Thomas Marston Green Jr. (February 26, 1758 – February 7, 1813) was a Mississippi Territorial politician,
planter, and
Delegate to the
United States House of Representatives during the
7th United States Congress representing the
Mississippi Territory
The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi. T ...
.
[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]
Early life
Thomas was born to
Thomas Marston Green Sr., a future
colonel in the
Continental Army
The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies (the Thirteen Colonies) in the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was establis ...
, and Martha Wills. He was born in
Williamsburg, Virginia, on February 26, 1758.
[Ewing pp. 134-137] In 1782 he moved with his family to
Natchez District,
Mississippi Territory
The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi. T ...
. He would later move to
Fayette, Mississippi, where he would build the
Springfield Plantation, and where he would live until his death. The Green family were good friends with
Andrew Jackson and
Rachel Donelson
Rachel Jackson ( ''née'' Donelson; June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States. . Thomas's brother Abraham married Elizabeth Caffery who was the niece of
Rachel Jackson. In August 1791, Andrew Jackson and Rachel were married at the
Green Family Springfield Plantation
Springfield Plantation is an antebellum house located near Fayette in Jefferson County, Mississippi. It has been associated with many famous people throughout its history.
History
One of the oldest mansions in Mississippi, the Springfield Mansi ...
. The marriage ceremony was performed by
Thomas Green Sr., while Thomas Jr. served as a witness. Andrew and Rachel would later find out that Rachel's divorce was not finalized, at the time of the wedding.
[James p. 70]
Political life
In 1800 Green was a member of the Mississippi Territory's first
General assembly
A general assembly or general meeting is a meeting of all the members of an organization or shareholders of a company.
Specific examples of general assembly include:
Churches
* General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presby ...
, it was also here where he started making political connections that would lead him to fame. He would also in that time rise to the rank of
colonel in the militia. Then on March 11, 1802
Narsworthy Hunter
Narsworthy Hunter (March 11, 1802) was a delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Mississippi Territory and that state's first representative to Congress.
Hunter was born in Virginia at an unknown birth date, though at the time of his death he was ...
died, and Green was elected to take his place. On December 6 of that year Thomas was in Washington D.C. to take his place as
Mississippi Territory's delegate to the
United States House of Representatives. On March 3, 1803, the
7th United States Congress ended, and after 2 months and 25 days in Congress Thomas decided that he would not run for reelection, preferring to retire to the comfort of his Mississippi plantation. After about ten years of retirement, Green died on February 7, 1813, and was buried at the Green Family Cemetery on his plantation.
Family
Thomas married Martha Kirkland on January 15, 1780, with whom he would have ten children.
*Joseph Kirkland Green (1780-?) who married Mildred Meriweather Cabell the daughter of
Congressman Samuel Cabell.
*Elizabeth Green (1783–1862) who married John Alexander Davidson son of
General William Lee Davidson.
*Martha Wills Green (1783–1808) who married John Hopkins first cousin of
General Samuel Hopkins.
*Mary Green (1787–1815) who married Charles Burr Howell son of
Governor Richard Howell.
*Jane Green (1789–1849) who married Archaelaus Kirkland a distant cousin and a descendant of Richard Snowden Kirkland.
*Laminda Green (1791–1819) who married
Congressman Thomas Hinds.
*Rebecca Green (1793-?) who married Dr. Thomas McCoy.
*William Marston Green (1796–1829) who married Laura Prince McCaleb.
*Filmer Wills Green (1798–1845) who married Emily Hillman McCaleb.
*Augusta Green (1801-abt. 1825) who married Jacob Renson Holmes. When Augusta died Jacob married Augusta's niece Martha Howell a grand daughter of
Governor Richard Howell
Notes
References
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Thomas Marston Greene (Green)*Ewing, Presley Kittredge, Ewing, Mary Ellen Williams
''The Ewing genealogy with cognate branches: a survey of the Ewings and their kin in America'' Hurcules ptg. & book co., 1919
*
James, Marquis''Andrew Jackson - The Border Captain'' READ BOOKS, 2007,
External links
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1758 births
1813 deaths
Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi Territory
Members of the Mississippi Territorial Legislature
Mississippi Democratic-Republicans
People from Fayette, Mississippi
Politicians from Williamsburg, Virginia
Virginia colonial people