Elijah Hayes Green

Brief Life History of Elijah Hayes

When Elijah Hayes Green was born in September 1792, in Georgia, United States, his father, Elijah Green, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Culverhouse, was 16. He married Sarah Hendrickson before 1812, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 1 September 1849, in Kemper, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 57.

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Family Time Line

Elijah Hayes Green
1792–1849
Sarah Hendrickson
1794–1870
Marriage: before 1812
Nancy C Green
1812–1867
Samuel Green
1815–
James R Green
1817–1863
Georgia Ann Green
1821–1881
Drury L. Green
1828–1904
Amanda Green
1829–1869
Bettie Green
1830–

Sources (3)

  • Elijah Green, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
  • Elijah Green, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Elijah Green, "United States Census, 1840"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1795 · Yazoo Land Fraud

As Georgia had been weakened during the Revolutionary War, it was unable to defend its Yazoo lands, or land west of the Yazoo River. Thirty-five million acres were sold to four companies for $500,000 as Governor George Mathews signed the Yazoo Act on January 7, 1795. Angry Georgians protested in the streets as they felt bribery and corruption were involved and the sale was far below market value. The legislation tried to rescind the Yazoo Act, but much of the land had been sold to third parties. The issue made its way to the United States Supreme Court and it was determined that rescinding the law was an unconstitutional infringement on a legal contract. The government took full possession of the territory by 1814 and awarded its claimants over $4,000,000.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

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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