Greenberry Silver (1795 - 1883)

Born 8 Feb 1795 in Georgetown, Frederick, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah E Woody — married 1830 in Burke, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Malinda Elizabeth (Smith) Silver — married 1841 in Yancey County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 27 Jan 1883 at age 87 in Micaville, Yancey, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Greenberry was born in 1795. He passed away in 1883.

Research Notes

• Note that Greenberry Silver fathered children by several women. See Death Certificates of Thomas McMahan, G.B. Woody, also Yancey County Court Records, Feb. Term, 1837, binding 'William Robertson' the son of Hanna Robeson, to 'Greenberry Silver' until he reach the age of 21; Greenberry is to provide him with schooling, clothing, and goods, etc. - These children used their mothers' last name as their own in at least 3 cases - i.e. Thomas McMahan, - Greenberry Woody, and Judy Robertson. Greenberry's Paternity to Judy Robertson Hall is established by 30 Autosomal DNA connections of Greenberry's descendants in the 'Ancestry-dot-com' data base to living descendant of Judy's daughter, Mary Malinda Hall (b. 1856) as well as FTDNA kit #378137 cited on side-bar.

• Greenberry Silver did not marry until all except the youngest of his several children were born and then he married only because the law required him to. Moreover, he had a son out of wedlock by another woman, (Sarah E. Woody) and his offspring by this son is perhaps as large today, and certainly as respectable as his offspring through his other children. The son was Greene [Green Berry] Woody, grandfather of the Reverends Edd, Sewell and Charlie Woody and of Bright and Greene Woody, of Burnsville. Greene Woody retained his mother’s maiden name for his surname, but he was given his father’s first name for his Christian name. And his father acknowledged him as his son and treated him accordingly, giving him vast tracts of land lying on and between the headwaters of the creeks that drain the communities of Double Island and Pleasant Grove, the highest mountain of which has since borne the names of its first two owners - Green(e) Mountain. Much of this land is still in the possession of Greene Woody’s heirs, his only living son, Jason Woody, of Pleasant Grove, a man now in his nineties, being the owner of part of it. Greene Silver was also an advocate of slavery and owned several Negroes, but his brothers and sisters, although loyal to the Confederates, were opposed to slavery." Source: Letter with Silver family information from 1951 written by family historian Monroe Thomas.

Source for FN"Green(e)" MN "Berry" vs. FN "Greenberry" is census records and children's death certificates. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDD1-KJM : 12 December 2017), Green B Silver, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCF3-NFW : 19 August 2017), Green B Silver, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 238, sheet 582A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0988; FHL microfilm 1,254,988.
3. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG35-ZR5 : 18 July 2017), Green Silver in entry for Lodemia Elizabeth Young, 03 Dec 1937; citing Crabtree, Yancey, North Carolina, cn 422, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,145.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPNS-SL5 : 18 July 2017), Greene B. Silver in entry for George W. Silver, 02 Jun 1937; citing Crabtree, Yancey, North Carolina, cn 70, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,143.

• Source: S116 Abbreviation: Ancestry.com Title: Database and images. Publication: www.ancestry.com. Text: Smith Family Tree
• Ancestry.com, Greene Berry Silver Overview, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4828759/person/-1505001902
• Source: S-191790293 Repository: #R-799059389 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=61239519&pid=761
• Repository: R-799059389 Name: Ancestry.com
• Find A Grave: Memorial #15030918 for "Greene B. Silver"[1]Name - Greenberry Silver; Birth Date - Feb 1795; Birth Place - Frederick County, Maryland, United States of America; Death Date - 27 Jan 1883; Death Place - Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America; Cemetery - Micaville Cemetery; Burial or Cremation Place - Micaville, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America; Father - Johann Jurg Silver; Mother - Nancy Ann Silver; Spouse - Malinda E. Silver

Children: Alexander Burton Silver David Hamilton Silver Thomas Silver McMahan Emma Manassa Griffith George Washington Silver Margaret M. Edge Greenberry Berry Woody Judith Robertson

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Silver-88 created through the import of Godfrey non-living.ged on Jun 14, 2011 by Jim Godfrey.
• Silver-548 was created by Dave Rose through the import of Rose Family Tree-2.ged on Jul 26, 2014.