Robert D Greer, deceased of DeKalb County (originally Henry County), Georgia
sale of 772 acres of land and 9 enslaved people to cover his debts. 1860
(Robert Greer died having been thrown from his horse and he was buried in the Greer Family Cemetery, DeKalb County, Georgia. His wife's name was Mary Anderson.)
To be sold on the first Tuesday of February, 1861 outside the Decatur Courthouse, DeKalb County
America aged 55
her husband Frank aged 46
Anderson aged 27
Jane aged 88
Lear aged 26
and her two children
Ezekiel aged 7
Maria aged 4
Aaron 24
Jesse 14
dated Dec 12 1860 A L Pitts and Mary A Greer, Administrators
The Gate-City Guardian newspaper
Whatever happened in the sale, somehow most of this family were together in Decatur, DeKalb County in 1870.
Francis Grier, (Farmer) age 57, born South Carolina
America Grier, age 65, born SC
Jane Grier age 110, born SC
Ezekiel, Maria and Boss all born in Georgia
In 1887 Ezekiel Grier married Emily Green in DeKalb County, Georgia.
As we remember them, we also remember Anderson, Lear and Jesse......
This research is a contribution to the #SlaveNameRollProject
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Sources
The Gate-City Guardian Newspaper 1860
gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/
Residence DeKalb, Georgia 1850
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY2-SHB
Residence DeKalb, Georgia 1860
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMR-JWW
Findagrave Robert Greer 1805-1860
www.findagrave.com/memorial/75714689#
Georgia Fulton County Records
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