Individual Details

"Henry Clay Greer was born in Grassy Cove, Tennessee, March 1, 1839; attended school, now the University of Tennessee, at Knoxville, the Burritt College at Spencer; died at Pikesville, June 1, 1914, and is buried at Wesley Chapel, three miles South of Pikesville. On August 5, 1861, he joined Company D., First Regiment of Cavalry, C. S. A., at Knoxville, a company composed largely of Rhea County men; was appointed Captain in the Commissary Department, September 11, 1861; resigned this Commission, July 4, 1862 and enlisted as a private for first line duty. Following this, he was made Acting Adjutant; sent to Cumberland Gap, then under General Bragg, in Kentucky. At the battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, he was wounded. After his recovery, he was sent to East Tennessee under General Longstreet, against Knoxville, then ordered to Virginia, under General Jubal Early. During this campaign, he saw service at Piedmont, Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Darksville. It was in Green County, Tennessee, where the Captain of his company, Weathertun Sheltun Greer, Jr., his own brother, was captured. In May 1865, his regiment surrendered near Jonesboro, Tennessee. Due to the sentiment against the Confederacy during the reconstruction days, he and many others found it difficult to reamin long in one place. He removed from his home to that of his brother-in-law, Mark Stephens, who had married Elizabeth Charlotte Greer, his sister. On May 21, 1868, he purchased from his father a large plantation five miles South of Pikesville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Church of Christ, a Mason, Democrat and served as the surveyor for Bledsoe County during the time of wild speculation in mineral lands in that locality, becoming very prominent. In addition, he was a Justice of the Peace from the 7th Civil District of Bledsoe County, and was elected to the Tennessee Legislature from the District composed of Bledsoe, Van Buren and Grundy Counties. On January 3, 1861, at Spencer, Tennessee, he married Hortense Randals, born in Mississippi, June 29, 1842; died February 20, 1904, and is buried beside her husband in Wesley Chapel. Children of Henry Clay and Hortense (Randals) Greer, thirteen: (children listed with their information)." (GREGOR, MacGREGOR, MacGHEE, MAGRUDER, GRIERSON, GRIER, GREER, "Greer Family, Originating In Maryland," 1954 by Robert M. Torrence, pages 195-196.)

1880 Bledsoe County, Tennessee census, 6th and 7th Districts, Dwelling #47.

Birth	March 1, 1839	Grassy Cove, Bledsoe County, Tennessee
Marriage	January 3, 1861	Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee - Hortense Randalls
Death	June 1, 1914	Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee
Burial		Wesley Chapel, near Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee

Spouse	Hortense Randalls (1842 - 1904)
Child	Arethusia Greer (1862 - 1928)
Child	Weatherston Shelton Greer Sr. (1863 - )
Child	James Randalls Greer (1866 - 1928)
Child	Moses S. Greer (1867 - 1933)
Child	Dion Atticus Greer Dr. (1869 - 1959)
Child	Elizabeth Charlotte "Lizzie" Greer (1871 - 1956)
Child	William Kyle Greer (1873 - 1874)
Child	Emma Calloway Greer (1875 - )
Child	Sylvester Greer (1877 - 1941)
Child	Lucinda Angeline Greer (1878 - 1969)
Child	Mary Clute Greer (1880 - 1964)
Child	Flora Edna Greer (1882 - 1922)
Child	Rice Sewell Greer (1884 - 1936)

Father	Weatherston Shelton Greer (1800 - 1870)
Mother	Mary Kyle (1803 - 1886)
Sibling	William Henry "Billy" Greer (1821 - 1908)
Sibling	Elizabeth Charlotte Greer (1823 - 1894)
Sibling	Harriett Ann Greer (1825 - 1897)
Sibling	Emily Calloway Greer (1827 - 1899)
Sibling	Moses Callaway Greer (1829 - 1914)
Sibling	Weatherston Shelton Greer Jr. (1832 - 1909)
Sibling	Thomas Greer ( - )