1. In the 1830 U.S. Census for AL, Arabella Green is in Bibb County. In the household are one male 5 - 9 (born 1821 - 1825), one male 10 - 14 (born 1816 - 1820), one male 15 - 19 (born 1811 - 1815), one female 10 - 14 (born 1816 - 1820), two females 15 - 19 (born 1811 - 1815), and one female 40 - 50 (Arabella, born 1780 - 1790). Neighbors include William Griffon, Riley (Wiley) Bagwell, William H. Dodson, William Barrentine, Polly Hampson, John Hagbie, John Jolly, Bradley Jolly, William Jolly, Somder (Saunders) Moore, Vincent King, Henry Horing (Herring), Elija Green, John Shuttlesworth, Martin Shuttlesworth, Nancy White, William Howard, Allen Whitley, Filardon Flicker (?????), James Lynn, Charles Reach, Henry Potts, Joseph W. Jones, Simeon Tucker, Tomide King????, Micel H. Whaley.
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2. Martha Green married William R. Johnson in Bibb County on March 2, 1833. John Johnson was the bondsman, William Caddell was the clerk, marriage performed by Joal Pratt, J.P. and permission for the marriage given by groom's father and BRIDE'S MOTHER:
"State of Alabam Bibb County Mar 1 1833 I do hearby authorize (?) the clark of said county to grant William Riley Johnson & Marthy Green licens for matrymony given under my hand William Johnson and ARABELLA GREEN"
The marriage has nothing to do with John Clark, as published at FamilySearch.org. If you read the note, the words are clear:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9822-27991-95?cc=1743384
So Arabella was the mother of Martha Green.
3. Martha Green Johnson moved with her husband William to Mississippi about 1838. In the 1850 U.S. Census for MS, William R. and Martha Johnson are living in Northern Division, Carroll County. He is 34, born SC, a farmer. She is 33, born TN. Also in the household are Francis, 16, Mary, 14, Matilda, 12, all born AL; and Elijah, 9, Minerva, 7, and John, 4, all born MS.
http://interactive.ancestry.com/8054/4195939-00209/3356214?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1850usfedcenancestry%26h%3d3356214%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t5380938_p6148486453_kpidz0q3d6148486453z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t5380938_p6148486453_kpidz0q3d6148486453z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord#?imageId=4195939-00209
Martha married about age 17 in Bibb County in 1833; therefore she would be about 14 in 1830. She's likely the female 10 - 14 in Arabella's household in 1830.
4. In the 1860 U.S. Census for MS, Martha Johnson is living in Wise County, TX. She is 43, born TN, no occupation listed, cannot read or write. Also in the household are Elijah G., 18, and John W., 12, along with James, Eliza, Francis, Mary, and Augustus Jinnings.
http://interactive.ancestry.com/7667/4297450_00174/35266745?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1860usfedcenancestry%26indiv%3dtry%26h%3d35266745&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
So Martha was born either TN or SC about 1817.
Why this is important:
Joseph Green is my current candidate for Britta Ann Green's father. And Arabella Green of Bibb County could be related to him. Here's why:
The marriage has nothing to do with John Clark, as published at FamilySearch.org. If you read the note, the words are clear:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9822-27991-95?cc=1743384
So Arabella was the mother of Martha Green.
3. Martha Green Johnson moved with her husband William to Mississippi about 1838. In the 1850 U.S. Census for MS, William R. and Martha Johnson are living in Northern Division, Carroll County. He is 34, born SC, a farmer. She is 33, born TN. Also in the household are Francis, 16, Mary, 14, Matilda, 12, all born AL; and Elijah, 9, Minerva, 7, and John, 4, all born MS.
http://interactive.ancestry.com/8054/4195939-00209/3356214?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1850usfedcenancestry%26h%3d3356214%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t5380938_p6148486453_kpidz0q3d6148486453z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t5380938_p6148486453_kpidz0q3d6148486453z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord#?imageId=4195939-00209
Martha married about age 17 in Bibb County in 1833; therefore she would be about 14 in 1830. She's likely the female 10 - 14 in Arabella's household in 1830.
4. In the 1860 U.S. Census for MS, Martha Johnson is living in Wise County, TX. She is 43, born TN, no occupation listed, cannot read or write. Also in the household are Elijah G., 18, and John W., 12, along with James, Eliza, Francis, Mary, and Augustus Jinnings.
http://interactive.ancestry.com/7667/4297450_00174/35266745?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1860usfedcenancestry%26indiv%3dtry%26h%3d35266745&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
So Martha was born either TN or SC about 1817.
Why this is important:
Joseph Green is my current candidate for Britta Ann Green's father. And Arabella Green of Bibb County could be related to him. Here's why:
1. In the 1840 US Cenus for AL, Joseph Green is in Bibb County. In the household are two males 20 - 30 (Joseph & ?, born 1810 - 1820), one female 5 -10 (possibly Britta), one female 40 - 50 (Joseph's cougar wife Nancy Smitherman Garner) and one 50 - 60 (born 1780 - 1790).
2. Both households in Bibb County.
2. Both households in Bibb County.
3. If you compare the households of Arabella Green in 1830 and Joseph Green in 1840, there are some interesting similarities. In 1830 Arabella Green was 40 - 50, born 1780 - 1790; the older female in Joseph's 1840 household was 50 - 60 and born 1780 - 1790. So she's the right age to be Arabella. In Arabella's 1830 household there are one male born 1816 to 1820 and one male born 1811 - 1815. In Joseph's 1840 household there are two males born 1810 - 1820. So there are two males of the correct age in Joseph's household. The teenaged women from Arabella's 1830 household could have married, and the boy could have grown up, moved, or died.
So, there you go. It's a theory, and eventually something will come along to prove or disprove it. But I'm having fun on the way, and isn't that what counts?
I'm sure Arabella would approve.
So, there you go. It's a theory, and eventually something will come along to prove or disprove it. But I'm having fun on the way, and isn't that what counts?
I'm sure Arabella would approve.
