Life History

Notes

• "Ancil Green -- It's on his headstone."
  --  Susan Beyer, comment on a record on Ancestry, 8/30/2016
  
  Ansel Cunningham Green
  BIRTH 11 FEB 1786 South Carolina
  DEATH 29 OCT 1881 Murray County, Georgia
  1st Wife Sarah L "Sally" Bearden
  BIRTH 1787 Old 96th, now Spartanburg Co. SC
  DEATH ABOUT 1815 -1817 Probably Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  Marriage ca. 1802-1804 Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  Son Daniel Green
  BIRTH 1810-1812 South Carolina
  DEATH AFTER 1866-BEFORE 1870 Tunnell Hill, Whitfield, Georgia
  2nd Wife Frances Chastain (Widow of ------- Champion)
  Daughter Martha Jane Green
  BIRTH 5 APRIL 1828 North Carolina
  DEATH 29 MARCH 1892 Cass County, Texas
  --  Irene Keller, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/84762133/person/36540348099/facts
  
  Rutherford County, North Carolina, Marriages, 1779-1868
  Anscel Green
  Gender Male
  Spouse Frances Champion
  Marriage Bond Date 3 Aug 1817 Rutherford County, North Carolina
  
  North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
  Anscel Green
  Gender Male
  Spouse Frances Champion
  Bondsman John Lewis
  Bond #00133695, 3 Aug 1817
  North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, Record #01 110
  Polk County (formed in 1855 out of parts of Rutherford and Henderson counties)
  
  He signed his name as Anscel Green.  Family references usually have Ancil.  Some records have Ansel.
  
  Ancil married a third time after the death of Frances Chastain Champion. His third wife was Winny Louise Brown, whom he married in 1854 in Cass County, Georgia.  Her name in her marriage record was Winny Brown.  Her proper firstname was probably Winnifred.
  
  Cass County, Georgia, Marriage Book
  Marriage Record of Ansel Green & Winny Brown
  License issued 27 October 1854 Cass County, Georgia
  Solemnized 29 October 1854 Cass County, Georgia by James McGinnis, Justice of the Peace
  Recorded 20 December 1854
  Cass County Marriage Book, p 47
  
  Cass County was created in 1832 out of lands taken from the Cherokee people.  In 1861 Cass County was renamed to Bartow County, in honor of Francis S. Bartow, because of General Lewis Cass' support for the Union in the Civil War.
  
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  History
  
  Bartow County was created from the Cherokee lands of the Cherokee County territory on December 3, 1832, and named Cass County, after General Lewis Cass (1782-1866) Secretary of War under President Andrew Jackson, Minister to France and Secretary of State under President James Buchanan, who was instrumental in the removal of Native Americans from the area.
  
  However, the county was renamed on December 6, 1861 in honor of Francis S. Bartow because of Cass's support of the Union, even though Bartow never visited in the county, living 200 miles away near Savannah all of his life.
  
  Cass had supported the doctrine of popular sovereignty, the right of each state to determine its own laws independently of the Federal government, ironically the platform of conservative Southerners who removed his name.  The first county seat was at Cassville, but after the burning of the county courthouse and the Sherman Occupation, the seat moved to Cartersville, where it remains.
  
  The county was profoundly affected by the Civil War, setting it back economically for many decades.  May 18 and 19, 1864, General George Henry Thomas led the Army of the Cumberland after General William J. Hardee's Corps of the Army of Tennessee, and General James B. McPherson led his Federal Army of the Tennessee flanking Hardee's army to the west.  This huge army was disruptive and sought food. Elements were out of control and sacked homes, depleting meager supplies.
  
  Property destruction and the deaths of one-third of the county's soldiers during the war caused financial and social calamity for many.
  --  "Bartow County, Georgia," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartow_County,_Georgia
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  In the 1860 census he has a 40-year-old woman and three children, ages from 16 years to 3 months.  See also the notes on the 1880 census.  Ancil's age of 64 would make his birth about 1796, but other records indicate he was born about 1786.  This would mean he was 74 years old. His 1870 age of 83 is close to this, yielding a birth date in about 1787.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 3 August, 1011 District, P O Conesanga, page 114, Hse #810, Fam #767
  Ansel C Green 64 M Farm Laborer $0 Real Estate $150 Personal  born SC [b abt 1796]
  Winney Green 40 F born SC [b abt 1820]
  Isaac V Green 16 M Farm Laborer born NC [b abt 1844]
  William Green 4 M born GA [b abt 1856]
  Elizabeth J Green 9mos F born GA [b 1860]
  
  Ancil's ages in censuses vary, indicating birth years from 1786 to 1796.  No two censuses are the same.  The enumerations of 1870 inform us that Elizabeth J Green's middle name is Jane.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 3 August, 1011 District, PO Spring Place, page 12 (scan 543), Hse/Fam #83
  Green, Ancil 83 M W Farm Laborer $100 Real Estate $100 Personal Estate born No Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1787]
  Green, Winny 47 F W Keeping House born So Carolina Cannot write [b abt 1833]
  Green, William 15 M W Farm Laborer born Georgia Cannot write  [b abt 1855]
  Green, Jane 11 F W Farm Laborer born Georgia Cannot read or write [b abt 1859]
  
  In 1880, Ancil is in the home of William who was age 4 in the 1860 census.  William's birth states record reports that both his parents were born in South Carolina, matching Ancil and Winney in 1860.  It appears at first that Ancil is again widowed.  He is reported Married, though no wife is reported in the record.  However, information on his wife Winnie indicates she did not die until 1913.
  
  Then again we note that Ancil is reported as a visitor.  So he is not a regular member of William's household.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 14 June, District 874, Enumeration District 152, page 7, Hse #57, Fam #60
  Green, William  W M 24 Head Married Farmer GA SC SC [b abt 1856]
  Green, Susan  W F Wife 23 Married Keeping House TN TN Unknown [b abt 1857]
  Green, Joseph A  W M 2 Son GA GA TN [b abt 1878]
  Green, Lucy L  W M 4mos Dau GA GA TN [b 1880]
  Green, Ancil W M 91 Father Married Visitor SC Unknown Unknown [b abt 1789]
  
  Winnie and Ancil were enumerated together about a month later in their home.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 10 July, Alaculsey, District 1011, Enumeration District 1542, page 14, Hse #122, Fam #127
  Green, Ancil W M 93 Married No Occupation Rheumatism Virgina VA VA [b abt 1787]
  Green, Winny W F 75 Wife Married No Occupation TN TN Unknown [b abt 1805]
  Jones, Jonas  W M 15 Hireling Single Laborer NC NC NC [b abt 1865]
  
  These two records for Ancil in the 1880 census are a good example of the lack of absolute focus on dates and ages in that era.  In his census report with Winny in their home area of Allaculsey (Alaculsa), Ancil is 93.  Just a month before when he was visiting his son, he reported his age as 91.
  
  A Jones family is next door that appears to be the married brother of Jonas.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 10 July, Alaculsey, District 1011, Enumeration District 1542, page 14, Hse #123, Fam #128
  Jones, Robert W M 20 Married Farming NC NC NC [b abt 1760]
  Jones, Jane (or Janes?) W F 18 Wife Married Keeping House GA VA AL[b abt 1862]
  Jones, Thomas  W M 1 Son Single NC NC NC [b abt 1879]
  Jones, Luiza W F 13 Sister Single Laborer NC NC NC [b abt 1867]
  
  The birth information as well as the ages, and the physical proximity.  On the other side of the Jones residence, is an Abner Green, one of Ancil's sons with Fannie Chastain Champion.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 10 July, Alaculsey, District 1011, Enumeration District 1542, page 14, Hse #124, Fam #129
  Green, Abner J  W M 42 Married Farming Cannot read or write NC VA NC [b abt 1838]
  Green, Elisabeth W F 35 Wife Married Keeping House TN TN TN [b abt 1845]
  Green, Isaac V  W M 15 Son Single GA NC TN Works on Farm Cannot write [b abt 1865]
  Green, Fanny M  W F 13 Dau Single Keeping House Cannot read or write GA NC TN [b abt 1867]
  Green, Sarah J  W F 11 Dau Single Keeping House Cannot read or write GA NC TN [b abt 1869]
  Green, Tartely  W F 9 Dau Single GA NC TN [b abt 1871]
  Green, George A  W M 8 Son Single GA NC TN [b abt 1872]
  Green, John C  W M 6 Son Single GA NC TN [b abt 1874]
  Green, Mary Ann  W F 4 Dau Single GA NC TN [b abt 1876]
  Green, Luquitty E  W F 2 Dau Single GA NC TN [b abt 1878]
  
  One Green genealogy has Abner among other children of Ancil and Fannie.  This genealogy also identifies Fannie as a Native American, though not what nation.  It does this by actually including the phrase "Native American" in her name.
  
  Abner Jefferson Green
  BIRTH 23 FEB 1838 Georgia
  DEATH 27 OCT 1900
  Parents:
  Ancil Cunningham Green
  BIRTH 11 FEB 1786 South Carolina
  DEATH 29 OCT. 1881 Georgia
  Frances Fannie Native American Champion Green
  BIRTH 1800 South Carolina
  DEATH 1854
  No Spouse Reported
  --  https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/9376112/person/54024204/facts
  
  Ancil burial is marked with a military gravestone.  The burial record has the name of the cemetery as Alaculey.  Census records of the area at the time have the name as Alaculsy, and official lists now have it as Alaculsa.
  
  U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
  Ancil C Green
  US ARMY WAR OF 1812
  Birth Date 1786
  Death Date 1881
  Alaculey [Alaculsy, or Alaculsa] Area Cemetery, Cisco, GA 30708
  
  The name of this cemetery on Find a Grave is Hopewelll Baptist Church Cemetery, and notes it is also called Doogan Cemetery
  
  Ancil C Green
  Birth Jun 30, 1786 North Carolina, USA
  Death Oct 29, 1881 Murray County, Georgia, USA
  Hudlow's Co, NC Militia War of 1812
  Children:
  William E.C. Green (1856 - 1939)
  Elizabeth Jane Green Jones (1859 - ____)
  Burial Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Cisco, Murray County, Georgia, USA
  Created by C East Mar 04, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #25070954, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25070954

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
• 2. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 3 August, 1011 District, P O Conesanga, page 114, Hse #810, Fam #767
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 14 June, District 874, Enumeration District 152, page 7, Hse #57, Fam #60
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 6. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 3 August, 1011 District, PO Spring Place, page 12 (scan 543), Hse/Fam #83
• 7. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 10 July, Alaculsey, District 1011, Enumeration District 1542, page 14, Hse #122, Fam #127
• 8. Ancestry Comments
• 9. Rutherford County, North Carolina, Marriages, 1779-1868
  • Date: 2013;
• 10. Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
• 11. Cass County, Georgia, Marriages
• 12. North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
• 13. 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia
  • 9 November, Subdivision 33, Gilmer, Georgia, Hse/Family #1204
• 14. 1860 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
  • 1860 Federal Census, Whitfield, Georgia, 27 June, Tunnel Hill District, page 22 Hse #161, Family #151
• 15. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 10 July, Alaculsey, District 1011, Enumeration District 1542, page 14, Hse #124, Fam #129
• 16. 1900 Federal Census, Collin County, Texas
  • 9 June, Justice Precinct 8, District 23, page 8A, Hse/Fam #137
• 17. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
• 18. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia