Individual Details
Jabez Marshall "Jabe" Greer
(April 20, 1830 - March 17, 1893)
"Jabez Marshall Greer was born 20 April 1830 to Aquilla and Martha (Patsy) Arnold Greer in Clarke County, Georgia. His parents must have been Baptists at the time as he was no doubt named for the Baptist preacher, Jabez Marshall. Some say he was called "Jabe." He was first found on the 1850 census with his mother and brother, Aquilla, in the household of older brother, William A. Greer. On the 1860 census he was listed as J. M. Greer, 28, single living in same household with his brother Aquilla and family. He had real estate valued at $2230 and personal property valued at $9000. Most of the latter were probably slaves as on the 1880 census there were a number of black families enumerated below him with the name Greer. He has not been recorded by other researcherss as son of Aquilla and Martha Arnold, but estate records in Marshall County, Mississippi prove he is.
"He married Louisa Whaley, daughter of Alford and Mary Caroline Smith Whaley on 31 January 1861. The Whaleys were another Georgia family who migrated to Mississippi about the same time as the Greers. On 22 August 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army at Iuke, Mississippi at age 29 years. He was Corporal, Company H., 22nd Regimet, Mississippi Infantry. The company muster roll for July and August 1864 show him absent. He was "wounded near New Hope Church May 31, 1864 and furloughed for 60 days from June 22, 1864, a private." His name appears on a roll of prisoners of War who reported at Memphis and received parole, for 5 days ending May 20, 1865. Roll not dated. Date of parole not stated. C. H. Bridges, Major General, The Adjutant General. (This report from the War Department, Washington November 8, 1932.)
"After the war, Jabez and Louisa moved from Bethlehem to Potts Camp. The house they lived in is still standing although it has been bricked over. Jabez and Louisa had four children, listed below. The two boys died very young. Jabez died 17 March 1893, and Louisa died 1 September 1900. She was on the 1900 census in Potts Camp born May 1844. Living with her was the Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Bethlehem, Mississippi." (MY GREER LINEAGE, 1992, Mary Lee Barnes, page 81, as per information from the records of Anna Lou Houston, interview with Duke Wright Greer and Pearl Whaley Johnson, Potts Camp, Mississippi; the marriage license of Jabez and Louisa Whaley; Estate Records of Aquilla Greer II; Estate Records of Job Smith, Walton County, Georgia 1840; Civil War Record from Mary Nell Turner of Hope, Arkansas.)
"He married Louisa Whaley, daughter of Alford and Mary Caroline Smith Whaley on 31 January 1861. The Whaleys were another Georgia family who migrated to Mississippi about the same time as the Greers. On 22 August 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army at Iuke, Mississippi at age 29 years. He was Corporal, Company H., 22nd Regimet, Mississippi Infantry. The company muster roll for July and August 1864 show him absent. He was "wounded near New Hope Church May 31, 1864 and furloughed for 60 days from June 22, 1864, a private." His name appears on a roll of prisoners of War who reported at Memphis and received parole, for 5 days ending May 20, 1865. Roll not dated. Date of parole not stated. C. H. Bridges, Major General, The Adjutant General. (This report from the War Department, Washington November 8, 1932.)
"After the war, Jabez and Louisa moved from Bethlehem to Potts Camp. The house they lived in is still standing although it has been bricked over. Jabez and Louisa had four children, listed below. The two boys died very young. Jabez died 17 March 1893, and Louisa died 1 September 1900. She was on the 1900 census in Potts Camp born May 1844. Living with her was the Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Bethlehem, Mississippi." (MY GREER LINEAGE, 1992, Mary Lee Barnes, page 81, as per information from the records of Anna Lou Houston, interview with Duke Wright Greer and Pearl Whaley Johnson, Potts Camp, Mississippi; the marriage license of Jabez and Louisa Whaley; Estate Records of Aquilla Greer II; Estate Records of Job Smith, Walton County, Georgia 1840; Civil War Record from Mary Nell Turner of Hope, Arkansas.)
Events
| Birth | April 20, 1830 | Clarke County, Georgia | |||
| Marriage | January 31, 1861 | Louisa Whaley | |||
| Death | March 17, 1893 | Potts Camp, Marshall County, Mississippi | |||
| Burial | Bethlehem Cemetery, Marshall County, Mississippi |
Families
| Spouse | Louisa Whaley (1844 - 1900) |
| Child | Lee Jackson Greer (1862 - 1869) |
| Child | Martha Carolyn Greer (1867 - 1935) |
| Child | Annie Greer (1869 - 1944) |
| Child | Truman Alford Greer (1877 - ) |
| Father | Lt. Aquilla Greer (1782 - 1843) |
| Mother | Martha "Patsy" Arnold (1790 - 1859) |
| Sibling | James R. Greer (1810 - ) |
| Sibling | William Arnold Greer Sr. (1815 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Delilah Ann Greer (1818 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Emily Greer (1820 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Martha Greer (1822 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Jane Greer (1824 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Aquilla Greer Jr. (1828 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Buckner Greer ( - ) |