Yup, Susie! One and the same! All kinds of things on that one I was barking up the wrong tree on! They WERE in Dickson for a while and although I haven't set it in concrete yet, it appears they were descendents of the Gardner Green renegade band of Cherokee, which is backed further by the memories of the ninety year old aunt we located and by the name "Gardner Green" that occurs in some Dickson Co. records...they finally got "found" in Marion in Montgomery Co. and that is where they still are in my research...haven't had time to do much more gold digging on them, but I do have a handle on WHO they are now, and know they had lots of kin there. They did after all wind up spelling their name as "Green" rather than the "Greene" that was passed down the line in our branch. I have NOT found evidence of the Confederate soldier part of the story passed down and I did learn that they cannot possibly be Irish as my grandmother had told me unless it is a line marrying in or she had this confused with another line. So I was barking up a lot of wrong trees and what I found was evidence of a "cover-up" way back when some of it due to a failed marriage and some of it due to native bloodline that was not a popular thing to have at the time....mostly however it appears to be a family rift that happened eons ago. jan ----- Original Message ----- From: Susie Grant <krista3@earthlink.net> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 6:46 PM Subject: RE: On great grandpa's.... > Jan, > Is this by any chance the GREEN line you have been searching for? > Susie > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: j [mailto:unicorn@sun-spot.com] > > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 1:35 PM > > To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: On great grandpa's.... > > > > > > > I know how you feel. I can't find my great grandfather. My > > > sister said "Forget it. When you get there, just ask him!!" > > > > *******Shirley, what you said there really hit home! <vbg> For YEARS I > > could not find my own great grandpa which seemed so frustrating > > and silly to > > me that Mama and her siblings did not have a clue who their > > grandfather was! > > (yup, there was a story there all right!)....well when you least > > expect.... > > last winter I shot out a query toward Davidson Co. list about the company > > she HAD vaguely remembered hearing he worked for (no longer > > there), and got > > untold responses about that company...but also got one fella who was kinda > > like "by the way maybe you might be kin to...." SHEESH. MIGHT BE? It > > turned out to be Mama's first cousin she had not seen since > > babyhood....who > > could not help much but DID know of a ninety year old aunt still > > living that > > Mama thought must be dead by now and had a whole different > > surname than the > > one she had when Mama knew her... we called the aunt who happily supplied > > the name and the county someplace we never DREAMED of looking and with a > > name much different than we thought it was....Clarksville library > > nicely did > > a look-up and the grandfather I could not peg suddenly had a name! > > Sooooo....guess I just want to encourage you a little there.... I > > thought I > > would have to wait till the great beyond to find him too.... really had > > given up hope...so maybe this will happen for you too! > > jan > > > > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > > > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > What do you mean my Birth Certificate expired ??? > > > > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY goes on... and on... and on... > > > >