Henry Green (1850 - aft. 1937)

Born 1850 in South, Alabama, United States

Husband of Louisa O (Williams) Green — married 23 Dec 1887 in Phillips, Arkansas, United States

Died after 1937 after age 87 in Arkansas, United States

Biography

Henry Green is a part of US Black heritage.

"Happy Day" Green was interviewed near Barton and Helena, Arkansas in about 1938 about his life and his time as an enslaved person. The typescript is stamp date May 11, 1938.

"I was born in South, Alabama, young mistress. Well, it was nigh Montgomery, Alabama, young mistress. My mama name Emily Green. She had three children to my knowing. I don't know no father. My owner was Boss William Green, young mistress. His wife was Miss Lizabuth, young mistress. They did have a big family, young mistress. To my knowing it was: Billy, Charlie, Bunkum, Ida, Mary, Sally, Jimmie, Buddy."

"When I come to this state, Van Vicks and Bill Bowman immigrated one hundred head of us. They landed some of us at Helena. Our family was landed at Phillips Bayou, young mistress."

"When freedom come on, grandpa come after mama."

"Times is good for me, young mistress. I live with my niece. I get twelve dollars assistance 'cause I been sick, young mistress. I owns a pony. All I owns, young mistress."

In the second part of his interview, Henry says his sister Mattie was also born in South Alabama.

Slave Owners

1. William Green

Interview: "Happy Day" Green was interviewed near Barton and Helena, Arkansas by Miss Irene Robertson as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - "Happy Day" Green - Vol. 2, Arkansas, part 3; pages 87-101, images 88-102 of 394.

• "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9M9-3N5 : 9 March 2021), Henry Green, 26 Dec 1887; citing Marriage, Phillips, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,017,680.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36B-8KZ : 11 March 2022), Henry Green, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKV2-JQN : accessed 18 January 2023), Henry Green, Spring Creek, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 17A, family 241, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 60; FHL microfilm 1,374,073.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMGM-RZ8 : accessed 18 January 2023), Henry Greene, Barton, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 1A, line 47, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 87; FHL microfilm 2,339,822.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQKG-DN3 : 8 January 2021), Henry Green in household of Lonnie Thomas, Hornor Township, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-12, sheet 13B, line 46, family 257, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 160.

Research Notes

For further research, this entry is a Henry Green of the approximate age of this man. Living in Phillips County, Arkansas in 1880, he is next door to an Emily Green and family. That family includes granddaughter Mattie. [See image 12 of 50.] "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWV-QJD : 13 January 2022), Henry Green in household of Richard O Shield, L'Anguille Township, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

In the 1940 census, Lonnie Thomas (1874-) and Trudie (Sutton) Thomas call Henry and Lou Green uncle and aunt. That relationship is not yet sourced.