Individual Details
Greenville Leander Justice
(1825 - 5 Apr 1865)
1. Marriage and Parental information-Peyton found in Lucy Inez Justice-Campbell's Bible Record.
2. History of Logan County by: Major Henry Clay Ragland C.S.A.
Major Ragland served on General Stonewall Jackson's Staff.
(Partisan Ranger) Thomas Legion of Indians, and Highlanders, 62nd North Carolina Infantry, Company K. KIA in Asheville, North Carolina. "No braver or more noble hearted men ever lived than those composing the 62nd North Carolina Regiment of Infantry". The LAST Confederate unit to surrender. They refused to take the Union Oath. Also Rumored to be the Unknown 1rst Sergeant in the 10th Kentucky Confederate Cavalry (Diamond Yankee Chasers) Company F.
Dr. Dana Dorsey of the Logan County, W.Va. Genealogical Society "Sergeant Greenville Justice left Logan County with a Confederate Unit from Kentucky in August of 1862(2nd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles Company D)". Company D later became Colonel William S. Smith's "Rebel Bill" Big Sandy Partisan Rangers.
During the Summer of 1862 many Logan Co. residence joined the Confederate Unit Company D of Kentucky as they were passing through! Here are some last names listed;
Adjutant General for Kentucky
Adkins, Bennet, Baker, Burton, Collins, Cyrus, Dean, Duff, Dyre, Estep Finley, Gardner, Green, Griffen, Hamlin, Harliss(Harless), Harris, Herald, Hicks, Holbrook, Justice, Larre, Levi, Massay, Mitchell Morris, Mullins, Murphy, McCoy, Parsons, Porter, Pennington, Poor, Ratcliff, Rose, Rucker, Riffe, Rite, Rutherford, Sexton, Stafford, Smith, Thompson, Walker, William, Webb, and Young.
1861 Residence given by the Logan Co. Gen. Soc. He left his Family in Kentucky to fight for the Southern Cause.
Land Grants for PIKE COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Grantee Acres Book Page Date Survey County Watercourse
Greenville Justice 100 18 69 6-6-1845 Pike LOUISA FK
Greenville Justice 200 36 269 12-11-1850 Pike HOPKINS CR
Greenville Justice 50 36 343 12-13-1850 Pike R H FK KEANS BR
Greenville Justice 350 36 344 12-12-1850 Pike LOUISA FK
Greenville Justice 25 50 211 5-3-1857 Pike BR LOUISA FK
2. History of Logan County by: Major Henry Clay Ragland C.S.A.
Major Ragland served on General Stonewall Jackson's Staff.
(Partisan Ranger) Thomas Legion of Indians, and Highlanders, 62nd North Carolina Infantry, Company K. KIA in Asheville, North Carolina. "No braver or more noble hearted men ever lived than those composing the 62nd North Carolina Regiment of Infantry". The LAST Confederate unit to surrender. They refused to take the Union Oath. Also Rumored to be the Unknown 1rst Sergeant in the 10th Kentucky Confederate Cavalry (Diamond Yankee Chasers) Company F.
Dr. Dana Dorsey of the Logan County, W.Va. Genealogical Society "Sergeant Greenville Justice left Logan County with a Confederate Unit from Kentucky in August of 1862(2nd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles Company D)". Company D later became Colonel William S. Smith's "Rebel Bill" Big Sandy Partisan Rangers.
During the Summer of 1862 many Logan Co. residence joined the Confederate Unit Company D of Kentucky as they were passing through! Here are some last names listed;
Adjutant General for Kentucky
Adkins, Bennet, Baker, Burton, Collins, Cyrus, Dean, Duff, Dyre, Estep Finley, Gardner, Green, Griffen, Hamlin, Harliss(Harless), Harris, Herald, Hicks, Holbrook, Justice, Larre, Levi, Massay, Mitchell Morris, Mullins, Murphy, McCoy, Parsons, Porter, Pennington, Poor, Ratcliff, Rose, Rucker, Riffe, Rite, Rutherford, Sexton, Stafford, Smith, Thompson, Walker, William, Webb, and Young.
1861 Residence given by the Logan Co. Gen. Soc. He left his Family in Kentucky to fight for the Southern Cause.
Land Grants for PIKE COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Grantee Acres Book Page Date Survey County Watercourse
Greenville Justice 100 18 69 6-6-1845 Pike LOUISA FK
Greenville Justice 200 36 269 12-11-1850 Pike HOPKINS CR
Greenville Justice 50 36 343 12-13-1850 Pike R H FK KEANS BR
Greenville Justice 350 36 344 12-12-1850 Pike LOUISA FK
Greenville Justice 25 50 211 5-3-1857 Pike BR LOUISA FK
Events
| Birth | 1825 | Pike County, Kentucky | |||
| Marriage | 13 Feb 1842 | Cabell/Logan County, Virginia - Rebecca Lucinda Ferrell | |||
| Census | Bet 1850 and 1860 | Head of Household Pike County, Kentucky. | |||
| Military | Bet 1861 and 1865 | Pike County, Kentucky, North Carolina | |||
| Residence | 1861 | Residence: Elk Creek, Logan County, (Virginia) West Virginia | |||
| Death | 5 Apr 1865 | Asheville, North Carolina | |||
| Occupation | Plantation Owner | ||||
| Nationality | Richmond Va. Records Green as possible American Indian descent along with his children. | ||||
| AKA (Facts Pg) | Green, Granville, & Lee |
Families
| Spouse | Rebecca Lucinda Ferrell (1823 - 1901) |
| Child | Peyton Robert Justice (1843 - 1926) |
| Child | Elizabeth Sarilda Justice (1844 - ) |
| Child | Pricy Justice (1845 - ) |
| Child | Mary Justice (1847 - ) |
| Child | Polly Justice (1848 - 1911) |
| Child | Mitchell Justice (1851 - 1934) |
| Child | Colbert "Cob" Cecil Justice (1854 - 1930) |
| Child | America "Louisa" Justice (1856 - 1902) |
| Child | Nancy "NAN" Justice (1857 - ) |
| Child | John Fleming "JF" Justice (1861 - 1944) |
| Father | Peyton Robert Justice (1784 - 1862) |
| Mother | Mary Polly Blackburn (1794 - ) |
| Sibling | Hustin Justice (1815 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Archabald "Arch" Slone (1817 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Mary Elizabeth Justice (1819 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Polly Pop Justice (1821 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Sarah Sally Justice (1823 - 1850) |
| Sibling | John Fleming "JF" Justice (1829 - 1864) |
| Sibling | William Apperson Justice (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Pricy Justice (1834 - 1889) |
| Sibling | America Justice (1837 - 1917) |
| Sibling | James Apperson Justice (1839 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Jefferson David Justice (1840 - ) |