When Josiah Green was born on 29 August 1801, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Green, was 23 and his mother, Catherine Horner, was 22. He married Fanny B. Norman on 31 January 1823, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Walshville, Montgomery, Illinois, United States for about 5 years and Township of Walshville, Montgomery, Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 29 January 1871, in Montgomery, Illinois, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Grisham Township, Montgomery, Illinois, United States.
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The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.
Illinois is the 21st state.
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
English: either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or was young or immature, or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green (Middle English grene, a transferred use of the color term). This is one of the most common and widespread of English surnames. In North America it has assimilated cognates from other languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen ) and Dutch Groen ; compare 7 below. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: alternatively, from a Middle English personal name Grene.
Irish: adopted for Ó hUainín ‘descendant of Uainín’, a personal name from a pet form of uaine ‘green’, see Honan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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