William Shadrach Greer Jr. (abt. 1734 - 1802)

Born about 1734 in Baltimore County, Maryland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 19 Sep 1802 at about age 68 in Grant Twp, Grayson, Virginia, United States

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Biography

William Greer Jr. performed Patriotic Service in the American Revolution.

William Greer Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A214406.

William Greer Jr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 345452
Rank: Patriot

This profile is part of the Greer Name Study.

RESEARCH and LOGICAL Arithmetic

the year of his birth conflicts with his mother's..

IF Mary Ann Fitch was born 1716 then that conflicts with her father/mother and there is a SOURCE

1) Christening record stating that her father William FITCH was born 1709 Nov 9 and the Parish...

So that must be our starting point,

William FITCH born 1709 had to be at least 15 years to be a father, YES?

the year 1724. Further, there is a will dated 1787 which mentions his daughter, Ann Grier (GREER).

There is mention to a marriage, but no source to prove it. It gives the date of marriage as 1732, in Maryland. This makes sense, their first child was WILLIAM JR. born 1732 not 1727, as the ancestry family tree gives.

IF Mary Ann was 15 years old when William JR was born 1732 that would make her born 1717???? can not be right.

Research Notes

We believe that the spelling of his name should be SHADRACH, as most Research have listed on rootsweb.com/ancestry... There are numerous familysearch.org records for a Shadrack or Shadrick but SANDRACH is "no records"...There are still no sources that give the children of William GREER SR/Mary Ann FITCH-GREER, yet.

Biography

William was born in 1727.

Parents

• Father: William Greer b: ABT 1710 in Gunpowder River, Baltimore County, Maryland
• Mother: Ann "Mary" Fitch b: ABT 1716??????

From the rootsweb.com Family TREE of Ralph Terry who quotes "

ID: 1784

Name: William Greer --Suffix: Jr.

"William Greer, born circa 1732 in Baltimore County,

removed to Bedford County, Virginia, where his name is recorded as having 195 acres of land on the Staunton River, July 5, 1774 (P. B. #42, page 605).

He had 420 acres in Franklin County, applied for December 5, 1799, granted February 18, 1802, his name appearing with Skelton Taylor. (L.O.T., WT # 2829, Book 48-R., folio 445.) Nothing further."

(MacGREGOR, MacGHEE, MAGRUDER, GRIERSON, GRIER, GREER ---

A HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE ABOVE FAMILIES AND MANY OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, compiled by Robert M. Torrence, A.B., F.G.S.P., F.I.A.G., 110 Edgevale Road Baltimore 10, Maryland, pages 153 and 201.)

Marriage

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900---

Birth Place: MD -- Birth Year: 1727

Marriage State: VA

Number Pages: 1

NAME: William Greer

SPOUSE: Sarah Freeland (b: JAN 1732 in Baltimore County,) Maryland

DATE: ABT 1750

PLACE: Bedford County, Virginia

By some accounts, he was said to have been neutral in the Revolution.

His will

Will of William Shadrack Greer, Jr. (complete at the bottom of the SOURCES)

Probated October 1802 in Grayson County, Virginia (Copy of will in TERRY ARCHIVES).

He is buried in Pugh Cemetery, near the home of Joe Pugh, south of Grant, Virginia on Highway 16. The reverse side of William's tombstone reads "William Grear age 75 at death," according to Lois Temple's notes.

""On 22 March 1781, William Greer, a relative of James,' possibly his older brother who still felt allegiance to the Mother Country, was led into Henry County Court by Sheriff Hughes who had charged him with suspion of conspiracy "against the State of America." The court appointed a jury which found William guilty of the charge and fined him the sum of L500 and costs. William later came to court with William Moriety and Abraham Jones as his securities. Greer posted bond for L10,000 (15,000 at today's value) and his securities each posted L5,000 on the condition that he be of good behavior towards the American states in the future." (HISTORY OF HENRY AND PATRICK COUNTIES, by Virginia C. and Lewis G. Pedigo, Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company, Roanoke, 1953.) (Franklin County Virginia was then a part of Henry County, Virginia.)

"Wingfield's HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY PIONEERS shows that a number of the Greer family refused to take the Oath of Allegiance. According to Wingfield, some Greers fought for the British, some stayed neutral and others fought for the United States, but many inaccuracies have been found in that reference, so no credence can be given to his version of the Greer family's loyalty. (ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE, by Billie Redding Lewis, 1984, pages 209 - 211.)

"William and Sarah Freeland Greer, Aquilla, and other family members, came from Franklin County, Virginia about 1788 and settled on 95 acres on the waters of Wilson Creek. This land is a part of that granted James Walling, inherited by his daughter Mourning and her husband James Anderson. The deed of transfer from the Andersons to William Greer is dated 4 February 1789.

William Greer died 19 September 1802, aged 75 and is buried in the David Pugh Cemetery near Grant, Virginia.

In his will written 19 September 1802 and probated in the October Court 1802 he names his wife Sarah and children: Shadrack, Aquilla, Elizabeth, Rachel, Sarah and Hannah. To son Aquilla he bequeathed "all and singular the plantation whereon I now live." Although Aquilla had 78 acres adjoining this land he no doubt lived with his parents."

(THE HERITAGE OF ASHE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, VOLUME I, 1984; article 274, "Aquilla Greer" by Myrtle Greer Johnson, pages 274-275.) (Other information from William Greer will in FOOTPRINTS ON THE SANDS OF TIME by A. B. Cox; Ledger of William Calvin Greer, 1887; Diary of John Calvin Greer, 1913.)

Children

1. Elizabeth Greer b: 6 OCT 1751 in Franklin County, Virginia
2. Shadrack Greear b: 28 MAR 1754 in Franklin County, Virginia
3. Rachel Greer b: ABT 1758 in Franklin County, Virginia
4. Sarah Greer b: 30 JUN 1763 in Franklin County, Virginia
5. Hannah Greer b: ABT 1764 in Franklin County, Virginia
6. Aquilla Greer b: BET 1765 AND 1770 in Franklin County, Virginia."" (end of Terry's)

He passed away in 1802.

Conflicts

Birth date as entered by Robert Wade conflicts in the Descendants of Aquilla Greer sourced below also with the dob that Ralph Terry states.

Also the marriage date in the book states they married in 1730.

Sandrach was born in 1735. He is the son of William Greer and Mary Fitch. ^[1]

William was born in 1732. He passed away in 1802.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Mike Ormsby, Wednesday, July 17, 2013.

1. The Greer Family "Being a Transcription of the Records of the First Court of Franklin County, Virginia 1786-1789, The manuscript for the present volume was completed by Dr. Wingfield in 1936, a..................." Pioneer Families of Franklin County, Virginia, by Marshall Wingfield, p. 85-86: contains summary of the family of William Greer, (also contains errors).
2. Will of William Shadrack Greer, Jr. Grayson October Court 1802. This last will and testament of William Greer was produced in Court and proven by the subscribing witnesses and ordered to be recorded.
3. name is recorded as having 195 acres of land on the Staunton River, July 5, 1774 (P. B. #42, page 605)
4. Find A Grave: Memorial #94050485
5. rootsweb Ralph Terry
6. O'Quin, Bertie. The Descendants of Aquilla Greer, Sr. 1719-1790 (August 2005)

Here are 2 other rootsweb TREES that have copied/pasted all the sources:

1. rootsweb
2. rootsweb Great Job to Will of the Divers family tree and Reginald Day. Thank you
3. Pedigree Resource File: [1]

Will of William Shadrack Greer, Jr.

"I, William Greer of the County of Grayson and State of Virginia being very sick and weak in body but perfect in mind and memory, do give demise and disposes of my worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me in this life in the manner of the following, Viz.

I give and bequeath unto Sarah my wife, my sons Shadrack and Aquilla my daughters Elizabeth Rachel Sarah and Hannah all my singulars my personal and movable estate either in cash debt due me or property the aforesaid cash debts and property to be equally divided amongst the above named seven persons and as my son Shadrack has received some gifts of me at times past my will is that all such gifts as I have bestowed om my son Shadrack shall be totally exclusion of his share of the aforesaid estate and as my daughter Rachel received of me a negro girl my will is that the said negro girl be appraised at what she was worth at the time I gave her to my daughter Rachel and the value of the said negro girl to be added to my above mentioned estate and if the value of the said negro girl is more than what the share of my daughter Rachel of the above mentioned estate will amount to there is no overplus paid to my other heirs for said negro girl. I give and beqeath unto my son Aquilla Greer all and singular the plantation and land belonging to it whereon I now live with every apportance thereof totally exclusive of my son Aquilla's share of my above mentioned estate. And I hereby constute and ordain my son Shadrack Greer my sole Executor of this my last will and testament and I do hereby disallow revoke disannull all and every other former testaments wills and executors by me in anywise named and willed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.In witness thereof I have I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two.

His, William (X) Greer's, seal and mark Signed sealed and published by the said William Greer to be his last will and testament in the presense of us who in his presense and in the presense of each other have hereunto subscribed our names. Samuel Cox, Nathan Cox, John Cox

Grayson October Court 1802. This last will and testament of William Greer was produced in Court and proven by the subscribing witnesses and ordered to be recorded. And Shadrack Greer the Executor therein named came in to Court and entered into bond with security and qualified according to law. M. Dickenson, D.C.

Pedigree Resource File

William Shadrack /Greer/[Shadrach /Greer/]

birth:1732 / 1734 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

death:19 September 1802 Grant, Grayson, Virginia, United States

burial:Volney, Grayson County, Virginia, USA

marriage:1750 Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States;of VA

father: William /Greer/

mother: Mary Ann /Fitch/

spouse:Sarah /Freeland/

children:Elizabeth /Greer/, Shadrack Marshall /Greear/ Sr, Rachel /Greer/, Sarah /Greer/, Aquilla /Greer/, Hannah /Greer/

This one is a duplicate info as the one above it..............

William Shadrack /Greear/ Pedigree Resource File birth:1732 Gunpowder River, Baltimore, Maryland death:19 September 1802 Grant, Grayson, Virginia marriage:about 1750 Bedford County, Virginia father:William (Greer) /Greear/ mother: Mary Ann /Fitch/ spouse: Sarah /Freeland/ children: Hannah /Greear/, Elizabeth /Greear/, Sarah /Greear/, Shadrach Marshall (Greer) /Greear/, Aquilla /Greear/, Rachel /Greear/

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

1. Thank you to Mike Ormsby for creating Greer-856 on 17 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Mike and others.
2. Entered by # Robert Wade, Jan 25, 2012

• Annals of SW Virginia, 1769-1800

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