Lewis J. Green, I

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A047197

He was a Private who served under Captain Robert McKenzie in Tennessee and Kentucky. He was stationed at Fort Nashboro in Nashville,Tennessee. He served in the French and Indian War.

He enlisted in Capt Robert McKenzie's Co from Dinwiddie Co., VA at age 30 at the rank of Private in the French and Indian War and also served in the Rev War in VA.

He was a vestryman in the church at Kilgore Station (Church of England? ) and was very brown in complexion.

Lewis owned 41 acres of land adjacent to Porter's Fort in March of 1774.

A story about Lewis Green, Sr. told by Daniel Boone

Occurred near the Clinch River

Lewis and a brother-in-law, who resided near Blackmore's, on Clinch, about fifteen miles below Captain Gass' place, where Boone was sojourning, went out some considerable distance among the mountains to hunt. They selected a good hunting range, erected a cabin, and laid up in store's some jerked bear meat. One day when Green was alone, his companion being absent on the chase, a large bear made his appearance near camp, upon which Green shot and wounded the animal, which at the moment chanced to be in a sort of sink-hole at the base of a hill. Taking a circuit to get above and head the bear there being a slight snow upon the ground covered with sleet, Green's feet slipped from under him, and in spite of all his efforts to stop, himself, he partly slid and partly rolled down the declivity till he found himself in the sink-hole, where the wounded bear, enraged by his pain, flew at poor Green, tore and mangled his body in a shocking manner, totally destroying one of his eyes. When the bear had sufficiently gratified his revenge by gnawing his unresisting victim as as he wished, he suddenly departed, leaving the unfortunate hunter in a helpless and deplorable condition, all exposed, with his clothing torn in tatters, to the severities of the season.

His comrade at length returning, found and took him to camp. After awhile, thinking it impossible for Green to recover, his companion went out on pretense of hunting for fresh meat, and unfeelingly abandoned poor Green to his fate, reporting in the settlements that he had been killed by a bear. His [Green] little fire soon died away from his inability to provide fuel. Digging, with his knife, a hole or nest beside him in the ground-floor of his cabin, he managed to reach some wild turkey which had been saved, and with them lined the excavation and made himself quite a comfortable bed; and with the knife fastened to the end of a stick, he cut down, from time to time, bits of dried bear meat hanging over head, and upon this he sparingly subsisted. Recovering slowly, he could at length manage to get about. When spring opened, a party, of whom Boone is believed to have been on, went from Blackmore's settlement to bury Green's remains, with the brute of a brother-in-law for a guide; and to their utter astonishment, they met Green plodding his way towards home, and learned the sad story of his sufferings and desertion. The party were so indignant that they could scarcely refrain from laying violent hands on a wretch guilty of so much inhumanity to a helpless companion. Green though greatly disfigured lived many years.

settled in Washington County, VA when it was still a part of Botetourte

County; he may have been the grandson of Lewis Burwell Green, who, in

1720 was the head of a prominent Gloucester County, VA family, or he may

have been related to the Green family of Culpepper, VA; he made his will on

9 Jan 1784, while moving with his daughter, Sarah Payne, wife

of Josiah Payne, to Nasbore (Nashville), TN.

The wife of Lewis Green, Sr. (surname said to have been

Lauderdale)seems to have been have been the "Elizabeth" who was the

mother-in-law of Moses Foley, who moved to Knox County, KY ca 1810,

and who performed many marriages as a minister and as a Justice of the

Peace.

2) - Note: Info received in 1995 identifies wife "Elizabeth" as Elizabeth

Lauderdale, daughter of James Maitland Lauderdale, who was the 3rd son of

the 5th Earl of Lauderdale, of Scotland.

3) - Here is the "Will" (e-mail from David Green <

d..green@worldnet.att.net > 4/04/97):

Note #1 - - A testimony filled in support of a nuncupative will, filed

in Davidson County, North Carolina/ Tennessee on 4 April 1785. Page 26 of

the actual early Probate and Death Records. Source: "Tennessee

Ancestors the Brave and the Dead, Probate and Death Records of Early

Middle Tennessee 1780 - 1805", Page 6. (Note: Tennessee did not

become a state until 1796. Prior to this, Davidson County was part of

the "Mero District" of North Carolina.)

"The Testimony of Sundry Person Concerning a Nuncupative Will made by

Lewis Green, Deceased. Sarah Payne, Daughter of the Desd. and Wife of

Josiah Payne of full Age Deposeth That her father the Testator made his

abode in Washington County on Clinch River wt her and her husband; And

while he lived wt them made a Written Will As the Testator told her in which

he Bequeath a certain Negro fellow named Charles, to be Sold and the

Money to be Equally Divided Among all his Children That Sometime

Afterwards in the Month of October last: Her father the testator And

all her husband's family Removed to the Settlement on Cumberland

Before her father left Clinch: (About Eighteen Months before) he left the

Written Will wt their (Neighbor (?) Benjamin Nicholas: and not Long

before their Removal gave the sd Nicholas a Charge not to make any use

of this Will Untill he heard from the Testor; for when he got to

Cumberland he should Alter it and leave this Negro (to) his Son Zachariah

Green because all his other Children were Married and gone from him:

And had Moreover Received the Portion which he Allotted them all but

his Son Zachariah. That on the Road to Cumberland at the place called

the Blue Spring her father was Very Sick; he called up the Most of the

Grown people that were Encamped wt them And after Asking this

(deponent) if she was Willing her Brother Zachariah Should have the

Negro, and being answered in the Affirmative Declared before the Deponent

and Sundry other persons Particularly Mary Payne her Mother in Law. Geo.

Payne her brother in law And Jno. Payne: That the sd Negro Charles Should

be his Son's Zachariah And Should Serve no other person. And that his son

Zachariah Should Pay all his Debts: That this Would

then have been put in writting at the Time, but there was no Materials to

write wt in the Camp: And in about Three Days Afterwards her father

the Testor Dies: And further saith not: Which was subscribed by the

Mark of the sd Sarah Payne. Mary Payne Wife of Mathew Payne of full

Age Deposeth and Saith That She did for a long time live a Neighbour to

Lewis Green The Testator, Was Acquainted with his Making the Written

Will and Was present When he made the nuncupative Will and Knows that

What Daughter in law Sarah Payne Deposed Above; is the Truth: And

further Saith not. Subscribed by Mary Payne........

Roland Miracle note: In the next to last line above Mary Payne must have

meant to say "Daughter Sarah Payne" in her statement, rather than

"Daughter in law Sarah Payne" since there is no question as to the father

daughter relationship.

4) - 3/31/98 e-mail - Thank you for the information on Lewis Green.

You mentioned that Elizabeth was the daughter of James Maitland

(Lauderdale). You mentioned that you received information to this fact.

Would you mind sharing with me the documentation that indicated that?

I have a lot of references to the fact that she was the daughter of

James Maitland Lauderdale, but so far no one has been able to give me a

concrete reference.

My line of descent would be:

1. Elizabeth (Maitland)Lauderdale & Lewis Green, Sr.

 2.  Elizabeth Green and Moses Foley, Sr.

3. Jinna (Jane) Foley & Benajah Nordyke
4. James D. Nordyke & Leticia F. Smith
5. Elizabeth Ann Nordyke & Thomas Jefferson Harper
6. John Calloway Harper & Susan Flaville Whitney
7. Edward Hiram Harper & Anna Lee Kimbrough
8. Robert Howard Harper & Martha Thelma Hobbs
9. myself: Li Ann Harper
It is quite funny. As you can see #6 J. C. Harper & Susan Whitney.

Well, Susan Whitney's line comes down from the Kings of England. In her

line is King Edward that fought Robert De Bruse (Maitland/Lauderdale

side). Wow!!! What a heritage.

Li Ann Lee <snowdove@magiclink.com>

5a) - 1) - 17 mar 1998 e-mail from Robert Green <rdgreen@inforum.net>

I am descended from James Green's younger brother, Elijah Green (b. 3

Oct 1786, Russell Cnty VA., m. Sarah Hendrickson b. abt 1798) It's

great to hear from you. I have Lewis Green Sr. as being born in 1724 in

Culpeper Cnty., VA (from other internet responses), but I have not been

able to establish him there legally yet. I have a book about early

Culpeper Cnty families (GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES ON

CULPEPER COUNTY, VIRGINIA by Raleigh Travers Green), but have not found

as yet direct mention of Lewis Sr. Internet sources have stated

that Lewis Sr. moved to the Clinch river region around 1751 and served

in the French and Indian War. During the war, he moved his family back

to Culpeper Cnty. I found evidence of a land bounty granted to a Lewis

Green for service in the French and Indian war in a publication

abstracted by Philip Fall Taylor. Fifty acres of Kentucky l and was granted

and surveyed in 1783 which indicates that he was a private. I don't have a

clue who he married. Lewis Jr. was born at Fort Blackmore

in 1751 in the Clinch river area. I understand that he served in the

Continental Army, attaining the rank of Colonel. I'm told he settled on

the Cumberland river between Barbourville and Mt Pleasant. I found an

1819 tax roll for Harlan County that lists Lewis Green among males

over 21 transferred from the tax rolls of Knox County, to the newly

formed Harlan County. My line descends through Lewis's son, Elijah

through Breathitt, Floyd and Magoffin Counties until my gr grandfather,

George Green (m. Mary England in 1876 in Salyersville) moved his

family to Murray county Oklahoma. From there, Greens spread to

Arizona, Utah, Montana, Washington and California (the San Francisco Bay

Area is where I'm from). I now live in the Sierra Nevada foothills about

10 miles from the 1848 gold discovery town of Coloma.

Bob (rdgreen@inforum.net>

5b) - Hello all,

This (5a) is a wonderful post. I only have one thing to add. Lewis Jr.

settled on the Cumberland River between Tanyard Hill and Calloway Hill. This

area is on Highway 119 in Bell County. Bell was formed from Knox

and Harlan County. Thanks, Becky <lwilder@kih.net>

6) - 24 mar 1998 e-mail from Mary Lou <FCOLBY@aol.com>

This will either "muddy the water" or clear a little of it up. The

following was copied from the LDS Family History Center here in

Cincinnati:

Robert and Winny Kilgore were married July 7, 1763.

Esther Kilgore was born in 1763. There is an "F" after her name which

states she was either the first birth or first christening. Esther and

Lewis Green, Jr. were married in 1782 in Washington County, Virginia. Lewis

Green, Jr. was born May 5, 1751 in Fort Blackmore, Virginia. His parents

were: Lewis Green, Sr. and Elizabeth Lauderdale.

Esther was 19 and Lewis Green, Jr. was 31 years old. I believe there is a

first wife of Lewis Green, Jr. somewhere. Most men of this age had been

married before and they always married younger ladies the second time

around. Just a thought. I will keep digging!!

7) 1 Apr 1998 e-mail from: herrin@wku.campus.mci.net

I have some info which says that James Maitland Lauderdale, the father

of the Elizabeth Lauderdale who married Lewis Green, Sr, was NOT the

son of Charles Maitland and Jean Sutherland Gordon - That her father

was a William Lauderdale who had a 2nd wife named Jane ???; lived in

Luneburg (now Mecklenburg Co.) VA on the Roanoake River. This William

Lauderdale died before 1800, and has a will. He lived across the river

from Lewis Green, Sr. This was right over from Caswell Co., NC where

Robert Kilgore, Jr. and Winnie Clayton lived. Their daughter, Esther, married

Lewis J. Green of Harlan Co., KY

He was a Private who served under Captain Robert McKenzie in Tennessee and Kentucky. He was stationed at Fort Nashboro in Nashville,Tennessee. He served in the French and Indian War.

He enlisted in Capt Robert McKenzie's Co from Dinwiddie Co., VA at age 30 at the rank of Private in the French and Indian War and also served in the Rev War in VA.

He was a vestryman in the church at Kilgore Station (Church of England? ) and was very brown in complexion.

Lewis owned 41 acres of land adjacent to Porter's Fort in March of 1774.

A story about Lewis Green, Sr. told by Daniel Boone Occurred near the Clinch River

Lewis and a brother-in-law, who resided near Blackmore's, on Clinch, about fifteen miles below Captain Gass' place, where Boone was sojourning, went out some considerable distance among the mountains to hunt. They selected a good hunting range, erected a cabin, and laid up in store's some jerked bear meat. One day when Green was alone, his companion being absent on the chase, a large bear made his appearance near camp, upon which Green shot and wounded the animal, which at the moment chanced to be in a sort of sink-hole at the base of a hill. Taking a circuit to get above and head the bear there being a slight snow upon the ground covered with sleet, Green's feet slipped from under him, and in spite of all his efforts to stop, himself, he partly slid and partly rolled down the declivity till he found himself in the sink-hole, where the wounded bear, enraged by his pain, flew at poor Green, tore and mangled his body in a shocking manner, totally destroying one of his eyes. When the bear had sufficiently gratified his revenge by gnawing his unresisting victim as as he wished, he suddenly departed, leaving the unfortunate hunter in a helpless and deplorable condition, all exposed, with his clothing torn in tatters, to the severities of the season.

His comrade at length returning, found and took him to camp. After awhile, thinking it impossible for Green to recover, his companion went out on pretense of hunting for fresh meat, and unfeelingly abandoned poor Green to his fate, reporting in the settlements that he had been killed by a bear. His [Green] little fire soon died away from his inability to provide fuel. Digging, with his knife, a hole or nest beside him in the ground-floor of his cabin, he managed to reach some wild turkey which had been saved, and with them lined the excavation and made himself quite a comfortable bed; and with the knife fastened to the end of a stick, he cut down, from time to time, bits of dried bear meat hanging over head, and upon this he sparingly subsisted. Recovering slowly, he could at length manage to get about. When spring opened, a party, of whom Boone is believed to have been on, went from Blackmore's settlement to bury Green's remains, with the brute of a brother-in-law for a guide; and to their utter astonishment, they met Green plodding his way towards home, and learned the sad story of his sufferings and desertion. The party were so indignant that they could scarcely refrain from laying violent hands on a wretch guilty of so much inhumanity to a helpless companion. Green though greatly disfigured lived many years.

Lewis married Elizabeth LAUDERDALE daughter of William LAUDERDALE about 1750 in , Culpepper County, Virginia. Elizabeth was born about 1730 in , Augusta County, Virginia. She died about 1805.

Lauderdales are descended from James Maitland Lauderdale, the Emigrant, who settled in Pennsylvania around 1714. He is thought to have moved from southwest Scotland, where the Lauderdale name is known in the 18th century, to Northern Ireland and thence to North America. See History of the Lauderdales in America Heritage, 1998, Clint Lauderdale, mailto:clarlen@aol.com

We don't know from whom James Lauderdale, the Emigrant was descended, and he made no claims to be descended from the Earls of Lauderdale. Equally, he was firm in his assertion that he was a Maitland by origin, and this is the tradition which he handed down to his children and grandchildren and which was formally recorded by James Shelby Lauderdale in 1880. This refers to a meeting between his uncle Sam, and Dr David Lauderdale who met in 1830, and discovered that they shared a common family tradition. Another Lauderdale from New York was met in 1880 in St Louis with a similar tale.

Lauderdale as a family name, not connected with the title, first appears in the Scottish parish records in Galloway in the early 18th century with the birth of Jean Lauderdale in 1737, the daughter of James Lauderdale at Beith, Ayr.

Maitlands have lived in or been connected with Galloway since 1360, and our understanding of James the Emigrant is that he came from that part of Scotland, so the combination of geography, name and his family tradition makes it almost certain that he was a Maitland by origin, and as such, related by blood to the Earls of Lauderdale, but not descended from them.

Washington Co., VA Elizabeth, who appears in the records of Washington County in 1797 as “old and infirm” and gave power of attorney to “my son-in-law Moses Foley.” She died about 1803, intestate. Appraisal of here estate was presented to the court by Zachariah Green.

Lewis and Elizabeth had the following children:

   + 	2 	M 	i 	Lewis J. GREEN Jr.

   + 	3 	F 	ii 	Elizabeth GREEN

     	4 	M 	iii 	John GREEN was born in 1753 in Culpepper County, Virginia. He died in 1820 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

     	  	  	  	John married Nancy OPPENCHAIN in 1790. Nancy was born about 1769.

     	5 	M 	iv 	Jesse GREEN was born in 1754 in , , Virginia.

Washington Co., VA Surveys and Deeds Page 120 - Jesse Green...350 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on the north side of the upper north fork of Clinch River and along the foot of the Stony Mountain...Beginning crossing a valley, at the foot of the Stony Mountain...April 23, 1783 - Jesse Green, assignee of James Hill, assignee of Honeyman, assignee of James Kenedy...400 ac...on the north side of Clinch River includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1776...August 24, 1781

   + 	6 	M 	v 	James GREEN Sr.

     	7 	M 	vi 	Thomas GREEN was born in 1759 in , , Virginia.

   + 	8 	M 	vii 	Zachariah GREEN

   + 	9 	F 	viii 	Sarah GREEN

   + 	10 	F 	ix 	Nancy Susannah GREEN

     	11 	F 	x 	Jemima GREEN was born about 1770.

     	  	  	  	Jemima married Benjamin NICHOLSON. 

Enlisted in Capt Robert Mckenzie's company at age 30 serving Tennessee and Kentucky - Stationed at Fort Nashboro in Nashville, Tennessee. He served in the French, Indian and Revolutionary wars

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Wills, 1784-1920; Author: Davidson County (Tennessee) County Clerk; Probate Place: Davidson, Tennessee
Name Leuis Green
Probate Date 10 Apr 1785
Probate Place Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Inferred Death Year 1785
Inferred Death Place Tennessee, USA
Item Number 1
Item Description Will Records, 1784-1920, Ehrhard, Johanna H-Grundy, James
Individuals Listed (Name)
Lewis Green
Sarah Payne Dau
Joisiah Payne Son-in-law
Charles Slave

Carpenter, Private French&Indian War, Revolutionary War. Story: Lewis Green and the bear, told by Daniel Boone, Draper Manuscripts., in French and Indian War, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA Carpenter by trade

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