Individual Details

Delia (or Delila) Greer

(October 31, 1756 - Abt, 1838)

"Delia Greer was born in Bedford County, Virginia, 31 October 1758; married as his second wife December 1781, Parmenas Haynes, son of Henry Haynes, Sr. The first wife of Parmenas Haynes, son of Elizabeth Baber. He kept a family Bible of births, marriages and deaths. He was a Revolutionary soldier and came to Georgia probably at the same time as the Greers. Parmenas Haynes died 3 March 1813." (MY GREER LINEAGE, 1992, by Mary Lee Barnes, page 30, as per Jeanette Holland Austin, GEORGIA BIBLE RECORDS, Genealogical Publishing Company, pages 310 - 311; Supplement to History of Oglethorpe County, Georgia; Harrison County, Texas, HERITAGE SKETCHES, 1971; Boddie, Vol. XVIII, page 76.)

According to a listing in the LDS Ancestral file, Delila was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, which would have then been Halifax County.

Events

BirthOctober 31, 1756Halifax County, Virginia
MarriageDecember 2, 1781Bedford County, Virginia - Capt. Parmenas Haynes
DeathAbt, 1838

Families

SpouseCapt. Parmenas Haynes (1742 - 1813)
ChildParmenas Haynes Jr. (1783 - 1849)
ChildSarah "Sally" Haynes (1785 - 1860)
ChildDelila Haynes (1788 - 1845)
ChildMary "Polly" Haynes (1794 - )
ChildJasper Haynes (1797 - 1826)
ChildHenry Haynes (1800 - 1825)
FatherAquilla Greer (1716 - 1790)
MotherElizabeth Lowe (1721 - 1790)
SiblingMary Sarah Greer (1740 - 1830)
SiblingLt. James Greer (1742 - 1825)
SiblingAquilla Greer Jr. (1744 - 1783)
SiblingElizabeth Greer (1747 - 1790)
SiblingWilliam Greer (1748 - 1812)
SiblingVinson Greer (1750 - 1805)
SiblingAsa "Asabel" "Asel" "Yel" Greer (1756 - 1828)