Asa Asabel Greer (abt. 1758 - 1828)

Born about 1758 in Halifax, Virginia

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Died Mar 1828 at about age 70 in Greene, Clarke, Georgia, United States,

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Biography

Asel was born about 1756. He was the son of Aquilla Greer and Elizabeth Lowe.^[1]

Notes

His fathers will and his will were in this updated profile proving his name was ASABEL and ASEL for short. Where are they? Asa is Asel's nephew. Proven.

• • • • Warning: Asel has a brother who had a son named Asa, do not get this confused with this line. Asa's Mother was a Bandy. Several names are similar.

His wife was Mary Ann Lowe, the daughter of Samuel Asa Lowe and Ann Haynes. Ann Haynes was the daughter of Henry Haynes and Mary Smith. Mary Ann Lowe married 2nd James Greer, brother of Asel Greer.

ASA GREER and Mary Ann Lowe Greer had 11 known children, they were:

1. William M. Greer, married Mary Ann Hodnett, 9 May 1805, Oglethorpe County, Ga. She was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Hodnett and Elizabeth Wyatt "Betsy" Collier.

2. Edmond Petrus Greer married Mary Frances Hodnett, 31 January 1810, Clarke County, Georgia. (see above). She was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Hodnett and Elizabeth Wyatt Collier.

3. Nancy Greer married Thomas C. Winn, on 23 December 1819, in Greene County, Georgia.

4 Aquilla Joshua Greer married Mary Williams, on 26 February 1818, in Olgethorpe County, Georgia.

5. Martha Jane Greer married John Lumpkin Garrett Sr., on 14 April 1816, in Greene County, Ga. He as the son of Miles Arnette Garrett Sr., and Sarah Ann "Sally" Horn.

6. Sarah Greer married James Madison Hodnett Sr., on 2 November 1822, in Greene County, Ga. He was the son of Benjamin Franklin Hodnett and Elizabeth Wyatt "Betsy" Collier.

7. Mary Ann Greer married George Henry James, on 7 March 1825, in Greene County, Ga. Henry was the son of John James and John Sturdevant.

8. Priscilla Greer married John James, on 7 January 1823, in Greene County, Ga. John was the son of John James and unknown Strickland.

9. Lucy Greer married James H. Thompson, on 2 April 1828, in Clarke County, Ga. (see above likely at or near Watkinsville). He was the son of James Hardy Thompson, Sr., and Sarah Saye.

10. Matilda Greer married Stinson Smith Jarrell, circa 1831, in Oglethorpe, County, Ga. (at Oak Creek). He was the son of James S. Jarrell and Martha Locklin Griffith.

11 Female Greer circa 1813, Married John H. Lowe in Greene County, Ga.

Names in will are John James, Robert Sturvant, and Parmena Haynes. In 1839 a Matilda Greer became of age and was listed.

Born 1756 Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States. ^[2][3]

"Father's Will" Lists Aquillia and his siblings at his probate death in 1790. Will names wife Elizabeth, children Sarah Haynes, Aquilla Greer (deceased), James Greer, William Greer, Elizabeth Starkey, Vinson Greer, Delia Haynes, and Asel Greer. Will dated 8 April 1790 in Green County, Georgia Will probated 30 October 1790.

Father: "The Descendants of Aquilla Greer, Sr., 1719-1790" Page 7 lists Title person and wife Elizabeth Lowe with 8 children including Asa Greer born about 1756-1760 died 1828-1838

Died 1828 Greene, Clarke County, Georgia. ^[4]

• Administrators and Guardian Bonds, 1811-1949; Author: Georgia. Inferior Court (Clarke County); Probate Place: Clarke, Georgia ancestry.com book page 50. and page 45.

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• Source: S1066770396 Repository: #R1050989243 Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Source: S1066773884 Repository: #R1050989243 Family Data Collection - Births Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Source: S1067219573 Repository: #R1050989243 Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799 Jeffery, Alice Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• "The Descendants of Aquilla Greer, Sr., 1719-1790" O'Quin, Bertie Greer. The descendants of Aquilla Greer, Sr., 1719-1790 [Billings, Montana] : B.G. O'Quin, 2005.^[5]

Aquilla Greer was born in 1719 in Baltimore County, Maryland. His parents were John Greer and Sarah Day. He married Elizabeth Lowe, daughter of William Lowe and Sarah Groves, in about 1740. They had eight children. He died in 1790 in Greene County, Georgia. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Scotland, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.

• This Aquilla Greer, Sr., reference is substantially documented with court records, wills, land records, etc

• This reference begins with the great grandparents of Aquilla Greer,

• Henry with father Benjamin is on image 13 of 813.

• 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census", database with images
  Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Capt Awtreys District, Greene, Georgia; Page: 238; NARA Roll: M33_8; Image: 175
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #1457034 (accessed 12 January 2024)
  Asal Greer in Capt Awtreys District, Greene, Georgia, USA.

• Georgia, US, Property Tax Digests, 1827.

Asel Greer, 100 acrs on Fishing creek Greene , GA^[6]

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236516680/asa-asabel-greer: accessed 17 January 2024), memorial page for Asa Asabel “Asel Yel” Greer (1758–Mar 1828), Find a Grave Memorial ID 236516680; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by LocalHistory (contributor 50803812).