Descendants of Lewis J. GREEN Sr.
Second Generation
2. Lewis J. GREEN Jr. (Lewis J. ) was born on 5 May 1751 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He died after 10 Jun 1835 in Callaway, Harlan County, Kentucky. He was buried in Kirby Cemetery, Callaway, Bell County, Kentucky.
A Lewis Green was listed in 1790 and 1795 Russell Co., Virginia Personal Property Tax List. Upper District
Lewis, Jr. was a Revolutionary War Veteran from Virginia. He was one of the first settlers on the Cumberland River. He lived in what is now Calloway, Bell Co., Kentucky. He was buried at what used to be Old Meeting House Branch, now Callaway. During US119 construction in 1960 in the Calloway area, his grave was relocated on land which belonged to John Matt Pursiful, just outside of the private cemetery known as Newt Creek Cemetary. He had been in Kentucky with some of Daniel Boone's scouting parties, and returned there as a surveyor and acquired the property from the top of Pine Mountain to the Cumberland River. Tan Yard Hill was part of his property and got it's name from the tanning vats used in curing animal skins. He was an Indian spy and Scout.
"DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832-State of Kentucky, county of Harlan, on this 4th of November 1833, personally appeared before the undersigned and acting Justice of the Peace for Harlan County, Lewis Green a resident of the Cumberland River; in the County of Harlan, and the State of Kentucky age 82 years the 5th of May last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make this following declaration, in order to benefit of the promissory made by the act of Congress..June 7, 1832, that I enlisted in the spring of 1776, as well as I remember, in the county of Russell and state of Virginia on the Clinch River, about nine miles from the county seat, for and during the Revolutionary War, under John Blakeman, William Moore; Lieutenant Joseph Moore; brother of William Ensign, Isaac Shelby.
I was forted at Blakeman's Fort on the Clinch River. Afterwards I was forted at Duncan's Fort also, about ten miles higher up on the Clinch River.
Our constant business was to guard the frontier from the Indians. I can give no distinct history of my service for it was one continual employment from these forts to scout the surrounding country, and spy out the hiding places of the Indians, and keep them from annoying the frontier settlement. I served seven years, and was discharged when the war was over, which was in 1783.
I have no record of my age as I have lost my discharge. I need a written discharge for my services in the Revolutionary War, signed by Shelby.
I never was in a general battle, but many of the times, when in the discharge of my duties as a spy in reconnorting the surrounding country, that my fellow soldiers, when least expecting it, fell by my side.
I do not know of any soldiers by whom I could prove my service. If Congress had passed this law a few years earlier, I could have found witnesses a plenty, but now, if any with whom I served are living, it is unknown to me.
After my enlistment, I served under different captains, but I remember none other than Shelby.
I was living in Russell County, Virginia when I enlisted in the Revolutionary War.
I am known to Rev. James Hall, Jacob Saylor, Parker Howard, William Howard, and many others who would testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
I hereby relinquish my claim to a pension or assuming accept the payment, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll or agency of any state --- I further declare that from old age and bodily infirmity, I am not able to travel to the court house, a distance of seventeen miles, from where I live.
Sworn to and submitted the day and year aforesaid. (Signed) Lewis Green
We James Hall a clergyman residing in Harlan County, Kentucky, about two miles from the above applicant and William D. Green, residing in the same county and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lewis Green, having known him twenty-one years, who has submitted and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two years of age-that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides; to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that we concede in that opinion.
Signed and sworn to this day and year above written before.
Elijah Green-
Justice of Peace
James Hall
William D. Green
And I do hereby declare my opinion, that after the investigation of the matter and after putting this interrogation prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary War soldier, and served as he states, and that from bodily infirmity, he is unable to attend court, being a distance of seventeen miles--and further certify that James Hall who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman of my own knowledge, and that he together with William Green (Article ends)"
Lewis married Esther KILGORE daughter of Robert KILGORE Sr. and Winifred CLAYTON about 1780 in Washington County, Virginia. Esther was born about 1762 in Washington, Russell Co Virginia. She died about 1825 in Callaway, Harlan County, Kentucky. She was buried in Kirby Cemetery, Callaway, Bell County, Kentucky.
They had the following children:
+ 12 F i Elizabeth GREEN + 13 M ii James GREEN + 14 M iii Elijah H GREEN + 15 M iv Elisha GREEN + 16 F v Mary Rutha GREEN + 17 M vi William GREEN + 18 F vii Sarah GREEN + 19 F viii Esther GREEN + 20 M ix Lewis GREEN III + 21 M x Robert GREEN
3. Elizabeth GREEN (Lewis J. ) was born in 1753 in Virginia. She died before 1823 in , Knox County, Kentucky.
Elizabeth married Moses FOLEY Sr. before 1771 in Virginia. Moses was born about 1738 in Virginia. He died about 1823 in , Knox County, Kentucky.
Moses Foley was first licensed to solemnize the rites of matrimony in Knox County in 1811, soon after coming here from Washington County, Virginia. He was the father of all the Foleys in Southeastern Kentucky.
DEATH: MOSES FOLEY -- Will -- June 1824; wife, Rachael; sons, Hugh, Martin and Thomas (10 children living, and two deceased, by former wife), Executors Randolph Adam and Thomas Foley. [History of Knox County]
Moses and Elizabeth had the following children:
+ 22 M i Elijah FOLEY Sr. + 23 F ii Ginna FOLEY + 24 M iii James FOLEY + 25 M iv Moses FOLEY Jr. 26 F v Elizabeth FOLEY was born on 13 Feb 1779 in Virginia. Elizabeth married Prestly RODGERS. 27 F vi Nancy FOLEY was born on 2 Apr 1781 in Virginia. 28 M vii Thomas FOLEY was born on 5 Apr 1783 in Virginia. He died on 16 May 1858 in Grayson County, Kentucky. Thomas married Leanna RECTOR on 24 Feb 1807 in Virginia. Leanna was born on 5 Oct 1787 in Virginia. She died on 28 Sep 1851 in Whitley County, Kentucky. + 29 M viii Spencer FOLEY 30 F ix Meriam FOLEY was born on 27 Nov 1787 in Virginia. 31 F x Leah FOLEY was born on 5 Feb 1789 in Virginia. 32 F xi Rachel FOLEY was born on 5 Feb 1789 in Virginia. She died on 3 Nov 1879 in Elk Valley, Campbell Co Tennessee. 33 F xii Winifred FOLEY was born on 11 Feb 1792 in Virginia.
6. James GREEN Sr. (Lewis J. ) was born in 1757 in Virginia. He died on 31 Dec 1782 in Wise County, Virginia. He was buried in A Hollow Chestnut Tree.
Robert Kilgore, husband of Winnie Clayton, was killed in what is now Wise Co., Virginia at The Pound at a place called Warrior's Camp. Robert and Winnie lived along the Clinch River in what is now Scott Co., Virginia, then Russell County. His property directly bordered that of his brother Charles and was also located near that of Partrick Porter also of Orange Co., North Carolina. Several of the families who settled this section of Scott Co. were originally Orange Co. natives.
On December 31, 1782, James Green, husband of Jane Porter, and Robert Kilgore, Sr. left their hunting camp at the mouth of Indian Creek and Pound River and crossed a ridge heading toward Kentucky. They left a man by the name of McKinney in the camp. Two gunshots were heard by McKinney, followed by the unearthly yells of Indians. Before McKinney could grab his gun, he saw Robert Kilgore running for his life toward the encampment, shouting, "Run McKinney, leave all, save yourself!"
McKinney didn't wait to be told a second time. As he reached the crest of the ridge, he looked back, to see James Green fall, closely pursued by Mingoes. Green sprang up, grabbed out his hunting knife, but before the Indians reached him he collapsed. As the sun was sinking, McKinney reached Fort Blackmore.
By first light of the following day, the militia was on its way far up Stoney Creek, reaching the hunters encampment long before sunrise on January 1, 1783. No Indians could be found, but the camp had been pillaged. Next morning, they found the scalped remains of Robert Kilgore and a few hundred yards away, the body of James Green, with an Indian arrowhead in his right eye. The bodies were buried in a hollow chestnut tree on the north bank of the Pound River, a short distance above the mouth of Indian Creek.
There is no information on what happened to Winnie Clayton Kilgore after the death of Robert. It is believed she remarried, probably in Russell Co., Virginia, unfortunately marriage register burned in a fire during the late 1800s. Family legend says she moved to Indiana with her oldest son Charles and died there, but there is no proof.
By Judy S. Cardwell, Clayton Researcher
James was killed in Pound Gap, Wise County by Bob Benge, a Shawnee Indian outlaw, while hunting with Robert Kilgore and McKinney.
Deed: Washington County, Virginia
Page 332 - James Green - 280 ac - on the north side of Clinch River - Commissioners Certificate - beginning on the south side of the river - March 10, 1786...James Green - 400 ac - actual settlement made in 1772 = on the north side of Clinch at the mouth of Sinking Creek - August 8, 1781
James married Jane PORTER daughter of Patrick PORTER and Susannah WALKER about 1782 in Virginia. Jane was born on 9 Sep 1761 in Orange County, North Carolina. She died on 25 Dec 1842 in Nickelsville, Scott County, Virginia. She was buried in Nickelsville, Scott County, Virginia.
They had the following children:
+ 34 M i James GREEN Jr.
8. Zachariah GREEN (Lewis J. ) was born on 11 Jan 1760 in Virginia. He died on 12 Sep 1840 in Sumner County, Tennessee. Zachariah was a.
Zachariah (could be Sr. or Jr. is listed in the 1830 Sumner Co.,Tennessee as #169. In Zachariah's House there was this listing: 1 male 21-30, 1 male 51-60, 1 female 0-5, 1 female 21-30.
A Lewis Green is listed as #167 (assuming son of Zachariah Sr.). In Lewis's House there was this listing: 1 male 6-10, 2 males 11-15, 1 male 31-40, 1 female 0-5, 3 females 6-10, 1 female 11-15, 1 female 21-30
BIOGRAPHY: This story is contributed by Dan Williams, a Green descendant. It is part of the "oral history" that he grew up hearing as a child in the 1920's and 30's. This story and other information was published in 1994 in a book that Dan wrote on the Green and LeForce families of Harlan/Bell County.
Zach was out on Pine Mountain near present day Pineville hunting turkeys & shot a brace, which he put in his sack. Indians hearing the shots started hunting Zach. Zach ran around Pine Mountain, Grandfather naming all the creeks & branches as he ran. finally he doubled back and started to run over the trail where the Indians had first jumped him. He continued along this trail in the same direction as before until he came to a hollow tree just off the trail. Here he jumped off the trail into the tree, hoping the Indians would continue on down the trail for a
ways, and in this way make his escape.
To Zach's surprise there was a bear in the hollow tree, deep in his winter's sleep. Zach quickly got his knife into the bear's heart, and this caused the bear to wake up, and more that a bit angry. Man and bear came out of the
hollow tree in a rush. The bear, now awake, was inflicting terrible wounds on Zach. He had Zach's head in his mouth and was shaking him like a rag doll. Suddenly the bear dropped dead, and Zach lay beside him, to all appearances also dead.
The Indians came upon the scene about the time Zach and bear came out of the tree, and watched the fight as it raged. The Indians built a rack and placed Zach, his gun and turkeys on the Rack. They made a large fire and started to roast pieces of the bear after first eating the raw heart of the bear. They began to chant and praise Zach as a mighty hunter, a great warrior who could kill a bear with only a knife.
Zach came to himself on the rack. He was bleeding from deep claw wounds on his chest and arms, and teeth wounds on his head. He put turkey feathers on his wounds to stop the bleeding. After he gathered his strenght he loaded his gun and jumped down among the feasting Indians, with the intentions of surprising them and making a run for it. Before he could discharge his weapon the Indians were gone, sure that Zach was a man returned from the spirit world to avenge himself on them. They left the Cumberland not to return for several hunting seasons
believing that Zach was waiting for them. Zach ate bear meat for several days until he got strong enough to return to camp, but when he got there his companions had left believing that the Indians had got him and were now hunting them.
After that the Indians called Zach the Turkey Man, because when he jumped from the rack he covered with feathers and they thought he had flown down from heaven to avenge himself on them. My Grandfather, also
believed that when his wounds healed the feathers were under his skin, where they could be seen, and that for years the feathers would cause festers, and be expelled.Washington Co., VA Surveys and Deeds
Page 149 - Zachariah Green, assignee of Robert Killgore...41 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on the south side of Clynch River...Beginning at the foot of a ridge...on the bank of the river and down the meanders...March 26, 1783 - Robert Kilgore, assignee of Lewis Green, Jr...41 ac...on Clynch River surveyed for Lewis Green, March 23, 1774...actual settlement made in 1772...August 14, 1781 - Assign to Zachariah Green by purchase on March 10, 1783 - Signed: Robert Killgore. Witness: Walter Preston
Zachariah married Sarah MCKAIN.
They had the following children:
35 F i Elizabeth GREEN. Elizabeth married HUDSON. 36 M ii James M GREEN was born about 1783 in , , Virginia. He died about 1830 in , , Tennessee. James married Sophronia DODSON about 1812. 37 M iii William G GREEN was born about 1785 in , , North Carolina. 38 M iv Lewis GREEN was born on 12 Jul 1791 in , , North Carolina. He died in 1860 in , , Missouri. + 39 F v Peggy GREEN + 40 M vi Zachariah GREEN Jr. 41 F vii Nancy GREEN was born about 1816 in Scott County, Virginia.
9. Sarah GREEN (Lewis J. ) was born in 1761 in Virginia. She died about 1823 in Davidson County, Tennessee.
Sarah married Josiah PAYNE son of Nehemiah PAYNE about 1776 in , , Virginia. Josiah was born about 1755 in , , Pennsylvania. He died about 1806 in , Davies County, Tennessee.
They had the following children:
+ 42 F i Ann PAYNE + 43 F ii Elizabeth PAYNE + 44 F iii Martha Patsy PAYNE + 45 M iv George Washington PAYNE + 46 M v Zachariah PAYNE + 47 M vi Spencer PAYNE 48 M vii Squire PAYNE was born about 1796 in , Davidson County, Tennessee.. He died in 1816 in , Davidson County, Tennessee.. Squire married Sallie HANNAH on 16 Mar 1805 in Davies County, Tennessee. + 49 F viii Minerva PAYNE
10. Nancy Susannah GREEN (Lewis J. ) was born in 1763 in Virginia. She died about 1825 in , Scott County, Virginia.
Nancy married Peter HUTCHINSON Sr.. Peter was born about 1748. He died about 1823 in , Scott County, Virginia.
Washington Co., VA Surveys and Deeds
Page 142 - Peter Hutchison, assignee of Lewis Green...134 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on the waters of Clynch River and along the foot of Copper Creek Ridge...Beginning on a spur of the ridge...November 28, 1782 - Lewis Green...150 ac by settlement made in 1773 on Little Spring at Lewis's Cane Break...43 ac surveyed on March 23, 1774...August 8, 1781 - Assigned to Peter Hutchison by purchase. Signed: Lewis Green. Witnesses: Patrick Porter & Amos Fletcher
Peter and Nancy had the following children:
+ 50 F i Martha Patsy HUTCHINSON + 51 F ii Mary Elizabeth HUTCHINSON 52 M iii James HUTCHINSON was born about 1774 in Va. He died about 1860 in Morgan County, Kentucky. 53 M iv David C. HUTCHINSON was born in 1777. 54 M v John A. HUTCHINSON was born in 1780 in Va. He died in Ar. John married ROBERTSON. 55 F vi Susannah HUTCHINSON was born in 1780 in Washington County, Virginia. She died in 1862 in Floyd County, Kentucky. Susannah married Richard WELLS on 28 Sep 1797. Richard was born on 11 Feb 1760 in Philidelphis Pa.. He died on 28 Mar 1838 in Floyd County, Kentucky. 56 M vii Emanuel C. HUTCHINSON was born in 1784 in Va. Emanuel married (1) Nancy CARTER on 28 Sep 1823 in Scott County. Emanuel married (2) Nancy COODY on 18 May 1834 in Scott County. Emanuel married (3) Margaret DAVIS on 15 Jun 1840 in Scott County. 57 F viii Hannah HUTCHINSON was born about 1787 in Va. She died in Va. Hannah married William ROBERTSON about 1805. William was born about 1787. He died on 3 May 1880 in Wise Va.. 58 F ix Nancy HUTCHINSON was born about 1788. She died after 1880 in Wise County, Virginia. Nancy married John RITCHIE. + 59 M x Peter HUTCHINSON Jr.
