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Martha Gatewood

Female Est 1775 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Martha Gatewood 
    Born Est 1775 
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I22  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2023 

    Family James Colquhoun,   b. Est 1760,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Anne Colquhoun,   b. 5 Jan 1799, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1854, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2023 
    Family ID F9  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=green&GSfn=anne&GSiman=1&GScid=50443&GRid=13161969&.
      Anne Colquhoun Green
      Birth: 5 Jan 1799
      Death: 24 Mar 1854 (aged 55)
      Burial: Green Hill Cemetery, Danville City, VA

      Parents
      Nathaniel T. Green, 1800?1860
      Anne Colquhoun Green, 1799?1854

      Spouse
      Nannie D Green, 1841?1917

      Siblings
      William S Green, 1820?1866
      Martha Ann Green Fontaine, 1822?1853
      Maria Elizabeth Green, 1826?1906
      Mary Frances Green, 1827?1852
      Adeline Terry Green, 1829?1848
      Julia Claramond Green, 1832?1891
      Sallie C Green, 1834?1886
      Berryman Colquhoun Green, 1836?1905

      Children
      Anne Green, 1871?1875
      Colquhoun Green, 1873?1875
      Jeanette Colquhoun Green, 1875?1880



      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.