"Minnie Lee Green m. John William Thompson. They are my great grandmother and grandfather." -- Cindy Pannell, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 28 September 2010 Millennium File Minnie Lee Green Spouse: John William Thompson Birth Date: 1874 Birth Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma Death 1938 McFarland, Kern County, California One Child is listed in this file: Charles William Thompson Here is the Millennium Files report on Charles William Thompson Millennium File Charles William Thompson Parents: John William Thompson, Minnie Lee Green Spouse: Mertie Cleo Shelton Birth 28 Jul 1895 Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma Death 27 Oct 1945 Bakersfield, Kern County, California Minnie and her husband John William Thompson were recorded with their family in the 1900 Federal census in Chickasaw Nation. Living with them is Minnie's nephew, Daniel David Green, son of Jackson Green and brother of Minnie's father, also named Daniel David Green. The percentage and tribe are reported in this census. The enumerator had a problem with fraction mathematics here, which shows up in other entries. The children are actually reported as a higher percentage of Choctaw than the mother, even though their father is White! Note below that in 1910, Minnie herself is reported as only 1/8 Indian (corrected to Chickasaw this time), while in 1900 she is reported as 3/4, even though her father Daniel David Green was White. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 13 June, Township 4, North Range 2E, District 134, page 22B, Hse #13, Fam #14 Thompson, Jno W Head W M June 1846 33 Married 10 years Mosouri [sic] Mosouri Mosouri Farmer Thompson, Minnie G Wife In F (3/4 Choctaw) Jan 1874 26 Married 10 years 5 children/5 living Indian Territory Indian Territory Unknown Thompson, Mammie G Dau In F (7/8 Choctaw) Sept 1891 8 Indian Territory Mosouri Indian Territory Thompson, Robert Lee Son In (7/8 Choctaw) M June 1892 7 Indian Territory Mosouri Indian Territory Thompson, Charles W Son In (7/8 Choctaw) M July 1894 5 Indian Territory Mosouri Indian Territory Thompson, Emma A Dau In (7/8 Choctaw) F Apr 1897 3 Indian Territory Mosouri Indian Territory Thompson, Jessie M Dau In (7/8 Choctaw) F June 1899 11mos Indian Territory Mosouri Indian Territory Green, Daniel D Servant W M (Both Parents White) May 1883 16 Single Indian Territory (No birth place given for parents) Farm Laborer Minnie and her children are registered in the 1902 Indian census. They are now correctly reported as Chickasaw. Earlier when they were living in Choctaw Nation, they had been registered as Choctaw, thus the report in 1900 as Choctaw. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914, www.ancestry.com 25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4318, Census Card #1616 Minnie Lee Thompson, Age 23, Birth Abt 1879, 1/4 Chickasaw 25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4319, Census Card #1616 Mamie Frances Thompson, Age 11, Birth Abt 1891, 1/8 Chickasaw 25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4320, Census Card #1616 Robert Lee Thompson, Age 9, Birth Abt 1893, 1/8 Chickasaw 25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4321, Census Card #1616 Emma Augusta Thompson, Age 5, Birth Abt 1897, 1/8 Chickasaw 25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4322, Census Card #1616 Jessie May Thompson, Age 3, Birth Abt 1899, 1/8 Chickasaw Tribal Affiliation Chickasaw By Blood 1910 Federal Census, McClain County, Oklahoma, 2 May, Hopping Township, District 185, page 2A, Hse/Fam #7 Thompson, Minnie Head F Ind (1/8 Chickasaw) 35 Widow 5 children/5 living OK US OK Own Income Owns Farm Thompson, Robert Lee Son M Ind (1/16 Chickasaw) 16 Single OK TX OK Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Thompson, Charlie Son M Ind (1/16 Chickasaw) 14 OK TX OK Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Thompson, Richard Son M Ind (1/16 Chickasaw) 19 Single OK TX OK Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Thompson, Emma A Dau F Ind (1/16 Chickasaw) 13 Single OK TX OK No Occupation Can Read and Write Thompson, Jessie M Dau F Ind (1/16 Chickasaw) 10 Single OK TX OK No Occupation Can Read and Write Jones, Claud Hired Man M White 31 Single TX US US Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Though Minnie and her children were identified as Chickasaw in the 1910 census, in 1920 and 1930, her son Charley living in her household is White. We find that Minnie has married again, to another White man James L Jones. Claud J in the 1920 census seems to be the same man, despite a difference in age, (which we find often in censuses). 1920 Federal Census, McClain County, Oklahoma, 3 January, Hopping Township, District 78, page 1B, Hse/Fam #16 Jones, Claud J Head Owns Farm M W 35 OK TX TX Farmer [b abt 1885] Jones, Minnie Wife F W 38 OK OK OK [b abt 1882] Jones, George Son M W 8 Single OK OK OK [b abt 1912] Thompson, Charley Step-Son M W 23 Single OK TX OK [b abt 1897] Farmer There is another anomaly in 1930, when George Jones is reported as the stepson, rather than the son, of James L Jones. Could Minnie have been married to two different men names Jones. Claud J and Jame L? Jones sources I have found consider this the same person. But info is spotty. Cindy Pannell has the name of this person as James Lewis Claud Jones. 1930 Federal Census, McClain County, Oklahoma, 15 April, Moncrief Township, District 8, page 8B, Hse #121, Fam #126 Jones, James L Head Rents M W 51 First Married at 31 yrs old TX TX TX Farmer [b abt 1879] Jones, Minnie L Wife F W 55 First Married at 19 yrs old OK TX OK [b abt 1875] Thompson, Charles W Stepson M W 34 Widowed OK TX OK Laborer [b abt 1896] Jones, George D Stepson M W 19 Single OK TX OK [b abt 1911] Thompson, Lawanda B Step-GrandDau F W 7 Single OK OK US [b abt 1923]
The Tanneyhill genealogy reports the following information about Missouri. Missouri Gertrude Birth: 8 Jan 1887 in Platte, MO Death: 1 Dec 1936 in Pauls Valley, Garvin Co., OK Father: John GREEN b: 14 Feb 1851 in Platte, MO Mother: Margarette Jane KILMER b: 8 Nov 1858 in Douglas Co., MO -- Tanneyhill, McKinney and Wolfe, Christy, Wolf, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3306591&id=I630744231 A couple of other genealogies report she was born in Missouri City, Fort Bend County, Texas. This is near Houston. No genealogy tells where they got these locations. Perhaps the report of Missouri as the birthplace is due to a confusion with Missouri City in Texas. She could have been named after either the state or the city. Here is Steve Lynch's information on Missouri Green. Missouri Gertrude Green Birth 8 Jan 1887 in Missouri City, Fort Bend, Texas Death 1 Dec 1936 in Pauls Valley, Garvin, Oklahoma -- Lynch-Darling Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/243986/person/-91686363?ssrc=&ftm=1 Census reports support the Missouri birthplace. In 1900 John and his family are in Faulkner County, Arkansas, and the child Gertrude M, matching the child reported in these genealogies as Gertrude Missouri, is reported as born in Missouri. The two older children still in the household, James and Myrtle, are both reported as born in Texas. 1900 Federal Census, Faulkner County, Arkansas, 15 June, cypress Township, District 27, Page 7B, House #138, Family #142 Green, John Head W M Feb 1851 49 Married 22 years MO MO TN Farmer Owns Farm Green, Margaret J Wife W F Nov 1858 41 Married 22 years 9 children/8 living MO TN TN Green, James I Son W M Nov 1880 19 Single TX MO MO Farm Laborer Green, Myttle [sic] L Dau W F Mar 1884 16 Single TX MO MO Green, Gertrude M Dau W F Jan 1887 13 Single MO MO MO 1910 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 28 April, Whitebead Township, District 88, page 5B, Hse/Fam #73 Green, John Head M W 59 Married 32 years MO MO TN Farmer Rents [b abt 1851] Green, Margarete J Wife F W 52 Married 32 years 10 children/9 living MO TN TN [b abt 1858] Green, Missouri G Dau F W 23 Single MO MO MO [b abt 1887] It appears that by 1920, Missouri is now going by her middle name Gertrude. 1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 5 March, Stratford, District 35, page 9A, Hse #133, Fam #134 Green, John Head Rents M W 69 Married MO MO MO Farmer Green, Margarite J Wife F W 61 Married MO MO MO No Occupation Green, Gertrude Dau F W 27 Single MO MO MO No Occupation 1930 Federal Census, Murray County, Oklahoma, 4 April, Allen Township, District 1, page 2A, Hse/#16 Greene, John Head Rents 79 First married at age 26 MO MO TN Farmer Greene, Margaret J 71 First married at age 19 MO TN TN No Occupation Mahan, Gertrude Dau 43 Widowed MO MO MO No Occupation
Myrtle was registered withother memebrs of her family in teh Dawes Chickasaw Naiton Roll. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 Myrtle Emma Green Gender: Feale Birth Year: abt 1892 Age at Census Enrollment: 12 Enrollment Date: 25 Sep 1902 Tribal Affiliation: Chickasaw By Blood, 1/8 Census Card #:1662 Dawes' Roll #:4064 25 Sep 1902 Dawes Chickasaw Roll, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
Some Horton genealogists report the wife of John Brissell Horton as Anna Green. Some sources name her Ann(e) Green. These generally report no parents of Anna/Anne. Some link this Anna to parents Meshack and Lucretia Green. Others report his wife as the daughter of Meshack but have her name as Anna Nancy. Green genealogies report the daughter of Meshack as Nancy or Nancy Ann(e). One Horton genealogy reports the wife of John Brissell Horton as Anna Nancy Greene, possibly the daughter of Meshack. Two birth locations are reported, about 1750 in Guilford County, North Carolina and about 1756-58 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. It is likely two different but similar Green lines are involved here, but I have not been able to sort them out. Name: Anna Nancy Greene Birth: ABT 1758 Marriage 1 John Brissell Horton b: ABT 1748 in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Married: 25 JUL 1778 in Surry Co., North Carolina Married: 9 JAN 1766 in (Anna Nancy Greene d/o Mishck and Creory Green?) Unknown -- Vicki Peterson, Our Kith n Kin, RootsWeb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hisandmine&id=I05238 Some propose that the wife of John Brissell Horton is a daughter of Meshack Green and Lucretia Franklin. The birth date of 1758 for Anna Nancy Greene is close to the common date of 1750 for Nancy Anne Green in other sources I have seen for Meshack and Lucretia's daughter. (She may also be a step-daughter of Lucretia, due to the great difference in age between Meshack and Lucretia.) Nancy Ann(e) is also called Nancy Anna is some Horton sources who also identify her with Meshack's daughter. She is listed in genealogies variously as Anna Green, Nancy Ann(e) Green(e) and Anna Nancy Green(e). One source connects Meshack's daughter Nancy Ann Green to Jonathan Horton born 1796, who is also said to be a son of Abraham and Martha. But his birth date and that of his brother Joseph is a generation later than other children of Abraham and Martha. Nancy Ann Green was born about 1756, while Jonathan is reported born in 1796, 40 years later. "Meshack Greene m Creasy (Franklin ?) Daughter Nancy Anne Greene married Jonathan Horton son of Abraham and Martha Brissels Horton. Jonathan of Quaker faith was excommunicated from the church for marrying out of the faith leading me to believe that my gggggrandmother Nancy Anne Greene was of Cherokee descent. Jonathan and Nancy's son John married Susan Grider and the family moved to Washington Co Mo John a soldier in war of 1812 had a land grant The family remains in the Washington and surrounding counties." -- Sheri Horton, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 19 October 2010 Dates and generations do not work out to make this connection work. I am working with Sheri and other Green-Horton sources to clarify the relationship of the Horton and Green connections and fill in the gaps in these generations. "Issac Horton bro of Jonathan married Nancy's sister Mary Anne and they moved to Gwinnett Co GA. Jonathan's brothers James (killed by Indians in Indiana, where he moved with his wife's family), Issac, Abraham Jr (married Aditha Clark) and Daniel are all Rev War Patriots. Jonathan wasn't born till ca 1796, and one more bro Joseph b ca 1800." -- Sheri Horton, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 October 2010 Various researchers have connected the daughters of Meshack Green in various ways. Dates of birth vary quite a bit. Nancy Ann Green (or Anna Nancy or Anna) is reported born from 1750 to 1758, while Jonathan is reported born in 1796, 38 or so years later. so generations are crossed here. Other Horton sources report that Anna Nancy (b 1759) married John Brissell Horton, son of Abraham and Martha. This matches the report her of Jonathan as a son of Abraham and Martha, but differs from the unworkable birth date in 1796, since John was born in 1748. Sheri and I have been working on this.
1850 Federal Census, Forsyth County, Georgia, 25 October, page 445, Hse/Fam #1111 Daniel Green 51 M Farmer b SC Catharine Green 45 F SC Nancy J Green 11 F GA
Family sources give me the name as Narcissus, which is how her grandmother spelled her name. But I find it in some genealogies as Narcissa. And this is the spelling used on her gravestone in Hopewell Cemetery, Dryfork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Her grave also reports her nickname Sissie, which I find in various sources, as well as Narcissie, as in the 1880 census. 1880 Federal Census, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 14 June, District 175, Tunstall Magisterial District, page 28, Hse/Fam # 252 Green, James W M 37 Farmer NC NC NC Green, Hannah W F 38 Wife Keeping House VA VA VA Green, Narsisie W F 4 Dau VA NC VA Narcissus' grave information reports the years of her birth and death. Her death was ion 1916, the year following her mother's death. A genealogy reported the exact date of death, 29 May 1916. I found that the grave reports her birth year was 1881. But she is reported in the 1880 census as already being 4 years old at that time.
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 21 August, page 159 (scan 396), Hse/Fam #1146 Reubin Greene 36 M Farmer $400 Real Estate $348 Personal b NC Juda Greene 32 F NC Cannot read or write Hesentine Greene 5 F NC According to her burial information, Narcissus Hesentine Green was born on 3 November 1855. The 1870 census reports her age in September 1870 as 16, which would mean she had to be born before September 1854, over a year earlier than her reported birth date on the cemetery register. The 1860 census reprots her as 5 years old in the August census, which would make her born as early as 1 August 1854 before 1 August 1855. With the precision we have coem to expect in the modern rationalist era, we might conclude that she was born in August or September 1854. This is another of those many indications that exact dates were not the obsession for that generation that they became as the 20th century progressed. Similarly her age in 1880, 22 years, is only 8 years older than 1870, and would indicate she was born between July 1857 and June 1858, about 3 years later than the birth date reported by the family on her death information.
1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 11 July, District 27, page ?, Hse/Fam #858 Alley Green 63 F No Occupation $No Real Estate Value b SC (b abt 1787) Nelly Green 7 F b Goergia (b abt 1843)
1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 21 August, page 159 (scan 396), Hse/Fam #1146 Reubin Greene 36 M Farmer $400 Real Estate $348 Personal b NC Juda Greene 32 F NC Cannot read or write Noah Greene 11 M NC I have not found Noah in the 1870 census, so have reproted him as dying before 1870. I may have missed him, so this report is tentative.