Thomas Marston Green, Sr. was born into a prosperous family and received private schooling. He was the great-grandson of Major Henry Filmer, who sat in the House of Burgesses for James City County and later Warwick County, Virginia. Henry Filmer, (and thus Thomas Marston Green,) was a descendant of the kings and queens of England, Scotland, and most of Europe. Colonel Green was an officer in the Continental Army. He conferred with General George Rogers Clark to attempt to open the Spanish-controlled Mississippi River to American Traffic. He gathered a small army and went down the Mississippi River. General Clark failed to rendezvous with him, but he continued on down the river to the Natchez area. He later moved his family to Natchez District which became Mississippi Territory. He built a large plantation there. He was very influential politically and was instrumental in having the Bourbon Act of 1785 passed, which formed the 2nd largest county in United States history. This became known as the Yazoo Land Fraud and was repealed in 1788. What his interest was in the matter is unknown. He was a magistrate in the Mississippi Territory and performed a marriage ceremony in 1791 at Springfield Plantation, the home of his son, Thomas Marston Green, Jr., between (later President) Andrew Jackson and Rachel Donelson which would later be declared invalid because of her prior marriage. He died June 25, 1805, and was buried on his plantation in what is now Jefferson County, Mississippi. His wife was Martha Wills Green, and they were the parents of 13 children.
Thomas Marston Green, Sr. was born into a prosperous family and received private schooling. He was the great-grandson of Major Henry Filmer, who sat in the House of Burgesses for James City County and later Warwick County, Virginia. Henry Filmer, (and thus Thomas Marston Green,) was a descendant of the kings and queens of England, Scotland, and most of Europe. Colonel Green was an officer in the Continental Army. He conferred with General George Rogers Clark to attempt to open the Spanish-controlled Mississippi River to American Traffic. He gathered a small army and went down the Mississippi River. General Clark failed to rendezvous with him, but he continued on down the river to the Natchez area. He later moved his family to Natchez District which became Mississippi Territory. He built a large plantation there. He was very influential politically and was instrumental in having the Bourbon Act of 1785 passed, which formed the 2nd largest county in United States history. This became known as the Yazoo Land Fraud and was repealed in 1788. What his interest was in the matter is unknown. He was a magistrate in the Mississippi Territory and performed a marriage ceremony in 1791 at Springfield Plantation, the home of his son, Thomas Marston Green, Jr., between (later President) Andrew Jackson and Rachel Donelson which would later be declared invalid because of her prior marriage. He died June 25, 1805, and was buried on his plantation in what is now Jefferson County, Mississippi. His wife was Martha Wills Green, and they were the parents of 13 children.
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