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.
Correspondence, financial papers, and commission of Thomas Jefferson Green relate to
Green's public career in Texas; his business affairs in Florida; raising of troops
and funds in the United States; and letters accepting commissions in the Republic of
Texas Army. Also included is a green letter, dated Republic of Texas, County of
Brazoria, June 23, 1838, as
Unrestricted access.
Unrestricted use.
Thomas Jefferson Green Papers, 1835-1838, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s