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Garret (Garrard) Green
Born: estimated between 1726 and 1732
Died: 3* October 1810 in Garrard County, Kentucky
Married: 1st to Elizabeth ___ about 1751 and 1752.
Possibly 2nd to Rebecca Wright about 1761
Parents: unknown
Elizabeth __.
Born: estimated about 1728 to 1734
Died: before 1811 in Garrard County, Kentucky and buried at the Paint Lick Creek farm, with a picket fence around the grave at the time of burial.
Parents: undetermined
Rebecca Wright (questionable, but claimed by Eldon May – see below)
Born: unknown
Died: not known
Parents: Jacob Wright and Jane Randolph
2nd Edition, Morphew/Murphy Story – J.R. Murphy, 19 February 2004.
(*) the day is from www.familysearch.com website. The accuracy of the information is
unknown.
SOME INFORMATION SOURCES
1. My appreciation goes out to Donna Alumbaugh for sharing her priceless information and for her continuous support and help. Without her, this family history would be so much less.
2. “May and Allied Families 1700 to 1900,” compiled by Earl C. and May M. Frost, 1947. I have not seen this book.
3. “Descendants of Israel and Barbara (Green) Meadows,” complied by Eva Emery Doty, 1975.
INTRODUCTION TO GARRET (GARRARD) GREEN
The origins of Garret (Garrard) Green and Elizabeth __ are a problem at this time, and there seems to be little factual information before 1772. Currently, there are two possible ancestry tracks: (1) A German immigrant, and (2) a Green clan from Maryland and Pennsylvania. The latter may have more supporters. Most county records seem to record the first name as “Garret.” At the end of this chapter, the name of another Green, that of Sarah Green is mentioned in a single family reference letter.
1A. POSSIBLE GERMAN IMMIGRATION THROUGH MARYLAND
On 24 September 1765, a certain Gerrard Green, was found in “Colonial Maryland Naturalizations” who was questioned to be our ancestor. This record is found on Maryland Provincial County (Judgment Record), Dates – 1765/09 with description: Liber DD 9, folio 20, Gerrard Green Accession No. 801 MSA No: S 551-75 Location: 1/17/2/14.
“Gerrard Green, Stofold (o=a?) Brown, Peter Hill and John Gysinger, German Protestants severally came into Court here between the hours of nine and twelve of the Clock in the T-noon of the twenty fourth Day of September in pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and passed in the thirteenth Year of his late Majesty King George the __ __. “An Act for the Naturalizing such foreign protestants and others therein mentioned vs vis Settler or shall Settle in any of his Majesty’s Colonies in America.” Pray to have the several Oaths appointed by the said Act Administered to them they having produced the following Certificate of then having received the Sacrament to wit: Thereby Certify that on the 24th Day of Sep. 1765 Administered the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper unto Gerard Green, Stafold /Brown, Peter Hill and John Gysinger – according to the form of the Liturgy of the Church of England.
Dav. Love, Minister of St. Annes Parish, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Witnessed present: Wiliam Humpert, Philip Williams.
There upon the several Oaths appointed by the said Statute are respectively Administered to them the said Gerrard Green, Stofold Brown, Peter Hills and John Gysinger who severally take the same and likewise make repeat and subscribe the Oath of Abjuration as now prescribed and Test according to the Horm(?) and directions of the Said Statute in such Cases made and provided.”
The Maryland State Archive’s website has this to say about Naturalizations. “During the colonial period there were very few naturalizations, except for (I think they mean – because most) settlers from the continent of Europe, English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish settlers were all considered merely to have moved from one part of the empire to another. Naturalization requirements in English Law (before 1776) required the alien to be a Protestant, to have lived in the colony for seven years, and to take an Oath of Allegiance to the King.”
Unfortunately this name was recently found to match the spelling of a non-relative Gerrard Green. On 23 March 1845, he filed his will at Harrison County, Kentucky which is recorded at (http://home.netcom.com/~jog1/gerardgreen_will.htm This website indicated his birth date to be 27 March 1762. This cannot be Maryland’s Gerrard Green. Therefore who was Maryland’s Gerrard Green? So far, nothing more has been found concerning him in Maryland. He does not appear on the Galloway/Maxey?Maicol Papers for 1764 and 1765 Anne Arundel County, which included tax names. Land records for Anne Arundel County and St. Anne’s Parish have not yet been reviewed and could be useful for future research.
1B. FURTHER THOUGHTS ON GERMAN ORIGINS
Charles Green reports that a 13 June 1783 Greenbrier County Legislative Petition has a signature of Garret Green to be “Garrat Gruen (? German)” as reported in the Virginia Genealogist*. He continues, “As a result of this, I think we need to comb the passenger ship lists and oathes of allegiance in the middle colonies for a much wider variety of name spellings.”** These spellings would include: Garrett Green, Garrard Green, Gerrat Gruen, Gerrit Gruen, Grun, etc.
* Virginia Genealogist, Volume 2, No. 4, pages 168-171, 1958.
** Charles Green, e-mail of 22 December 2002
2. POSSIBLE MARYLAND - PENNSYLVANIA GREENS
A family researcher, Tom Houston, states that our line of Greens are from Maryland and Pennsylvania and that they were Quakers and later Baptists. He adds that there is another “Gerard Green” who is confused for our “Garrett Green.” This other Green migrates from Virginia to Rowan County, North Carolina, then to Kentucky, with a 1845 will in Harrison County, Ky. (From an email by Donna Alumbaugh, 13 June 2001)
ELIZABETH, WHO MARRIED GARRETT GREEN
The family surname for Elizabeth is questioned. Sometime back, a researcher suggested the name to be Turpin, but later tried to tell others this surname was wrong. The Turpin surname continues to be seen on some websites, and Tom also objects for the Turpin surname: “Improbable that Elizabeth was a Turpin.” Tom believes the Turpin name is most likely a French Huguenot name, and the Green and Allumbaugh first and middle names do not reflect any French Huguenot origin. Because of a family reference to an Indian tie, Elizabeth’s parents would more likely link into the “Bolling” families who inhabited the Greenbrier or Monroe Counties, West Virginia. (From an e-mail by Donna Alumbaugh 10 June 2001.
The Frosts’ book listed “Gerrard’s first wife as Elizabeth, circa 1760, ...who was buried on the old farm on Paint Lick Creek.” (e-mail from Eldon May* in 25 June 2001 and the book is “May and Allied Families 1700-1900,” by Earl C. Frost and May M. Frost, 1947)
Indirect evidence may point to the first name of Garrett Green’s wife. Look at the first names of his granddaughters for a pattern: (1) Catherine Green Allumbaugh”s first child was Elizabeth, (2) Barbara Green Meadow’s 2nd daughter was Elizabeth, (3) Mary Green Groomer’s 1st daughter was Elizabeth, (4) Ann Green Poulton’s 4th daughter was Elizabeth, and (5) Henry Green had a Betsy who is probably an Elizabeth. Does this clue help us? (JRM)
REBECCA WRIGHT - POSSIBLE 2ND WIFE OF GARRETT GREEN
Eldon T. May states that “Gerrard Green” married a second time to Rebecca Wright in 1761 and that “Ann Green was one of the ...children of Rebecca and Gerrard Green.” Rebecca Wright’s parents were Jacob Wright and Jane Randolph. Eldon goes on to state: “We have been told that marriage license was never found for Wright and Jane Randolph which was not uncommon in those days as there was a lot of common law marriages. We need to prove the marriage between Gerrard and Rebecca and that of her parents Jacob Wright and Jane Randolph.” (e-mail from Eldon May, 25 June 2001)
GARRETT GREEN IN WEST VIRGINIA
Our first record of “Garrett Green” was in 17 November 1772 in Augusta County, Virginia, when he applies for a certificate to grow hemp.
On 22 March 1774, 103 acres are surveyed for him at “Sink Holes” in what is to become Greenbrier County, established in 1778 (Book 1, page 100 and granted 12 August 1785). The land adjoined John Clendening, William Blanton, Andrew Lewis and Archer Handley, and was finalized 12 August 1785. This surveyed land is near the north edge of Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. There is now a fine old country home on this land called Elmwood, built by Hugh Caperton, a former governor. Swope’s Knobs (land of Peter Allumbaugh) can be seen from this site. Not too long ago, requests were being made by Gladys Sanders to track Garrett’s early neighbors backwards in time in order to find Garrett again. (from a “To All Garrett Green Researchers” letter of Gladys Sanders, undated).
During Lord Dunmore’s War of 1774, local Greenbrier (now Monroe County) militia were called out for defense from Indian attacks. A company of 49 soldiers under Captain James Henderson (undated) took part and included:
Captain James Henderson, 54 days service
Garrott Green – 6 days service – 9 pence and ? shillings
Peter Ellemburg (Allumbaugh) -10 days service – 15 pence
Augusta County Public Claims, undated, but thought paid before the end of 1775
Garret Green by allowance for 2 horses lost. By 101 days driving horses, by allowance for damage on his cornfield.
Comment: These Augusta County claims appear to be carried forward in the Botetourt County Public Claims Book. Information from “Lord Dunmore’s Little War of 1774,” by Warren Skidmore with Donna Kaminsky, 2002.
Garrett Green signed three Greenbrier County Legislative Petitions:
5 December 1780: A petition to protest the lack of representation when tax money was issued to build a market road to Richmond. Included were the signatures of Garret Green, as well as Peter Ellenbory, who was next to Fredreck Gramor.
20 November 1781: A petition to stop a tax to build a 47-48 mile road from Botetourt County to Warm Springs in Augusta County. Their reason was too many recent taxes for defense made it difficult for the settlers to make crops sufficient to supply their families with bread and other necessities. Included were a signatures of Garret G(_?_), as well as Isreal Meadow, Frerick Gromer within the first 9 signers.
13 June 1783: A petition to protect Greenbrier County property owner rights from spurious land claims by American Revolutionary soldiers and officers. In 1773, the Greenbrier Company had sold the first lands to settlers. Included were the signatures of Garrat Gruen, and labeled as “? German,” as well as Frederick Gromer, Israel Medows, Peter Alemboy, and Aris Medows. (As recorded by “Virginia Genealogist,” Volume 2, Number 4, October-December 1958, pages 100-102, 102-104, 168-171 and kindly pointed out by Charles Green, e-mail of 22 December 2002)
The Greenbrier County Court Order Book on 18 April 1781 notes James Byrnsides verses Peter Elembouch (Allumbaugh), defendant, did not appear in court and was ordered a conditional judgment, with Garret Green the security for the defendant. Garrett Green becomes involved in a number of legal actions from 1781 until March 1799 in Greenbrier County. For instance on 29 March 1787, his next-door neighbor Archibald Handley had to pay Garrett Green 25 pounds of tobacco for one day “attending” as a witness against another next door neighbor, John Clendenen. Greenbrier County Court Order Book records show Garrett Green to be spelled Green, with only spelling variations to Garrett, but not as Garrard.
In 24 December 1783, he purchased 100 acres on Elk River, old Greenbrier County, Virginia. There is a question of whether Garrett lived on this land
The tax records for Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia show the following names.
1782 1783-1786 1787 1799 Monroe
Green, Garrett yes yes yes no
Green, Henry yes yes no
Elmbough, Peter yes yes no no
Turpin: Aron, Martin, Moses – yes(2) yes
Meadows: Isreal, Arres yes
Bolling, John yes no
Polton, Isaac yes (Poltan) yes
Gromer, Frederick yes yes (Growmore) yes no
Randolph no no
GREENS IN KENTUCKY
Garret Green moved to Madison County, Kentucky. On 6 February 1797, he purchased from Martin and Nancy Turpin, old Greenbier/Monroe County friends, 100 acres for $175 on Paint Lick Creek and along Dry Run to where it intersects an old Boonesborough Trace (my interpretation). Paint Lick Creek is a dividing line between Madison and Garrard Counties and flows into the Kentucky River. “Dry Branch” of Paint Lick Creek is on the Madison County side. The location of Boonesborough Trace is a question mark. The land is about 8-9 miles west of Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky. In 10 September 1809, Garret Green sold his land to his grandson, Garret Groomer, for $400. The deed is signed: Garret Green.
1799 - 1809 Madison County, Kentucky tax lists record him as Garret or Garrett Green, except Garrad Green 1800, Garrard Gren 1805. Paint Lick Creek noted 1800-1802 and 1804, 1806-1807. He is listed with 2 or 3 horses for years.
At a Madison County Court session on Tuesday 7 January 1800, “On a motion of Garret Green, it is ordered that Philip Patton, Samuel Harris, John Taylor, and Leven Cole or any three view a way for a road to be opened from a little below the Ridge Meeting House to Point Lick and make report.” (from Madison County Court Order Book B, 1791-1801)
Garret’s will, filed 3 October 1810 at Garrard County, Kentucky, lists the following children: Catherine Allenbaugh, Barbara Meddey, Mary Gromer, Anne Poulton, and Henry Green. The executor is John Gromer and witnesses Garrard Gromer, Abraham Burton, Jns. White, and Sherwood Burton. The will was probated October 1810, with the spelling of Garrard Green, with his mark “G”. Notice that his wife’s name is not mentioned in the will, and she is probably dead. Garrett’s last year in 1810 is reported to be the residence of his daughter Mary (Green) Groomer in Garrard County.
“Garrett died at the Groomer home in Garrard County. The Groomer home was only across a little creek called Paint Lick from Garrett’s home in Madison County.” (From Gladys Sanders notes to all Garrett Green Researchers)
CHILDREN OF GARRETT AND ELIZABETH GREEN:
(More accurate birth dates needed.)
(I). Catherine Green (~ 1752 to ~1814) married Peter Allumbaugh (~1740 to 1835).
Their children are:
(1) John Alumbaugh (1770 or 1773/74 to 3 October 1860) – mother is?
(2) Elizabeth “Betsy” Allumbaugh (1778/79* - >1850)
(3) Barbara Allumbaugh (~1781 - ?)
(4) Peter Alumbaugh (1782 - >1850),
(5) Nancy Allumbaugh ~1783 - ?)
(6) Garrett Allumbaugh (1 April 1789 – 5 January 1861)
(7) Katie Allumbaugh (~1793 - ?)
(8) Mary (Molly) Allumbaugh (1793/94* - >1870)
(9) Margaret “Peggy” Allumbaugh, no dates
(10) Christina Allumbaugh no dates
More details in the new forthcoming book “Allumbaugh/Alumbaugh Family,” 2nd Edition, by Donna Alumbaugh, 2003.
(*) based on 1850 U.S. Census in various counties.
(II). Barbara Green (16 March 1755 to 1845+) married on 8 July 1778 in Botetourt County to Israel Meadows (17 September 1755 to 30 September 1827).
Barbara was living in Estill County in October 1838 when she applied for a widow’s military pension, and one record indicates she lived to 1845. He was a soldier under Captain William Noble’s Company of volunteers from Augusta County, Virginia, who fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant, (West) Virginia in 1774. Later Israel was a private in Captain Arbuckle’s Company at Point Pleasant in Revolutionary War from July 1776 to August 1778 and received a pension of $96 per year beginning in 1819 Estill County, Kentucky. They lived in Greenbrier/Monroe Counties, (West) Virginia until after 1800 and Estill County, Kentucky thereafter. Israel Meadows is thought to be a Quaker, according to Tom Houston. His will, probated 1828, names his wife – Barbara. Meadows website information can be found at http://www.geocities.com/ginger77536/aqwg09.htm
Israel Meadows and Barbara Green had the following children:
(1) Nancy Meadows (1779 – 17 May 1830) married Zachariah Phillip (January 1763 – 24 December 1839)
(2) William Alexander Meadows (17 March 1781 – 16 December 1855 at Taney County, Missouri), married 1st to Rachael Chambers and 2nd to Sarah Hanson.
(3) Elizabeth Meadows (December 1784 to 20 September 1856 Monroe County, Indiana),
(4) Mary “Polly” Meadows (1794 to 16 February 1849 at Monroe County, Indiana), married William Chambers (1787 – 1855).
(5) John Meadows (14 August 1791 to ~1846 Brown County, Indiana),
(6) Jacob Burns Meadows (8 November 1792 to >1850 Randolph County, Missouri).
(7) Sarah “Salley” Meadows (20 August 1796 to 5 August 1877 Monroe County, Indiana),
(8) Rebecca Meadows (18 July 1799 to ?), married on 29 December 1814 to John Horn (~1795 to ?).
(III). Mary Green (~1757 to 1810 in Garrard County, Kentucky) married on 22 April 1777 in Botetourt County, ‘West’ Virginia to Frederick S. Groomer (~1755 to 30 November 1821).
They lived in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia, and had a mill on Plumb Lick (location?), Garrard County, Kentucky. Tom Houston is the senior genealogist for this family line.
Frederick and Mary Groomer had 13 children:
(1) John Groomer (1780), married Jane Wagers
(2) Jacob Groomer (1783), married on 20 January 1805 Madison County, Kentucky to Barbara Jane Poulton
(3) Samuel Groomer 12 March 1785, married Amy Anna Southern
(4) Garrett Groomer Sr. 1 April 1784. Garret and Letty Groomer purchased land in Madison County along Paint Lick Creek in 1810 and sold out in 1827.
(5) William C. Groomer Sr. 14 April 1787,
(6) Lawrence Groomer ~1792,
(7) Elizabeth Groomer, 1794, married Ambrose Brockman
(8) Frederick Groomer Jr. ~1795, married 1st to Sarah (Sally) Southard, 2nd to Sally Hill
(9) Isaac Groomer ~1795, married Betsey Cummins
(10) Alexander Groomer ~1797,
(11) Henry Groomer 1779 or 1799,
(12) David Groomer Sr. 15 August 1800,
(13) Mary Jane “Polly” Groomer 1802.
(Missing here may be Jessie Groomer, who married Nancy Auderson or Alderson)
(IV). Ann Green (~ 1760 to >1841) married on 19 September 1782 at Alderson, Greenbriar County, (West) Virginia to married Issac Poulton (~1762 to ~1830).
The village of Alderson still exists on the Greenbrier River near Virginia. Ann (Green) Poulton was living in 1841 Clay County, Missouri. The Poultons lived in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia, until 1797, then Garrard County, Kentucky, in Madison County in 1810, and Estill County in 1820 –1825. Eldon May is a senior genealogist for the Ann Green – Issac Poulton line, where the May families are descendants. Years ago, there were May Family Reunions, in which 150 to 250 people would attend. Another genealogist for this family is William G. Polson at http://www.virtualpet.com/genealogy/polson/myfamily/history/isaac.htm
Issac Poulton and Ann Green had the following children:
(1) William Poulton married to Lucy Davis on 8 October 1803 Garrard County, Kentucky. William G. Polson records Lucy Davis was born 1784 and died 1865 in Jackson County, Alabama. Madison County, Kentucky Courthouse records a 23 March 1814 marriage between William Poulton to Katie Alumbaugh. This may be a different William Poulton or a 2nd marriage.
(2) Catherine Poulton,
(3) Jane Barbara Poulton (1788), married on 20 January 1805 at Madison County, Kentucky to Jacob Groomer
(4) Mary Poulton (1 April 1789 to 15 January 1874 Clay County, Missouri), married on 6 August 1810 in Madison County, Kentucky to Garrett (John) Green (5 January 1787 – 4 May 1870 Clay County, Missouri). Garrett Green was the son of Henry Green, Sr.
(5) Elizabeth (Betsy) Poulton (~1790).
(V). Henry Green, Sr. (~ 1763 and died 1845 in Clay County, Missouri) married on 21 February 1786 at Greenbrier County, (West Virginia) to Sarah Henderson (<1765 to >1840+).
Henry served in the American Revolution at the age of 17 or 18 for three months in Greenbrier County. Possibly his commander was Captain Archibald Woods and Henry was stationed along the western edge of New River.
Henry is noted as a Greenbrier County juror in 1784, 1789, and 1795. In 1795, Patrick Boyd and Henry Green took their differences in a case of assalt and battery to arbitrators in Greenbrier Court and the judgment required only each party to pay his own court costs. An 11 February 1795 land grant in Greenbriar County to James Alexander noted his land at the foot of Swopes Knobbs and that it was adjacent to land of Henry Green.
Charles Green and Corinna Green Castor are senior genealogists for the Henry and Sarah Green family line Corinna Castor has her history website at (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9279/).
Henry and Sarah Green lived in the following locations:
1796 and 1803 Madison County, Kentucky tax record.
1810 and 1820 U.S. Census for Estill County, Kentucky. In 1820, he is listed next to his son Garrett Green.
1845 Clay County, Missouri.
Children of Henry and Sarah Green, Sr. are:
(1) Garret (John) Green (5 January 1787 – 4 May 1870 Clay County, Missouri and buried New Hope Cemetery, Clay County, Missouri) married 6 August 1810 in Madison County, Kentucky to Mary Poulton (1 April 1789 – 15 January 1874 Clay County, Missouri.). Six children born Clay County, Missouri.
(2) Jesse Green (~1800 to ?), married on 29 April 1824 Clay County, Missouri to Mary Groomer. Seven Children.
(3) Henry Green, Jr., who lived in Platte County, Missouri about 1850 or so,
(4) Samuel Hayden Green (born ~1785-1790 and died Arrow Rock, Saline County, Missouri) married 10 January 1816 Estill County, Kentucky to Elizabeth Cain. Eight children.
(5) Mary Green or Polly Green (1805), who married 11 October 1832 in Clay County, Missouri to Collett Haynes (~1794), his second marriage. Five children
(6) Betsy Green,
(7) Jane Green (1808 Kentucky to >1880), who married on 16 October 1834 Clinton County, Missouri to Moses Belcher and was noted in the following locations (thanks go out to Reynda, e-mail 07 July 2003):
1830 U.S. Census of Clay County, Missouri – Moses Belcher
1836 and 1838 Clay County, Missouri deeds – Moses Belcher
1839 Clinton County, Missouri deed – Moses Belcher
1840 U.S. Census of Clay County, Missouri – Moses Belcher
1851 Moses Belcher reported living in Arkansas.
1860, 1870, 1880 U.S. Census of Clinton County, only Jane Belcher with family of Stephen + Sarah (Belcher?) Reynolds, both born 1838 (spelled Runnels in 1880). 1880 census states Jane’s father was born in Kentucky, which is incorrect.
(8) Ruth Green, who married James Bradley and lived in 1851 Illinois.
(9) Joseph Green (~1801->1870 Clinton County, Missouri), married Elizabeth __. Lived in Clay County, Missouri. 1830-1850 and finally 1870 Clinton County, Missouri. Ten children.
(10) James Green (not proven son, born ~1795 and died before 1850) of Estill County, Kentucky, who married 23 March 1816 Estill County, Kentucky to Lydia Barnes (20 October 1792 to 1840-1850?). One report suggests they vanished about 1845 from their Estill County farm suddenly. Eight children.
SEARCH FOR SARAH (GREEN) ALLUMBAUGH
Possible 1st wife of Peter Allumbaugh ???
THE HENRY GREEN FAMILY
One of the mysteries with the Green ancestry or, perhaps, another Green line, has to do with a Sara or Sarah Green, who is mentioned only once: “One of the family reference letters (old letters handed down) said Peter Allumbaugh married ‘Sarah Green or Sara Grear, daughter of Henry Green, Greens of New England.’” He may have “married two times, as his oldest son, John is about nine years older than the next child. John Alumbaugh named his first son, Henry.” (From Donna Alumbaugh, 19 June 2001)
“I think there is a good reality for Sarah Green because of the difference in age between John Alumbaugh and the next child. I am thinking of another possibility also. Are we dealing with full names, such as Henry Garrett Green or Sarah Catherine Green?” (From Donna Alumbaugh, 21 June 2001)
At this time, nothing else is known. Information in this reference letter should be considered suspect, but may still be useful (JRM).