Lewis J "Longhunter" Lauderdale Green, V

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of Private. DAR Ancestor # A047198

Lewis, Jr. was a Revolutionary War Veteran from Virginia. He was one of the first settlers on the Cumberland River. He lived in what is now Calloway, Bell Co., Kentucky. He was buried at what used to be Old Meeting House Branch, now Callaway. During US119 construction in 1960 in the Calloway area, his grave was relocated on land which belonged to John Matt Pursiful, just outside of the private cemetery known as Newt Creek Cemetary. He had been in Kentucky with some of Daniel Boone's scouting parties, and returned there as a surveyor and acquired the property from the top of Pine Mountain to the Cumberland River. Tan Yard Hill was part of his property and got it's name from the tanning vats used in curing animal skins. He was an Indian spy and Scout.

"DECLARATION

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832-State of Kentucky, county of Harlan, on this 4th of November 1833, personally appeared before the undersigned and acting Justice of the Peace for Harlan County, Lewis Green a resident of the Cumberland River; in the County of Harlan, and the State of Kentucky age 82 years the 5th of May last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make this following declaration, in order to benefit of the promissory made by the act of Congress..June 7, 1832, that I enlisted in the spring of 1776, as well as I remember, in the county of Russell and state of Virginia on the Clinch River, about nine miles from the county seat, for and during the Revolutionary War, under John Blakeman, William Moore; Lieutenant Joseph Moore; brother of William Ensign, Isaac Shelby.

I was forted at Blakeman's Fort on the Clinch River. Afterwards I was forted at Duncan's Fort also, about ten miles higher up on the Clinch River.

Our constant business was to guard the frontier from the Indians. I can give no distinct history of my service for it was one continual employment from these forts to scout the surrounding country, and spy out the hiding places of the Indians, and keep them from annoying the frontier settlement. I served seven years, and was discharged when the war was over, which was in 1783.

I have no record of my age as I have lost my discharge. I need a written discharge for my services in the Revolutionary War, signed by Shelby.

I never was in a general battle, but many of the times, when in the discharge of my duties as a spy in reconnorting the surrounding country, that my fellow soldiers, when least expecting it, fell by my side.

I do not know of any soldiers by whom I could prove my service. If Congress had passed this law a few years earlier, I could have found witnesses a plenty, but now, if any with whom I served are living, it is unknown to me.

After my enlistment, I served under different captains, but I remember none other than Shelby.

I was living in Russell County, Virginia when I enlisted in the Revolutionary War.

I am known to Rev. James Hall, Jacob Saylor, Parker Howard, William Howard, and many others who would testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

I hereby relinquish my claim to a pension or assuming accept the payment, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll or agency of any state --- I further declare that from old age and bodily infirmity, I am not able to travel to the court house, a distance of seventeen miles, from where I live.

Sworn to and submitted the day and year aforesaid. (Signed) Lewis Green

We James Hall a clergyman residing in Harlan County, Kentucky, about two miles from the above applicant and William D. Green, residing in the same county and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lewis Green, having known him twenty-one years, who has submitted and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two years of age-that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides; to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that we concede in that opinion.

Signed and sworn to this day and year above written before.

Elijah Green-

Justice of Peace

James Hall

William D. Green

And I do hereby declare my opinion, that after the investigation of the matter and after putting this interrogation prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary War soldier, and served as he states, and that from bodily infirmity, he is unable to attend court, being a distance of seventeen miles--and further certify that James Hall who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman of my own knowledge, and that he together with William Green (Article ends)"

Revolutionary War veteran; died 1835, Harlan County, KY, on his farm

located between Tanbark Hill and Callaway, in Harlan County; the DAR

has erected a marker on the Harlan Road, near his grave; he enlisted in

the Spring of 1775 at Blakeman's Fort, on the Clinch River, in VA; his entire

military service was spent as a spy and as a scout, protecting the settlers

on the frontier from the Indians; he served primarily at Blakeman's

(Blackmore's) Fort and at Duncan's Fort, both on the Clinch River, in VA. He

was also at Moore's Fort, also on the Clinch River (see

"c" below.

a) Duncan's Fort

   Duncan's Fort was the home of Raleigh Duncan and stood between

Dungannon and Gray's Island on the Clinch River. Raleigh Duncan and his

brother, John first settled on a tract of land at Hunter's Ford in 1772,

which they were jointly developing into a plantation. John was killed by

the Indians in 1774, and Raleigh and the widow of John fell into dispute

over the Hunter's Ford land and Raleigh moved down the river to another

tract of land in 1775 and here he built his home which was Duncan's Fort.

   Alexander Ritchie, Jr., in his Revolutionary War statement says that

he lived at Duncan's Fort from March 1778 to April 1779, and that he

enlisted again in 1779 and 1780 under Captain John Snoddy for six month

tours of duty for the purpose of guarding Duncan's Fort. In 1786, he was

appointed, along with John Alley, as Indian Spy by Colonel Henry Smith of

Russell County. He states they left Duncan's Fort every Monday with their

provisions on their backs, ranged across the Cumberland Mountain and

Sandy in Kentucky, returning to Duncan's Fort on Sundays. These

statements show that the fort was an active military defense from 1778

to 1786, and perhaps before and after these dates.

   Raleigh Duncan came to the Clinch from Culpepper County, VA, and was

born in 1723, and died at Duncan's Fort in 1786. Note: Father of Jael

Duncan who married Samuel Stallard.

b) Blackmore's Fort

    This is the "small fortification" that Captain Russell wrote Preston

was being built at Blackmore's at the mouth of Stony Creek, but which in

time grew to be the second most important fort on the frontier. Built on

the lands of Captain John Blackmore, who along with his brother Joseph

had come from Fauquier Co., VA, with their families to carve out homes

in the wilderness in the year 1772.

    Being more exposed it was attacked by Indians more often than

Moore's and many people were killed and captured in and around this fort.

The fort stood on the north side of Clinch, just outside the village of

Fort Blackmore. It was to Blackmore's that all the people came when the

forts in Powell Valley were evacuated in 1776, just prior to the

outbreak of the Cherokee War, as did the people from Rye Cove Fort. It

must have been of large proportions, but no one has left any known

description of this fort. According to Samuel Alley who was born in

sight of the fort in the year 1801, it was torn down and no vestige of it

remained in 1887, when he paid a visit to his old home and found the ground

where the old fort stood being tended in corn. However, nearby stood an

apple tree planted by his father which to that day was known as the "John

Alley Apple Tree."

    Across the road in a fringe of trees and brush, and slightly northeast of

where the old fort stood is the old fort graveyard, with rows of small,

uncut stones marking the final resting place of those who died from

either the stroke of disease or tomahawk in the long ago.

    Always known as Blackmore's Fort, the village today, almost two

centuries later still bears the name except in the reverse order of Fort

Blackmore.

c) - Following is a roster of men stationed at Fort Moore in 1777 that is

found on the following Webpage;

http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/other/forts.html

Go there for a very interesting explaination of the Frontier Forts.

Jack in Hoodsport, WA. < melungo@hctc.com >

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Moore's Fort was the largest and most widely known of the Clinch chain

of forts. No description has been left of the size or shape of Moore's

Fort, but we know it had two gates, a front and back one, with the front

gate opening toward the spring which one may still see by visiting the

spot. This was the fort that sheltered Daniel Boone and his family after

their return to the Clinch in 1773, when Boone's son and others were

killed by the Indians on Wallen's Creek in his first at a kentucky

settlement. By petition of the people of Blackmore's Fort, Daniel Boone was

placed in command of Moore's and Blackmore's Forts in 1774 as a Captain

of militia and continued in command of them until he went to Kentucky in

the spring of 1775 to found Boonesboro. While living on the Clinch, a son

was born to Daniel and Rebecca Boone, whose name was William, and who

died soon after birth and lies in an unmarked grave in

the old Moore's Fort Cemetery on the brow of a hill overlooking the fort and

Clinch River.

We learn from the pension statement of James Fraley that Moore's Fort

must have been Large - perhaps the largest fort on the frontier. He says

that there was continuously some 20 families in the fort, with 20 or 25

men out on patrol as Indian Spys. Considering the large size of pioneer

families, plus the militia assigned to protect the fort it surely must

have sheltered from one hundred and fifty to two hundred people, and it

would have taken a large stockage to quarter and shelter this number of

people. (10)

Moore's Fort was attacked many times by Indians, and many settlers and

militiamen were killed in and around the fort.

LIST OF TROOPS AT MOORE'S FORT JUNE 30, 1777

1. Patrick Porter, Sergeant 2. Lewis Green, Jr.

3. Robert Kilgore 4. James Alley

5. Charles Kilgore 6. Samuel Alley

7. Samuel Porter 8. Zachariah Green

9. John Alley 10. Alexander Montgomery, Sr.

11. Alexander Montgomery, Jr. 12. Andrew Cowan

13. Frederick Friley 14. John Kinkead

15. John Barksdale 16. James Ozburn (Osborne)

17. Thomas Osburne 18. Nehemiah Noe

(Draper Mss I XX 20 and I XX 24)

2) - After the Revolutionary War, Lewis Green, Jr. settled on a large

tract of land in what is now Harlan and Bell Counties, KY. There, on a site

in Bell County still known as Tanyard Hill, he established what is

thought to have been the first tannery west of the Applachian Mountains.

He served a total of seven years during the Revolutionary War, under the

commands of Generals Evan and Isaac Shelby, who were father and son. In

1776 he was a partner of Daniel Boone on an expedition to the interior of

Kentucky.

3) - This was sent to me by another Kathy. This is land abstract for

Easter/Esther Kilgore, Lewis Green Jr. and some of their descendants.I

know that there are several others on this list who will be interested in this

info.

Kathy Hines

I will give you the complete "abstract" for Green/Kilgore as below: Deed

Bk. A. pg. 12 Nov. 18, 1820 John & Nancy Spurlock to Elisha Green, for

$300. 75 acres on the Cumberland River/Hoskins Ford.

Pg. 15 Nov. 27, 1820 Elisha Green and wife Nancy to Jesse Crosse for

$200. ..beginning at the North bank of the Cumberland, at the mouth of a

branch know as John Fulks old sugar camp..field where Crosse now lives. Pg.

23 Dec. 25, 1820 Geo. Brittian to William Green for $1.00, 30 a.

N. side of the Cumberland. PG. 23[again] Brittian to Wm. Green for $1.00,

75 a. [same]

Pg. 30 July 22, 1821 Elijah Green to Lewis Green for $200., 28 a. on the

South bank of the Cumberland River.

Pg. 38 May 20, 1822 Elisha Green to Gabriel Fulks for $100. land on the N.

side of the Cumberland, opposite the mouth of Brownies Ck.

Pg. 41 Mar. 2, 1822 Mar. 2, 1822 Elisha Green to Thomas Taylor for

$37.50 50 acres survey dated Apr. 21, 1819, formerly Knox Co. land is on

Pucketts Ck.

Pg. 48 Feb. 10, 1823 Richard Wilson to William Green, for $1.00 50 a. in

Harlan Co.

Pg. 48/49 Oct. 15, 1822 Achilles Sneed, by Joseph Eve his attorney, to

Elisha Green for $30. 35 acres on the left hand fork of Straight Creek. Pg.

53/54 Gabriel & Leah Fultz to Hoskins..."dower release".. witness by

Elijah Green, J.P. and William Taylor, J.P.

Pg. 59 July 21, 1822 Lewis Green and Easter his wife, to Elijah Green 72

a. on the Cumberland Riv. for $600. recorded Mar.4, 1824 witness: Elijah

& William Green and William Lewis

4) - 7 Jul 1998 e-mail from Kathy Hines < hinesphoto@wavefront.com >

This came across the Harlan Co., KY list. I don't have a copy of the deed -

guess that should be added to my list of things to get.

LEWIS GREEN AND ESTHER GREEN TO ELIJAH GREEN - Deed

date 22 July 1821 between Lewis Green and his wife, Esther Green, and

Elijah

Green, all of Harlan Co - for six hundred dollars - land containing

seventy-two acres - attested by Elijah Green, William Green, and

William

Lewis.

Best Regards,

Kathy Hines

Minneapolis, MN
5) - 9 Nov 1998 e-mail from Tim Phillips < TPhil26877@aol.com > :

I thought these names were interesting. Cousin Tim

The 1782 Washington County, Virginia

Personal Property Tax List

Name Tithes Horses Cattle Slaves Slave

Names

Porter, Patrick 3 9 17 (Samuel Porter &

                                                                        William

Laron)
Green, Lewis 1 2 7

Alley, Thomas 1 8 12

Killgore, Robert 1 9 20

Edmondson, Thomas 1 7 13

Edmondson, Thomas 1 2 -

Kilgore, Charles 1 7 20 2

Green, James 1 1 -

Gray, Joseph 1 6 20

Gray, Margaret - 5 14

Gray, George 1 1 -

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PVT Lewis J Green Jr.
BIRTH
5 May 1751
Lunenburg County, Virginia, USA
DEATH
10 Jun 1835 (aged 84)
Harlan County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL
Kirby Cemetery
Bell County, Kentucky, USA
MEMORIAL ID
26673955 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 6
FLOWERS 37
Lewis Jr.'s father, Lewis "Bear" Green was a resident of Lunenburg County, Virginia during the time of Lewis Jr's birth, 1748-1752 and was residing in Pittsylvania County in 1767. Lewis Green Jr. was a Revolutionary War Veteran from Virginia. He was one of the first settlers on the Cumberland River. He had been in Kentucky with some of Daniel Boone's scouting parties. He lived in what is now Calloway, Bell Co. Kentucky. He was buried at what used to be the Old Meeting House Branch, now Callaway. In 1960, during US 119 construction his grave was relocated to land just outside the private cemetery known as Newt Creek Cemetery.

Inscription
Photographs were not available until about 1840. This photo may be of a decendant of Lewis Green, perhaps a Jr.?
Gravesite Details
Findagrave provides no location for Kirby Cemetery, however I found directions at http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/bell/cemeteries/cemsgl/kirby.txt

Family Members
Parents

Elizabeth Sarah Lauderdale Green
1730–1805

Spouse

Ester Elizabeth Kilgore Green
1762–1825 (m. 1782)

Siblings

Zacariah Green

Nancy Susannah Green Hutchinson
1750–1826

John Green
1752–1849

Elizabeth Lauderdale Green Foley
1753–1795

James Green
1757–1782

Thomas Green
1759–1849

Children

Sarah Green Bingham
1787–1843

Mary Rutha Green Wilson
1788–1876

Nancy Green Webb
1790–1850

William D. Green
1791–1868

Esther Maria Green Bingham
1801–1880