Individual Details

Moses Greer Jr.

(May 12, 1768 - September 30, 1848)

"Moses Greer settled in Franklin County. He was a Primitive Baptist minister, and baptised Thomas Bailey Greer (brother), Chattin D. Pollard (brother - in - law) and Theoderick F. Webb (sister - in - law's brother). ..... He was born, lived and died in Franklin County. He and his wife were buried at the old homestead near Gogginsville." (PIONEER FAMILIES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1935 by Marshall Wingfield, pages 86 and 87, as taken from "The Genealogy of the Greer Family" by Joseph Hampton Greer, pages 2, 3 and 4. His and his wife's birth and death dates and their children are listed.)

In 1832, Moses Greer, Jr., was a Justice of the Peace in Franklin County and stated at that time, that he had served several tours under Moses Greer, Senior, against the Tories." (GREAR - GREER - GREERE - GRIER, about 1954, by Robert M. Torrence, A.B., F.G.S.P., F.I.A.G; 110 Edgevale Road, Baltimore 10, Maryland, pages 24 - 25.)

Events

BirthMay 12, 1768Franklin County, Virginia
MarriageNovember 4, 1794Franklin County, Virginia - Susannah Wood
DeathSeptember 30, 1848Franklin County, Virginia
BurialGogginsville, Franklin County, Virginia

Families

SpouseSusannah Wood (1776 - 1857)
ChildSamuel Wood Greer (1797 - 1881)
ChildWeatherston Shelton Greer (1800 - 1870)
ChildSarah "Sallie" Greer (1803 - )
ChildNancy F. Greer (1806 - 1854)
ChildCharlotte Greer (1808 - 1871)
ChildCatherine "Kitty" Greer (1811 - 1865)
ChildMoses Carper Greer (1814 - 1894)
ChildThomas Steven Greer (1817 - 1848)
ChildWilliam Walter John Greer (1820 - 1884)
FatherMoses Greer Sr. (1744 - 1834)
MotherAnn Nancy Bailey (1748 - 1827)
SiblingWilliam Greer (1766 - 1844)
SiblingWalter F. (or T.) Greer (1770 - 1843)
SiblingMary "Molly" Greer (1771 - 1855)
SiblingJohn Fitch Greer Sr. (1772 - )
SiblingThomas Bailey Greer (1774 - 1845)
SiblingElizabeth "Betsy" Greer (1775 - 1856)
SiblingNancy Greer (1778 - 1848)
SiblingSarah "Sally" Greer (1782 - )
SiblingEleanor "Nellie" Greer (1784 - 1856)
SiblingCatherine B. "Kitty" Greer (1790 - 1852)