GILMER COUNTY, GA - BIOS   Greer, Alexander W.

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  RE: Martin Greer Family 
Posted by: jhempel (ID *****4841) Date: January 05, 2005 at 18:26:11 
   of 5618  


I am looking for the Father of Rebecca Elizabeth
Martin/Morton b. 5 May 1862 St. Clair Co., Alabama later
Etowah Co., Alabama. Her Mother was Nancy Ann Greer b. abt.
1834 Georgia. Rebecca E. Martin is first found in the 1880
Census of Etowah Co., Alabama in the household of Thomas J.
Harvy(sic) her husband, son of James E. and Lucinda
(Downing) Harvey. Her age is given as 18 b. in Alabama. Her
Father is shown as being born in SC and her mother in
Alabama.


In the 1870 Census for Etowah Co., AL, she is found in the
household of her Grandmother, Rebecca Greer, a widow age 58
b.SC. Along with Rebecca is her Mother, Nancy Morton/Martin
age 36 b. Georgia and uncles Freeman age 22 b. GA, Richard
N. age 20 b. AL, W. M. age 17 b. AL and Washington A. age 15
b. AL. Checking the 1866 State Census for St. Clair Co., AL
N. A. Martin age over 20 and a female under 10 can be found
living either next to or with R. Greer age over 20 with 3
males age 10-20 living with her. about 6 households away is
Miles Martin age over 20 with 2 females and 1 male all under
10 living with him. Suspect that he might be related to the
husband of Nancy Ann (Greer) Martin/Morton.

Going back to the 1860 Census for St. Clair Co., Alabama
Rebecca Greer, a widow, age 48 b. SC a farmer with real
estate valued at $3000 has the following members in her
household: Nancy Ann age 22 b. SC Sarah E. age 18 b. GA John
M. age 16 b. GA Newton F. age 11 b. GA Richard N.age 10 b.
AL William M.age 7 b. AL Alexander W. 6 b. AL


In the 1850 Census for St. Clair Co., Alabama the following
family can be found: Alexander W. Greer age. 42 b. NC Farmer
Real Estate $1000 Rebecca age 37 b. SC Nancy Ann age 16 b.
GA Martin G. age 13 b. GA Sarah C. age 10 b. GA John M. age
6 b. GA Newton F. age 3 b. GA Richard N. age8/12 b. AL

Alexander W. Greer bought a total of 80+ acres of land on
the 1 April 1852 from the Huntsville, AL land office. This
land was located in TWP 12 R 4 E in St. Clair Co., AL later
Etowah Co., AL.

Any help that you can give me with respect to these families
would be greatly appreciated. This is my 88 year old
Brother-in-law's ancestors and I am trying to locate his
ancestors.

================ The only reason I am in the Greer surname
is because I ran across a female who was listed as a Matron
for a Georgia unit in the Cherokee War. It seems there may
have been three women serving as Matrons One of them was a
Rebecca Greer who served in Lindsay's GA Mtd Mil in the
Cherokee War - the other two also served in this unit. I
believe that person may be your Rebecca. There is an A. W.
Greer who served in Derrick's Co. of Lindsay's GA Mtd Mil in
the Cherokee War - this is probably Alexander W. Greer. The
only other thing I can tell you is that Alexander W. Greer
is shown on the 1840 Gilmer, GA census. Do you have any info
on Rebecca serving in the Cherokee War? Thanks

1840 Census Georgia > Gilmer >   image 25
10001     |  12001  Alexander W. Greer

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Moses Greer
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