Display Patriot - P-170022

Willis GREEN

SAR Patriot #: P-170022

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State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: 2nd Lieutenant

DAR #: A047482

Birth: 1752 / Fauquier / VA
Death: 1813 / Lincoln / KY

Additional References:

28th-35th Annual Reports, NSDAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC;
HEITMAN, HIST REG OF OFFICERS OF THE CONT ARMY DURING THE WAR OF THE REV, 1775-1783, pg 260

Spouse: Sarah Reed
Children: John; Eliza; Martha Ellen; Duff; Letitia;

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Burial:

Bellevue (aka Danville) Cemetery_(C-0042555)

Location:

Danville / Boyle / KY / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

73029

Grave Plot #:

Old Section

Grave GPS Coordinates:

37.650988 / -84.768983

Find A Grave Memorial #:

86584284

Marker Type:

SAR/DAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

17 Aug 2014

Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Stephanie Griffin

Green served as a 2hd Lieutenant from Fauquier County Virginia. He entered Kentucky with a surveying party to locate land warrants. Green built one of the first brick homes in Kentucky; Waveland still stands today in south Danville, KY. The Georgian style home remained in the Green family for well over a century.

Green was active in the conventions that finally brought Kentucky statehood. Willis Green also organized the first library in Danville. Willis and his wife Sarah, daughter of Lettice and John Reed, married in 1783. Lewis, the youngest son of Willis and Sarah, was the 5th president of Centre College.

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