Hello Everyone. I am a new subscriber to Va-Southside and am hoping someone can help me. I have been searching for ancestors of Thomas Green and Amy Keesee for some time now. In my search I ran across a Virginia Gazette newspaper article from 1777 where it states that a Thomas Green from Mecklenburg was hung on the gallows for murder outside of Williamsburg. Since this was about the time little Thomas's father was supposed to have died, I sent for a copy of the article but it had no more information that the LVA had posted. My question is, does anyone know how or where I could find information (court records or whatever) that might tell more about who this Thomas Green was and who he murdered, etc.? I live in metro Atlanta and don't expect to visit Virginia anytime soon. Is there any way I could order copies of the court records and how would I know which records to order since I don't know when this all happened or when the trial was other than prior to July 9th, 1777? I've also been trying to find information on George Green and Mary Justice. The facts tend to lean toward their being littleThomas's parents rather than the executed Thomas. Mary's brother, Simeon, was married to Elizabeth Turley and according to my grandmother, Thomas (Amy Keesee's husband) was raised by a man named Turley. There must be a connection there. Also, I noted that a George Green and a Thomas Green came over on the same ship at the same time and prior to their being mentioned in any of the Pittsylvania, Halifax or Mecklenburg County records, so I think there is a good chance that they were brothers and lived near each other. I have found records of George purchasing land in Halifax County and Thomas is mentioned in a number of Halifax court records as supervising the construction of county owned structures. I believe that the Halifax Thomas and the Mecklenburg Thomas are the same person since Meck. was formed from the east end of Halifax and parts of Lunenburg about the same time as all of this was happening. Does anyone have any clues? Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Betsy Groh betsy.groh@theaustin.com