Bill Green wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > I just received my copy of the book titled "General Tom Green 'A Fightin > Texan' by Odie Faulk". How fascinating. One issue I hope someone here > can help me with is where Tom was Born. I have been under the > impression he was born in Amelia, Va. According to the book and his > Head Stone, he was born July 8, 1814 in Buckingham County, Va. Odie > said in a footnote on page 2 "General Green's Tombstone, Oakwood > Cemetery, Austin. Other accounts list Green as having been born in > Amelia or Mecklenburg County, Virginia, but his family should have known > the exact spot of his birth with certanity." > > Can anyone add to this? > > Bill Green Bill, I like you have been trying to collect info on the General and had recently obtained a copy of "The Fighting Texan" while attending a Confederate Symposium at the Confederate Research Center in Hillsboro, TX. My prior recording showed him as being born in Amelia Co., VA. and was hopeful that I could tie him into the "Seagull Greens" with their simular birth places and migration patterns to Texas, but have not been able to get past his father Judge Nathan in TN & grandfather Thomas in VA. That is a noble family and one that it would be well if you could tie into. I was amazed, being a lover of history, that I didn't know more about the General as he was an outstanding individual in early Texas history being the battle of San Jacinto with Sam Houston and in the Legislature. I'm posting this to Green-L with hopes others can add. Good luck to you. F.G.