Oct. 1835 in Boone Co., Missouri

                died 2 Mar. 1923 in Moberly, Randolph Co., Missouri

 

                Thomas D. Green

                born 9 Feb 1837 in Boone Co., Missouri

                died 1 Feb. 1897

 

                Eli G. Green

                born 16 Mar. 1838 in Boone Co., Missouri

                died 5 Mar. 1900

 

                Eliza Jane Green

                born 23 Dec. 1841 in Boone Co., Missouri

                died about 1893

 

                Dicy Ann Green

                born 24 Apr. 1843 in Boone Co., Missouri

                died about 1854

 

                Margaret Adeline Green

                born 22 Feb 1844 in Boone Co., Missouri

                died about 1922

 

Documentation

 

1805, 1 Apr - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

In his father's household, Jms Green;               1 Male 16-21

 

1806, 23 Jun - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

In his father's household, not named;              1 Male 16-21

 

1807,  14 Feb - Marriage Bond

 

Know all men by these Presents that We James Green & Ben Green are held & firmly bound unto Christ. Greenup Esq. Governor of Kent. & his Successors in Office for the use of the Commonwealth in the sum of  £50 to the payment whereof well & truly to be made We bind Ourselves Our heirs Exec. & Admin. Jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed & dated this 14" day of February 1807 the condition of the above obligation is such that whereas marriage is shortly intended to be solemnized between the Above Bound James Green & Rach. Folsom e Daughter of Anna folsome of this County James Folsome the father being dead   now shall it always hereafter appear that there is no Just Cause to Obstruct the said Marriage then the Above Obligation to be Void Else to remain in full force & virtue.

                                                                                                                      James Green

                                                                                                                   Ben Ja min Green

 

1807, 15 Feb - Marriage Return by Isaac Malin

 

1807, 20 Jun - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male 16-21;        1 Horse

 

1808, 16 Jun - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     2 Horses

 

1809, 17 Jun - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     2 Horses

Taxed on 65 Acres on Drennon Creek, Benjamin Sebastian's survey.

 

1809, 23 Aug. - Land Purchase, Henry Co., Kentucky

Deed Book 3, pages 680 - 681.

Purchased 80 Acres from Benjamin and Amelia Sebastian

 

1810 Census - Henry Co., Kentucky

Page 365 : 10110-10100-00

James Green          16-26

(Rachel)                 16-26

(Levi)                      Under 10

(male)                     26-45

(female)                  Under 10

 

1810 - No tax list exists for this year.

 

1811 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     1 Slave over 16;    1 Slave;  2 Horses               

 

1812 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male Over 21;    5 Horses

Taxed on 100 acres on D. Creek, Sebastian's survey.

 

1813 Military Service - War of 1812

Capt. Headden's Company, 8th Regt. Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia, (Callaway’s)

Private, 17 Aug 1813 to 9 Nov 1813

 

1813 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     5 Horses

Taxed on 100 Acres

 

1814 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     6 Horses

100 Acres on Drennon, Sebastian's survey.

 

1815 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     1 Slave;  No Horses

100 Acres on Drennons Creek, Sebastian's survey.

 

1816 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     1 Slave; 3 Horses

100 Acres on Drennon, Sebastian's survey.

 

1817 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     1 Slave over 16; 1 Slave; 2 Horses

100 Acres on Drennon, Sebastian's survey.

 

1818 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, James;        1 Male over 21;     1 Slave over 16;    3 Horses

100 Acres  on Drennon Creek, B. Sebastian's survey.

 

1820 Census - Henry Co., Kentucky

Page 220 : 311110-10010-0300-0000-1000

Jas Green               26-45

(Rachel)                 26-45

(male)                     16-26

(Levi)                      10-16

(Jesse)                    Under 10

(Isaac)                    Under 10

(male)                     Under 10

(Jemima) Under 10

 

1820 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     4 Horses

 

1821 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     6 Horses

100 Acres on Drennon, Sebastian's survey.

 

1822, 12 Oct - Marriage Bond

 

Know all men by these Presents that We James Green & John Meek are held & firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in  the sum of  £50 to the payment whereof well & truly to be made we bind Ourselves Our heirs Exec. & Admin. jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed and dated this 12 day of October 1822  The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas marriage is shortly intended to be solemnized between the above Bound James Green and Peggy London Daughter of Terry London of this County now shall it always hereafter appear that there is no Just Cause to obstruct the said Marriage then the above Obligation to be Void Else to remain in full force & virtue.

                                                                                                                      James Green

                                                                                                                        John Meek

 

1822, 13 Oct - Marriage Return by  Isaac Malin

 

1827 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     1 Slave over 16; 1 Slave; 5 Horses

100 Acres on Drennon Creek, Sebastian's survey.

 

1830 Census - Henry Co., Kentucky

Page 267 : 1112001000000-1210100000000-000000-220000

James Green          40-50

(Margaret)             20-30

(Jesse)                    15-20

(Isaac)                    15-20

(male)                     10-15

(Jemima) 10-15

(Mary)                    5-10

(Sarah)                   5-10

(James)                   5-10

(John)                  Under 5

(Nancy)               Under 5

 

1830 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

James Green;         1 Male over 21;     1 Slave over 16; 4 Slaves; 7 Horses

100 Acres on Drennon Creek, Sebastian's survey.

 

1831 Land Sale - 26 Sep. 1831;  Henry Co., Kentucky

James and Margaret Green to Benjamin Green Sr.,  80 acres on Drennon Lick Creek "conveyed to the said James Green by Benjamin Sebastian the 28th day of Aug. 1809.

(Margaret Green signed over her dower rights to the land on 19 Nov. 1831, at which time she and James were in Boone Co., Missouri)

 

1831 - Henry Co., Kentucky; No tax list exists for this year.

 

1833 Land Patent - Certificate 5125; 13 July 1833 - ( Near Hallsville )

West half SW quarter of Section 14, Township 50 North, Range 12 West

 

1835 Land Patent - Certificate 7601; 15 Dec 1835 - ( Near Centralia )

NW quarter of the NE quarter of Section 28, Township 51 North, Range 11 West

 

1835 Land Patent - Certificate 7602; 15 Dec 1835 - ( Near Centralia )

NE quarter of the NW quarter of Section 28, Township 51 North, Range 11 West

 

1840 Census - Rocky Fork Township, Boone Co., Missouri

Page 127 : 2211000100000-3010010000000-100000-000000

James Green Sr.    50-60

(Margaret)             30-40

(James)                   15-20

(John)                     10-15

(Nancy)                  10-15

(William)                  5-10

(Squire)                    5-10

(Theresa)               Under 5

(Louisa)                 Under 5

(Thomas)               Under 5

(Eli)                         Under 5

 

1845 Land Purchase - Boone Co., Missouri

Purchased land from son Levi Lewis Green (Unconfirmed)

 

1850 Census - District 8, Boone County, Missouri

Page 343(r) - Dwelling 221

James Green                          63 m        Tn           Farmer

Margaret                               47 f          Ky

John                                     22 m        Ky           Farmer

William                                  19 m        Ky           Farmer

Squire                                   18 m        Mo          Farmer

Louisa                                   15 f         Mo

Thomas                                 13 m        Mo

Ely                                       12 m        Mo

Eliza                                     10 f         Mo

Ann                                       9 f         Mo

Margaret A. Green                6 f          Mo

 

1851 - Declaration of James Green

 

   "State of Missouri, County of Boone,

 

   On this first day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for county and state aforesaid, James Green, aged sixty two years, a resident of Boone County in the State of Missouri, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, he is the identical person who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Heady in the regiment of mounted horsemen commanded by Col. John Callaway the whole commanded by his Excellency Isaac Shelby Govenor of the state of Kentucky, in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th June 1812. That he volunteered on or about the first day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirteen for the term of three months and was honorably discharged in Kentucky in November A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, as his certificate of discharge has been lost he refers you to the muster rolls.

 

   He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the "act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States" passed september 28th. 1850.

 

   Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I  hereby certify that I believe the said James Green to be the identical person  who served as aforesaid and that he is of the age above stated.

                                                       Thomas Porter     Justice of the Peace

 

 

1851, 1 Feb - Deed, Boone County Deed Book W, Page 179 ( 2 miles NE of Harrisburg )

From James Green and Margaret Green of the first part to Barnabas Woods of the second part. Southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section No. 28 of Township 51, Range No.13

 

1851, 11 Oct - Land Warrant 21798, 40 Acres, Bounty Land

 

1855, 14 May - Bounty Land Claim

 

1856 Land Patent - Certificate 33163; 15 Jan 1856 - ( Southwest of Sturgeon )

SE quarter of the SW quarter of Section 36, Township 51 North, Range 13 West

 

1856, 27 March - Land Warrant 77237, 120 Acres, Bounty Land

 

1860 Census - Sturgeon, Bourbon Township, Boone County, Missouri

Page 938 - Dwelling 683

James Green                          71 m       Tn           Farmer

Margaret                               60 f         Ky

Thomas D.                            24 m        Mo

Eli                                       22 m        Mo

Margaret A.                          17 f          Mo

 

1861 Military Pension

War of 1812 - WC 14928

 

1866, 19 August

 

Affidavit of Wm. Keith M.D. and C.W. Hutchens M.D.

" That they were well acquainted with said James Green during his lifetime and attended him as physicians during his last illness and further state that they know he died on the 19th day of August AD 1866 "

 

1867 Estate Document.

 

    "Allen McKinzie hereby makes application for Administration on the Estate of James Green, Decd  he states the the widow - Margaret Green declines to Administer thereon, that the said McKinzie is interested in said Estate as one of the Distributers thereof his wife being a daughter of said Green Decd. That the effects and property of said Estate to the best of his information and belief are of the probable value of one thousand dollars. That said Estate is liable to waste and depreciation unless collected and cared for, He makes oath that the following are the hiers of said Decd.  To the best knowledge of this affiant To wit: Mary Dusky wife of John Dusky, Jemima Cannon, Jessie Green, Levi Green, John J. Green, James Green, Squire Green, William Green, Thomas D. Green, Eli Green, Nancy Niel wife of Squire Niel, Teresa Niel wife of William Niel, Eliza J. Ewing wife of Abram Ewing, Margaret A. Robard wife of Squire Robard, Sally A. McKinzie wife of Allen McKinzie.

 

   That the said James Green died without a will, that he will make a perfect Inventory of and faithfully administer all the Estate of the deceased, and pay the debts as far as the assets will extend and the law directs and account for and pay all assets that shall come to his ... an knowledge. "

                                                                                                                               Allen McKinzie

 

1867 - Boone Co., Missouri

   Presented 6 Dec 1867, Final settlement 12 Mar 1872.