Shadrach Marshall Greer Sr. (1754 - 1842)

Born 23 Mar 1754 in Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1842 at age 88 in Wood, Scott, Virginia, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Greer Name Study.

He was the son of William Greer Jr and Sarah Freeland.

In the 1860 census he (age 9) was in Grayson, Virginia, United States.^[1]

In the 1870 census he (age 19) was in Wilson Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States.^[2]

He married Cynthia Matilda Parks on 23 November 1875, in Mouth of Wilson, Grayson, Virginia, United States^[3][4]. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters.

He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Wilson Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States for about 40 years.

In the 1880 census he (age 27), Farmer, was the married head of household in Wilson Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States.^[5]

In the 1900 census he (age 51) was the married head of household in Wilson Creek District, Grayson, Virginia, United States.^[6]

In the 1910 census he (age 58) was the married head of household in Wilson Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States.^[7]

In the 1920 census he (age 68) was the married head of household in Grayson, Virginia, United States.^[8]

He died on 23 November 1922, in Grant, Grayson, Virginia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Grant, Grayson, Virginia, United States.^[9].

Children

1. Hannah Greear Pugh
2. Moses Greear
3. Aquila Greear
4. Isaac Greear
5. James Noah Greear
6. William Greear
7. Susannah Greear Nelson (1798 - 1815
8. Shadrack Marshal Greear (1801 - 1876
9. John Calvin Greear (1804 - 1866
10. William Manson Greear (1810 - 1894
11. Jesse Martin Greear
12. Eli Greear (1813 - 1813

Siblings

1. Rachel Greer Jones
2. Elizabeth Greer Greer
3. Shadrach Greear
4. Sarah Greer Pugh
5. Hannah Greer Real
6. Aquilla Greer

Research Notes

From the f-a-g memorial Creator, Ralph Terry

"Shadrack Greear, Sr. was born in what is now Franklin County, Virginia.

Shadrack and his brother Aquilla, left Franklin County about 1780 and located in Grayson County, Virginia.

Later Aquilla moved to Ashe County, North Carolina. Aquilla continued to spell the name "Greer" but Shadrack, thinking the name not fully accented, changed his name to spell :"Greear," hence the difference in the spelling of the same name.

Dr. Greear said the reason Shadrack changed the spelling was because a nearby neighbor had the name Green and since handwriting is sometimes hard to read, they were always getting their mail mixed up, so Shadrack changed the spelling of his name from "Greer" to "Greear."

Shadrack and his wife, Elizabeth are buried on the old farm about 6 miles below Dungannon.

(Photographs and tracings of tombstones are in the Archives of Judia and Ralph Terry. These stones give the birth and death dates as used in this genealogy.)

Death dates of Shadrack and Elizabeth Greer found in Shadrack Greer, Jr.'s Bible in the possession of Charles P. Greear, Troutdale, Virginia. Dr. Conley Greear of Ft. Blackmore, Virginia had the Bible of Shadrack Greer, Sr., until the old homeplace burned about 1955, burning the old Bible." (Lois Temple FGS 132.)

"A List of Capt. Enoch Osborn's Company shows that Shadrick Greer, along with James Walling, who was either his father-in-law or his brother-in-law, was a member of this military group." ("General Muster 1783," taken from Fincastle - Montgomery Counties Revolutionary War Records 1775 - 1783, as found in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Christiansburg, Virginia.)

"Recommended to Governor as officer for County Militia Shedwick Greer, Ensign. Whyte County May 26, 1790." (SUMMER'S ANNALS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, pages 1356 - 1357.)

According to the PIONEER SETTLERS OF GRAYSON COUNTY, Shadrack, Sr. married Rosa Bourne. Could she have been his first wife, as Elizabeth Walling was 15 and Shadrack 29 when they married in 1783.

J. C. Greear lists Katy Walling as child of Shadrack and Eliz - Says she married M. Anderson and was the mother of Walling Anderson - she died June 7, 1822.

"Shadrick Greear and Elizabeth Walling had a daughter, Elizabeth." (From information gathered by Earl Greer and sent to Ralph Terry in 1995 by James McCoin, 312 Seven Oaks Trail, Knoxville, Tennessee 37922.)

Excerpts from 'The Southwest Corner' (a history newspaper column) by Goodrich Wilson --- "...Greer's store and tavern was a stopping place for travelers on the wooded heights near where the road crossed Iron Mountain, where the town of Troutdale now stands. Late in life Shadrach Greer removed from Grayson to a farm he had purchased on Clinch in what was to become Scott County. After a few years, his son Noah followed him there." (There are several writeups on the Greear family, but just general items and stories.)

Marriage

Spouse: Elizabeth Wallen or Walling (1768 - 1840)^{[citation needed]}

Date:

Place:

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   citing Page: 156; Affiliate Publication Number: M653;
   FamilySearch Record: M41K-94M (accessed 21 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSZ-7G6
   Marshal Greear (9) in Grayson, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia.
2. ↑ 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
   citing Page: 70; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 18; FHL microfilm: 000553148; Record number: 19716;
   FamilySearch Record: MFG9-6Y2 (accessed 21 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-67BQ-VSM Image number 00501
   Shadrick M Grear (19) in Wilson Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
   citing Marriage, Grayson, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.
   FamilySearch Record: 66JH-F67Z (accessed 21 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C91C-VWTH-B Image number 00692
   S M Greear marriage to Cintha M Parks in 1875 in Grayson, Virginia, United States.
4. ↑ Marriage: "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
   citing FHL microfilm: 31758; Record number: 324;
   FamilySearch Record: XRZZ-QBY (accessed 21 July 2023)
   S M Greear (24) marriage to Cintha M. Parks (19) on 23 Nov 1875 in Grayson, Virginia, United States.
5. ↑ 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
   citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch Record: MC5W-8VT (accessed 21 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBJ-L1R Image number 00239
   Shadrach M Greer (27), married, Farmer, head of household in Wilson Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia, United States.
6. ↑ 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 91; FHL microfilm: 1241711; Record number: 8510;
   FamilySearch Record: MMNW-L52 (accessed 21 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6Q53-7LM Image number 00176
   Marshall Greer (51), married head of household in Wilson Creek District, Grayson, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia.
7. ↑ 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T624;
   FamilySearch Record: MPGV-44H (accessed 21 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBQ-934Z
   Shadrick M Greer (58), married head of household in Wilson Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia.
8. ↑ 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Line: 48;
   FamilySearch Record: MJFQ-B6R (accessed 21 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RFW-CW7
   Shadrach M Greer (68), married head of household in Grayson, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia.
9. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #61622906 (accessed 21 July 2023)
   Memorial page for Shadrach Greear Sr. (23 Mar 1754-4 Dec 1842), citing Shadrach Greear Cemetery, Scott County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by AKC (contributor 47470906).

See Also:

• FamilySearch Person: LCRH-SML
• Find A Grave: Memorial #61622906
• Pedigree Resource File: [1]
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=capenoch&id=I801&op=GET
• (Photographs and tracings of tombstones are in the Archives of Judia and Ralph Terry. These stones give the birth and death dates as used in this genealogy.)
• Death dates of Shadrack and Elizabeth Greer found in Shadrack Greer, Jr.'s Bible in the possession of Charles P. Greear, Troutdale, Virginia. Dr. Conley Greear of Ft. Blackmore, Virginia had the Bible of Shadrack Greer, Sr., until the old homeplace burned about 1955, burning the old Bible." (Lois Temple FGS 132.)
• PIONEER SETTLERS OF GRAYSON COUNTY,

Acknowledgments

1. Thank you to Mike Ormsby for creating this profile on 17 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Mike and others.
2. dod added by Clayton Overstreet by 31 Mar 2018.

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