Green, Billy (scout)

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Green_(scout)
  • Wiki Biography:
    • William Green, otherwise known as Billy Green the Scout, was key to the British-Upper Canadian victory at the Battle of Stoney Creek. Billy Green was born February 4, 1794, in the Saltfleet Township in Upper Canada, and died March 15, 1877. His father was a New Jersey Loyalist named Ensign Adam Green. His mother, Martha Green, died a year or so after Billy was born, so he was raised by his oldest sister. He was the last born of the eleven children in his family. According to local tradition, he is believed the first white child born in the vicinity of Stoney Creek, Ontario.
    • On June 5, 1813, Billy’s sister reported to him that her husband, Isaac Corman, had been captured by the Americans, who held him near the beach on Lake Ontario. Corman convinced some American officers that he was a cousin of William Henry Harrison, an American politician (and later president) who was major-general of US troops in the north-west. The officers released Isaac, who then requested the counter-sign so that he could get past the American sentries and go home
    • Billy Green Falls, a complex ribbon waterfall found in Battlefield Creek, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada was named after him. Billy Green Elementary School, is also named after him and is nearby.
    • The book of poetry “Never Counting the Cost” (2012), by Raymond Souster and Les Green, recounts the War of 1812 and Billy Green the Scout. Souster won the Governor General’s Award and the Order of Canada. Published by The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, Eugenia, Ontario.
    • Stan Rogers popularized Billy Green’s exploits in the song “Billy Green the Scout” on the album ‘From Coffee House to Concert Hall’. Billy’s story was also celebrated by singer George Fox.
  • Son of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=3358
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100176037/william-green