JILES GREEN
 CEMETERY

The cemetery where Jiles Green and his wife “Nancy” –believed to be Catherine
Chandler-are buried is located as follows:

Take Route 201 south of Blaine. Just at the Lawrence/Johnson County line, turn left
off 201 onto Rt. 3387, which parallels Rockhouse Fork. There is a Davis Cemetery
near this junction. Drive south along Route 3387 until you see “Honey Lane” marked
on the left (east) side of the road. Stop and look back.  On the west side of Rt.
3387, just before Honey Lane, is a fenced, well-maintained cemetery, which may be
the one referred to as the James M Green Cemetery. On the east side of Rt. 3387,
just before Honey Lane, is a farm house and barn with another out-building on the
west side of the road just before the cemetery. The house belongs to Roy and Addie
Conley. The cemetery in which Jiles is buried is located on the point of a hill to
the left of the house (on the east side of Route 3387), marked only by an overgrown
vine/briar patch inside the pasture field. On close observation, it was possible to
see where a fence had once enclosed the overgrown patch, presumed to be the area of
the cemetery.

According to Ted Walter, who made this trip with Frankie Perry and Helen Tackett on
November 7, 2004, the farm and the two cemeteries are on land that at one time was
owned by Jiles Green.  Walter knocked on the door of the house, but no one answered.
To reach the cemetery, Walter, Tackett and Perry walked between the carport and the
chained watchdog to the barnyard. Walking to the left of the barn front, stepping
over the electric fence, the trio climbed to the wire fence in which there was a
gate or wire gap. Opening the gap, and carefully closing it behind themselves, the
three walked up the hill to a bench on the point. Walter said the briar patch was
where the cemetery was located, but no stones were visible.  Walter walked to one
point, saying that the stones had been right there, but were not there now.]  Perry
began looking through the overgrowth in the area, and found a stone.  Walter at
first did not believe it was in the right place, but a closer examination showed the
engraving matched that of the picture Walter had taken in 1984 of Nancy Green’s
stone.  In the same area, Perry soon located the stone of Giles Green, which was
broken in half.  The three took pictures of the stones, of the cemetery, and looked
for other stones. One other stone was found, but the inscription was not legible.
The group left the hill, the same way they climbed it, carefully gave the dog a wide
berth, and again knocked on the door of the house.

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RED: Additions added to original documentation
    
Only three stones were found in the large area. Other stones may be there that could
be found if the cemetery were cleaned.  The inscription could not be read on the one
stone that was still upright.  Two stones were flat on the ground, almost covered
with vines. One of these was broken in half. One of the fallen stones was that of
(Catherine) Nancy Chandler, wife of Jiles (Giles) Green. The inscription read:
“Nancy, wife of Jiles Green, born June 17, 17__ __, died Jan ___, 1845” (blanks
indicate illegible dates). A dove was at the top of the stone. The broken stone was
that of Jiles Green: “Jiles Green, died, stone broken through date, aged 8_ Years” A
Holy Bible was at the top of the stone and an inscription at the bottom.
  
The inscriptions as deciphered from the photo taken twenty years earlier (1984):
  
"NANCY"
WIFE OF GILES GREEN
BORN JUNE 18-1799 (month & last digit of year hard to decipher)
DIED JAN 18-1845 ??
  
"JILES GREEN"
DIED
(Stone is broken through date)
AGED 8?  YEARS (Unreadable in photo)”
    
  
The data I have on  Jiles:
  
JILES (GILES) GREEN, b. ca 1798-1800 in Virginia, son of William Green and Judith
Ann “Judea” Gordon; d. 20 August 1881 in Johnson County, Kentucky  m. 1817- 1819
probably in Cabell County, Virginia to NANCY CHANDLER (Listed by some researchers as
"Catherine 'Katie' Chandler;" the name appears as "Nancy Chandler" on death records
of at least five children.),  b.  June 18, 1800, Virginia, daughter of Thomas
Chandler and Amasa Jane; d. January 18, 1845 in Johnson County, Kentucky.
  
JILES GREEN married 2nd March 14, 1846 in Johnson Co., KY to MARGARET GHENT YATES, a
widow, b. July 29, 1806, in VA; d. August 16, 1881 in Johnson Co., KY, buried in the
James Green Cemetery, Johnson Co., KY.
  
I descend from Jiles' oldest son Thomas Green and wife Jemima Brown.
  
If you think any of this is suitable to post, please do.   I have attached copies of
the pictures of the gravestones taken in 1984 by Thelma Walter and her son Ted
Walter, who accompanied us on this trip.
  

[WILLIAM GREEN, s/o JILES GREEN and NANCY E. CHANDLER, buried in "Green Grave Yard,
Chandlersville”- which may be the “Jiles Green Cemetery”. Informant on William
Green’s death certificate was Jane Johnson (His daughter?):  MARY JANE GREEN
(William3, Jiles2, William1), b. October 23 (22?), 1859 in Johnson County, KY; d.
May 02, 1930, age 71, in Johnson County, Kentucky –listed on death certificate as
“Jane Johnson”; m. March 23, 1880 in Johnson County, Kentucky to JOHN JOHNSON]
  
Obit of: Jane (Green) Johnson
   
Frankie Perry Nov 2004
  
  

Persons known to be buried here: 
  
Jiles (Giles) Green 			(s/o William Green & Judith Ann Gordon) (ca 1800-1881); 
Nancy Chandler, wife of Jiles 		(d/o Thomas Chandler & Amasa Jane) (1798-1845); 
  
William Green 				(s/o Jiles & Nancy Green) (1831-1926); 
  
Sarah Yates Green 			(d/o Joshua Yates & Margaret Ghent), wife of William (1828- 1902); 
  
Garfield Green (1873-1875)
  
  
Suspected to be buried here:
  
Judith Ann Gordon Green, wife of William Green, mother of Giles & Enoch Green; d. 1856
  
John Green, s/o Giles & Nancy Green
  
Jemima Sparks Green, w/o John Green
   
  
If anyone knows of anyone else buried in this cemetery, or has other clues that indicate 
this as a possible burial site, please contact me.  
    
Submitted By: Frankie Perry Sep 2005  

The obituary of M.L. Green states he is buried in the same family cemetery as his brother
William.
  
GREEN, M.L.            76  			Apr.02 1926    (OBIT)
  
Added By: Darrell Music Sep 2005

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