Green, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1802-1863

Thomas Jefferson Green (1802-1863) was a native of Warren County, N.C. and served as a brigadier general during the Texas Revolution and as a representative in the legislatures of four states.

From the guide to the Thomas J. Green Papers, 1820-1910, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

Thomas Jefferson Green, native of Warren County, N.C.; served as Brigadier General during the Texas Revolution and as a representative in the legislatures of four states.

From the description of Thomas J. Green papers, 1820-1910. WorldCat record id: 23289454

Thomas Jefferson Green (1802-1863), soldier, legislator, and planter, attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, and after was elected to the General Assembly in North Carolina in 1823. Soon afterward he went to Florida, became a planter, and served as a representative in the Florida legislature. He married Sarah Wharton in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 8, 1830; they had one son, Wharton Jackson Green. Sarah died in 1835.

Thomas Green organized the Texas Land Company and moved to Texas in 1836 but abandoned the colonization project to serve in the Texas army. After being commissioned brigadier general, he returned to the United States to raise volunteers, money, and ammunition for the Texas cause. Beginning on October 3, 1836, Green represented Bexar County in the Texas House of Representatives.

Background information taken from the Handbook of Texas Online.

From the guide to the Green, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 1835-1838, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)