Green, Moses

Title: Green, Moses
Gender: Male
Biography: Moses was born enslaved in Boone County, but was manumitted at the direction of enslaver John Watts, per Watts' 1837 will. Moses, his brother, Henry, and their mother were to be manumitted in 1837. There has been no evidence yet found of their manumission, but both Moses and Henry were married in Jefferson County (Ind.) in the mid-1840s. The brothers bought land together in Ripley County in 1844 and settled there with their families.
Member: Green family
Birth date: circa 1802
Place of birth: Boone County (Ky.)
Mother: unknown, Massey
Life event(s): Marriage: 24 Sep 1844; Jefferson County (Ind.); Jefferson County (Ind.)
Spouse(s): Bird, Elizabeth
Death date: 26 July 1892
Place of death: Ripley County (Ind.)
Participant in: 1834--Manumission of Massey, Moses and Henry
Relationship: Known Enslaver(s:) Watts, John Rev.; Tousey, Thomas (bound to); Watts, John; Tousey, Thomas, Jr.
Bibliographic citation(s): St. Paul's Lutheran Church Records, Ripley County, Indiana; Jefferson County (Ind.) Marriage Records; December 1841–February 1845. Page 472; Ripley County, Ind. Will Book B, page 58; Boone County Deed Book C, page 444
Source(s): FamilySearch.org; Indiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999; Boone County Deed Books; Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850