This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_916618652_boundary Content-ID: <0_916618652@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII The authority on the Green family of the Jersey Settlement has spoken........He's my source when I hit a snag. John Hawkins --part0_916618652_boundary Content-ID: <0_916618652@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: EDG49HV7@aol.com Return-path: <EDG49HV7@aol.com> To: JHawk11321@aol.com Subject: Re: [GREEN-L] John "Moccasin" Green Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:26:30 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit John; >From the pension file of John Green (#S-6914), filed 28 October 1832 The John Green of Mitchell County: 1. He was born in Rocky Creek, S.C.---does not give date. 2. When he was small child his family moved to Tryon County, NC. 3. When he was about 16 he went to South Carolina and enlisted at Cherokee Ponds, SC, June or July 1781. 4. He was engaged in "harassing the tories" for 12 months. 5. After the Revolution he went to Rutherford County (formerly part of old Tryon County, NC) where he married---no details about marriage. 6. He was allowed a pension on his application executed 28 October 1832, while living in Burke County, NC; he was age 70. 7. He died 2 June 1853 in Madison County, NC, leaving no widow, but there were five children surviving in 1856. 8. In 1856 John"s son, James, wrote applying for an increase in the pension allowed his survivors. James lists the children living as; Joseph, James, Arthur, Aaron and Izabella. 9. Additional information in John's pension file is a letter from a Miss Huston of North Carolina, asking for information on a John Moccsin Green whose children were Shadric, James, Joseph, Aaron, Arthur and two daughters, both named Isabella, one dead. Miss Huston said John Green's wife was Elizabeth Jones. ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ In the 1840 census of Yancey County, John Green is living in the house of James Buchanan. (Yancey County formed in 1833 from Burke) A Burke County marriage bond 21 September 1822 for Isbel Green and James Buchanan, with bondsmen Jos Buchanan and William Buchanan. A Burke County marriage bond 18 September 1831 for Aaron Green and Pheby McKinney, with bondsman Elijah Green and witness D.D. Baker. >From the Land Grant Office in Raleigh I found the following Land grants, which I think belong to the Greens in what is now Mitchell County: When it was Burke County: John Green #2593 100 acres 25 Jan 1797 on Gouges Creek Shadrack Green #3760 66 acres 1 Jan 1807 on Cain Creek James Green #3719 100 acres 7 Dec 1808 on Cain Creek Shadrick Green #4291 50 acres 10 Feb 1819 on Snow Creek Arthur Green #4513 50 acres 27 July 1924 on Bear Creek John & Aaron Green #5189 200 acres 25 Jan 1825 on Snow Creek Shadrick Green #4947 100 acres 4 Jan 1830 on Bear Creek Aaron Green #4909 200 acres 25 Jan 1830 on Bear Creek Enoch Green #5174 100 acres 21 Jan 1832 on Snow Creek After Yancey County Formed in 1833: Arthur Green #91 50 acres 6 Feb 1834 Joining own land Elijah Green #128 100 acres 25 Apr 1834 Joining own land James Green #493 100 acres 12 Oct 1841 gives trees as markers James Green #605 50 acres 12 Jan 1848 on Gouges Creek Joseph Green #183 50 acres 21 Nov 1838 on Cane Creek Shadrack Green #197 50 acres 21 Nov 1835 Joining own land Shadrack Green #286 50 acres 3 Oct 1836 on Cane Creek Shadrack Green #341 50 acres 8 Jun 1840 gives trees as markers Silas M. Green #516 100 acres 15 Jan 1846 gives trees as markers Simeon Green #705 55 acres 5 Mar 1852 on Mine Creek Thomas Green #622 100 acres 27 Jan 1851 joins own land ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________I I have a list of the children of John's sons, Joseph and Arthur's children: Joseph Green born@1797 his wife Polly 7 Nov 1797----21 June 1889 (Stephen Green says his mother was Polly Green----I don't know if he is saying that was her maiden name or not) Children: 1. Elizabeth 2. James 3. Anna 4. John 5. Nancy 6. Isabella 7. Joseph 2 Feb 1829---20 Apr 1884 Married Nancy Canada 10 Jun 1824---19 Dec 1864 8. William 9. Aaron 10. Stephen 22 Mar 1838---9 Feb 1924 11. Mary 12. Athen Children of Arthur Green born @1798 and his Wife Nancy Sparks born 1 Feb 1802-- 1. Isabella 2. Jane 3. Thomas 4. Mary 5. John 6. Elizabeth 7. Sarah 8. Jeremiah 31 Dec 1833---27 Nov 1904 9. Martha 10. Joseph 11. James 12. Lucendia 13. Stephen 14. Samuel The Jeremiah (#8) above was a lawyer in Bakersville, NC and is the one G. W. Greene refers to as J. H. Greene, the Grandson of John Moccasin Greene. I think how G. W and J. H Greene got acquainted was through Elizabeth Greene Stafford, wife of William Stafford, who was a teacher in Bakersville. Elizabeth was the daughter of Robert and Chaney Elrod Greene and a cousin of George W. Greene. G. W. and J. H Greene must have thought that there was only on John Green. ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ On your list of Children of John Green and Elizabeth Coffey--- I do not think Jesse Green who's wife was Mourning______was a son of John and Elizabeth Green. On Cherokee County census Jesse is shown as being born in some other county than Burke. There seems to be a son of John that I have not been able to identify. Eleanor married Isaac Moody and moved to Cherokee County. I think John, son of Richard, is the " John Moccasin Green", because just recently I found a Caldwell County Deed where one of Elijah' grandsons was selling some land in the Globe area and the deed refers to "Grandaddy Moccasin Creek". I took the "Grandaddy Moccasin" to mean a person rather than a big snake. (I can't find my copy of the deed now, but will give more on it when I find my copy.) I hope this does not create more problems than it solves. Ed --part0_916618652_boundary--