Life History

Notes

• Some old genealogies report Daniel as a brother of Toliver Green, rather than his father.  Those sources do not have a birth date for Daniel.  In one anonymous genealogy and in the 1850 census, I found his birth year to be "about 1781."  This means there is a 31 year difference in their ages, which seems a wide spread.  There is only an 11-year spread from the next child (first child in sources I have used) to Toliver, the last child.
  
  The sketchy information in genealogies indicated that Daniel John was born in South Carolina and died in Hall County, Georgia.  I found Daniel with his wife M, the only name for her in most sources I had found, living in Hall County, next to their son Isaac and his family.  I found one genealogy that reported her name as Polly, a common nickname for Mary, matching the initial M all other sources have.  A descendant, Gary Cruce confirmed from his family information that her name was indeed Mary.  No maiden name is reported by Gary, however.
  
  "The (M) stands for Mary.  I have my great grandmother's supplemental application.  Her name was Fannie Bryant Bruce.  Her father was Hardy Bryant.  Hardy's mom was Fannie Green, daughter of Daniel Green & Mary Green.  There was the name Mashack in the old Green Bible, said William Bryant, brother of Hardy Bryant.  They were rejected on their Cherokee blood, but I know they were Cherokee.  Fannie Green was born in 1808, had a brother Isaac 1801, John 1804, Thomas 1806, Fannie 1808, Daniel 1810, Elizabeth 1812, Andrew Jackson 1815, Toliver 1817, Enoch 1820, Isona 1823."
  --  Gary Cruce, message on profile for Mary Green, wife of Daniel John Green, on OurFamily genealogy, 10 July 2015, http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php?pid=60396
  
  Unfortunately, as in so many of these, no documentation or explanation was given.  In light of the meager evidence we have. I report the name as Mary.  Two genealogies report her maiden name as Pittman, but provide no documentation.  I have found no record of their marriage or of her name in other instances.
  
  There was one Polly Pittman who married a certain John Green in 1819, but this was in Craven County, North Carolina, on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.  This is the wrong state and the wrong part of that state to be South Carolina residences marrying there.
  
  There was an older Daniel John Greene reported as serving on a jury in St Helena, Beaufort District, South Carolina, in 1793.
  
  U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
  Daniel John Green
  Residence 1780 St Helena, Beaufort District, South Carolina
  Remarks:        He is on the Grand Jury List for the "District of Beaufort"
  
  It may be that same person recorded as Daniel John Greene in the South Carolina Marriage records, marrying Eliz Ellis in 1784.  No county or location is reported.
  
  South Carolina Marriages 1688-1799
  Daniel John Greene
  Spouse Eliz Ellis
  Marriage Date Apr 1784
  
  The Georgia Tax Index records a John Daniel Green in Chatham County, Georgia in 1793.  There are several lines of Greens, and I have not confirmed any relationship of this John Daniel Green or the Daniel John Greene in Beaufort, South Carolina, to the line of Greens being followed here in this genealogy.  The similarity of names could indicate familial relationship, or a confusion of generations that reports Daniel John the son of Meshack and Creasy Green.
  
  Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799
  1793
  Green, John Daniel
  Chatham County
  
  A census record for a Daniel Green matching our Daniel is found in the 1830 census for Hall County, Georgia.
  
  1830 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, page 125
  Daniel Green
  Males  1 5-10,  1 10-20,  3 15-20,  3 20-30,  1 age 40-50
  Females  1 10-20 ,  1 20-30,  2 40-50
  
  A Green Genealogy I found early on provided some perspective, including the name of another daughter I have not found in other sources I have consulted.  This genealogy is anonymous, but contains much documentation and detail.
  
  The will of Daniel (see below) names Toliver as a son and names (some of) the known siblings of Toliver.  Toliver likewise is named for a portion of the estate.  This seems definitive that Daniel Green was Toliver's father.  Several genealogies also report the father of Toliver and his siblings as Daniel.
  
  The name of Daniel's wife is known only by an initial M, and no maiden name is known.  The most consistent early information I have found in a few sources indicates that Daniel's father is Meshack W Green.  Working for years, I have not found out what Meshack's middle initial stood for.  According to some family genealogies, Daniel's full name is Daniel John Green.
  
  There is also another son of Meshack and Lucretia reported in other genealogies as John, and among sources that have death dates, I have found the same death date reported for both in different sources.  Information is inconsistent, and many genealogies give no sourcing information.  So John, Daniel and Daniel John may be the same person, but the wives and children for each of these entries are different.  So the mystery remains.
  
  Daniel John Green
  Birth abt 1781 in North Carolina, Death 8 Apr 1857 in Hall County, Georgia
  Parents Meshack W Green 1720-1799, Lucretia Franklin
  Spouse Polly b abt 1785 [no further details]
  Daughter Elizabeth Green 1812-1884
  --  Shaking the Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4808256/person/-1513526782
  
  Note that the name of Daniel John's wife here is Polly.  This is a common nickname during this area for women named Mary.  This might indicate that the initial M in other sources stands for the given name Mary.
  
  This source also has located the person who appears to be our Daniel John in censuses for Hall County, Georgia, under the name Daniel.  We present the 1830 census above.  In 1840 Daniel's neighbors are a Thomas and an Isaac Green of the right ages to match his sons.  Isaac and his whole family are named in the 1850 census.
  
  1840 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, District #507, page 65
  Daniel Green
  Males  1 age 60-70, 1 20-30, 1 15-20
  Females  1 50-60, 1 15-20
  
  In 1840, Daniel's daughter Elizabeth is next door, counted in the household of her husband J H (Hutson) Moss.
  
  1840 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, District #507, page 65
  J H Moss
  Males  1 age 20-30, 1 5-10, 2 under 5
  Females  1 20-30
  
  In 1840, there is another Green nearby that could also be part of this family.  Comparing the writing in other entries on the page, the entry appears to be A J Green, matching Andrew Jackson Green, reported by genealogies as a child of Daniel John.  The record reports adults in the same range as Elizabeth and her husband and two children.
  
  1840 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, District #507, page 65
  A J Green
  Males  1 age 20-30, 1 under 5
  Females  1 20-30, 1 under 5
  
  1850 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 21 August, page 707 (scan page 353), Hse/Fam #84
  Daniel Green 69 M Farmer $800 Real Estate b South Carolina
  M Green 69 F South Carolina Cannot read or write
  F Green 65 F South Carolina
  C Green 12 M Georgia
  
  With only initials, we do not have the full name of Daniel's wife's name.  Various genealogy testimonies and family references indicate it is Mary.  I have not found a match in any other source for C Green.
  
  Ancestry transcribes the third person as F Green. Though to me it looks more like T Green, the age matches Dan's sister Francy, born about 1785. This individual is a female, 65 years old.
  
  Family genealogies do not have any firm info on Francy. But she is in the list provided by Glenda Pool, whose early information has been very helpful.  Other family info might place her birth date closer to 1780. If this is Francy, it would mean she did not marry. I have not found any reports of her with a husband.
  
  On one side of Daniel is his son Isaac with his wife Matilda Jackson and their family.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 21 August, page 707 (scan page 353), Hse/Fam #83
  Isaac Green 49 M Farmer $750 Real Estate b South Carolina [b abt 1801]
  M Green 42 F South Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1808]
  W J Green 17 M Laborer Georgia
  I M Green 17 M Laborer Georgia
  T R Green 14 F Georgia
  T B Green 17 M Laborer Georgia
  M E Green 10 F Georgia
  A Green 10 F Georgia
  D O Green 6 M Georgia
  Leroy McCutchin 2 M b Georgia
  
  Ancestry lists another person in Daniel's household as C Green.  However, this person has a new house and family number, though only 12 years old.  The next individual in the new household also has the same house and family numbers entered again.  The rest of the household have the name Wilkerson, headed by a female named Manerva.  I have not determined the relationship of the Wilkersons to the Greens.  There is another Wilkerson household enumerated earlier on this same page.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 21 August, page 707 (scan page 353), Hse/Fam #85
  C Green 12 M Georgia
  
  1850 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 21 August, page 707 (scan page 353), Hse/Fam #85
  Manerva Wilkerson 30 F No Occup Rptd  $No Real Estate Value Reptd b Georgia
  Sara (?) Wilkerson 6 F Georgia Cannot read or write
  R Wilkerson 3 F Georgia
  B Wilkerson 3 F Georgia
  
  C may be a grandson of Daniel and M Green, but living in the next-door household.  This may be why he was listed first before the actual widowed head of the household.
  
  In 1850, Daniel and Mary's daughter Elizabeth is living two doors down from them, with the Wilkerson family between them.  Her husband is James Hutson Moss, here named as J H Moss.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 21 August, page 707 (scan page 353), Hse/Fam #86
  J H Moss 69 M Farmer $800 Real Estate b Georgia
  E Moss 69 F South Carolina
  - page 708 -
  Henry T Moss 15 M Laborer b GA Cannot read or write
  I (J?) Moss 13 M b GA Cannot write
  M Moss 9 F b GA Cannot write
  R A Moss 7 F b GA
  J (?) Moss 6 M b GA
  H Moss 3 M b GA
  
  Those sources showing Daniel as a brother of Toliver show parents of Daniel, Toliver and their siblings as Ansel Green and Sarah Bearden.  I have found the name Anselem or Anselom Green in some sources as a son of Shadrack, who is a son of William and a brother of Meshack Green.  This makes Shadrack a cousin of Toliver and his son Anselem a second cousin.
  
  Dates of birth in these generations are uncertain, with sources varying widely, and dates in the same source conflicting, such as marriage dates in the same year as the birth of one spouse, or birth dates matching a previous generation rather than siblings.
  
  Glenda Pool reports the following land transaction.  Daniel John Green mentioned here appears to be the father of Toliver and son of Meshack.  Theodore Thomas Jackson is said to be the father of Mary Jackson who married Toliver's brother, Daniel John's son Thomas Perry Green, who later moved to Saline County, Arkansas.
  
  The body of the following document on land transfer consists of one long sentence.
  
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  1823 STATE OF GEORGIA, HALL COUNTY:
  
  THIS INDENTURE MADE THIS SEVENTEENTH OF JULY EIGHTEEN HUNDRED & TWENTY THREE BETWEEN DANIEL JOHN GREEN OF THE STATE AFORESAID OF ONE PART AND THOMAS JACKSON OF THE SAME PLACE OF THE OTHER PART -- THAT THE LAND DANIEL GREEN FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF TEN DOLLARS TO HIM IN HAND PAID AT AND BEFORE THE SEALING & DELIVERING OF THESE PRESENTS THE RECEIPT WHEN IS THEN BY ACKNOWLEDGED HATH GRANTED, BARGAINED, & CONVEYED BY THESE PRESENT GRANT BARGAIN  AND SELL & CONVEY UNTO THE SAID THOMAS JACKSON, HIS HEIRS & ASSIGNS A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY AFORESAID, KNOWN STARTING GROUND BY IT LOTS 1087 IN THE TENTH DISTRICT OF SAID COUNTY WHICH PARCEL OF LAND IS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO ACRES & THREE FOURTH BE THE SAME MOVE OR LIP LINE OFF IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER TO WIT TO COMMENCE, AT THE SOUTH EAST CORNER, LOT 58 118 THENCE NORTH FORTY RODS TO A POST OAK STAKE ON THE WEST THIRTEEN RODS TO A POST OAK STAKE HENCE NEARLY SOUTH FORTY  RODS TO A POST OAK STAKE THENCE NINE RODS TWENTY FEET TO THE BEGINNING CORNER TO HENCE AND TO HOLE SAID, PARCEL OF LAND UNTO HIM, HOOK FOREVER UNTO HIM THEDORE THOMAS JACKSON, HIS HEIRS ASSIGNS TOGETHER WITH ALL AND SINGULAR THE RIGHTS, MEMBERS, & APPURTENANCES THERE OF TO NO THE SAME IN ANY MANNER BELONGING TO HIS & THEIR OWN PROPER USE HEREFORTH BE FOREVER IN FEE SIMPLE & THE SAID DANIEL GREEN FOR HISSELF, HIS HEIRS EXECUTORS & ADMINISTRATORS THE SAID LAND AND & ASSIGNED WILL NAMED & DEFEND THE RIGHT & TITLE THENCE OF AGAINST MYSELF, MY HEIRS, & ALL OTHER PERSONS HAVING ANY LAWFUL CLAIM THERE OF THE SAME. IN WITNESS WHERE OF I HAVE UNTO SET MY HAND & SEAL THE DAY AND STATE ABOVE,
  
  WITNESS SIGNED SEALED IN THE PRESENCE OF US.
  
  SEAL-DANIEL GREEN
  POLACEK O'CONNER, JOHN BANNAT. DAVID LALART .....
  
  RECORDED 2ND NOVEMBER 1820 .....
  DANIEL H. MCCLOSKEY, CLERK P. 316, HALL CO. GA
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  1-10-1825 an indenture was made between Thomas Green & Thomas Byrd and witnessed by John Whelchel.
  P. 516 of Hall Co. Rec
  ...several Whelchel women married Greens.
  --  Researcher, Library of Georgia History, General & Records Sources by Robt. Scott Davis, Jr. Gen. 929.37588 (Dav) ....Part 2, P. 1
  
  I continue to look for further information to clarify the ancestry of Daniel (John) Green, and the origins and family relationships of an Ansel Wright, reported by some as the first husband of a Telitha Bearden, sister of Winnie Bearden.  This same Telitha is said to have married a Daniel Green, who may be a brother of Toliver, after Ansel's death.
  
  It seems likely there was a Daniel in the earlier generation before Toliver's father Daniel, and likely cousins in the line named Daniel.  Different sources have different lists of children, so a Daniel may be missing from the information I have.  Right now I have no independent information that supports the suggestion that Toliver's father was named Ansel.
  
  The most consistent information and most coherent in sources is that the father of Toliver is Daniel, son of Meshack.  One source says that the name of Meshack's father was William, and William's father was either William or Thomas, but no mother's name is known.
  
  I cannot find a William or Thomas Green with the expected children's or grandchildren's names associated with them.  Other evidence supports the likelihood that Meshack's father, Daniel John's grandfather, was named Isaac. Isaac's father was named John.

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