[Dan Akin]

Linda;

As you probably know, it is quite a task to sort out all of the Green families of old Va..

I will never claim that I am a historian or a professional geneologist. I am just a seeker of the truth.

The information I am able to obtain, with my limitted abilities, is from what members of the Green family post about themselves on internet resouces. This has some authenticity when they post their transcripts with their geneological claims. Those transcripts can be confirmed, at times, by checking on websites like the USGenweb (although this information can be painfully limited at times) and others.

When it comes to my personal family, there are those in my family who are willing to share their information and their transcripts from their documentation.

Saying all of that to say this; I could be wrong, but it appears there were two Green families that had gone to Amelia County in the early 1700’s.

Many of the Lunenburg County Greens say they are descended from Thomas “The Seagull” Green, but there can be some dispute over that. This Thomas’ son, Thomas Green the 2nd, had a son, William Marston Green born in what would be the area of Amelia County in 1705. He in turn had a son, Thomas Green, born in Amelia County in 1735 who had a son named John Green born in amelia County in 1745.

Another Green family is that of Thomas Green born in England about 1725 to 1735 and came to America in 1740 and settled in Amelia County (Amelia County being established in 1734). This Thomas had a son named Thomas, born 1749 in Amelia County, who had a son named Nathan, born 1792 in Amelia County, who had a son Thomas Green, born 1814 in Amelia County.

This last Thomas Green , born in 1814 in Amelia County Va., became Brigadier General Thomas Green in Texas during the Civil War.

Gen. Green was an extremely brave and accomplished leader until the time of his death, April 12th 1864, at the battle of Blair’s Landing on the Red River when he was killed by a cannon-ball.

A photo of him can be found at http://www.lsjunction.com/people/green.htm

Dan.

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