James Lee Green, Jr

1822 - 1864  (42 years)

• Name	James Lee Green
  Suffix	Jr
  Born	1822	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Cemetery	Woodlawn National Cemetery
  Military Service	Civil War (CSA)
  	In May, 1864, James Lee was captured at the Battle of Bloody Angle in Spotsylavnia Courthouse, Virginia, and transferred to the notorious Elmira, New York prisoner of war camp.
  Died	4 Oct 1864	Elmira, NY
  Buried	lot number 600W.N.C
  Notes	On being called to duty in the Spring of 1862, James Lee Green had his will made, had photographs taken with his children and enlisted as a private in Company H, the 30th Regiment of the NC Troops. Letters written his family have been published in "The Broad River Digest" by Irene Roach Delpino, his Great-Great-Granddaughter. In May, 1864, James Lee was captured at the Battle of Bloody Angle in Spotsylavnia Courthouse, Virginia, and transferred to the notorious Elmira, New York prisoner of war camp. In June of that year he wrote to his wife, Mary Ann, advising her of his capture, as well of his illness. On October 4, 1864, James Lee died of dysentery at Elmira. James Lee Green is buried at the Woodlawn National Cemetery, in Elmira, in lot number 600W.N.C
  Person ID	I5913	myfamilytree
  Last Modified	20 May 2022

  
  

  Father	James Lee Green, Sr,   b. 1776,   d. Abt 1844  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Sarah (Sally) Moss,   b. 1779, Cowpens, SC ,   d. 1863  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1 Aug 1808
  Family ID	F3694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Ann Griffith,   b. 1825, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 6 Jan 1906, Caroleen, Rutherford Co., NC  (Age 81 years)
  Married	14 Feb 1857
  Last Modified	20 May 2022
  Family ID	F1136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary "Polly" Poston,   b. 4 Oct 1800,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	21 Dec 1841	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  	Married by Rev Drury Dobbins
  Marriage fact	Marriages performed by Reverend Drury Dobbins, Baptist Minister, and taken from his personal record book which is now in the State Archives in Raleigh: December 21, 1841 - James L. Green and Mary "Polly" Poston - his 1st marriage; s/o James Lee Green and Sarah Moss.
  Children	1. Vianah Green
  Last Modified	20 May 2022
  Family ID	F4058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Load the map

  Born - 1822 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Married - 21 Dec 1841 - Rutherford County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth