From WPA Cemetery Survey of 1939.
George Green was the son of Ann Charlotte Harrison (1786-1846) and John Green (1787-1864).
He married in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, November 29, 1855, Elizabeth Beckton "Lizzie"Watkins, daughter of Eliza B. Franklin Dudley and Becton Watkins.
[Refer to his wife's memorial, #115675332, for their children and Census listings.]
From LDS Family Search, findagrave contributor David A. French, an biography below.
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HON. GEORGE GREEN was born in Craven county, N. C., July 17, 1823. His parents were John and Charlotte (Harrison) Green, the former being a native of this state, and the latter of England. The father was an extensive planter and owned many slaves. He was a prominent member of the whig party. Our subject was reared on the homestead farm and was educated in the public schools of his native county, and later in the excellent private school taught by Robert G. Moore.
In 1846 he was licensed to practice law, and has since been engaged in active practice. He is the oldest living member of the Newbern bar and holds a very high position among the attorneys of the county. Soon after his admission to the bar he was elected attorney for Jones county, and later held the same office in Craven county.
In 1854 he was sent to the state legislature, being a member of the secession committee of that session, and in 1861, was one of the signers of the declaration of secession. In 1867 he was appointed by the state legislature, criminal judge of Craven county, and discharged the duties of that office for two years, until the reconstruction act. He was then elected to the state senate,and was subsequently elected attorney for Craven county.
In 1889 he was appointed clerk of the United States district court for the eastern district of North Carolina. For ten years he was attorney for the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad company, of which he was a director and organizer. He was a director and attorney of the state bank of Newbern for some time, and is a prominent member of the Masonic order, having taken the thirty-second degree.
In 1855 he married Miss Lizzie Watkins, daughter of Beckton Watkins, of Craven county, and two children have been born to them: George, ex-state senator and member of the legislature; and Mary [# 27323934], wife of Hamilton C. Chambers [Hamilton Smith Chambers, #27323922].
Judge Green and his wife are communicants of the Episcopal church. James Green, his great-uncle, was secretary of the first convention for forming the constitution of North Carolina.”
Source:
Edward McCrady, Samuel A’Court Ashe, “Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century,” Published by Brant & Fuller, 1892, http://tinyurl.com/55m4ml. Original from the University of Virginia, Digitized Dec 20, 2007
George Green was the son of Ann Charlotte Harrison (1786-1846) and John Green (1787-1864).
He married in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, November 29, 1855, Elizabeth Beckton "Lizzie"Watkins, daughter of Eliza B. Franklin Dudley and Becton Watkins.
[Refer to his wife's memorial, #115675332, for their children and Census listings.]
From LDS Family Search, findagrave contributor David A. French, an biography below.
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HON. GEORGE GREEN was born in Craven county, N. C., July 17, 1823. His parents were John and Charlotte (Harrison) Green, the former being a native of this state, and the latter of England. The father was an extensive planter and owned many slaves. He was a prominent member of the whig party. Our subject was reared on the homestead farm and was educated in the public schools of his native county, and later in the excellent private school taught by Robert G. Moore.
In 1846 he was licensed to practice law, and has since been engaged in active practice. He is the oldest living member of the Newbern bar and holds a very high position among the attorneys of the county. Soon after his admission to the bar he was elected attorney for Jones county, and later held the same office in Craven county.
In 1854 he was sent to the state legislature, being a member of the secession committee of that session, and in 1861, was one of the signers of the declaration of secession. In 1867 he was appointed by the state legislature, criminal judge of Craven county, and discharged the duties of that office for two years, until the reconstruction act. He was then elected to the state senate,and was subsequently elected attorney for Craven county.
In 1889 he was appointed clerk of the United States district court for the eastern district of North Carolina. For ten years he was attorney for the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad company, of which he was a director and organizer. He was a director and attorney of the state bank of Newbern for some time, and is a prominent member of the Masonic order, having taken the thirty-second degree.
In 1855 he married Miss Lizzie Watkins, daughter of Beckton Watkins, of Craven county, and two children have been born to them: George, ex-state senator and member of the legislature; and Mary [# 27323934], wife of Hamilton C. Chambers [Hamilton Smith Chambers, #27323922].
Judge Green and his wife are communicants of the Episcopal church. James Green, his great-uncle, was secretary of the first convention for forming the constitution of North Carolina.”
Source:
Edward McCrady, Samuel A’Court Ashe, “Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century,” Published by Brant & Fuller, 1892, http://tinyurl.com/55m4ml. Original from the University of Virginia, Digitized Dec 20, 2007
From WPA Cemetery Survey of 1939.
George Green was the son of Ann Charlotte Harrison (1786-1846) and John Green (1787-1864).
He married in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, November 29, 1855, Elizabeth Beckton "Lizzie"Watkins, daughter of Eliza B. Franklin Dudley and Becton Watkins.
[Refer to his wife's memorial, #115675332, for their children and Census listings.]
From LDS Family Search, findagrave contributor David A. French, an biography below.
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HON. GEORGE GREEN was born in Craven county, N. C., July 17, 1823. His parents were John and Charlotte (Harrison) Green, the former being a native of this state, and the latter of England. The father was an extensive planter and owned many slaves. He was a prominent member of the whig party. Our subject was reared on the homestead farm and was educated in the public schools of his native county, and later in the excellent private school taught by Robert G. Moore.
In 1846 he was licensed to practice law, and has since been engaged in active practice. He is the oldest living member of the Newbern bar and holds a very high position among the attorneys of the county. Soon after his admission to the bar he was elected attorney for Jones county, and later held the same office in Craven county.
In 1854 he was sent to the state legislature, being a member of the secession committee of that session, and in 1861, was one of the signers of the declaration of secession. In 1867 he was appointed by the state legislature, criminal judge of Craven county, and discharged the duties of that office for two years, until the reconstruction act. He was then elected to the state senate,and was subsequently elected attorney for Craven county.
In 1889 he was appointed clerk of the United States district court for the eastern district of North Carolina. For ten years he was attorney for the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad company, of which he was a director and organizer. He was a director and attorney of the state bank of Newbern for some time, and is a prominent member of the Masonic order, having taken the thirty-second degree.
In 1855 he married Miss Lizzie Watkins, daughter of Beckton Watkins, of Craven county, and two children have been born to them: George, ex-state senator and member of the legislature; and Mary [# 27323934], wife of Hamilton C. Chambers [Hamilton Smith Chambers, #27323922].
Judge Green and his wife are communicants of the Episcopal church. James Green, his great-uncle, was secretary of the first convention for forming the constitution of North Carolina.”
Source:
Edward McCrady, Samuel A’Court Ashe, “Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century,” Published by Brant & Fuller, 1892, http://tinyurl.com/55m4ml. Original from the University of Virginia, Digitized Dec 20, 2007
George Green was the son of Ann Charlotte Harrison (1786-1846) and John Green (1787-1864).
He married in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, November 29, 1855, Elizabeth Beckton "Lizzie"Watkins, daughter of Eliza B. Franklin Dudley and Becton Watkins.
[Refer to his wife's memorial, #115675332, for their children and Census listings.]
From LDS Family Search, findagrave contributor David A. French, an biography below.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HON. GEORGE GREEN was born in Craven county, N. C., July 17, 1823. His parents were John and Charlotte (Harrison) Green, the former being a native of this state, and the latter of England. The father was an extensive planter and owned many slaves. He was a prominent member of the whig party. Our subject was reared on the homestead farm and was educated in the public schools of his native county, and later in the excellent private school taught by Robert G. Moore.
In 1846 he was licensed to practice law, and has since been engaged in active practice. He is the oldest living member of the Newbern bar and holds a very high position among the attorneys of the county. Soon after his admission to the bar he was elected attorney for Jones county, and later held the same office in Craven county.
In 1854 he was sent to the state legislature, being a member of the secession committee of that session, and in 1861, was one of the signers of the declaration of secession. In 1867 he was appointed by the state legislature, criminal judge of Craven county, and discharged the duties of that office for two years, until the reconstruction act. He was then elected to the state senate,and was subsequently elected attorney for Craven county.
In 1889 he was appointed clerk of the United States district court for the eastern district of North Carolina. For ten years he was attorney for the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad company, of which he was a director and organizer. He was a director and attorney of the state bank of Newbern for some time, and is a prominent member of the Masonic order, having taken the thirty-second degree.
In 1855 he married Miss Lizzie Watkins, daughter of Beckton Watkins, of Craven county, and two children have been born to them: George, ex-state senator and member of the legislature; and Mary [# 27323934], wife of Hamilton C. Chambers [Hamilton Smith Chambers, #27323922].
Judge Green and his wife are communicants of the Episcopal church. James Green, his great-uncle, was secretary of the first convention for forming the constitution of North Carolina.”
Source:
Edward McCrady, Samuel A’Court Ashe, “Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century,” Published by Brant & Fuller, 1892, http://tinyurl.com/55m4ml. Original from the University of Virginia, Digitized Dec 20, 2007
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