Kiziah Rebecca (Floyd) Green (1860 - 1922)

Born 24 Feb 1860 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Apr 1922 at age 62 in Whitwell, Marion, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Floyd Name Study.

Kiziah "Kizzie" Rebecca Floyd was (presumably) born on February 24th, 1860 in Tennessee to Thomas Anderson Floyd and Matilda Jackson. ^{[1] [2]}

Her parents purchased a small farm in the 4th Civil District of Marion County, Tennessee near her mother's parents' land in the 1860s. ^[3] They eventually moved to a farm in The Pocket atop the Cumberland Mountain on the western ridge of the Sequatchie Valley. The land was situated in the 2nd Civil District in Marion County until redistricting around the turn of the century. ^[4]

She married Shadrick C. Green around 1886, and settled on a farm next to her parents in The Pocket. By 1900 they had seven children. The oldest child, George, worked as a farm laborer by the age of 13 to supplement the income Shadrick brought in from the coal mines. ^[5] By 1910 Shadrick had left the coal mines for work as a carpenter, and Kizzie's sister Elizabeth was living with the family. ^[6] Elizabeth continued to live with the family over the next decade and pulled her weight by working as a laundress. ^[7]

Kizzie died from pneumonia on April 5th, 1922 in Whitwell and was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery the following day. ^[1]

Research Notes

• Birthdate - Rebecca's age was listed as 2/12 months in the 1860 Census, which was taken in June, suggesting a birthdate around April 1860. Her son, Walter, listed her birthdate as 24 February 1860 on her death certificate in 1922. The 1860 Census enumerator may have wrote her month of birth rather than age at time of census. The 1870 Census lists Rebecca as only four years old, suggesting a birth date of 1866. While it is possible that Thomas and Matilda had two daughters named Rebecca, it is more likely that the ages were underestimated in the 1870 Census.

• 1900 Census - The page is torn in the section where Kiziah's name was listed, but her identity is confirmed by the names of her children on the following page.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch Kizzie Rebecca Greene Certificate of Death, 004184087 > image 1649 of 2029; Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch Household of Thomas Floyd, Tennessee > Marion > 3 District > image 7 of 17; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch Household of Thomas Floyd, Tennessee > Marion > Civil District 03 > image 26 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch Household of Thompson Floyd, Tennessee > Marion > District 2 > ED 75 > image 5 of 6; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch Household of Shadrick Green, Tennessee > Marion > ED 96 Civil Districts 1-2, 12 > image 4 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch Household of Shed Green, Tennessee > Marion > Civil District 1 > ED 120 > image 17 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch Household of Shed C. Green, Tennessee > Marion > Civil District 1 > ED 66 > image 3 of 19; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).