Bob Green was an enslaved African American. He was a young boy when William Giles Harding brought him to the Belle Meade Plantation to work. He grew up working with horses & was "an expert in everything related to the Thoroughbred".
Even after the Civil War he chose to stay on at the plantation & was one of the highest paid workers. Towards the end of his life he was heartbroken because he was finally forced to leave. He requested to be buried on the plantation grounds & his request was granted.
To learn more view the Belle Meade Plantation's site &/or the Wikipedia page where his picture came from.
Per Nancy Keller (47677119): According to an 1888 newspaper item, Bob claimed he was born at Nashville and was the property of the McNairy family, into which William Giles Harding later married. He stated that upon William Harding's marriage to his first wife, Mary Selena McNairy, Bob and his mother came to Belle Meade Plantation.
Bob's birth year has been reported as having been 'about 1822,' but on the 1900 U.S. census which asked for the month and year of the enumerant's birth, he stated he had been born in January, 1823.
His death certificate indicated his died of heart failure at his Nashville residence, 1415 Lorango Street and that he was interred at Belle Meade.
Even after the Civil War he chose to stay on at the plantation & was one of the highest paid workers. Towards the end of his life he was heartbroken because he was finally forced to leave. He requested to be buried on the plantation grounds & his request was granted.
To learn more view the Belle Meade Plantation's site &/or the Wikipedia page where his picture came from.
Per Nancy Keller (47677119): According to an 1888 newspaper item, Bob claimed he was born at Nashville and was the property of the McNairy family, into which William Giles Harding later married. He stated that upon William Harding's marriage to his first wife, Mary Selena McNairy, Bob and his mother came to Belle Meade Plantation.
Bob's birth year has been reported as having been 'about 1822,' but on the 1900 U.S. census which asked for the month and year of the enumerant's birth, he stated he had been born in January, 1823.
His death certificate indicated his died of heart failure at his Nashville residence, 1415 Lorango Street and that he was interred at Belle Meade.
Bob Green was an enslaved African American. He was a young boy when William Giles Harding brought him to the Belle Meade Plantation to work. He grew up working with horses & was "an expert in everything related to the Thoroughbred".
Even after the Civil War he chose to stay on at the plantation & was one of the highest paid workers. Towards the end of his life he was heartbroken because he was finally forced to leave. He requested to be buried on the plantation grounds & his request was granted.
To learn more view the Belle Meade Plantation's site &/or the Wikipedia page where his picture came from.
Per Nancy Keller (47677119): According to an 1888 newspaper item, Bob claimed he was born at Nashville and was the property of the McNairy family, into which William Giles Harding later married. He stated that upon William Harding's marriage to his first wife, Mary Selena McNairy, Bob and his mother came to Belle Meade Plantation.
Bob's birth year has been reported as having been 'about 1822,' but on the 1900 U.S. census which asked for the month and year of the enumerant's birth, he stated he had been born in January, 1823.
His death certificate indicated his died of heart failure at his Nashville residence, 1415 Lorango Street and that he was interred at Belle Meade.
Even after the Civil War he chose to stay on at the plantation & was one of the highest paid workers. Towards the end of his life he was heartbroken because he was finally forced to leave. He requested to be buried on the plantation grounds & his request was granted.
To learn more view the Belle Meade Plantation's site &/or the Wikipedia page where his picture came from.
Per Nancy Keller (47677119): According to an 1888 newspaper item, Bob claimed he was born at Nashville and was the property of the McNairy family, into which William Giles Harding later married. He stated that upon William Harding's marriage to his first wife, Mary Selena McNairy, Bob and his mother came to Belle Meade Plantation.
Bob's birth year has been reported as having been 'about 1822,' but on the 1900 U.S. census which asked for the month and year of the enumerant's birth, he stated he had been born in January, 1823.
His death certificate indicated his died of heart failure at his Nashville residence, 1415 Lorango Street and that he was interred at Belle Meade.
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