NOTE: it does not appear to this Researcher that the family ever moved from Tennessee. So unless David traveled to North Carolina on business or something???????
Barbara and the kids were still living in Tennessee in 1880.
There is no source found to prove the date/place of death, North Carolina, his last known residence was Johnson Tennessee...............
Biography
David was born in 1821.
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950,"
Name David Greer
Event Date 15 Sep 1842
Event Place , Johnson, Tennessee, United States
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name Barbary Spear
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1850 Johnson county, Johnson, Tennessee,
Age 29
Birth Year (Estimated) 1821
Birthplace Tennessee
House Number 61
David Greer M 29 Tennessee
Barbary Greer F 28 Virginia
Susannah Greer F 6 Tennessee
Edward W Greer M 3 Tennessee
Rufus R Greer M 1 Tennessee
NEXT Door is:
GREER, John age:82/Nancy age:71 both of N.C.
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1860 1st District, Johnson, Tennessee
Age 39
Birth Year (Estimated) 1821
Birthplace Tennessee
Page 6
David S Greer M 39 Tennessee
Barbara Greer F 36 Virginia
Susanah Greer F 15 Tennessee
Edward Greer M 13 Tennessee
Rufus Greer M 10 Tennessee
Amanda J Greer F 9 Tennessee
Nancy E Greer F 7 Tennessee
Hamilton S Greer M 4 Tennessee
David Greer M 1 Tennessee
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The censuses tell me that David S. Greer, husband of Barbary either deserted the family, or passed away about 1862 just after Jefferson Davis was born.
1870 P.O. Wards Iron Works, Johnson, Tennessee
And now there is a "Davis" listed as being born 1862??? and no David born 1859???
Appears that the baby David, and her husband David passed away?????????????
Age 43
Her husband David is not listed as Head of House
So it appears that Barbara is Widowed.........
Birth Year (Estimated) 1827
Birthplace Virginia
Page Number 9
Barbary Greer F 43 Virginia
Rufus Greer M 21 Tennessee
Hamilton S Greer M 13 Tennessee
Davis Greer M 8 Tennessee
Next door is:
Greer, William P age:27/Nancy age:44/2 teenagers
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Sources
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YN-7ZQ : 21 December 2016), David Greer and Barbary Spear, 15 Sep 1842; citing , Johnson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 944,463.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD2-G4M : 12 April 2016), David Greer, Johnson county, Johnson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 65, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).