Benjamin Green History
as Transcribed by Richard Johnson
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Benjamin Green

born about 1765 -1770 probably in Virginia

died about 1840 -1850 probably in Boone Co., Missouri

 

married about 1780

 

Mary (Newhouse)

born about 1765 - 1770 place unknown

died about 1821 - 1834 probably in Henry Co., Kentucky

 

proven children

 

Dicy Green

born about 1787 - 1790 probably in Tennessee

died 25 Aug. 1854

 

James Green

born 6 Feb 1789 in Eastern Tennessee

died 19 Aug 1866

 

John Green

born about 1791

died before 19 April 1864

 

Isaac Green

born before 1794

died unknown

 

Documentation

 

1801, 30 Mar - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green;       1 Male over 21; 5 Horses

 

1802, 29 May - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 1 Slave over 16; 2 Slaves, 4 Horses

 

1803, 15 Apr - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 1 Slave over 16; 2 Slaves, 5 Horses

Taxed on 50 acres on Drennon Creek

 

1803, 21 Jun - Circuit Court, Henry Co., Kentucky

Book 2, page 9

John Carter vs Benjamin Green and Stephen Green

 

1804, 28 Mar - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 5 Horses

 

1805, 1 Apr - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky    (Only year males 16 - 21 are listed by name)

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 1 Male 16-21 - James; 1 Slave over 16; 2 Slaves, 4 Horses

Taxed on 50 acres on Drennons Creek

 

1805, 1 Apr - County Court, Henry Co., Kentucky

Book 1A, pages 100 & 101

Abraham Wainscott vs Benjamin Green; Theft of a pig.

 

1805, Jun - Circuit Court June Term, Henry Co., Kentucky

Book 2, page 168

Benjamin Green vs Abram and Isaac Wainscott

 

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

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 1 Male 16-21; 1 Slave over 16; 2 Slaves, 5 Horses

 

1806, Aug - County Court, Henry Co., Kentucky (LDS 0828254)

Page 181

Benjamin Green allowed 12/- for a Wolf’s head.

 

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

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 1 Slave over 16; 2 Slaves, 3 Horses

(first year James Green appears on tax list)

 

1807, Aug - County Court, Henry Co., Kentucky (LDS 0828254)

Page 265

Benjamin Green his mark of stock as follows,

Swallow fork in the right ear and half crop in the underside of the left.

 

1808 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 1 Slave over 16; 2 Slaves, 10 Horses

 

1808, 4 Jul - Circuit Court, Henry Co., Kentucky

Book 3, page 67

John Baker vs Benjamin Green

 

1808, Jul - Circuit Court, Henry Co., Kentucky

Book 3, page 84

Richard Folsom vs Benjamin Green

 

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

Deed Book 3, pages 673 - 674.

Purchased two tracts, one of 185 acres and another of 96 acres from Benjamin and Amelia Sebastian.

 

1809 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 1 Slave over 16; 2 Slaves, 10 Horses

Taxed on 155 and 60 acres, no location given.

 

1810 Census - Henry Co., Kentucky

Page 360 : 01010-00010-03

Benjamin        26-45

(Mary)          26-45

(Isaac)                   10-16

 

1810 - No tax list exists for this year.

 

1811 - Partial tax list only, no entry for Benjamin Green.

 

1812 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 1 Slave over 16; 3 Slaves, 10 Horses (1 Stud)

Taxed on 280 acres on D. Creek, Sebastian’s survey

 

1812, May - County Court, Henry Co., Kentucky (LDS 0828254)

Page 361

Benjamin Green appointed surveyor of the road from Niel’s mill to Williams meeting house.

 

1813 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 2 Slaves over 16; 4 Slaves, 5 Horses

Taxed on 285 acres on D. Creek, Sebastian’s survey

 

1813, 27 Aug -War of 1812 Service

Capt. Eleazar Hedden’s Company, 8th Reg’t Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia, (Callaway’s)

Benjamin Green, Aug 27 to Nov 9; 2 Months, 14 days service.

 

1814 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 2 Slaves over 16; 4 Slaves, 9 Horses

Taxed on 280 acres on Drennons, Sebastian’s survey

 

1815 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 3 Slaves over 16; 6 Slaves, 2 Horses

Taxed on 230 acres.

 

1816 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 2 Slaves over 16; 5 Slaves, 11 Horses

Taxed on 130 acres on D. Creek, Sebastian’s survey

 

1817 - Tax List, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 1 Male over 21; 4 Slaves over 16; 5 Slaves, 12 Horses

Taxed on 239 acres, Ben Sebastian’s survey

 

1818 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 4 Slaves over 16; 7 Slaves, 10 Horses

Taxed on 280 Acres on Drennon, B. Sebastian's survey.

 

1819, 12 Mar.  - Land purchase, Henry Co., Kentucky

Deed Book 7, pages 487-488 .

Purchased two tracts of land from Benjamin Sebastian. Acreage not given.

 

1819 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 3 Slaves over 16; 7 Slaves, 10 Horses

Taxed on 430 acres on DCr, B. Sebastian's survey.

 

1820 Census - New Castle Township, Henry Co., Kentucky

Page 243 : 010001-00001-3000-1200-1011

Ben Green           Over 45

(Mary)               Over 45

(male)           10-16           (James son of Isaac ?)

 

1820 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 4 Slaves over 16; 7 Slaves, 7 Horses

Taxed on 356 and 150 acres on D. Creek, Sebastian's survey.

 

1821, 2 April - Land Sale, Henry Co., Kentucky

Deed Book 9, pages 400 & 401

Sale of tract to Isaac Green Sr. and his wife Mary.

(Appears to be the northern parcel of the 1819 purchase.)

 

1821 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 5 Slaves over 16; 7 Slaves, 7 Horses

Taxed on 446 acres on Drennon, Sebastian's survey.

 

1822 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 5 Slaves over 16; 8 Slaves, 3 Horses (1 Stud)

Taxed on 390 acres on Drennon, Jones’ survey.

 

1823 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 6 Slaves over 16; 8 Slaves, 7 Horses

Taxed on 330 acres.

 

1824, 5 May - Land sale, Henry Co., Kentucky

Deed Book 11, pages 24 & 25

Sale of 50 acres to Richard Green

 

1824, 28 Aug - Land sale, Henry Co., Kentucky

Deed Book 11, page 147

Benjamin Green and Richard Green sell 50 acres to Willis Long for $70.

(This is the same land sold in May of that year to Richard Green)

 

1824 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 4 Slaves over 16; 7 Slaves, 6 Horses

Taxed on 456 acres on Dr. Creek, Sebastian’s survey.

 

1825 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 7 Slaves over 16; 10 Slaves, 5 Horses

Taxed on 185 and 92 acres on Dr. Creek, Sebastian’s survey.

 

1826 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 5 Slaves over 16; 8 Slaves, 4 Horses

Taxed on 350 acres on Dr. Creek, Sebastian’s survey.

 

1827 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 5 Slaves over 16; 8 Slaves, 5 Horses

Taxed on 358 acres on Dr. Creek, Sebastian’s survey.

 

1828 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 4 Slaves over 16; 7 Slaves, 7 Horses

Taxed on 400 acres on DC, Seb. Survey.

 

1829 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 6 Slaves over 16; 10 Slaves, 3 Horses

Taxed on 400 acres on DC, Howard’s Survey.

 

1830 Census : Henry Co., Kentucky

Page 268 : 0001000010000- 0000000010000-102000-201100

Benjamin Green         60 to 70

(Mary)          60 to 70

(Male)           15 to 20                  (James son of Isaac ?)

 

1830 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; 4 Slaves over 16; 7 Slaves, 6 Horses

Taxed on 400 acres on DC, Seb. Survey.

 

1831, 26 Sep. - Land Purchase

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, 7 Nov., Land Sale

Deed Book 14, pages 342 & 343

Benjamin Green to John Sturgis, 102 acres for $312

 

1831, 9 Nov., Land Sale

Deed Book 14, page 345

Benjamin Green to Luke R. Underwood, 191 acres for $476

 

1831 - No tax list exists for this year.

 

1832, 21 Jan., Land Sale

Deed Book 14, pages 381 & 382

Benjamin Green to the William Marshall estate, 303 ¼ acres for $450.

(We think it was William Marshall’s death that delayed Ben’s exit from Henry County)

 

1832, 13 Aug., Land Sale

Deed Book 15, pages 32 & 33

Benjamin Green to Charles Knight, 7 or 8 acres for $16.50

… on the waters of five Mile… Beginning at a white oak in Clubbs line near the southeast corner of said Green’s old plantation…

 

1832 - No tax list exists for this year.

 

1833 Tax List - Henry Co., Kentucky  (Last tax entry for a Benjamin Green)

Green, Benjamin; 1 Male over 21; No Slaves, No Horses

Taxed on 125 acres on 5M, Seb. Survey.

 

1833 - Delinquent tax list for 1833, Henry Co., Kentucky

Benjamin Green; 125 Acres; Removed to Missouri; 2 Mares; Total value $250

 

1835, 15 Dec - Land Grant 7600, Boone Co., Missouri

Benjamin Green Senior, 40 acres

 

1840, 10 Jan - Land Grant 12237, Boone Co., Missouri

Benjamin Green, 40 acres