Individual Details
Aquilla "A. Q." "Cud" Greer
(December 21, 1862 - July 26, 1929)
"A. Q. Greer was born in Potts Camp, Mississippi and spent his entire life in that community. At the time of his death he was one of the wealthiest men in the State of Mississippi. He was President of the State Bank of Potts Camp, Vice President of the Merchants and Farmers Bank of Holly Springs, and officially connected with the Bank of Commerce in New Albany, Mississippi. His land holdings were extensive not only in Mississippi, but also in the delta of Arkansas." (Letter from Duke Wright Greer to Mr. L. L. McNees of Ebenezer, Mississippi, as recorded in GREER KINSMEN, by J. B. Bell, 1986, page 55.)
"Aquilla Greer was born 21 December 1862 in Bethelhem, Misissippi. "Cud" as he was called married Cordelia Honeywood Morgan, born 3 April 1863 also in Bethlehem, daughter of Robert Greer Morgan and Emily Jones Morgan who lived in the Bethlehem community. After their marriage 2 April 1882, A. Q. Greer, as he was called, moved to Potts Camp and built the first dwelling in what is now the corporation limits of Potts Camp, Mississippi. He operated a large mercantile business, mill, gin, had farming interest and at his death he also owned farms in Mississippi and Farmers Bank in Holly Springs, Mississippi and was an early Postmaster at Potts Camp under a Democrat administration. He is best described by the inscription on his grave marker, suggested by a friend. "He gave a life of service to his fellow man." His wife, a devoted wife and mother played a large part in his successful venture. He died 26 July 1929; she died 27 December 1945. Both are buried in the Potts Camps, Mississippi Cemetery." (MY GREER LINEAGE, 1992, by Mary Lee Barnes, page 92, as per an interview with Duke Wright Greer in 1988; a paper by Sylvester Greer in possession of Duke W. Greer; "History of Potts Camp," by Louis Potts; research at the Potts Camp, Mississippi Genealogical Museum; interview with Pearl Whaley Johnson, Potts Camp, Mississippi; family group sheets from Diane Carver Grer, January 1992. NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Much of the detailed information about the family and descendants of A. Q. Greer is from the research of Mary Lee Barnes.) Some information about A. Q. Greer was taken from his obituary in the Holly Springs newspaper, 1 August, 1929.
"Aquilla Greer was born 21 December 1862 in Bethelhem, Misissippi. "Cud" as he was called married Cordelia Honeywood Morgan, born 3 April 1863 also in Bethlehem, daughter of Robert Greer Morgan and Emily Jones Morgan who lived in the Bethlehem community. After their marriage 2 April 1882, A. Q. Greer, as he was called, moved to Potts Camp and built the first dwelling in what is now the corporation limits of Potts Camp, Mississippi. He operated a large mercantile business, mill, gin, had farming interest and at his death he also owned farms in Mississippi and Farmers Bank in Holly Springs, Mississippi and was an early Postmaster at Potts Camp under a Democrat administration. He is best described by the inscription on his grave marker, suggested by a friend. "He gave a life of service to his fellow man." His wife, a devoted wife and mother played a large part in his successful venture. He died 26 July 1929; she died 27 December 1945. Both are buried in the Potts Camps, Mississippi Cemetery." (MY GREER LINEAGE, 1992, by Mary Lee Barnes, page 92, as per an interview with Duke Wright Greer in 1988; a paper by Sylvester Greer in possession of Duke W. Greer; "History of Potts Camp," by Louis Potts; research at the Potts Camp, Mississippi Genealogical Museum; interview with Pearl Whaley Johnson, Potts Camp, Mississippi; family group sheets from Diane Carver Grer, January 1992. NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Much of the detailed information about the family and descendants of A. Q. Greer is from the research of Mary Lee Barnes.) Some information about A. Q. Greer was taken from his obituary in the Holly Springs newspaper, 1 August, 1929.
Events
| Birth | December 21, 1862 | Bethlehem, Marshall County, Mississippi | |||
| Marriage | April 2, 1882 | Marshall County, Mississippi - Cordelia Honeywood Morgan | |||
| Death | July 26, 1929 | Potts Camp, Marshall County, Mississippi | |||
| Burial | Potts Camp Cemetery, Marshall County, Mississippi |
Families
| Spouse | Cordelia Honeywood Morgan (1863 - 1945) |
| Child | Rhetta Greer (1883 - 1885) |
| Child | Eva Marie Greer (1884 - 1973) |
| Child | Dan Lester Greer (1887 - 1972) |
| Child | Willie Joyner Greer (1891 - 1984) |
| Child | Curtis Kyle Greer (1894 - 1952) |
| Child | Robert Aquilla Greer (1896 - 1958) |
| Child | Duke Wright Greer (1900 - ) |
| Father | Aquilla Greer Jr. (1828 - 1894) |
| Mother | Elizabeth "Eliza" Julia? Wright (1835 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Elkannah Greer (1852 - 1869) |
| Sibling | William E. Greer (1853 - ) |
| Sibling | Martha Jane Greer (1854 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Duke Greer (1856 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary F. Greer (1858 - ) |
| Sibling | Emma Lee Greer (1866 - 1935) |