ANNIE LAURA GREEN (1856 – 1904)

Annie Laura Green was born near Raymond, Hinds Co., MS. in Nov. 1856.  Her mother was Lucy, her Father, Sam Green.  They were enslaved by John Harris of Liberty Grove, Hinds County, MS.  Lucy died during the Civil War.  Sam went away to the army and was never heard from again.  At six years of age Annie went to work in the home of Isabella Tillman, where she remained until her marriage.

(Note: A Sam Green died 28 June 1917, age about 75, in Liberty Grove, Hinds Co., MS.  On Kingston Road at Mr Friers(?) Place. He was a farmer. He would have been born about 1842; Annie's father was born about 1833.)

Annie married Henry Miller Craft on Oct. 10. 1877 in Raymond, MS. They had four children: William, Paul, Laura, and Cleveland.  Henry served as minister in the AME Church in Raymond, MS.   About 1890, the family moved to Natchez, MS, where Henry converted to the

Methodist Episcopal Church.

Annie died May 26, 1904, of TB, and is buried in the Natchez City Cemetery, Fields Plat, Addt.

Sources:

1.  Military Pension File of Pat Dilet, alias Henry Craft, #973688, National Archives

2.  Probate File #186, John Harris, Hinds Co., MS

3.  1870, 1880, 1900 US Population Census.

4.  Marriage Record 1877. Hinds Co., MS.

5.  Sexton Death Records, Natchez, MS.