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Frances Keeling Burton “Frankie” Green

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Frances Keeling Burton “Frankie” Green

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20 May 1866 (aged 68)
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Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Frances Keeling Burton was born at "Nine Oaks" in N.C., the daughter of James Minge Burton and Elizabeth née Ridley, She married Thomas J. Green at Chapel Hill in 1818. They had issue, according to W.J. Carrrington's History of Halifax County (1924):
1. Sarah Elizabeth Green, b. 1819
2. John Burton Green, b. 1820
3. James Minge Green, b. 1822
4. Frances Keeling Green, b. 1824
5. Berryman Green (III), b. 1825
6. Thomas Jefferson Green, b. 1827
7. Nathaniel Terry Green, b. 1829
8. Robert Broomfield Green, b. 1830
9. Wm. Leigh Green, b. 1832
10. Emma Green, b. 1835
11. Clarence Green, b. 1838
12. Alexander Ridley Green, b. 1840

Carrington also tells a harrowing tale of Frances Green seeking refuge in a cave during Nat Turner's Rebellion nearby, hidden by Dick, a sympathetic enslaved person held by her husband.



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