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Family: Dr. James Colquhoun Green, MD / Nancy Dyson 'Nannie' Walters (F4217)  [1

m. 23 Oct 1867


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  • Father | Male
    Dr. James Colquhoun Green, MD

    Born  25 Jan 1838  Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Apr 1884  Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  23 Oct 1867   
    Father  Dr. Nathaniel Terry Green, MD | F518495644 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Anne Colquhoun | F518495644 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Nancy Dyson 'Nannie' Walters

    Born  21 Jun 1841  Danville, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Aug 1917  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Alexander J. Walters | F5970 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Frances Vinson | F5970 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    + Mary Verser Green

    Born  22 Sep 1868  Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Mar 1962  Greensboro, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John Thomas Watson, Jr. | F1960 
    Married  9 Dec 1891  Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Female
    Anne Green

    Born  16 Apr 1871  Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Jun 1875  Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    Colquhoun Green

    Born  24 Sep 1873  Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Aug 1875  Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    Jeanette Colquhoun Green

    Born  29 Dec 1875   
    Died  8 Oct 1880   
    Buried    Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14361226/james-colquhoun-green.
      Dr James Colquhoun Green
      Birth 25 Jan 1838
      Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      Death 1 Apr 1884 (aged 46)
      Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      Burial
      Green Hill Cemetery
      Danville, Danville City, Virginia
      Born: 01/25/1838 or 02/26/1838 (father: Dr. Nathaniel Terry Green; mother: Anne Colquhoun) [Note: A date of birth of 01/25/1838 is engraved on Dr. Green's gravestone, but his date of birth is listed as 02/26/1838 in The Alumni History of the University of North Carolina, and in the University of Virginia matriculation register. The latter was entered by James Colquhoun Green, himself.]
      11/12/1850 - Lived, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA, with his parents
      1859 - A.B. degree, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
      1860 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, but did not graduate from this institution.
      04/29/1860 - Father, Nathaniel T. Green, died
      04/23/1861 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Capt. Thomas D. Claiborne's Co. (Danville Greys), Danville, VA. This unit subsequently became Co. B, 18th VA Infantry.
      04/24/1861 - Mustered into service as a Pvt., Capt. Thomas D. Claiborne's Co. [Occupation listed as "student."]
      08/31/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, sick in Centreville, VA, and absent from his regiment.
      10/02/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, sent to Richmond because he was sick.
      12/10/1861 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry, detailed as an apothecary.
      02/18/1862 - Serving as an apothecary, 18th VA Infantry.
      04/00/1862 - Pvt., Co. B, 18th VA Infantry
      04/29/1862 - ?The following men of the Eighteenth Regiment Virginia Volunteers are transferred, at their own request and with the consent of the officers concerned, to Captain W. K. Mebane?s company Virginia cavalry, provided no expense to the Confederate States be thereby incurred: ...James C. Green, Company B.? [S.O. 98/5 - Note: five other enlisted men were also listed]
      05/03/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Capt. Wm. K. Mebane's Co., Pate's Regiment Cavalry [this Co. subsequently become Co. C, 5th VA Cavalry]
      05/14/1862 - Pvt., 5th VA Cavalry, Danville, VA
      05/22/1862 - Pvt. & Hospital Steward, 18th VA Infantry
      05/22/1862 - ?Private James C. Green, of Company B, Eighteenth Regiment Virginia Volunteers, is appointed hospital steward, and will report for duty to the surgeon in charge of the general hospital at Danville, Va.? [S.O. 117/5]
      06/30/1862 - Serving as a Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Danville, VA
      09/29/1862 - ?Assistant Surgeon Joseph [sic] C. Green will report for duty to Surgeon Lafayette Guild, medical director of General Lee?s army.? [S.O. 227/8]
      10/00/1862 - Staff, Gen. W. H. Payne
      12/04/1862 - Appointed, Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/20/1862
      12/24/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, captured, Dumfries, VA
      01/17/1863 - Committed to Old Capital Prison, Washington, DC, as a prisoner of war
      04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
      07/16/1863 - While a prisoner of war, Fort Norfolk, VA wrote the following, "I James C Green, Surgeon in the Insurgent Army, a prisoner of war, do hereby give my solemn parole of honor that if permitted by the United States Military Authorities to go to the General Hospital at Portsmouth Va. for medical treatment [,] that I will hold no communication with enemies of the United States, nor give any information to the same during my sojourn there, that I will do nothing in word or deed detrimental to the government and forces of the United States, and that I will not leave the limits of the Hospital without permission from the Commanding Officer. James C. Green Asst. Surg. C.S.A."
      07/16/1863 - Admitted as a patient and a prisoner of war, Balfour Gen. Hospital [U.S.A.], Portsmouth, VA (diagnosis: general debility)
      10/11/1863 - As a patient and a prisoner of war, Balfour Gen. Hospital [U.S.A.], Asst. Surgeon James C. Green, C.S.A., wrote to Brig. Gen. Barnes [U.S.A.], Commandant Dept. of Norfolk, as follows, "Genl Having been confined as
      a prisoner of war at Ft. Norfolk until my health rendered it necessary to remove me, I was transferred to this place by order of Genl Dix, for medical treatment. My health is now entirely restored and as there can be no longer any necessity of my remaining in [a] Hospital I beg that you will allow me to return to my prison Very respectfully yr obt srvt (James C Green) Asst. Surgn C S A"
      10/14/1863 - Received at Fort McHenry, MD, as a prisoner of war, from Norfolk, VA
      11/21/1863 - Sent to City Point, VA, while being held as a hostage for Surgeon Rucker, U. S. Volunteers
      12/00/1863 - Exchanged after being imprisoned in Fort Norfolk [VA] by the U.S. Army and held as hostage for Dr. Rucker
      12/11/1863 - ?The leave of absence heretofore granted Assistant Surgeon James C. Green, Provisional Army Confederate States, is extended thirty days.? [S.O. 294/10]
      01/21/1864 - ?Assistant Surgeon J. C. Green will report without delay to Surgeon L. Guild, medical director Army Northern Virginia, for assignment to duty.? [S.O. 17/18]
      01/25/1864 - Ordered to report to Surgeon J. B. Fontaine, Medical Director Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, for duty
      02/20/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Danville, VA
      03/01/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, in Danville, VA, he added the following note to a receipt for forage for his horse, "I am here temporarily detached from my Regt. The Brigade (Lomax's) having been sent on recruiting service and consequently my presence in the field note being at present necessary." signed: J C Green
      04/17/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Ashland, VA
      07/22/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, near Orange C. H., VA
      10/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry, Lomax's Old Brigade
      ~11/08/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th VA Cavalry (consolidated)
      10/23/1867 - Married, Nancy Dyson "Nannie" Walters (she died in 1917)
      07/11/1870 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Nannie, and one daughter)
      1874 - Member, Medical Society of Virginia
      1874,1877 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA
      1880 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Nanni, 2 daughters & 3 sisters - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as J. C. Green)
      04/01/1884 - Died at his home, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA, "after being confined to the house by serious illness for some time."

      Bob Krick provided input to this biography.

      This biographical sketch is from:
      Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
      register of physicians who served the
      Confederacy in a medical capacity.
      03/20/2015. Unpublished database.

      Pvt., Co. B, 18th Va. Inf. Regt. CSA
      M.D. postwar.