Individual Details
Margaret Greer
(1814 - 1861)
1861, May 16 - There are a lengthy series of documents to the estate of Margaret Greer Burns. It is interesting that she inherited the estate of Alexander and claims poverty yet ends up in only a three years with $4900 dollars in slaves.
State of Alabama, Tallapoosa County
This is a true and correct inventory of the goods and chattles belonging to the estate of Margarett Burns deceased which came to the possession of said estate.
1. George a man aged 60 years - 400.00
2. Chesny a woman age 34 years - 850.00
3. Ned a Boy aged 15 years - 1000.00
4. Caroline a girl aged 13 years - 800.00
5. Bob a boy aged 9 years - 700.00
6. Nance a girl aged 7 years - 500.00
7. Laura a girl aged 5 years - 400.00
8. Liza a girl aged 2 years 250.00
one note due 25th Dec, nxt payable by J. W. Sutton, Jermiah Sutton, H. P. Smith, M. M. Smith, - 45.00
One note payable to S. W. Newell Martha Newell Dec 25th next - 35.00
One due 25th Dec. next by S. W. Newell and Martha Newell - 30.00
One due 25th Dec. next Jno G. Jones James E. Jones - 75.00
One due 25th Dec. next Jno G. Jones James E. Jones - 25.00
One due 25th Dec. next N. G. Williams and H. P. Smith - 50.00
State of Alabama, Tallapoosa County
We the undersigned commissioners who was appointed by the Judge of Probate of the above named state & County to appraise the property belonging to the estate of Margarett Burns have met and proceeded to appraised the afore named property and set acrorn the abount opposite each article as negro which we have done without fines or affiction to the best of our knowledge
Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting justice of the Peace. August 10th 1861. T. Madden J. P.
C. G. Mulligan Appraiser
Dickerson Jones "
[will and probate records, Vol. 3, pp 745-746, Tallapoosa Co., AL]
1865- Hugh K. McCulla to Margaret K. Burns. Judge Appleby signed marriage license July 3, 1865 (incomplete).
[Marriage Records 1861-1890 of Chambers county, Alabama., pub. The Genealogical Society of East Alabama, Inc., 1974]
After Margaret's death the youngest children were probably split up living with various relatives including Joseph Greer Jr. until they came of age. Eventually they lived with their brothers or sisters as they married. They did live near one another in the 1870 Tallapoosa County census.
State of Alabama, Tallapoosa County
This is a true and correct inventory of the goods and chattles belonging to the estate of Margarett Burns deceased which came to the possession of said estate.
1. George a man aged 60 years - 400.00
2. Chesny a woman age 34 years - 850.00
3. Ned a Boy aged 15 years - 1000.00
4. Caroline a girl aged 13 years - 800.00
5. Bob a boy aged 9 years - 700.00
6. Nance a girl aged 7 years - 500.00
7. Laura a girl aged 5 years - 400.00
8. Liza a girl aged 2 years 250.00
one note due 25th Dec, nxt payable by J. W. Sutton, Jermiah Sutton, H. P. Smith, M. M. Smith, - 45.00
One note payable to S. W. Newell Martha Newell Dec 25th next - 35.00
One due 25th Dec. next by S. W. Newell and Martha Newell - 30.00
One due 25th Dec. next Jno G. Jones James E. Jones - 75.00
One due 25th Dec. next Jno G. Jones James E. Jones - 25.00
One due 25th Dec. next N. G. Williams and H. P. Smith - 50.00
State of Alabama, Tallapoosa County
We the undersigned commissioners who was appointed by the Judge of Probate of the above named state & County to appraise the property belonging to the estate of Margarett Burns have met and proceeded to appraised the afore named property and set acrorn the abount opposite each article as negro which we have done without fines or affiction to the best of our knowledge
Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting justice of the Peace. August 10th 1861. T. Madden J. P.
C. G. Mulligan Appraiser
Dickerson Jones "
[will and probate records, Vol. 3, pp 745-746, Tallapoosa Co., AL]
1865- Hugh K. McCulla to Margaret K. Burns. Judge Appleby signed marriage license July 3, 1865 (incomplete).
[Marriage Records 1861-1890 of Chambers county, Alabama., pub. The Genealogical Society of East Alabama, Inc., 1974]
After Margaret's death the youngest children were probably split up living with various relatives including Joseph Greer Jr. until they came of age. Eventually they lived with their brothers or sisters as they married. They did live near one another in the 1870 Tallapoosa County census.
Events
| Birth | 1814 | South Carolina | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 1830 | (Joseph Greer Sr. and Priscilla Stokes) Marengo County, Alabama |  |  | |
| Marriage License | 24 Jan 1834 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama - William Alexander "Billy" Burns | | | |
| Marriage | 29 Jan 1834 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama - William Alexander "Billy" Burns | | | |
| Census (family) | 23 Oct 1850 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama - William Alexander "Billy" Burns | | | |
| Census | 22 Jun 1860 | Desoto, Tallapoosa County, Alabama | | | |
| Death | 1861 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama | |
Families
| Spouse | William Alexander "Billy" Burns (1812 - 1887) |
| Child | Martha Ann Burns (1835 - 1874) |
| Child | Salmon W. Burns (1838 - ) |
| Child | Henry Hilliard Burns (1840 - 1907) |
| Child | Rachell Evalina Burns (1842 - ) |
| Child | Margaret K. Burns (1843 - ) |
| Child | Samuel Alexander Burns (1850 - 1889) |
| Child | Elizabeth Aldora J. Burns (1853 - 1897) |
| Child | Ophelia Priscilla E. Burns (1852 - 1924) |
| Child | Mary Lewella G. Burns (1857 - ) |
| Father | Joseph Greer Sr. (1770 - 1843) |
| Mother | Priscilla Stokes (1774 - 1853) |
| Sibling | Samuel Greer (1794 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Rachel Greer (1800 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Martha Greer (1802 - 1873) |
| Sibling | Robert Greer (1803 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Greer Jr. (1807 - 1893) |
| Sibling | James Greer (1808 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Spencer Greer (1811 - ) |
| Sibling | Anthony Wayne Greer (1811 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Frances Greer (1815 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Hugh Greer ( - ) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
1830 Marengo Co., AL (sons Joseph, Samuel, Anthony Wayne Greer were here. Anthony was an overseer for McConnell, who married daughter Frances Greer) [Janice Craft, p. 7]1 M 50-60 [Joseph Greer]
2 F 15-20 [Margaret & Frances]
1 F 40-50 [wife Priscilla Stokes]
Marriage License
Alexander BurnsGender: Male
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Jan 1834
Event Place: Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States
Spouse's Name: Margarete Greer
Spouse's Gender: Female
Marriage
Alexander BurnsSpouse's Name: Margarett Greer
Event Date: 29 Jan 1834
Event Place: Tallapoosa, Alabama
Census (family)
A Burns M 38 South CarolinaMargarrett Burns F 34 South Carolina
Martha Ann Burns F 15 Alabama
Salmon Burns M 12 Alabama
Williard Burns M 10 Alabama
Rachell Burns F 8 Alabama
Margarett Burns F 6 Alabama
Samuel Burns M 2 Alabama
Watts Moon M 24 Georgia
Census
1860 US Census, Beat No. 5, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama, Roll 25, Page 37.Alexander has apparently died within three years of this census. Margaret is left with a sizable holding mostly in slaves. This census lists eight slaves by age with no names. They generally fit the list in the probate record within a year or two:
1 male 60, 1 female 32, 1 male 13, 1 female 12, 1 male 8, 3 females 6, 3, and 1.
Margaret Burnes 47 f Farmer $500 $4458 South Carolina
Hilliard 19 m Alabama
Evalina 17 f Alabama
Margaret 14 f Alabama
Samuel 12 m Alabama
Aldora 7 f Alabama
Ophelia 5 f Alabama
Luella 3 f Alabama
Death
d. between June 6, 1860 and probate on May 16, 1861, Tallapoosa Co., ALEndnotes
1. "United States Census, 1830," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHPL-ZML : accessed 26 Aug 2013), Joseph Grier, 1830..
2. Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29F2-GHP.
3. "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQK6-YWB : accessed 12 Sep 2013), Alexander Burns and Margarett Greer, 29 Jan 1834..
4. Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMT-5FMX.
5. "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH5H-Q4N : accessed 12 Sep 2013), A Burns, 1850..
6. "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHDN-CCX : accessed 25 Oct 2013), Margaret Burns, , Tallapoosa, Alabama; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 39, family 257, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803025..