Brunetta Taylor Green1,2

b. Feb 14, 1832, d. Feb 8, 1870
FatherMoses Green1 b. 1789, d. 1846
MotherHarriett Basye1,3 b. circa 1798, d. 1866
     Brunetta Taylor Green was born on Feb 14, 1832 in VA.4,3,2,5
     Brunetta was probably a free white female, age 5 and under 10, in Moses Green's household, on the 1840 Census in Culpeper Co, VA.6
     They moved in 1842 to Pike Co, MO.7
     They moved in 1843 to VA.7
     Taylor, Brunetta, Edward, Amelia, Elizabeth and Joseph was listed as a household member living with Harriett Green on the 1850 Census in Culpeper Co, VA.8
     Brunetta Taylor Green married John Robert Riley on Nov 2, 1857 in Culpeper Co, VA.1,9,10
     Brunetta and Sophia was listed as a household member living with John Robert Riley in the 1860 Census in Harrison Co, VA; John was a carpenter, with $60 in personal property.5
     Brunetta Taylor Green died on Feb 8, 1870 at age 37.11 She was buried in Abram Smith Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV.11

Family

John Robert Riley
Children
  • Sophia Riley5 b. circa 1859
  • Charles Henry Riley12 b. circa 1860
  • Harriet Ann Riley12 b. circa 1862
  • Robinette Riley12 b. circa 1864
  • Saxey Riley12 b. Oct, 1869

Citations

  1. [S957] Carolyn Green, "Family Chart for James Green and Elizabeth Tapp."
  2. [S952] Carolyn Green, "RE: Moses Green," e-mail to Julia Langel, February 24, 2003, RE: Moses Green.
  3. [S958] 1850 U. S. Census, Virginia, Culpeper County, page 276, line 33, dwelling 963, family 965, Virginia, Culpeper County, suggests 1831.
  4. [S957] Carolyn Green, "Family Chart for James Green and Elizabeth Tapp", says 1827.
  5. [S2467] 1860 U. S. Census, Virginia, Harrison County, page 820/80, line 12, dwelling 560, family 560, Virginia, Harrison County.
  6. [S959] 1940 U. S. Census, Virginia, Culpeper County, page 251, line 29, Virginia, Culpeper County.
  7. [S1217] A. A. Graham and Co, History of Licking County.
  8. [S958] 1850 U. S. Census, Virginia, Culpeper County, page 276, line 33, dwelling 963, family 965, Virginia, Culpeper County.
  9. [S952] Carolyn Green, "RE: Moses Green," e-mail to Julia Langel, February 24, 2003, RE: Moses Green.
  10. [S2466] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940: Brunetta T. Green and John R. Riley record.
  11. [S2450] FindaGrave, memorial page for Brunety T. Riley, accessed November 30, 2014, findagrave.com.
  12. [S2468] 1880 U. S. Census, West Virginia, Taylor County, Fetterman, ED 82, sheet 334C, line 16, dwelling 4, family 4, West Virginia, Taylor County.
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