----- Original Message ----- From: "Prosser Genealogy - Comcast" <prossergenealogy@comcast.net> To: <TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 7:59 AM Subject: Fw: [TNDAVIDS] GREER > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Prosser Genealogy - Comcast" <prossergenealogy@comcast.net> > To: "leenancsa" <leenancsa@vzinet.com> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 7:54 AM > Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] GREER > > > > For Your Information: > > > > GREER Research > > > > Since you mentioned Lewisburg, TN in the body of your message it caught my > > attention. The GREER name is a surname that is conducive to that area. > > > > From: A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans > > Printed 1913 > > Page # 78 > > > > Andrew Greer is one of the two earliest white men to settle south of the > > Virginia line. He was the father of Joseph Greer removed to Middle > Tennessee > > and the father of two sons who became more or less known.. In the > Nashville > > Evening Banner of August 17, 1912 there appeared a special letter from > > Fayetteville, Tennessee, referring as follows to those descendants of the > > Watuaga pioneer. > > > > "Jacob Greer, one of the twin sons of Joseph Greer, the messenger of > King's > > Mountain, has been gathered to his fathers, his death occurring the latter > > part of the week. The accompanying photograph was taken four years ago > when > > the twins were eighty four years of age. Jacob lived at the old Greer > home, > > the rear part which was built by his distinguished father on land granted > by > > the government for his services during the Revolutionary War. Thomas > Greer, > > the surviving twin brother still lives in Petersburg on his farm, about > two > > miles from his brother's home. The brothers were widely known in Lincoln > > County as the 'Confederate Twins,' having enlisted in the beginning of the > > Civil War in Company B, Forty- Fourth Tennessee Regiment, under Col. John > S. > > Fulton. Thomas Greer is still in fairly good health, is able to work in > his > > garden and occasionally rides horseback into Petersburg. He was able to > > drive to Fayetteville, a distance of thirteen miles to his brother's > funeral > > last Sunday. Jacob Greer was of a more adventurous nature than his brother > > and in 1848 went to California in search of fortune. He was successful in > > his quest for gold and came home with about $30,000 which he invested or > > loaned out and which was nearly all lost during the Civil War. He was fond > > of reading and had a remarkable memory even in his old days. The Greer > twins > > were said to be the oldest twins in the world so far as known, a careful > > inquiry having failed to lead to the discovery of another case of brothers > > or sisters living to such an advanced age." > > > > Page 190: > > Joseph Greer is listed among the first settlers of Knoxville. > > > > Page 802: > > > > [In reference to Lincoln County] > > > > Two notable men of the early days were Archibald Yell, who removed to > > Arkansas and Joseph Greer, who carried the news of the victory of King's > > Mountain to Congress, then sitting at Philadelphia. Greer had a vast body > of > > land, was a giant physically, and, as a chronicler has it, "dressed in the > > style of an old Virginia aristocratic gentleman." > > > > Joseph Greer is buried in the Greer Cemetery two and one-half miles east > of > > Petersburg, Tennessee, north of Petersburg-Chestnut Ridge Road and west of > > Hannah Gap Road. > > "Here lyeth the body of Joseph Greer, he was while living an example of > > everything distinguished. He died on 23 day of February 1831, in the 77th > > year of his age. Lamented by all who knew him." Metal Plaque" > > King's Mountain Messenger carried the message of the victory at King's > > Mountain to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia, thereby turning the > > tide of the Revolution. > > > > Note: Petersburg is midway between Fayetteville and Lewisburg on the > > Lincoln / Marshall County line. There is a state historical plaque in > > Petersburg about Mr. Greer. The Fullerton name is also another name that > was > > an old surname of the same area. > > > > Bobby Prosser > > prossergenealogy@comcast.net > > http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "leenancsa" <leenancsa@vzinet.com> > > To: <TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 5:56 AM > > Subject: [TNDAVIDS] GREER > > > > > > > JANE F. GREER, MARTHA GREER, W.E. GREER, WILL ROB GREER, ALLENE GREER. > > 1840'S TN > > > > > > Seeking information on the parents/family of JANE F. GREER b 1854. Also > > seeking to know the date/place of her marriage & where she is buried. > > > > > > The earliest record I have regarding my great-grandmother, JANE F. > GREER, > > is the 1870 Obion County TN Census. She was 16. Her mother, MARTHA, age > 35 > > is listed as the head of household, and William age 18 is listed as son. > > All are documented as born in TN. > > > > > > > > > A younger relative was ALLENE GREER. We found a photo of an infant > with > > "ALLENE GREER" written on back. No dates. Another younger relative was > WILL > > ROB GREER. We found a photo made in LEWISBURG TN of a boy about a year > > old. Probably pre-1890. We believe Jane's brother, William was the > father > > of these children. > > > > > > JANE GREER married HUGH COOK BROWNLOW about 1872, probably in, or around > > Obion County TN. A W.E. GREER, witnessed a Brownlow family Last Will & > > Testament. The Will, dated April 03, 1882, OBION COUNTY TN, was witnessed > > by E.H. TAIDALE, W.E.GREER, THOMAS L. MOSLEY, and H.T.FULLERTON, MD. > > > > > > > > > Family legend is that Jane died after 1885 and before 1890 . About 1890 > > Hugh Cook Brownlow migrated to TX. Jane's mother, Martha, also came to > > Texas with Hugh and the 4 children. > > > > > > The children of JANE F. GREER and HUGH COOK BROWNLOW were: > > > Nettie Lorraine Brownlow, Fanny Brownlow, Henry Frank Brownlow and > Mattie > > Francis Brownlow. All born in TN before 1890. > > > > > > Thank you for taking time to read and respond if you have a link. > > > > > > Mr. Leland Carter > > > PO Box 162 > > > Fruitvale, TX 75127 > > > Van Zandt CountyTexas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > >