Individual Details
Moses Greer Sr.
(June 2, 1744 - May 10, 1834)
"A letter from the Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C., dated April 9, 1938, gives a great deal of information and it is quoted: "Pension Claim File S-8609, Certificate # 2896 issued December 8, 1832; rate $ 460.00 per annum; commenced March 4, 1831; Virginia Agency. Moses Greer was born in the state of Maryland, June 2, 1744. While residing in Bedford County (that part later called Franklin County), Moses Greer was Captain of Militia, and in 1779, served six months under Colonel James Callaway, stationed at the lead mines in Grayson County, Virginia. He was commissioned, October 28, 1780, Lieutenant in Virginia troops; served two tours of three months each. Also other tours in in Colonel Charles Lynch's and Colonel William Leftwich's Virginia Regiments and was on the march to Yorktown when the British surrendered. His entire service amounted to two years. He was allowed a pension on Application September 12, 1832; then a resident of Franklin County and was referred to as Moses Greer, Sr. (Copy of this pension application in ROYAL HERITAGE OF THE GREERS by Carolyn Beal, pages 137 - 138, which gives Moses age as 88 years in 1832.) After the Revolution, he elected to the State Legislature from Franklin County and at the time of his application, was Presiding Judge of same county. He died May 10, 1843 (sic - apparently Torrence reversed the date, which should have been 1834), leaving children. 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."
"Moses Greer had 40 acres of land in Franklin County, Virginia. On November 10, 1792, this land was to be divided and laid out into town lots to be called "Wisenberg"." (HENNING'S STATUTES, Vol. 13, pages 505 and 586.)
"Moses Greer was a surveyor, farmer and business man. In politics, he was a Jeffersonian Republican, and as such was elected a delegate from Franklin County to the Convention of the Legislature of Virginia which met in Richmond, before the 1800 election. His son, William Greer, kept up a family Bible which is now in possession of Mr. John W. Greer, of Kingston Spring, Tennessee, and from this Bible data for this family is derived. He married prior to 1775, Ann Nancy Bailey, born on Gunpowder River, Baltimore County, Maryland, November 30, 1743. As a matter of passing interest, there is a record in York County, Pennsylvania, showing that John Bailey, of Baltimore, married January 16, 1812, Miss Hanna Greer, of York. This shows that the York and Baltimore members of the family did intermarry." (GREAR - GREER - GREERE - GRIER by Robert M. Torrence, A.B., F.G.S.P., F.I.A.G; 110 Edgevale Road, Baltimore 10, Maryland, pages 24 - 25.)
Information about the family and descendants of Moses Greer has been recorded in PIONEER FAMILIES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1935 by Marshall Wingfield, page 86; DAR Abstracts (369.1 D26L), Vol. 119, page 28; DAR Records #68406; and research notes of L. L. McNees of Ebenezer, Mississippi; GREER KINSMEN by J. B. Bell; and notes of Mrs. Cabel Smith, Rocky Mount, Virginia and Edna Greer Hatfield. (Lois Temple FGS 959.) 1810 Virginia Census: Moses GREER, 0-0-2-1-1---0-0-1-2-2---0-6
"Correction on death date to February 4, 1834 in DAR Patriot Index, Sup. #3." (ROYAL HERITAGE OF THE GREERS, 1982, by Carolyn Beal, page 133.)
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Some researchers, including Richard L. Greer of Marion, Virginia, show this Moses Greer to have been a son of Moses Greer, born about 1712. This appears to be incorrect, as shown by other researchers, cited above. Moses' (born in 1812) son, Moses was born in 1755, according to St. John's Parish Records. This Moses, son of William, was born in 1844, according to his pension records.)
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"Moses Greer had 40 acres of land in Franklin County, Virginia. On November 10, 1792, this land was to be divided and laid out into town lots to be called "Wisenberg"." (HENNING'S STATUTES, Vol. 13, pages 505 and 586.)
"Moses Greer was a surveyor, farmer and business man. In politics, he was a Jeffersonian Republican, and as such was elected a delegate from Franklin County to the Convention of the Legislature of Virginia which met in Richmond, before the 1800 election. His son, William Greer, kept up a family Bible which is now in possession of Mr. John W. Greer, of Kingston Spring, Tennessee, and from this Bible data for this family is derived. He married prior to 1775, Ann Nancy Bailey, born on Gunpowder River, Baltimore County, Maryland, November 30, 1743. As a matter of passing interest, there is a record in York County, Pennsylvania, showing that John Bailey, of Baltimore, married January 16, 1812, Miss Hanna Greer, of York. This shows that the York and Baltimore members of the family did intermarry." (GREAR - GREER - GREERE - GRIER by Robert M. Torrence, A.B., F.G.S.P., F.I.A.G; 110 Edgevale Road, Baltimore 10, Maryland, pages 24 - 25.)
Information about the family and descendants of Moses Greer has been recorded in PIONEER FAMILIES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1935 by Marshall Wingfield, page 86; DAR Abstracts (369.1 D26L), Vol. 119, page 28; DAR Records #68406; and research notes of L. L. McNees of Ebenezer, Mississippi; GREER KINSMEN by J. B. Bell; and notes of Mrs. Cabel Smith, Rocky Mount, Virginia and Edna Greer Hatfield. (Lois Temple FGS 959.) 1810 Virginia Census: Moses GREER, 0-0-2-1-1---0-0-1-2-2---0-6
"Correction on death date to February 4, 1834 in DAR Patriot Index, Sup. #3." (ROYAL HERITAGE OF THE GREERS, 1982, by Carolyn Beal, page 133.)
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Some researchers, including Richard L. Greer of Marion, Virginia, show this Moses Greer to have been a son of Moses Greer, born about 1712. This appears to be incorrect, as shown by other researchers, cited above. Moses' (born in 1812) son, Moses was born in 1755, according to St. John's Parish Records. This Moses, son of William, was born in 1844, according to his pension records.)
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Events
| Birth | June 2, 1744 | Gunpowder River, Baltimore County, Maryland | |||
| Marriage | January, 1765 | Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland - Ann Nancy Bailey | |||
| Death | May 10, 1834 | Franklin County, Virginia |
Families
| Spouse | Ann Nancy Bailey (1748 - 1827) |
| Child | William Greer (1766 - 1844) |
| Child | Moses Greer Jr. (1768 - 1848) |
| Child | Walter F. (or T.) Greer (1770 - 1843) |
| Child | Mary "Molly" Greer (1771 - 1855) |
| Child | John Fitch Greer Sr. (1772 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Bailey Greer (1774 - 1845) |
| Child | Elizabeth "Betsy" Greer (1775 - 1856) |
| Child | Nancy Greer (1778 - 1848) |
| Child | Sarah "Sally" Greer (1782 - ) |
| Child | Eleanor "Nellie" Greer (1784 - 1856) |
| Child | Catherine B. "Kitty" Greer (1790 - 1852) |
| Father | William Greer Sr. (1710 - 1785) |
| Mother | Ann "Mary" Fitch (1716 - 1785) |
| Sibling | William Greer Jr. (1732 - 1802) |
| Sibling | James Greer (1733 - ) |
| Sibling | Shadrach Greer (1735 - ) |
| Sibling | John Greer (1736 - 1760) |
| Sibling | Aquilla Greer (1738 - ) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Greer (1740 - 1789) |
| Sibling | Walter Greer (1742 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Mary Rebecca Greer (1746 - 1810) |