Some Data & Correspondences I've Collected on Gardner Green.

“I am a descendant of Gardner Green also referred to as Young Wolf. It is an oral tradition in our family that his wife's name was All-nee-nee Ta-li-too-sa. Nancy Doublehead was also called Nancy Tal-tsu-ska.”

- anonymous -

Gardner Green's migration along the Great Indian Warpath: The chief road from the North into Western SC was the Great Indian Warpath or Great Road from Philadelphia which ran through the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Old Lunenburg Co., Virginia and the Yadkin country of North Carolina, connecting with the lower Cherokee Traders Path. east of Spartanburg Dist., South Carolina. A few hardy souls lived in Pendleton District before the opening of land for sale in the 1780's - deeds for Pendleton land are found as early as 1780 in Abbeville County. Ninety-Six District was formed in 1769 and was discarded in 1798; and from this judicial district, Pendleton was set off in 1789.

Gardner Green's listed on the 1764 tithables list of Old Lunenburg Co.Va.. We can track Gardner leaving Va. in the 1770's with Stephen Green and William Sizemore and moving to Old Rowan Co. N.C. and the Old Sapona River (now called Yadkin). From there Stephen Green Sr. and Jr. and Benjamin Green show up in Hawkins Tn. then Henry Co. Ky., but Gardner Green and some of the Sizemore's, Ware's and Buzby's have continued on in 1780 to the Old 96 District of S.C. This is where the Green family picks up other families such as the Franklins who also claim Cherokee descent from Gardner Green. Each family has gone on to seperate counties in Ky. The Greens and Sizemores of Old Lunenburg Co. Va. lived on Buffalo Creek just off of the Roanoke River and just barely in Va. They had married in together along with the Jacksons and Griffins.

The data on the Greens below has not been proven to be documented ancestors of ours yet.

Mecklenburg and Lunenburg VA

1764: The earliest is actually a tax record from Virginia, "The list of Tithables taken by Edmund Taylor in Lunenbg. County, St. James Parish, for the year, 1764."
John Green, Gardiner Green ...... 2 Tithe 157 Acres

1772: SCMAR, Vol. X, Summer 1982, No. 3, p.137 John Busby of the Province of South Carolina to William Sizemore of Mecklenburg County, Province of Virginia Consideration: 100 lbs current money of VA Land: in Mecklenburg on both sides Great Buffalo Creek beginning on Henry Greens line to William Griffins line crossing Great Buffalow Greens corner to beginning [containing] 200 acres.
Witnesses: Gardner Green, Edward Ware, John Sizemore - 9 Nov 1772

1777: Sept. 18th Williamsburg Deserted from the Mecklenburg company of regulars ... Green, Garner Ensign Isaac Holmes - Va. Gaz. Oct. 3rd,

Now the 'desertion' is not what one might think. Garner had simply failed to report for muster and a one month amnesty was extended. What is not clear is whether or not he had moved away from the area without informing the militia. Unfortunately there are almost no surviving records for the Mecklenburg Company.

1779: Mecklenburg Land Office Patents B, 1779-1780, p. 15 William Marrable assignee of Gardiner Green, 86 acres lying and being in the County of Mecklenburg on the waters of Buffalo - 10 Nov 1779

Rowan NC

1780: Rowan Co. NC Vacant Land Entries: #2439: Gardner Green enters 150 acres of land on a branch of Muddy Creek joining the old survey and the new survey of the Moravian lands and the county line above an old road including his improvements - 7 Feb 1780
This piece of land was known as the Three Forks of Muddy Creek, which was centered around what is now Winston-Salem, at the Old Salem location in the Moravian tract which was called Wachovia. This Moravian settlement later formed Brainerd Cherokee School in Springtown Ga. were a Gardner Green (Young Wolf) was educated.

[The question here for me is Gardner Green Jr. that served under Captain David McNair in CumberlandKY the same Gardner Green on the 1835 Mississippi Rolls? Did McNair get Gardner Green Jr. into Brainerd in Springtown? Afterall Capt. McNair didn't live far from Brainerd and he had close ties with the Cherokee school. His wife Delilah McNair nee Vann was also at Brainard. My Gardner Green Jr. disapears from 1830 Posey Indiana with his wife Sally Childress and their child? Could the Gardner Green on the 1835 MS roll listed with wife and child be him? There are records from Springtown school that may prove otherwise. The Gardner Green a.k.a. Young Wolf from Sprintown was probably born around 1812?

Pendleton and Greenville SC

1780: Gardner Green as Lieutenant in the Southern Campain

The Ancient Boundary Line was the Cherokee treaty line. "From 1769 until 1789, the area known as Pendleton District lay within the unorganized Indian lands (though some maps show a portion was within the northern boundaries of Ninety-Six District). This Indian Land area had been taken from the Cherokee during the American Revolution. In 1786, Greenville County was carved from this area, and in 1789 Pendleton County was established."

1787: 1787 Vol. 24, Page 69; Plat map for the land of Isom Frankling on Little Brush Creek a branch of the Saluda River in District 96, SC shows adjoining property as "Laid out to Gardner Green" another neighbor here is Lewis Harrell.

Gardner Green was living in Old Ninety-Six district per Isom Franklin[g]'s land plat . Gardner's approximate location in Greenville/Pendleton. Click here to view some information pertaining to the region they were living in and how the boundaries of the Old Ninety-Six district changed.

1787: 21 Dec. 1787 Book B; Pages 252-253; Deed - Andrew Thompson, surveyor, and Jean, his wife, of Spartanburg County, to Robert Morrow, planter, for 50 pounds, 200 acres in his actual possession, between Reedy & Enoree rivers and on a small branch of Rockey Creek, North side of Reedy & bounded on North part by lands surveyed for Isam Franklin; granted to Andrew Thompson 2 Feb 1789. Date of Execution: 9 Jul 1790. Date of Record: 1 Jan 1791.
Witnesses: Jason Moore, Jason Moore, Jr., Thomas Moore.

The Thompson grant is two years after the Isom Franklin grant so the time frame is right. They are certainly near each other although I don't see how they could border unless there's an error in the land description which is a possibility. Also the Pickens grant below sounds as if it is also in the same area and there's mention of a Thompson.

1790: Census - Greenville Co., South Carolina Garner Green Page 70 - 34100

1790: Pendleton District, SC Deeds 1790-1806. 22 Jul. 1790. Thomas Coker of Abbeville co., S.C. to John Green of Greenville Co., S.C., for £10., 50 Acres on Hurricane Creek, South side of Saluda River, part of tract granted to Thomas Coker, whereon he now lives.
Recorded Bk. YYYY, p. 408, 22 Jan. 1789, bd. Crawfish Branch, John Johnston.
Wit: Meshack Green, Lewis Green, James Sizemore. Lewis Green made oath 22 Jul. 1790.

1790: Pendleton District, SC Deeds 1790-1806. 2 Feb. 1790. John Johnson to Ebednego Green for £50 stg. For 339 acres in 96 Dist., on Hurricane Creek [next page missing]

1793: 17 May 1793 - SC Land Grants Class 2, Book 30, Page 524 John Pickens, 4 Shillings 8 (pence?) 100 Acres Surveyed for him the 31st of Oct. 1786 situate in the District of Ninety Six above the ancient boundary line on a branch of Great Rocky Creek bounded by line running NE by William Thompsons land NW & SW unknown SW by Samuel Hustons SE by Garner Greens. (This land was again sold later on to John Martin. Garner Green is still listed as bounding the land on the SE.) granted to Pickens by William Moultrie.

1795: Pendleton District, SC Deeds 1790-1806. 27 Oct. 1795. Thomas Crow, of Washington District to John Brown for £5 stg. For 200 ac's on Brushy Creek of the Saluda Rive, granted to Crow by States Title patent, by Wm. Moultrie, 1 Jul. 1793.
Signed: Thomas (T) Crow.
Wit: Absolom Brown, Lewis (F)* (his mark*) Green, John Hillen. John Hillen made oath to R. Bowen, J.P., 11 Apr. 1795.

12/5/1791: Description: GREEN, ABEDNEGO, PLAT FOR 142 ACRES ON WATERS OF BRUSHEY AND HURRICAN CREEKS, NINETY SIX DISTRICT, SURVEYED BY JONATHAN CLARK ON APRIL 23, 1787.
Names indexed: ARNEL; CLARK, JONATHAN; COKER, THOMAS; GREEN, ABEDNEGO; JOHNSON, JOHN
Locations: BRUSHY CREEK; HURRICANE CREEK; NINETY SIX DISTRICT; SALUDA RIVER

4/3/1797: Description: WHALEY, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 220 ACRES ON BRANCH OF CHILDRESS BEAVER DAM CREEK, GREENVILLE COUNTY, NINETY SIX DISTRICT, SURVEYED BY WILLIAM THOMAS. Names indexed: CHILDRESS; KELLEY; ROE, WILLIAM; SAVAGE; SPARKS, JOHN; SPARKS, MATHEW; THOMAS, WILLIAM; WADSWORTH; WHALEY, WILLIAM

1799: DEED: Edward Nelson to Lewis Green*, for $40, 70 acres, being a part of 220 acres conveyed to me by William Whaley 6 Aug. 1798, bounding Mathew Sparks, Elias Wright, Kelley, Roe and Edward Nelson. Wit: Gardner Green, Allen Green, John Sparks.
Date of Execution: 12 Sep. 1799.
Date if Record: 8 May 1800.
Signed: Edward (X) Nelson. Proved before James Kilgore.

2/24/1800: William Roe of Greenville Dist. to Robert Carter of same, $300, 199a on Childress' Beaverdam Cr of S Tygar Riv.; border:
Matthew Sparkes, Elias Wright, Kelly, Robert Carter, Edward Nelson & mo. Of branch, part of 220a sold Aug 6, 1798 by [omitted] to Edward Nelson who sold Sep 12, 1799 to Lewis Green. S/ [p. 164 missing] proved by John Thomas jr before Thomas Ewards esq. r Mar 10, 1801.

1800: Census - Greenville Co., South Carolina Gardner Green Page 258(f) - 31001-00010-00

1800: Greenville County, South Carolina Register Mesne Conveyance Deed Book F, pages 443-444 9/18/1800
State of South Carolina Know all men by these presents that I Charles BRUCE of Greenville District in the State aforesaid in consideration of one hundred and forty dollars to me in hand paid by Hananiah RAY of the State and district aforesaid ... sell ... all that tract and parcel of land supposed to contain one hundred acres (be the same more or less) Situate in Greenville District aforesaid on the North Side of Shoal Branch of Clear Creek of South Tyger River and on both sides of a Waggon Road leading to market, beginning on a Persimon on the bank of Shoal Branch aforesaid from thence N80W to a Chestnut then S80W to a Hickory thence S80E to a Stake (on ? line) thence with said line to the corner over the Waggon Road, thence to the head of the Branch N17W to Enoch BENSON'S line ... warrant and defend the s'd tract of land of one hundred acres (more or less) unto the s'd Hananiah RAY his heirs and assigns ...

Witness my hand and Seal this 18th day of September 1800~ Charles Bruce (LS).

Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of Isaac SANDERS, Gardner Green, Lewis Green. This day Isaac SANDERS one of the Witnesses to the within conveyance came before me John THOMAS Jun. One of the Quorum J'd did appear & made oath that he saw Charles BRUCE Sign Seal ... & that Gardner Green and Lewis Green were subscribing witnesses ... Sworn to before me the 20th Sept 1800 J Thomas Ju'r JQ Greenville Dist. I do hereby certify that on the 20th day of September 1800 Hannah BRUCE wife of the within named Charles BRUCE ... renounce all Right and Title of Dower ... the 20th September AD 1800
Hannah (her X mark) Bruce J Thomas Jun JQ
Recorded the 29th of April 1802

1835: Next we have the listing from the 1835 Cherokee Census where there is a Gardner Green listed as living on Rocky Creek. He may also be known as "Young Wolf". He studied at Brainerd University at Springtown GA. I believe that this is Gardner Green that fought in the war of 1812 Cumberland KY under Capt. David Mcnair whose wife was Delilah Vann from the famous Cherokee Vann family.

Notes: There are on file about 200 applications of persons claiming through Gardner Green and his son, Benjamin Green. The facts in the case gathered from applications, letters, affidavits and testimony taken in field. Each individual family member that had an application has his/her info in their personal notes. Per our green family cherokee ancestors book: First lived in VA, then moved to NC, SC then Tenn, GA border area, and was in Fannin county GA where he was buried. Census record listed Gardner Green the year 1835 in Rocky Creek GA with wife (Indian name: Allnne Talitusa).