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Facts and Events
Information on John Greenup
From "History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia: 1748-1920", by William Cecil Pendleton, pg. 406:
- In the spring of 1767, Thomas Witten moved on from Walker's Creek with his family to the "Crabapple Orchard" tract on Clinch River, and with him came John Greenup, who had married Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Witten.
- John Greenup, who married Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Witten, remained with his family in Tazewell only a brief while after the county was organized. He had two grown sons,.Thomas and Christopher, when the county was formed. When the county court, at its December term, 1800, recommended certain citizens to the governor of Virginia for appointment as officers of the militia, Thomas Greenup was named as one of the captains of the 2nd Battalion of the 112th Regiment.
- In 1801, John Greenup and his family, including Thomas and Christopher, moved to Kentucky. The Greenups became prominent in the affairs of the State; and in 1804, Christopher Greenup was made governor. He was inaugurated June 1st, 1804, and served the State four years as its Chief Executive. He was so highly esteemed as a citizen that a splendid county in the Bluegrass State was given his name. Greenup County borders on the Ohio below the mouth of Big Sandy River.
Note: Pendleton in his "History of Tazewell County", mis-identifies Christopher Greenup who served as the 3d Governor of Kentucky. Gov. Christopher Greenup was not the son of John Greenup and Elizabeth Witten, he was actually the brother of John Greenup; both John and Christopher were sons of John Greenup, Sr. and his wife Ann, from Prince George's and Frederick County, Maryland.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 World Family Tree, Cd 1, Tree 969.
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