Selma & All: Yes, I've heard that Lewis was married before he married Elizabeth CADDEL. Does anyone have info on his prior spouse? This is all I have on Lewis GREEN: 1787 - September 13, Charles Trim to Lewis Green sale of 240 acres for £120 on Cobb Creek of South Hico adjacent to Andrew CADDLE, witnessed by John Cannady, H. Haralson, Henderson Trim, and John Cooper, Deed Book F, pages 19 and 20, Caswell County, NC. 1789 - July 4, Burwell Green married Phebe (Phoeby) CADDEL: Bondsman - Lewis Green (brother of Burwell Green), W. J. Womack - witness, page 144. Caswell County, NC. 1789 - December 26, Lewis Green married Elizabeth CADDEL. Andrew CADDEL - bondsman, J. Womack - witness. Caswell County, NC. Lewis is the same as above noted half- brother of Burwell Green. Refer to his estate sale of 1794. 1789 - Caswell Co., NC tax list showed Lewis GREEN owned 240 acres, with two whites and no Blacks. 1790 - St James District, Caswell County, NC census listed Burwell Green, Lewis GREEN. 1791 - January 17, Lewis Green to Burwell Green, sale of 100 acres for £50, land on Double Creek of South Hico, adjacent to Andrew Cadwell (CADDEL) and Robert Dickens, Caswell County, Deed Book G, pages 158 and 159. 1794 - Inventory of estate of Lewis Green, Person County, NC, Sale of property was Elizabeth (his widow), Burwell Green, Andrew CODDLE, John CODDLE, and John Green. 1795 - March, John CADDELL and Andrew CADDEL purchased part of the estate of Lewis Green, deceased. Person County, NC. 1797 - August 18, Elijah Watson married Elizabeth (CADDEL) Green, widow, Person County, NC. Andrew CADDEL (her father) - bondsman, Jesse Dickens - witness. She was previously married to Lewis Green, now deceased. 1799 - March, Person County, NC record of settlement of estate of Lewis Green, by Elijah Watson, Administrator, in right of his wife, Elizabeth. A genealogist reported "Even before Caswell County, NC was formed from Orange County in 1777, we find that Lewis Green lived in the area. A ford on the Dan River had been named after him and we find mention of this in the 1764 Orange County records." Lewis GREEN sold goods to travelers on the River. II.4. ELIZABETH CADDEL. d. ca 1850, Person Co., NC 1m. 26 Dec 1789, Caswell Co., NC 2m. 18 Aug 1797, Person Co., NC Lewis Green :b. ca 1754, Surry Co., VA :d. ca 1793, NC Elijah Watson :b. ca 1767, place unknown ELIZABETH CADDEL, daughter of Andrew and Jean (Henderson) CADDEL, was born (1770) in Orange County, NC which later became Caswell County where she was raised and married. Andrew, her father was listed as bondsman at both her marriages. She later lived in Person County which was formed from Caswell County in 1791, where she married for a second time, living there at least until 1800. One researcher reported Elijah WATSON listed in the 1800 census of Wake County, NC with three sons and three daughters (born between 1785 and 1800), 1810 census of Person with two sons and 1820 with one son. Another, reported that Elizabeth was still living in the 1850 census of Person County. Lewis' parents were William and (1st wife unknown) Green. William Green named Lewis as his son in a land deed, Sussex County, VA, on the south sluce of Nottoway River. In about 1750, William Green married Lucy Tyus (his 2nd wife). Elizabeth and Lewis had two children: Barbara Green (1792, Caswell Co., NC) married John Stephenson and Jane Green (1790, Caswell Co., NC). Janie inherited land on Double Creek of the Hico River from her father. Janie Green married John Washington Stanfield 25 Sep 1810, Person County, NC and had a son Washington Green Stanfield. Bill Caddell [email protected] wrote: > > Bill, I was in contact with you a good while back but couldn't make a > connection with your Burrell and Lewis that married Caddell sisters. > Recently I was told that Lewis married prior to marrying Elizabeth Caddell. > I am trying to tie back to this Lewis. My Lewis was b. 1801 or around that > time. It is said he was from NC, SC or GA. Not much help. The first real > information I have is in Ware Co., GA where he married Martha Elizabeth > Taylor, dau. of Hezekiah, son of Henry, RS. He adopted sons, of his brother, > Leander and William T. and had 13 children of his own. It is said he married > Elizabeth Pridgen in 1825 in Bulloch Co., GA. I can find no death > certificate for Elizabeth or children or anything in Bulloch only a record of > a marriage. There is an Eilsha, John and William in Bulloch along w/ Lewis > in the same 1825 time frame. Lewis lived in Ware, Clinch and Lowndes Cos. , > GA. before moving to Hamilton Co,, Fl. The mother of Leander and William T. > is Delilah. I think the father of Daniel as she is mentioned in the 1850 > census as widow of Daniel. Some one mention wanting to know about the > Burrell that married Lewis Green in VA. I have the name and address Grigg > line that I was in contact with at the time I thought I was in this family if > anyone is interested. Selma