Hi, All of what you stated is well known. FYI, he was William GREENE, Jr.. Do you have anything on William Sr? If he was a second cousin of Gen. Nathaniel GREEN that means their grandfathers were brothers. I also know of several other families that came through Warren County, NC and I wanted to see if there were other connections in this GREENE family to my bunch. I already know the ALSTONS were in this bunch. I also assume you know the GREENES were from Rhode Island... <<< pg. 4 "In East Greenwich, R. I. on the 26th ult., William GREENE, age 83 years, oldest surviving brother of late General Nathaniel GREENE of Georgia, Oct. 24, 1826." THE SOUTHERN RECORDER, 1823-1844." John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <yngathrrt@yahoo.com> To: <GAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:45 AM Subject: [Greene] Re: William Greene > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Greene, Alston, Palmer, > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ic.2ADI/181.880.885.1.3.1.1.2.1.2.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Maybe this will help. My great-great-great grandfather was William Greene, > born in North Carolina in 1764, and died in Greene Co. Ga in 1819. He was > a second cousin of General Nathaniel Greene of the American Revolution. > They both were decendants of the de Greene family, members of which came > to England from France prior to 1353, at which time Sir Henry de Greene > was Lord Chief Justice of England. Other ancestors down the family line > were Robert Greene of Dillingham Dorcetshire, 1545: Richard Greene of > Bourridge Hill; John Greene of Salisbury and James Greene of Warwick born > 1636, who was the great-great-great grandfather of Gen. Nathaniel Greene > and of William Greene, father of the William Greene of this sketch. > William Greene was named for his father, whose full name was George > William Greene. His mother's name was Nancy, but do not know her maiden > name. > > William Greene was married in 1784 or 1764? to Ruth Hunter, also of N.C > and was born the same year as her husband. I don't know her fathers name > but her mother was a Miss Alston, and she had four children. Ruth, Lemuel, > Elizah and Philip Alston Hunter. > > William and Ruth Hunter Greene came to Georgia after they married with a > party of friends and relatives, making the trip by Ox and Wagon train and > settled in what is now Greene Co. Ga., on a plantation near the present > town of Greensboro. > They had 10 children, nine being born on the home place, and the eldest, > Lemuel, being born in a Fort where his parents had taken refuge from > hostile Indians. He and his wife are buried in Greene Co. Georgia. > > > > > ==== GAGREENE Mailing List ==== > Greene County, GA Mailing list maintainer: DigMyPast@msn.com > Home of Greene Co, GA: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagreene/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >