The Timeline | Mr. Green | Additional History
From the 1953 Pleasant Green History by Alan Browning
read at the Centennial Celebration of Pleasant Green Church on
September 25, 1932
At the time of the building of the first Church, Mr. Green, the contractor, lived in this county. Loved by all who knew him for his genial disposition, and serving as a contractor, legal advisor and highly respected public servant, he was know as Pleasant Green. Thence, tradition tells us, comes the name of our church.
Mr. Orion Jones adds this to the story: In a conversation with a Mr. Green in Durham, Pleasant Green Church was mentioned—then Mr. Green told him that his father had helped plan and build the first church there, and that when naming it had been discussed he had suggested that since it was such a pleasant green place why not call it Pleasant Green? Then someone made the remark that it would also be named for Mr. Green. So, goes the story.
The same Mr. Green delivered the oration when the Corner Stone was laid for the Hillsboro Court House in 1845 by the Masonic Order.
He was also the same man to whom a well-to-do widow in the county deeded her property when she was about to marry for a second time. After the second husband died, Mr. Green deeded the property back to the widow.