Griffin Greene

Griffin Greene
Born	(1749-02-20)February 20, 1749 Warwick, Rhode Island
Died	June 1804 (aged 55) Marietta, Ohio
Place of burial	Mound Cemetery (Marietta, Ohio)
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	Continental Army
Rank	deputy to the Quartermaster General
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War
Relations	Nathanael Greene (cousin), Christopher Greene (brother-in-law)
Other work	director of the Ohio Company of Associates

Griffin Greene (1749–1804) served as a commissary, paymaster, and quartermaster to the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was subsequently a pioneer to the Ohio Country, helping establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory.

Griffin Greene was born in Warwick, Rhode Island on February 20, 1749. He married Sarah Greene of the same town, sister of Christopher Greene. They had four children, Richard, Philip, Griffin, and Susan.

With his cousin Jacob Greene, Griffin built a forge on the Pawtuxet River for the manufacture of iron. This forge was subsequently used for the manufacture of cannonballs supplied to revolutionary soldiers.

Griffin and his cousin, Gen. Nathanael Greene, had a close relationship. “Among the earliest attachments of the general’s life, was one formed with a cousin of the name of Griffin Greene. And to the close of their lives, the affectionate regard in which they held each other, was nearly proverbial.” They engaged in a significant volume of correspondence during the war, much of which was preserved or recorded.

During 1775 Griffin Greene served as commissary to Rhode Island troops. In 1777 he served as paymaster of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Army; this regiment was then commanded by his brother-in-law, Colonel Christopher Greene. During 1778, Griffin Greene served as deputy to the Quartermaster General of the Continental Army, his cousin Major General Nathanael Greene.

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