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Family: Thomas Jefferson Green, Esquire / Frances Keeling Burton (F518495647)  [1

m. 5 Oct 1818


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  • Father | Male
    Thomas Jefferson Green, Esquire

    Born  28 Dec 1796  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Jul 1871  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  5 Oct 1818  Chapel Hill, Durham, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Captain Berryman Green | F518495028 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Nancy Terry | F518495028 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Frances Keeling Burton

    Born  11 Dec 1797  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  20 May 1866  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James Minge Burton | F2405 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth Ridley | F2405 Group Sheet 

    Nathaniel Terry GreenChild 1 | Male
    Nathaniel Terry Green

    Born  17 Mar 1829  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1902  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Grammer | F2238 
    Married     

    Child 2 | Female
    Sarah Elizabeth Green

    Born  Est 1827  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown  S. Boston, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=155539786.
      Frances Keeling Burton ?Frankie? Green
      Birth 11 Dec 1797
      Death 20 May 1866 (aged 68)
      Burial
      Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery
      Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia
      Spouse
      Thomas Jefferson Green, 1786?1871
      Children
      Sarah Elizabeth Green Faulkner, 1819?1894
      Frances Keeling Green Coles, 1824?1881
      Nathaniel Terry Green, 1828?1902
      W L Green, 1832?1865
      Alexander Ridley Green, 1841?1906


      Frances Keeling Burton was born at "Nine Oaks" in N.C., the daughter of James Minge Burton and Elizabeth née Ridley, She married Thomas J. Green at Chapel Hill in 1818. They had issue, according to W.J. Carrrington's History of Halifax County (1924):
      1. Sarah Elizabeth Green, b. 1819
      2. John Burton Green, b. 1820
      3. James Minge Green, b. 1822
      4. Frances Keeling Green, b. 1824
      5. Berryman Green (III), b. 1825
      6. Thomas Jefferson Green, b. 1827
      7. Nathaniel Terry Green, b. 1829
      8. Robert Broomfield Green, b. 1830
      9. Wm. Leigh Green, b. 1832
      10. Emma Green, b. 1835
      11. Clarence Green, b. 1838
      12. Alexander Ridley Green, b. 1840

      Carrington also tells a harrowing tale of Frances Green seeking refuge in a cave during Nat Turner's Rebellion nearby, hidden by Dick, a sympathetic enslaved person held by her husband.