Individual Details
David Searcy Greer
(August 21, 1804 - February 17, 1881)
"Besides the three listed children, David had seven other children, but all died in infancy or without issue, so I haven't given their names." (THE GREER'S by Judge James Micajah Greer of Memphis, Tennessee, May 1885, page 12.)
"John R. Greer was born in Shelby County March 10, 1855. His father David S. Greer was a native of Clark County, Georgia; his parents moved to Tennessee and settled in Robertson County when he was an infant; a few years later they moved to Henry County and settled within a few miles of where Paris now stands, and he was the first man to go into the mercantile business west of the Tennessee River. He was a civil engineer and surveyed and laid off the town of Paris, Tennessee and assisted in laying off Holly Springs, Mississipi, where he moved in 1837 and from there to Memphis, Tennessee in 1843. He was an extensive planter owning large plantations in Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee; he was a man of fine executive ability and acquired the bulk of a large fortune before he was 40 years of age. He married Martha Dunlap, a daughter of Hugh Dunlap. Children: Hugh D. Greer born near Paris, Tennessee, February 4, 1836; David S. Greer, born in Shelby County, Tennessee, January 6, 1852 and our subject, John R. Greer. The father died at the present homestead February 17, 1881. The mother was born in Roane County, April 8, 1815." (GOODSPEED HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1887 edition, page 9734.)
"John R. Greer was born in Shelby County March 10, 1855. His father David S. Greer was a native of Clark County, Georgia; his parents moved to Tennessee and settled in Robertson County when he was an infant; a few years later they moved to Henry County and settled within a few miles of where Paris now stands, and he was the first man to go into the mercantile business west of the Tennessee River. He was a civil engineer and surveyed and laid off the town of Paris, Tennessee and assisted in laying off Holly Springs, Mississipi, where he moved in 1837 and from there to Memphis, Tennessee in 1843. He was an extensive planter owning large plantations in Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee; he was a man of fine executive ability and acquired the bulk of a large fortune before he was 40 years of age. He married Martha Dunlap, a daughter of Hugh Dunlap. Children: Hugh D. Greer born near Paris, Tennessee, February 4, 1836; David S. Greer, born in Shelby County, Tennessee, January 6, 1852 and our subject, John R. Greer. The father died at the present homestead February 17, 1881. The mother was born in Roane County, April 8, 1815." (GOODSPEED HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1887 edition, page 9734.)
Events
| Birth | August 21, 1804 | Clarke County, Georgia | |||
| Marriage | February 24, 1835 | Henry County, Tennessee - Martha Jane Dunlap | |||
| Death | February 17, 1881 | near Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Jane Dunlap (1815 - ) |
| Child | Hugh Dunlap Greer (1836 - ) |
| Child | David Searcy Greer Jr. (1852 - ) |
| Child | John Ripley Greer (1855 - ) |
| Father | James Greer Jr. (1774 - 1851) |
| Mother | Susannah "Susan" Searcy (1780 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Searcy Greer (1799 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Ann Haynes Greer (1801 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Diana "Diannah" Greer (1806 - 1876) |
| Sibling | Jane Greer (1808 - 1829) |
| Sibling | Robert Searcy Greer Sr. (1811 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Sally Lowe Greer (1813 - 1884) |
| Sibling | James Madison Greer (1816 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Susannah Elizabeth Greer (1818 - ) |