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Sources consulted for the biography of:Armistead Green ( –1892)
Primary Sources
- Age 32 on July 7, 1870, in United States Census Schedules, Petersburg, 1870, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- 1884 marriage in Petersburg Marriage Register 1 (1854–1890), pp. 137–138, Library of Virginia (age 43 on December 24)
- Land purchases documented in City of Petersburg Hustings Court Deed Books, especially 32, 37, 38, 40, 42, 46, 48, 49), Library of Virginia
- 1881 election in Election Record No. 17, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, Accession 26041, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia
- 1883 election in Election Record No. 65, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, Accession 22484, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia
- Age 54 on March 6, 1892, in Death Register, Petersburg, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia
Secondary Sources
- Brief biography in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 18 (with undocumented birth year of 1841 and erroneous death year of 1893), 86
- William D. Henderson, Gilded Age City: Politics, Life and Labor in Petersburg, Virginia, 1874–1889 (1980)
Newspapers
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, November 9, 1881; November 8, 1883
- Petersburg Lancet, September 22, 1883 (first quotation)
- New York Sun, February 29, 1884 (second quotation)
- Petersburg Daily Index-Appeal, March 11, 1892
Obituaries
- Detroit Plaindealer, April 1, 1892 (third quotation)
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