Bob: I have been thinking about this information for some timeand have found something that seems to tie them together: Thomas Baird's will dated 3 may 1797,Brother of my Alexander, who Md. Mary Green and moved to Ga. where Alexander and Mary were executor and witness to Thomas's Widow Jennet's will 1808. JohnGreen. Also had his will written there at the same time and came from the same place Abbeville.S.C.Now--- the interesting thing is:John Boles was a witness to Thomas's will in Abbeville. and here he is in your post as a neighbor to John Green's property in on waters of Mckinley Creek. recorded Vol 10 p. 74.My question : Which county is that in?Knoxville or S.C.?Can you add anything else about this for me.?How is Thomas and Joseph related? Question, questions Thank you Fred On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:01:49 -0600 Bob Thompson <[email protected]> writes: > Fred > I have a transcription of a March 28, 1798 letter from Felix Hughes > in > Coles Creek, Miss. Territory to Ebenezer Miller (my g-g-g > grandfather) > in Abbeville District SC. The letter generally describes the Hughes > > family's trip from Abbeville to the Natchez area. Felix, who was a > > schoolteacher, was engaged to tutor the children of Thomas Green, > Jr., > a prominent planter in the area whose father had been arrested by > the > Spanish authorities earlier for supporting the claims of Georgia to > the > territory. In the letter, Felix states: > "Tho' I arrived at the Natchez on Feb. the 2nd, yet I had no > opportunity of writing sooner, and am very happy to have one now. > After > a Voyage of four Months exactly, I and my Family arrived safe and in > > good health. Peggy had some little illness on the Way, and the > Children > had ye Whooping Cough, but they got partly well before we arrived, > and > look as well if not better than when we started. Brother Robt. > [Robert > Miller, Jr.] soon learned of our arrival, and immediately brought a > > cart and horses and took us out to his own house where > Peggy[Margaret > Miller Hughes] and the Children now are and will not hear of me > taking > them to Mr. Thom. Green's, with whom I have engaged the 13th Inst. > to > teach a School for 250 Dol. for one year. His family are all in good > > health and he intends going to S Carolina this ensuing Summer. He > requests me to present his warmest Love to Mother, Brother and > Sisters. > He rec. only one Letter from you before I arrived. He would be very > > glad to hear again from you, particularly concerning John Green's > affair, as you did not mention any thing to me relative to it. He > thinks the Letter which might contain the Information must have been > > miscarried." > My assumption is that this John Green was related to Thomas Green. > The > letter later mentions a Joseph Green, presumably the same family, > who > was living in Knoxville, Tennessee. > A plat for John Green's property, which was on waters of McKinley > Creek > I believe, is dated 17 Nov 1766 and recorded at volume 10, p. 74. > It > is bordered by property belonging to John Trimble, Walter Trimble, > Samuel Kerr, Hugh Herron and John Boles. This John Green might be > related to your John Green. > Bob > > > ==== SCABBEVI Mailing List ==== > It must be thought on. If it pass against us, > We lose the better half of our possession: > > >