2. Allen GREEN
note: 5/5/02 - Allen Green is shown to have married Fanny Evans in their marriage bond of 1809. However, due to circumstancial evidence including a listing of "Crecy Green" in her father (Matthew Evans) papers, and the fact that all census records show Allen's wife as "Crecy" or "Creasy", plus the naming of most of their grandchildren as the same, I and Dr. G. C.Waldrep, whom I consulted, believe that there was an error made on the Marriage Bond.
note: 11/19/02
Allen Green first turned up in the census in 1810 as head of family with 4 free. Also in 1810, Thomas Green's household decreased by 2. I believe the 1860 Census is probably closer to his birth date, however, it is still puzzling since that would make him around the same age as Thomas. It is possible that he may have been a son of Tom's wife, Priscilla, but not Tom's son, which could be the case from the wording of SAMUEL WILLIAMS's will, where he refers to "and Priscilla's children...etc.", and not stating specifically that they were Tom's children.The1860 census shows Allen as 88 years old, and Creasy as 78 years. 1850 census shows him as 60 years old.
Allen Green was bondsman to marriage of Brind Green to James Reed 8/29/1807, Warren Co. NC.
I think it more plausible that Lucretia's birthdate was in 1797 as the 1850 Census shows, rather than in 1772, as the 1860 Census indicates, because they seemed to have had 2 sons ,Peter, in 1837, and John in 1846. At that time she would have been about 40 and 49, which is more likely.
14. Peter GREEN
In 1880, PETER GREEN, lived next door to JAMES EVANS/MARTHA CAUDLE EVANS family.
4. Breny GREEN
Brind Green was the sister of Allen and the daughter of Thomas Green. Allen was a bondsman in her marriage bond to James Reed. As info, in 1820, they lived 3 houses away from Joseph Evans, another person of color. The name "Brind" may actually be "Brina", short for "Sabrina", and may also be a clue as to her identity because the Priscilla Green who married Samuel Lowry in 1826, named one of her children Sabrina. I think that this Priscilla may have been a daughter or even a sister of these Green families, all of whom were free people of color.
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SAMUEL WILLIAMS Written Feb. 21, 1791, probated February Court 1791. "...being sick in body.." My Negroes Crese and her son TOM, his wife PRISS, and her five children ALLEN, CHARITY, BRYNA, WILLIE, and CRESE, should be set free, but as the laws of this state will not allow this, I desire they and their heirs should pay one penny each annually for ninety-nine years to my friend James Alston until they can obtain their freedom. To my said servant CRESE, 10 acres of land in the tract I bought of Sumner. To my servant, TOM -90 acres of the rest of the Sumner tract. To my brother Solomon Williams - all the land I bought of Montfort where I now live, including the mill. To my brother Joseph John Williams - all my land in Halifax County lying on Fishing Creek. To Samuel Williams (son of my brother William Williams) - 160 pounds. To William Williams (son of my brother William Willams - 160 pounds. To the surviving children of Elizabeth Johnston (daughter of my brother William Williams) - 160 pounds to divide among them. Remaining estate to be divided between my brothers Solomon and Joseph John. Executors: brothers Solomon and Joseph John, my friend James Alston, Gabriel Long Wit: Wm. Williams, Sam. Williams ==================================
JAMES REED seems to disappear from the census records after 1830, but there was a mixed race REED/READ family that continued in the Warren & Halifax County census records. There was a JAMES READ, who first appeared in Halifax County in 1830, who appears to match the age of a Male who was in the elder James household in 1820, and I greatly suspect that this was his son.
Nickname:<NICK> Billy
EMANCIPATION RECORD OF THOMAS GREEN & FAMILY OF WARREN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (1798)
(These slaves appear to have been in relationship to previous petitions filed by AMELIA GREEN, described as a free woman who was the Mother of a large family of Children, all of whom except two daughters have been enabled as the fruits of their own industry and meritorious behaviour to acquire their freedom, was filed in Newbern, Craven County, North Carolina in 1798. It is not clear about her exact relation to some of these people, but AMELIA also filed petitions 1796 for daughtersNANCY GREEN also known as NANCY HANDY, who was owned by William T. Howe, and PRINCESS GREEN who was owned by Bell Chapman, as well as her sister HARRIET GREEN, owned by Mrs. Betsey Vail, in 1801. Amelia apparently won her freedom early in life and worked hard for many years to buy freedom for all of her children)I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, Rose the wife of Lemuel Overton, and her two sons John, Burdock, a Negro woman named Grace, and her son Harry, the property of Thomas Amis, deceased; a Negro girl named Bett, and a Negro boy named John, the property of Moses Parker; a mulatto girl named Nancy, and her child Eliza, the property of General Thomas Person, of Granville County; a Negro woman named CREASE; a Negro fellow named TOM, and his wife PRIS and her five children, to wit, ALLEN, CHARITY, BRENY, WILLIE and CREASE, the property of Samuel Williams, deceased, of the county of Warren, also the increase of the said Pris and her female children, since the date of the last Will of the said Williams; also one Negro man Daniel, formerly the property of formerly the property of James Allen; and a Negro man named Ginger, formerly the property of mark Allen, of Montgomery County, be and they are hereby emancipated and set free, and hereafter shall be called and known by the following names, to wit: ROSE OVERTON, JOHN OVERTON, BURDOCK OVERTON, GRACE WEBB, HARRY WEBB, BETTY BLACK, JOHN BLACK, NANCY HART, ELIZA HART, ELIZA HART, CREASE GREEN, TOM GREEN, PRIS GREEN, ALLEN GREEN, CHARITY GREEN, BRENY GREEN, WILLIE GREEN, and CREASE GREEN, and increase of the said Priss and her female children as aforesaid, by their respective names, with the addition of GREEN, DANIEL SHAD and GINGER PEPPER, and by the names aforesaid, they and each of them shall have, enjoy and possess all the rights, privileges and immunities which they would have been entitled to, had they been born free; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
II. And be it further enacted, That a Negro man the property of Ozborne Jeffries, named SAM, and a Negro woman the property of Dixon Bogye, named CHELSEA, shall be and they are hereby emancipated and set free, the said Sam by the name of BUFFALO SAM, and the said Chelsea by the name of CHELSEA REED, and they shall be entitled to the same privileges, which persons of colour born free are entitled to.
24. C GREEN
Suspect this unknown child of William Green, may have been named Creasy, sinc the name runs in the family. Does not appear in any later census, and suspect may have died young.
Nickname:<NICK> Creasy
SAMUEL WILLIAMS Written Feb. 21, 1791, probated February Court 1791. "...being sick in body.." My Negroes Crese and her son TOM, his wife PRISS, and her five children ALLEN, CHARITY, BRYNA, WILLIE, and CRESE, should be set free, but as the laws of this state will not allow this, I desire they and their heirs should pay one penny each annually for ninety-nine years to my friend James Alston until they can obtain their freedom. To my said servant CRESE, 10 acres of land in the tract I bought of Sumner. To my servant, TOM -90 acres of the rest of the Sumner tract. To my brother Solomon Williams - all the land I bought of Montfort where I now live, including the mill. To my brother Joseph John Williams - all my land in Halifax County lying on Fishing Creek. To Samuel Williams (son of my brother William Williams) - 160 pounds. To William Williams (son of my brother William Willams - 160 pounds. To the surviving children of Elizabeth Johnston (daughter of my brother William Williams) - 160 pounds to divide among them. Remaining estate to be divided between my brothers Solomon and Joseph John. Executors: brothers Solomon and Joseph John, my friend James Alston, Gabriel Long Wit: Wm. Williams, Sam. Williams ==================================
Believe Lucretia's age is incorrect in the 1850 census since she was listed in the 1791 Will of Samuel Williams, which means that she had to have been born at least by then.
Nickname:<NICK> Arch
!Archibald Evans was probably a son of James Evans, born around 1750, of Warren County. He was closely associated with the Green Family of Warren also, through his wife Lucretia Green, who was Thomas Green's daughter. He and his family always lived next door or a few doors from the Greens in Warren.
After closely studying the family ties through the years, I believe that Archibald was a son to James Evans, born 1750. Archibald and his family members maintained very close ties to James (1845) and his family, living next door to them or in very close proximity. Archibald's daughter, Polly, also lived next door and around James and his sons, as a widow in 1900.Also as note, MINS GUY was listed as the bondsman for Archibald's marriage to Lucretia, and found that GUY was married to THENY HAWKINS on Jan. 1, 1825 Warren Co. May be related to FRANCES HAWKINS, who was married to BENJAMIN COPELAND.
7. Samuel GREEN
In the 1820 Census, SAMUEL/LEMUEL GREEN was living one door away from ALLEN GREEN, in Warrenton, NC. This was the first census that he appeared in. Previously, in 1810, THOMAS GREEN's household had 11 Free, while in 1820 he had a total of 10 Free, which leads me to believe that Samuel could very possibly have been from Thomas' household. The 1798 Emancipation Record for Thomas Green and family implied that there had been other unnamed children born to his wife and daughters since the original family members had been named in the will of Samuel Williams as being granted freedom in 1791. I also believe that EMILY GREEN, who appeared in the census starting in 1850, and who was born about 1820, was the female who was in Samuel's household in his census records, and is probably his daughter.
Summary:
Priscilla Green married Samuel Lowry in 1826. By 1840, he seems to have been dead. They had at least 6 children, Sabrina, Zedron, James, William, Cresy and Nancy. Sabrina may have been named after BRIND GREEN, who was married about 1807, with Allen Green as the bondsman. I believe Brind was Allen’s sister, Breny. It also seems likely that Priscilla was a child of Thomas Green or one of his daughters since the Emancipation papers in 1798 refer to "the increase of the said Pris and her female children, since the date of the last Will of the said Williams" which infers that there may have been other children not named in the Will. It may be that Priscilla was a child of Thomas' oldest daughter, Charity Green, whom I haven't found anything else on. And the fact that this Priscilla is not mentioned in Thomas' will in 1848, while his other remaining daughters were, leads me to believe that it is more likely that she was a grandchild rather than a child of his. Sabrina Lowry married Matthew Guy in 1850, and they had several children, three of whom were William, Theny and Mittie Guy as found in the 1860 census. For some reason Sabrina and Matthew Guy must have died, leaving the care of their children to their Grandmother, Priscilla Lowry. They are found in various census records after 1860 living with different relatives, and Priscilla. Priscilla seems to have lived at least into the 1880’s.Record of Estates, Warren Co., NC 1833-1851, Estates found in Court Records, Vo.3)
(1281) William Lowry (age 10, free boy of color) bound to Thomas Green to learn farming, Nov. Ct., 1844
12. Nancy GREEN
Nancy Green is found only in 1870 in Wilson County, NC, after her marriage to Amos Artis, as far as I have found, so far. She appears to have been widowed, because Amos was not living there.
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WILL OF THOMAS GREEN OF WARREN COUNTY,NC, DIED 1850Thomas Green was listed in the 1850 Census of Warren County, North Carolina, as Mulatto, age 69, along with his wife Priscilla, daughters Polly, Elizabeth, Lucy, and Nancy. He also had children William and Creecy, who were already married at that time. He also shows in the Warren County census for the years 1800 - 1840 as the head of a large household first showing with 13 free and 2 slaves in 1800. The following is a transcription of his will which is referred to in Warren Co. Original Wills, 1780- 1931, CR 100.801.8. I have copied it the way it was written, but have added brackets [] with what I think the interpretation should be where needed:
I, Thomas Green of the County of Warren, in the State of North Carolina, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, but in a feeble state of health, do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following -
Item 1st. I give to my daughter Creecy Evans (10) ten acres of land whereon she now lives, so as to include the houses to be laid off in such manner as she may desire. It is my intention, however, that she should have the land during her life, and at her death, it should descend to the children my son William now has or may hereafter have.
Item 2. I give to my wife Priscilla during her lifetime, all my land (except the ten acres before lent to my daughter Creecy Evans). Also all of my stock of every description, my household and kitchen furniture, plantation utensils - crop of corn fodder, wheat oats cotton & tobo [tobacco].
Item 3rd. After the death of my wife Priscilla, I give to my four daughters, Polly, Betsey, Lucy, and Nancy Green one hundred and ten (110) acres of the land I have given my wife during her life. Beginning on the Wolf Pit Branch some four hundred yards below my spring, and running in any direction my four daughters may think proper so as to include my dwelling house, and leave out my son William’s house - It is further my wish and desire that my four daughters Polly, Betsey, Lucy, and Nancy should have all the perishable property I have given my wife after her death, to be equally divided between them, share and share alike -
The land I have given to my four daughters in case either of them should die without ifsue [issue], it is my wish that the surviving daughters should have the portions given to the one dying, and so on to the last, which last surviving one shall have it in forsimple [?]-
Item 4th. After the death of my wife, it is my desire that the land not given to my four daughters, shall be given to the children my son William now has or may hereafter have to them and their heirs -
I acknowledge this to be my last will and testament, in witnefs [witness] hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 15th day of August A.D. 1848.[Signed] Thomas Green [his mark = X] [SEAL]
Witness: J. Buxton Williams
Geo. W. Alston.
41. Joshua ARTIS
Still investigating as to the identity of the 1930 census.,