about 18221,2,3 - before 18714
Notes
- 1850 Federal Census, Sabine County, Texas, 7 May, Sabine District, page 677 (Scan 325), Hse/Fam #228
Thomas J Green 32 M Farmer $200 Real Estate b Tennessee
Nancy J Green 20 F b Mississippi
John M Green 1 M b Texas
1860 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas, 7 May, Prairie Beat, District 259, page 11B, Hse #187, Fam #189
T J Green 42 M Farmer $320 Real Estate $200 Personal b Tennessee
N J R Green 28 F b Mississippi Cannot read or write
J W Green 11 M b Texas
J L Green 9 M b Texas
D L Green 7 M b Texas
M F Green 5 F b Texas
B M Green 4 M b Texas
T J Green 1 M b Texas
Nancy first middle initial may be I instead of J; same with her husband Thomas I or Thomas J. The Js and Is are hard to distinguish on this page. Ancestry.com transcribes the head of this household as Thomas J Green, but one of the sons as Thomas I. Note that the child matching John M of 1850 in the 1860 census is called John W.
In 1870, the son is clearly Thomas J, but the father does not have an initial. Genealogies which report this family have both with the middle initial J. Nancy's middle initial is also J. The 1860 census has Nancy's second middle initial of R. This may be an error too.
1870 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas, 23 August, Justice Precinct 3, PO Canton, page 69, Hse #492, Fam #545
Tho [sic] Green 47 M W Farmer $1000 Real Estate $1000 Personal b Tennessee
Nancy Green 37 F W Keeping House b Mississippi Cannot read or write
Joseph Green 17 M W b Texas Cannot write
Daniel Green 15 M W b Texas Cannot write
Mary F Green 13 F W b Texas
Bethel Green 11 M W b Texas Cannot read or write
Thos J Green 9 M W b Texas
I found an Easley family living next door to her and Thomas in the 1850 census. From the ages, it appears that was her brother and his family. I have not tried to reconstruct this Easley family, which are somewhat distant from the lineages this genealogy follows.
Some genealogies have Nancy's death information as 2 Nov 1879 in Sabine County, Texas, but no source documentation is provided. In 1860 and 1870 they had been in Van Zandt County, to the northwest, before 1860? Van Zandt County is east of Kaufman County, which borders Dallas County.
I have trouble accepting this date of death as correct, since Tom remarried in 1871. His widow S J Green applied in 1909 for a military widow's pension. In her application, S J reported her husband as Thomas James Green. Her husband had served in the Confederate States Cavalry from Texas during the Civil War.
S J also reports in her application that she has lived in Upshur County for 53 years. This would be back to about 1856. Upshur County is not very far from Van Zandt County. Hamilton County is several counties southwest of there. So the Hamilton County couple is a different family.
The pension application, supported by an affidavit of two witnesses, reports that S J and Thomas were married on 6 February 1871. If this is the correct wife of Thomas at the time of his death, as several genealogies do affirm, it would mean that Nancy Easley Green died before 1871, or perhaps they were divorced. But that was very unusual in that era.
Sources
- 1. 1850 Federal Census, Sabine County, Texas
- 7 May, Sabine District, page 677 (Scan 325), Hse/Fam #228
- 2. 1860 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas
- 30 July, Prairie Beat, page 85, Hse #583, Fam #585
- 3. 1870 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas
- 23 August, PO Canton, page 69, Hse #492, Fam #545
- 4. U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958
- 5. Ancestry Trees
- Biddy Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=5753013&pid=-1185570781
- 6. Ancestry Trees
- Biddy Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=5753013&pid=-1187331433
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