Individual Details
William Riley Greer
(April 3, 1824 - April 24, 1925)
1870 Ashe County, North Carolina, Old Fields Township, Dwelling #21: Riley GREER, 45, Farmer, real estate - $600, personal estate - $200, Franky GREER, 37; Mary GREER, 15; Sabra GREER, 13; Samuel GREER, 11; Thomas GREER, 9; Larkin GREER, 7; Sarah GREER, 5; Elijah GREER, 4; Rhoda GREER, 3; Samuel GREER, 84; all born in North Carolina.
1880 Ashe County, North Carolina census, Old Fields Township, family #52: Rily GRUR, Self, Male, White, 55, Farmer NC, NC, NC; Frankey T. GRUR, Wife, Female, White, 48, Keeping House, NC, NC, NC; James L. GRUR, Son, Male, White, 18, Farm Laborer, NC, NC, NC; Sarah G. GRUR, Daughter, Female, White, 16, At Home, NC, NC, NC; Eligah C. GRUR, Son, Male, White, 16, Farm Laborer, NC, NC, NC; Rhoda M. GRUR, Daughter, Single, Female, White, 12, At Home, NC, NC, NC; Julia M. GRUR, Daughter, Single, Female, White, 7, NC, NC, NC.
Additional information about the family and descendants or William Riley Frances T. Greer is from the website of Charles Alan Greer, 1503 Quail Drive, Greensboro, North Carolina 27408, email: CGreer@triad.rr.com>, 2002. (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Charles does not show a Greenberry Greer, born about 1855, as some other resources have. I have added a Greenberry as a child, but feel that Charles' information is more correct. Also, some researchers have given a first wife, unknown, and a child, Nancy, but this appears to but the same Nancy, as in the second marriage. I am assuming there was only one marriage and one Nancy.)
1880 Ashe County, North Carolina census, Old Fields Township, family #52: Rily GRUR, Self, Male, White, 55, Farmer NC, NC, NC; Frankey T. GRUR, Wife, Female, White, 48, Keeping House, NC, NC, NC; James L. GRUR, Son, Male, White, 18, Farm Laborer, NC, NC, NC; Sarah G. GRUR, Daughter, Female, White, 16, At Home, NC, NC, NC; Eligah C. GRUR, Son, Male, White, 16, Farm Laborer, NC, NC, NC; Rhoda M. GRUR, Daughter, Single, Female, White, 12, At Home, NC, NC, NC; Julia M. GRUR, Daughter, Single, Female, White, 7, NC, NC, NC.
Additional information about the family and descendants or William Riley Frances T. Greer is from the website of Charles Alan Greer, 1503 Quail Drive, Greensboro, North Carolina 27408, email: CGreer@triad.rr.com>, 2002. (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Charles does not show a Greenberry Greer, born about 1855, as some other resources have. I have added a Greenberry as a child, but feel that Charles' information is more correct. Also, some researchers have given a first wife, unknown, and a child, Nancy, but this appears to but the same Nancy, as in the second marriage. I am assuming there was only one marriage and one Nancy.)
Events
| Birth | April 3, 1824 | possibly Watauga County, North Carolina | |||
| Marriage | March 31, 1849 | Wilkes County, North Carolina - Francis T. "Franky" Watson | |||
| Death | April 24, 1925 | Rutherwood, Watauga County, North Carolina |
Families
| Spouse | Francis T. "Franky" Watson (1832 - 1900) |
| Child | Louisa A. Greer (1850 - ) |
| Child | Nancy Elizabeth "Betsy" Greer (1851 - ) |
| Child | Mary Greer (1855 - ) |
| Child | Sabra Greer (1855 - 1946) |
| Child | Samuel C. Greer (1858 - 1898) |
| Child | Thomas M. Greer (1859 - 1951) |
| Child | James Larkin "Lasker" Greer (1861 - 1940) |
| Child | Sarah G. Greer (1865 - ) |
| Child | Elijah Calloway Greer (1866 - 1941) |
| Child | Rhoda M. Greer (1867 - ) |
| Child | Julia M. Greer (1873 - ) |
| Father | Samuel Greer (1785 - 1872) |
| Mother | Sarah "Sallie" Church (1789 - 1860) |
| Sibling | David Greer (1821 - 1870) |
| Sibling | John Greer (1821 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Greer (1822 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Finley Greer (1823 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Cindy Emeline "Emma" Greer (1826 - ) |
| Sibling | Lucinda Jane Greer (1827 - ) |
| Sibling | Louisa Greer (1832 - 1914) |