Thomas M. Green Sr.

Thomas M. Green Sr.

Infobox Military Person
name=Thomas Marston Green Sr.


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born=19 November 1723
died=1805
placeofbirth=Williamsburg, Virginia
placeofdeath=Jefferson County, Mississippi
placeofburial=Jefferson County, Mississippi
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branch=Continental Army
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rank=Colonel
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laterwork=Magistrate of Mississippi Territory

Thomas Marston Green Sr. (November 19, 1723 - 1805) was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War.

Early Life

Thomas was born in Williamsburg, Virginia to Thomas Green III and Elizabeth Marston. His family was very well off and Thomas's schooling was by a private tudor.

The American Revolution, Georgia, and Mississippi

Not much is known of Green's survice in the Revolution. What is known is that he was a commissioned Colonel in the Colonial Army. He later moved to Georgia where he met and befriended General George Rogers Clark. After discussing a plan with George, Thomas gathered a small army. Green gathered his men at the Holston River where they built a small fleet of boats. After floating down the river the party did not find George as expected so they continued on to Natchez, Mississippi. Thomas received an interview with the Spanish Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos where he claimed the entire district for Georgia. The Spanish expecting a revolt had him arrested and thrown in prison in New Orleans. Soon afterward his wife Martha came down to have him released, but she soon after died of exposure and stress. The Governor feeling sympathy for the Green family released Thomas. He settled his family in Jefferson County, Mississippi where he became one of the most influencial men in the territory. He was also instrumental in forming Bourbon county the 2nd largest county in the United States history when he had the Bourbon Act of 1785 passed.

Andrew Jackson and Rachel Donelson

Thomas is perhaps most famous for marrying of Andrew Jackson to Rachel Donelson. Sometime in 1791 at the Green Family Springfield Plantation Green as one of the Magistrates of the Mississippi Territory married the couple together.

Wife and Children

On November 21, 1752 Thomas married Martha Wills whom with he would ten children.The most famous of his children being Congressman Thomas M. Green Jr.

Notes

Sources

* [http://books.google.com/booksid=TScWAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1PA228&dq=Colonel+Thomas+Marston+Green&lr=#PRA1-PA228,M1 Colonel Thomas M. Green Sr.]

ee Also

*Andrew Jackson
*Rachel Donelson


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