NameJames Greenwood
Documentation
The estate of Reuben Shepherd in account with James and Thomas Greenwood, adminstrators, for 1820 and 1821 was settled on 16 July 1821 by Anthony Haynes, Kemp Gatewood, and John Saddler. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 19, pages 233–234.]
James Greenwood and Thomas Greenwood, sons of Twyman Greenwood, were mentioned in the 31 August 1823 will of Rachel Ware, proved on 17 November 1823. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 19, page 419.]
In an undated petition, orators and oratrices Susanna Greenwood, Polly Greenwood, Thomas Greenwood, Jacob Durham and Caty his wife, Ruth Cauthorn, Warner Shackelford and Lydia his wife, Leonard Collins, Edward Greenwood and William Clarke and Eliza his wife complained that Twyman Greenwood died in [blank] 1827 intestate with a small personal estate leaving your orators and oratrices Susanna, Polly, Caty W., Rutha, Lydia and Thomas and a certain Elizabeth McKan wife of Elijah MacKan not an inhabitant of the State of Virginia and Jane Brizendine now wife of Henry Brizendine and your orator Leonard Collins and grandson by a deceased daughter and your orator Edwin and your oratrix Eliza Clark and Lucy Ann and Rosanna Greenwood infant grandchildren by a deceased son James Greenwood. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 38, item 38-B-25.]