Hercules Green (abt. 1825 - aft. 1880)

Born about 1825 in Roanoake Plantation, Charlotte, Virginia, United States

Husband of Fanny (White) Green — married 26 Aug 1860 in Miami, Ohio, United States

Died after 1880 after about age 55 in Hanktown, Union Township, Miami, Ohio, United States

Biography

Hercules Green is a part of US Black heritage.

Hercules was born about 1825 most likely on the Roanoke Plantation, Charlotte County, Virginia.

Hercules is # 467 on the Inventory of Slaves in John Randolph's Will ^[1] His mother, Fanny, is # 466. His siblings listed in the Inventory are:

• Braxton (# 468)
• Parthena (# 469)
• Yarmer (# 470)
• Joanna (# 471)
• Louisa (# 472)

In 1850, the family appears to be living in Union, Miami, Ohio.^[2]

Slave Owners

• John Randolph, Roanoke Plantation, Charlotte County, Virginia. (He freed his slaves and asked they be given land in Ohio upon his death).

Sources

1. ↑ "Inventory of Slaves in John Randolph's Will"
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQR-3CZ : 21 December 2020), Herculus Green in household of Anna Green, Union MM, Miami, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• United States Census, 1860
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6LH-LS1 : 29 May 2021), Hercules Green, 1870.
• United States Census, 1880
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDGG-R6J : 8 March 2021), Hercules Green and Fannie White, 26 Aug 1860; citing Marriage, Miami, Ohio, United States, p 477 cn 1548, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
• "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F62M-KYF : 1 March 2021), Hercules Green in entry for Rosie Green, 18 Dec 1880; citing Death, Union Township, Miami, Ohio, United States, source ID v 2 p 127, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 550,190.