Text taken from "One Room Schools in Gallatin County, Illinois" written by Lucille Lawler. Greer School was located in Eagle Creek Township near Greer Cemetery which is in Section 10. It is thought the school was named for William Greer who was born in 1827 and who served in the Mexican War. He and his wife, Lucy Ann, had three daughters and four sons. In the 1870 Census, a school teacher, Thom Kinney, lived in the Greer home. Lucy Ann, the mother, was listed as not being able to read or write, but it is a safe bet that all the children learned at school. A grandson, Alton A. Greer, taught school for twenty years, worked as a lawyer for forty years and was the States Attorney in Gallatin County for several years. There were other gifted descendants who came from the area. Families represented by children in Greer School included Barnett, Williams, Brinkley, Stricklin, Vinyard, Hubbs, Patton, Hewitt, Frohock, Baldwin, Dutton, Jennings, Sweat, Elliott, Blake, Graham, Payne, Scroggins, Kingston, Potter, Dickson, Page, Baker, Casey, Belt, Pennell and others. Teaches remembered were Will Pickering, I. M. Brinkley, Jim Milligan, Mora Moore, Helen Womack, Virginia Baker Coyle, Georgia Baker Kennedy, Essie Vinyard Green, Joe Scroggins, Philbert Riley, A. L. (Bub) Oxford and Ruth Crest Syers. Martha Baker Harpling