James Green (1757 - 1782)

Born 1757 in Washington County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Porter) Kilgore — married 1782 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 31 Dec 1782 at about age 25 in Pound Gap, Washington County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

James Green Sr. was born about 1757 in Culpepper, Washington, Virginia, ^[1]

His parents were said to have been Lewis Green and Elizabeth Lauderdale. James, Sr Green]] married Jane Porter abt 1782 in Virginia and had child James, Jr Green

A story has come down to us concerning Indian killing of James Green^[2] "In March 1783 Charles Kilgore, James Green, and a man by the name of McKinney left Fort Blackmore and went to the Pound River (in present Wise County) to hunt, and while there they were surprised by Indians. Charles Kilgore and James Green were killed. McKinney made his escape and returned to the fort. A search party led by McKinney found the bodies of Kilgore and Green, and buried them in the hollow of a large chestnut tree on the north bank of the Pound River, a short distance above the mouth of Indian Creek."

Other proof is a letter written by Colonel Arthur Campbell to the Governor of Virginia, dated January 29, 1783, stating: On Christmas day last (1782) the Indians attacked the house of John Ingles (English) on Clinch, in this county, scalped and otherwise grievously wounded a young man by the name of Cox, overtaken in ye field. The second day afterward, as the Indians were making off toward the head of Sandy River they came on three hunters, two of whom they killed. ^[3][4][5]

Further proof of James Green's death at the time cited above is an entry in the court records of Washington County, Virginia, July 15, 1783: "On motion of Patrick Porter (James Sr.'s' father-in-law) administration is granted him on the estate of James Green deceased who made oath thereto and entered into and acknowledged his bond with Samuel Ritchie and John Martin his securities in the sum of one hundred pounds for the faithful administration of the said decedent's estate.

Robert Kilgore, husband of Winnie Clayton, was killed in what is now Wise Co., Virginia at The Pound at a place called Warrior's Camp. Robert and Winnie lived along the Clinch River in what is now Scott Co., Virginia, then Russell County. His property directly bordered that of his brother Charles and was also located near that of Partrick Porter also of Orange Co., North Carolina. Several of the families who settled this section of Scott Co. were originally Orange Co. natives.

On December 31, 1782, James Green, husband of Jane Porter, and Robert Kilgore, Sr. left their hunting camp at the mouth of Indian Creek and Pound River and crossed a ridge heading toward Kentucky. They left a man by the name of McKinney in the camp. Two gunshots were heard by McKinney, followed by the unearthly yells of Indians. Before McKinney could grab his gun, he saw Robert Kilgore running for his life toward the encampment, shouting, "Run McKinney, leave all, save yourself!"

McKinney didn't wait to be told a second time. As he reached the crest of the ridge, he looked back, to see James Green fall, closely pursued by Mingoes. Green sprang up, grabbed out his hunting knife, but before the Indians reached him he collapsed. As the sun was sinking, McKinney reached Fort Blackmore.

By first light of the following day, the militia was on its way far up Stoney Creek, reaching the hunters encampment long before sunrise on January 1, 1783. No Indians could be found, but the camp had been pillaged. Next morning, they found the scalped remains of Robert Kilgore and a few hundred yards away, the body of James Green, with an Indian arrowhead in his right eye. The bodies were buried in a hollow chestnut tree on the north bank of the Pound River, a short distance above the mouth of Indian Creek.

There is no information on what happened to Winnie Clayton Kilgore after the death of Robert. It is believed she remarried, probably in Russell Co., Virginia, unfortunately marriage register burned in a fire during the late 1800s. Family legend says she moved to Indiana with her oldest son Charles and died there, but there is no proof.

By Judy S. Cardwell, Clayton Researcher

James was killed in Pound Gap, Wise County by Bob Benge, a Shawnee Indian outlaw, while hunting with Robert Kilgore and McKinney.

Deed: Washington County, Virginia

Page 332 - James Green - 280 ac - on the north side of Clinch River - Commissioners Certificate - beginning on the south side of the river - March 10, 1786...James Green - 400 ac - actual settlement made in 1772 = on the north side of Clinch at the mouth of Sinking Creek - August 8, 1781^[6]

James Green, Jr., was born posthumously and the only child of James Green, Sr., The son, James Green, Jr., grew to manhood in Scott Co., VA, and married Dulcena Stallard. ^[7]

Ordered to be certified to the registrar of the land office that it is proved by this court that James Green who is the son and heir at law of James Green who was killed by the savages December 31, 1782 and that said James Green the younger was born February 12, 1783. ^[8]

See also: Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Online at Ancestry .com - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.

Sources

1. ↑ American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. <http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=agbi&h=3015013&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt >
2. ↑ The Kilgore Forthouse By Luther Addington
3. ↑ Addington, Hugh M. Charles Kilgore of Kings Mountain. 1935. This work was republished in an undated version with an addendum by Rhonda S. Roberson "A New History of the Kilgore Family". Published by Cecil L. Durham, Kingsport, Tennessee. This version is the one commonly known as the "Little Green Book".
4. ↑ Willis, W. M. Patrick Porter (1737 - ca. 1805) and Susannah Walker (1739 - aft. 1805) – A Family Biography. Mar 1999. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~varussel/families/porterwalkerbio.html
5. ↑ Martin, Henry G., 1983. Pickin Up the Porters. Privately printed and bound, 432 pp.
6. ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~kykinfolk/genealogy/web/lewisgree/pafg02.htm#308
7. ↑ Robert M. Addington, History of Scott County, Virginia (Johnson City (TN), The Overmountain Press: 1992, reprint of 1932 ed.)
8. ↑ Russell County, Virginia courthouse, order book No. 3, page 266.Entered 1803.

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