Green Berry Creekmore (1811 - 1893)

Born 28 Dec 1811 in Nash, North Carolina, United States

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Died 16 Jun 1893 at age 81 in Wolf Creek, Whitley, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Green Berry was born in North Carolina in 1811 ^[1]. He was the son of Ballentine Batchelor Creekmore and Mary Lemon Brown. He was married twice:

1. He married Ida Ellison about 1834. They had 18 children ^{[1] [2] [3]}:
   1. William W. Creekmore (1835-1862)
   2. Francis Asbury Creekmore (1837-1926)
   3. Roseanna Creekmore
   4. Henry Newton Creekmore (1839-1921)
   5. Rebekah M. Creekmore
   6. Andrew Jackson Creekmore
   7. Elizabeth M (Creekmore) Davis (1843-1921)
   8. Embey King Creekmore (1844-1931)
   9. Rucarra Rew Creekmore
   10. Jasper Campbell Creekmore
   11. Mary Ann (Creekmore) Baird (1851-1951)
   12. Helen E. Creekmore
   13. Ruminta Jane Creekmore (1853-abt.1930)
   14. Thomas B. Creekmore
   15. Isaac E. Creekmore
   16. Nancy Ellen (Creekmore) Cox (1859-1948)
   17. Horace Maynard Creekmore (1861-1954)
   18. Jesse Lenhern Creekmore
2. After his first wife's death, he married Elizabeth Dickinson in Whitley, Kentucky in 1889 ^[4]

He passed away in 1893 and was buried in the Wolf Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Whitley County, Kentucky ^[5].

Research Notes

This profile was originally set up with first name "Greenbury". None of the extensive source documents show his name as one word. He likely went by his full first and middle names "Green Berry", which can sound like one word. Profile edited on 28 August 2023 to match name to source documents. Added ""Green Berry" as his preferred name.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6M-74W : Tue Jul 18 01:52:45 UTC 2023), Entry for G B Creekmore and Ida Creekmore, 1850.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YQ-N6M : Tue Jul 18 02:28:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Green B Creekmore and Idia Creekmore, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD89-DZT : Mon Aug 21 21:30:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Green B Creetnione and Ida Creetnione, 1870.
4. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-VDZF : 9 March 2021), G B Creekmore and Elizabeth Dickinson, 30 Oct 1889; citing Marriage, Whitley, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 532,627.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11347463

See also:

• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC83-K39 : Thu Aug 03 01:26:29 UTC 2023), Entry for Green B. Creekmore and Ida Creekmore, 1880.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Donna Creekmore for creating WikiTree profile Creekmore-194 through the import of david herbert creekmore_2013-11-16_01.ged on Nov 16, 2013.
• Source entered by Stacy Lee Hatfield, 3rd G Granddaughter of Greenbury Creekmore