Nimrod Milton Green

Nimrod Milton Green E M V K Y Photo: [I have photo given by Mrs. Lillian Norman.] Hardcopy in the Photos Binder; not scanned. Born: 31 April 1827 near Paris, Fauquier County.[1720] 31 July 1827.[1721] Married: Amanda Virginia Wheatley (25 September 1835–16 December 1907). She is buried with her husband on family farm near Greenville, Augusta County.[1722] “After the war, he married Amanda Virginia Wheatley (25 September 1835–16 December 1907) of Laurel Hill near Rixeyville, Culpeper County.[1723] [1724] [1725] Which note w/ wh/ fact?, Amanda Wheatley in 1865.[1726] Died: 21 February 1882 and “buried on family farm near Greenville, Augusta County.:[1727] Buried Hitt family burying ground near Greenville, Augusta County.[1728] [1729] Which note w/ wh/ fact? Died 21 February 1882 Greenville.[1730] “Aged 54 years, 6 months, 20 days.” ‘”Buried in private cemetery bear Greenville Virginia (near Staunton). Go south from Greenville on Route 340 four miles to Route 666. Turn left, go two miles and cross railroad tracks. Turn left between railroad tracks and garage. Follow road along railroad for one mile. Cemetery is on right in cornfield just before this private road turns left and crosses railroad to private home.”[1731] Obituary: Children: Mary, married Isaac Steele, six children; Caledonia, married M. H. Lightner, nine children; Sallie; Betty, married Robert Travel, four children; Milton, married Janie Trimble, six children.[1732] Parents and Siblings: Elizabeth (Hitt) and John Green who died in his early childhood. [“Both died by May 1835 Two opening quotation marks; no closing marks; no footnote. “He was raised by his mother’s brother, Dr. [Nimrod M.] Hitt, in Augusta [County] at “Mountain View,” near Greenville.” Other Family: Elizabeth’s father was Peter Hitt who wed Lucy Rosser.[1733] Stories, Letters & Biographies: “…one of the best soldiers in the [Company] …”[1734] See Letters Chapter under Hugh Hamilton. One Mr. Green was an honorary pallbearer at the 1909 funeral of Robert Allison Hart.[1735] “On the 18th of May, 1861,”… “soldiers in the Spartan sense”… “observed a Masonic sign”… “always counted on the Black Horse in emergencies”… “a gem of eloquence”… “an old Black Horseman… said the other day”….[1736] See Stories Chapter under The Black Horse Troop. CSR: 6’4”, dark complexion, grey hair, blue eyes; constable; enlisted 25 April 1861 Waynesborough; absent for horse November 1862; captured 2 April 1865 Petersburg; released Point Lookout Prison. Additional Information: “One of fifty young men organized into a Cavalry Troop in Warrenton, VA in the year 1859. The Company was named the ‘Black Horse Troop’…. When the War Between the States started, this troop became… Co. H, 4th VA Cavalry. They served with distinction and kept their identity as the ‘Black Horse Troop’. Nimrod Green was at one time a personal scout for General Lee. He was in many engagements during the four years. He did not receive any wounds, but suffered for the rest of his life from exposure.”[1737] “He spent his last years as a farmer and took an active part in promoting public schools in Augusta [County] He was also a member of the school board, an appraiser and tax collector. His [descendents] remember him as a man who loved dancing and hunting.”[1738] [1739] [1740] [1741] Which note w/ wh/ fact? [NOTE:see sktches re fn] After he grew up, he returned to Fauquier where for some years he was a law officer, then called a constable. He was an original member of the BH, joining in 1858. He was taken prisoner in Warrenton in 1862 and later paroled. Captured again on April 2, 1865 at Petersburg and imprisoned at Point Lookout, Md. Released June 13, 1865. He survived the war without any wounds, by sheer luck, as he had holes shot through his hat and clothes. Two opening quotation marks; no closing marks; no footnote. “After the war, Nimrod was a farmer, a school board member, an appraiser & tax collector.”[1742] Listed as “N. M. Green.”[1743]