Green, Henry

Title: Green, Henry
Gender: Male
Biography: Henry, his brother Moses, and their mother, Massey were enslaved by John Watts but bound to Thomas Tousey for a period of twenty years in 1817. The family was to be freed at the end of that term, per the will of John Watts.; Henry was married in 1845, a year after his brother, Moses. The brothers bought land together in Ripley County (Ind.) in 1844 and when their households were enumerated in the 1850 census, it appeared they were on neighboring properties.
Member: Green family
Birth date: circa 1808
Place of birth: Boone County (Ky.)
Mother: unknown, Massey
Life event(s): Marriage: 20 March 1845; Jefferson County (Ind.); Jefferson County (Ind.)
Spouse(s): Taylor, Barbara
Place of death: after 1880
Participant in: 1834--Manumission of Massey, Moses and Henry
Resided in: Ripley County (Ind.)
Relationship: Enslaver(s): Watts, John Rev.; Tousey, Thomas (bound to); Watts, John; Tousey, Thomas, Jr.
Bibliographic citation(s): Ripley County, Indiana Will Book B, page 58; Boone County Deed Book C, page 444; Jefferson County (Ind.) Marriage Records, Volume 1, page 8
Source(s): Indiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999; Boone County Deed Books; Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850