Individual Details
Sarah Melvina Greer
(September 11, 1846 - Aft 1937)
1900 Falls County, Texas census.
"Woman Describes Pioneer Days in Falls County - By Marjorie Rogers, Marlin, Texas. Account of the early 1850's by Mrs. Sarah Melvina Maxwell, pioneer settler of Falls County. Mrs.. Maxwell lived in Falls County 77 years and watched it grow from a wilderness. She left the county only twice on short visits. She is the mother of six children: Mrs. Annie Mallard, Marlin; Mrs. Jeff Stewart, Bradley, Ark.; Mrs. Lula Mallard, Palestine; Mrs. Bennie Roberts, Fort Worth; Mrs. Sam Day, Waco, and Mark Maxwell, Marlin. ... Sarah Melvina Greer, daughter of John Greer, was born in Sevier County, Arkansas, September 11, 1846, where she lived until 1852 when she traveled with her family to Texas in quest of her mother's health. On this trip the family camped for two weeks at Waco. "There was only one log store that is now known as the city of Waco. The proprietor lived in one end of the long building and kept store in, the other. Travelers usually camped here because it was the best place to cross the river. There were no bridges then and folk had to wait if the river was on a rise until the rise fell. ... On November 8, 1853, we pitched, camp in Falls County, on: Pond Creek, near the present townsite of Travis, Johnson Poole, the well known Indian fighter, and his family, were our nearest neighbors. They lived six miles from us. The H. and T. C. Railroad, Marlin, the present county seat of Falls County, was just a crossroads village when we stopped in '53 to buy axes from Green & Bartlett, Boles & Co. in '56. The latter store was the first brick building to be erected in Marlin, and now is used as the city hall. The first courthouse was built by Francis Fredro, Robert E. B. Baylor was the first judge to hold district court on April 21, 1851. The first Baptist Educational Society. J. B. Wright was the first preacher of the first church organized in Falls County. This was a non-denominational church located at Salt Branch. The Marlin Baptist Church was organized April 10, 1852, by Elder Z. N. Morrell, a pioneer missionary Baptist preacher from Tennessee. Z. N. Morrell came to Texas in quest of health, and did much toward organizing churches and spreading the gospel over the wilds of Texas. The orginal members of the Marlin church were A. B. Ewing, L. S. Barton, Nacy Dobbs, Margay Morgan, a Mr. and Mrs. Prewitt and their one servant. "The first Presbyterian church, located about two miles east of the present town of Durango at a place known at that time as Carolina, was organized by John Balsch November 12, 1853. Coleman Prairies, J. W. Jarvis, teacher. Viesea, Sumpter Reed, the Jones farm, B. A. Shepherd, Uncle Amos Foster, Cedar Springs, the Milani district, the old Tankoway Indian village, the home of Col. Zenas Bartlett, who served Falls County as treasurer during the civil war. Isaac Marlin, son of John Marlin, pioneer settler, for whom the town of Marlin is named, Colonel Barlett built a residence upon this town tract of land, and today it is occupied by Mrs. Mollie Bartlett, daughter-in-law of Colonel Bartlett. This is the oldest habitation in Falls County." (Excepts from Frontier Times Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 4, January 1931.)
"Woman Describes Pioneer Days in Falls County - By Marjorie Rogers, Marlin, Texas. Account of the early 1850's by Mrs. Sarah Melvina Maxwell, pioneer settler of Falls County. Mrs.. Maxwell lived in Falls County 77 years and watched it grow from a wilderness. She left the county only twice on short visits. She is the mother of six children: Mrs. Annie Mallard, Marlin; Mrs. Jeff Stewart, Bradley, Ark.; Mrs. Lula Mallard, Palestine; Mrs. Bennie Roberts, Fort Worth; Mrs. Sam Day, Waco, and Mark Maxwell, Marlin. ... Sarah Melvina Greer, daughter of John Greer, was born in Sevier County, Arkansas, September 11, 1846, where she lived until 1852 when she traveled with her family to Texas in quest of her mother's health. On this trip the family camped for two weeks at Waco. "There was only one log store that is now known as the city of Waco. The proprietor lived in one end of the long building and kept store in, the other. Travelers usually camped here because it was the best place to cross the river. There were no bridges then and folk had to wait if the river was on a rise until the rise fell. ... On November 8, 1853, we pitched, camp in Falls County, on: Pond Creek, near the present townsite of Travis, Johnson Poole, the well known Indian fighter, and his family, were our nearest neighbors. They lived six miles from us. The H. and T. C. Railroad, Marlin, the present county seat of Falls County, was just a crossroads village when we stopped in '53 to buy axes from Green & Bartlett, Boles & Co. in '56. The latter store was the first brick building to be erected in Marlin, and now is used as the city hall. The first courthouse was built by Francis Fredro, Robert E. B. Baylor was the first judge to hold district court on April 21, 1851. The first Baptist Educational Society. J. B. Wright was the first preacher of the first church organized in Falls County. This was a non-denominational church located at Salt Branch. The Marlin Baptist Church was organized April 10, 1852, by Elder Z. N. Morrell, a pioneer missionary Baptist preacher from Tennessee. Z. N. Morrell came to Texas in quest of health, and did much toward organizing churches and spreading the gospel over the wilds of Texas. The orginal members of the Marlin church were A. B. Ewing, L. S. Barton, Nacy Dobbs, Margay Morgan, a Mr. and Mrs. Prewitt and their one servant. "The first Presbyterian church, located about two miles east of the present town of Durango at a place known at that time as Carolina, was organized by John Balsch November 12, 1853. Coleman Prairies, J. W. Jarvis, teacher. Viesea, Sumpter Reed, the Jones farm, B. A. Shepherd, Uncle Amos Foster, Cedar Springs, the Milani district, the old Tankoway Indian village, the home of Col. Zenas Bartlett, who served Falls County as treasurer during the civil war. Isaac Marlin, son of John Marlin, pioneer settler, for whom the town of Marlin is named, Colonel Barlett built a residence upon this town tract of land, and today it is occupied by Mrs. Mollie Bartlett, daughter-in-law of Colonel Bartlett. This is the oldest habitation in Falls County." (Excepts from Frontier Times Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 4, January 1931.)
Events
| Birth | September 11, 1846 | Sevier County, Arkansas | |||
| Death | Aft 1937 | Marlin, Falls County, Texas | |||
| Marriage | Maxwell |
Families
| Spouse | Maxwell ( - ) |
| Child | Annie Maxwell ( - ) |
| Child | Maxwell ( - ) |
| Child | Lula Maxwell ( - ) |
| Child | Bennie Maxwell ( - ) |
| Child | Emma F. Maxwell (1883 - ) |
| Child | Mark J. Maxwell (1886 - ) |
| Child | Maxwell ( - ) |
| Child | Maxwell ( - ) |
| Father | John Welborn (or William) Greer (1806 - 1871) |
| Mother | Catherine (1816 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Greer (1820 - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy L. Greer (1831 - ) |