John Greer

1803 - 1900  (96 years)

• Name	John Greer
  Born	14 Dec 1803	Bath Co, VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1900  [2]
  Notes	1840 Jackson, VA John Greer 1m 30-40 Is he the John B Greer who was one of the first deputies of Jackson Co? No. Some people list him as John Thomas but Lora Yank says she's found not documentation of that name.
  Person ID	I11581	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	John Greer,   b. 1753, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 3 Oct 1846, Flat Rock  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Jane 'Jean' Callaghan,   b. 1768, Valley of the Cowpasture, VA ,   d. Mar 1846, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia  (Age 78 years)
  Married	1791	Bath Co, VA   [2]
  Notes	Kenneth Reffeith: He served at the Battle of Point Pleasant and later at the Battle of Kings Mountain (SC). Later, ca. 1807 he moved his family from Augusta/Bath County, VA, to Point Pleasant, Mason County. At the time there was an outbreak of “fever” and he moved his family to higher ground to Three Mile Creek which is now on Greer Road, Flat Rock, Cooper District. The oldest Greer Cemetery of the family is on this road opposite where the house sat. The Greer Reunion is held on Greer Road each year on the day before Labor Day.
  Family ID	F1505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mom [Greer],   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Sarah Greer,   b. Abt 1837, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Miriam 'Nessa' Flowers,   b. Abt 1808, Virginia, USA ,   d. 28 Aug 1866  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1846	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  Notes	Jackson Co marriages: Green (Greer?) John to Wright, Mary Ann (Marion?)11/2/1846 1850 Mason Co WV Greer, John 46 VA Miriam 42 Sarah 13 John L 9 Adela 7 Oscar 5 Hugh J 3 Mary M 2 Friend Canter 17 O 1870 Mason Co WV Cooper dist #28 Greer, Jasper 24 Martha 21 Edgar C 3 Charles W 1 John 67 constable Kenneth R. Reffeitt: John Thomas Greer, Sr., b. 1803 – d. 1900, was the father of Hugh Jasper Greer. He was an early Justice of the Peace (called “Squire” then) of Mason County and was commissioned Major in the 141st Regiment, Thirteenth Brigade and Fifth Division of the Virginia Militia on April 24, 1834. He had served as a drummer boy in the War of 1812. I have one of his drum sticks given to me by my great aunt by marriage (and cousin by blood) Iva Daugherty Greer (Mrs. Wm. Wirt Greer). The Greers of Jackson County were all Democrats and those of Mason County were always Republican. So maybe this is why they were rather “distant” and didn’t do too much socializing. John Thomas, Jr., Hugh Jasper, and Oscar Newton served in the Union Army.
  Children	1. John Thomas Greer, Jr,   b. 3 Apr 1840, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 3 Aug 1923, Mason County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 83 years)   2. Adelia Greer,   b. 5 Apr 1842, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 1887  (Age 44 years)   3. Oscar Newton Greer,   b. 25 Feb 1842, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 11 Jun 1928  (Age 86 years)   4. Hugh Jasper Greer,   b. 4 Jan 1846, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 16 Jun 1896  (Age 50 years)   5. Mary Margaret Greer,   b. May 1848, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. John William Greer,   b. 1851,   d. 18 Feb 1884  (Age 33 years)   7. James Filmore Greer,   b. 1852,   d. 1859  (Age 7 years)
  Family ID	F3932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Dec 1803 - Bath Co, VA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S70] John House. [S432] Kenneth R. Reffeitt. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.