I find Samuel C. Greer in the 1860 census for Fentress County: 1860 TN Fentress Greer David 17 1842-1843 m TN Dist 1 #245 1860 TN Fentress Greer Margaret 20 1839-1840 f TN Dist 1 #245 1860 TN Fentress Greer Benjamin F. (farmer) 23 1836-1837 m TN Dist 1 #245 1860 TN Fentress Greer Mary 25 1834-1835 f TN Dist 1 #245 1860 TN Fentress Greer Jane 49 1810-1811 f TN Dist 1 #245 1860 TN Fentress Greer Samuel (minister) 49 1810-1811 m TN Dist 1 #245 [head] ========== Living next door is this family (looks like this could be a widowed dau. Jane, and a brother, John C. as tenant; or possibly husband and wife) 1860 TN Fentress Greer Mary J. 3 1856-1857 f TN Dist 1 #246 1860 TN Fentress Greer Samuel Polk 7 1852-1853 m TN Dist 1 #246 1860 TN Fentress Greer Jane 28 1831-1832 f TN Dist 1 #246 1860 TN Fentress Greer John C. (tenant) 29 1830-1831 m TN Dist 1 #246 ========== Also, living in District 11, Olympus, is Samuel Greer's father, David Greer: 1860 TN Fentress Greer David (farmer) 71 1788-1789 m TN Olympus Dist 11 #25 and another brother of Samuel: 1860 TN Fentress Greer Thomas 2 1857-1858 m TN Olympus Dist 11 #11 1860 TN Fentress Greer David 5 1854-1855 m TN Olympus Dist 11 #11 1860 TN Fentress Greer Mary A. 6 1853-1854 f TN Olympus Dist 11 #11 1860 TN Fentress Greer John 11-Jan 1848-1849 m TN Olympus Dist 11 #11 1860 TN Fentress Greer James 13 1846-1847 m TN Olympus Dist 11 #11 1860 TN Fentress Greer Clementine 15 1844-1845 f TN Olympus Dist 11 #11 1860 TN Fentress Greer Rachel 35 1824-1825 f TN Olympus Dist 11 #11 1860 TN Fentress Greer Thomas (farmer) 44 1815-1816 m TN Olympus Dist 11 #11 ========= There is a Thomas Greer, age 35 in the 1850 Census, but no Samuel. In 1880, there are several Greer, some of whom are no doubt descendants of Samuel: 1880 TN Fentress Greer Millie 23 1856-1857 f TN Dist 2 #45 1880 TN Fentress Greer Benjymen F. 19 1860-1861 m TN Dist 2 #45 1880 TN Fentress Greer Mary E. 2 1877-1878 f TN Dist 2 #45 ========== 1880 TN Fentress Greer John C. 48 1831-1832 m TN Dist 2 #46 1880 TN Fentress Greer Margaret A. 37 1842-1843 f TN Dist 2 #46 1880 TN Fentress Greer Sarah A. 5 1874-1875 f TN Dist 2 #46 1880 TN Fentress Greer Asbery 4 1875-1876 m TN Dist 2 #46 1880 TN Fentress Greer Bascon 1 1878-1879 m TN Dist 2 #46 ======== 1880 TN Fentress Greer Samuel B. 25 1854-1855 m TN Dist 2 #47 1880 TN Fentress Greer Tennessee 18 1861-1862 f TN Dist 2 #47 1880 TN Fentress Greer Elizabeth J. 3 1876-1877 f TN Dist 2 #47 1880 TN Fentress Greer William T. 1 1878-1879 m TN Dist 2 #47 ===== 1880 TN Fentress Greer David 30 1849-1850 m TN Dist 7 #226 1880 TN Fentress Greer Malissie 26 1853-1854 f TN Dist 7 #226 1880 TN Fentress Greer Mary J. 12 1867-1868 f TN Dist 7 #226 1880 TN Fentress Greer John 10 1869-1870 m TN Dist 7 #226 1880 TN Fentress Greer Berm 8 1871-1872 m TN Dist 7 #226 1880 TN Fentress Greer James 8 1871-1872 m TN Dist 7 #226 1880 TN Fentress Greer Marion 6 1873-1874 m TN Dist 7 #226 1880 TN Fentress Greer Samuel 4 1875-1876 m TN Dist 7 #226 1880 TN Fentress Greer Masons 3 1876-1877 m TN Dist 7 #226 1880 TN Fentress Greer Polley A. 10/12 1879 f TN August Dist 7 Hope this is some help. Willie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Karrsunny@aol.com> To: <TNPICKET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:46 PM Subject: [TNPICKET] Samuel Grear, Civil War Chaplain > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VgB.2ACE/1175 > > Message Board Post: > > Seeking information on Samuel Grear. He was 55 years old when he served > as Chaplain for the ninth Tennessee Cavalry (Union). he was a minister > living in Pickett County after the war. Any info appreciated. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNPICKET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >