Nancy Reddick Greer

Nancy Reddick Greer

Female 1805 - 1878  (73 years)

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  • Name Nancy Reddick Greer 
    Born 9 Aug 1805  Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 9 Oct 1878  Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 9 Oct 1878  Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14  My Family Tree | Collett-Williams, Raynor-Armstrong
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2017 

    Father John D. Greer,   b. 19 Jun 1761, Mount Pleasant, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1843, Troup County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Sarah "Sallie" Hunt,   b. 26 Feb 1763, Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1835, Troup County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 14 Feb 1782  Edgefield District, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F16  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Willis F. Johnson,   b. 1 May 1806, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1853, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married Abt 1825 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Ann Johnson,   b. 9 Aug 1827, Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1916, Owensville, Robertson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +2. Snellen Marion "Cub" Johnson,   b. 27 Oct 1827, Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1900, Lonetree, Uinta, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +3. Mary Willmirth Johnson,   b. Abt 1832, Chambers County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1855, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 23 years)
     4. Alfred Summers Johnson, Sr.,   b. 14 Sep 1835, Chambers County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1891, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     5. James A Johnson,   b. 13 Oct 1837, Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1874, Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)
     6. Hanna Victoria Johnson,   b. 13 Oct 1839, Autauga County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1903, Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    +7. Nancy Willmirth Johnson,   b. 22 Nov 1841, San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1902, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    +8. John Lycurgus Johnson,   b. 25 Aug 1844, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1908, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     9. Willis Leonidas Johnson,   b. 1846, San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 1856  (Age ~ 10 years)
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2017 
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John Sprouse,   b. 2 Apr 1802, Union, Union, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1858, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 6 Mar 1857  Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2012 
    Family ID F26  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Aug 1805 - Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Mar 1857 - Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Oct 1878 - Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 9 Oct 1878 - Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson Sprouse
    Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson Sprouse

    Documents
    1830 US Census - Willis Johnson
    1830 US Census - Willis Johnson
    Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Capt Britain C Tyars District, Troup, Georgia
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
    Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
    Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
    Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
    Total Free White Persons: 5
    Total Slaves: 4
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9
    1838 Town of Wickersville census in winter of 1838
    1838 Town of Wickersville census in winter of 1838
    One of the largest of the early settlements in Chambers County, Alabama numbered nearly two thousand at the time this census. It was located on the Creek "Horse Path" where the trail crossed the Osligee.

    The Willis Johnson, William Greer and Widow Mangrum families are living near each other (see middle column, near bottom).

    William D. Greer is an older brother (born 18 June 1800) of Nancy Reddick Greer. Jane Greer (born 13 March 1787) is the older sister of Nancy Reddick Greer and had married a Thomas Mangham. Thomas's father was Solomon and he also had a brother named Solomon.

    Source: The Reason for the Tears by Bobby L. Lindsey, 1971, pgs. 250-251.
    1840 US Census for Willis and Nancy Johnson
    1840 US Census for Willis and Nancy Johnson
    Family Head Name: Willis S Johnson
    Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Chambers, Alabama
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
    Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
    Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
    Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 6
    Total Slaves: 1
    Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7
    Deed from Martha Sapp to Nancy R. Greer in 13 November 1842
    Deed from Martha Sapp to Nancy R. Greer in 13 November 1842
    County: Washington State: Texas
    Consideration: $1,000 Location of Land: Waters of Hill Creek
    Size: 553 acres
    Witness: N. H. Greer (Nancy's brother)
    Recorded: 9 December 1851
    1848 Tax Roll for Willis Johnson in Washington County, Texas
    1848 Tax Roll for Willis Johnson in Washington County, Texas
    Name: Willis Johnson
    Real Property
    Acres: 450 Value: $1,250 Original Grantee: William Pryor Town Lot: Brenham

    Personal Property
    Negroes: 7 Value: $2,600 Number of Horses: 5 Value: $150 Number of Cattle: 5 Value: $15
    Money earning Interest: - Miscellaneous Property: Wagon & Hogs Value: $95

    Total Value: $4,060 Poll Tax: $100 State Tax: $9.12 County Tax: $4.56
    1849 Tax Roll for Willis Johnson in Washington County, Texas
    1849 Tax Roll for Willis Johnson in Washington County, Texas
    Name: Willis Johnson
    Real Property
    Acres: 450 Value: $900 Original Grantee: W. Pryor Tract: - Claim Type: Headright

    Personal Property
    Negroes: 8 Value: $2,600 Number of Horses: 2 Value: $150 Number of Cattle: 5 Value: $15
    Money earning Interest: - Merchandize on Hand: - Miscellaneous Property: Oxen Wagon Hogs Value: $130

    Total Value: $3,795 Poll Tax: $100 State Tax: $8.59 County Tax: $4.29
    1850 US Census for Willis and Nancy Johnson
    1850 US Census for Willis and Nancy Johnson
    Willis Johnson 45 North Carolina Farmer $2,500
    N R Johnson 44 Georgia
    S M Johnson 18 Georgia
    S A Johnson 15 Georgia
    M W Johnson 13 Alabama
    A S Johnson 11 Alabama
    James Johnson 9 Alabama
    H V Johnson 8 Alabama
    Nancy Johnson 7 Alabama
    L P Johnson 11 Texas
    W S Johnson 3 Texas
    J C Parker 36 Texas

    29 October 1850
    Willis and Nancy Johnson - 1850 US Census (Enhanced close-up)
    Willis and Nancy Johnson - 1850 US Census (Enhanced close-up)
    1851 Tax Roll for Willis Johnson in Washington County, Texas
    1851 Tax Roll for Willis Johnson in Washington County, Texas
    Name: Willis Johnson
    Real Property
    Acres: 453
    Value: $1,500
    Original Grantee: William Pryor
    Tract: League
    Stream: Mill Creek

    Personal Property
    Negroes: 10 Value: $3,000 Number of Horses: 3 Value: $135
    Number of Cattle: 10 Value: $40
    Money earning Interest: - Merchandize on Hand: - Miscellaneous Property: unreadable Value: $125

    Total Value: $4,790 Poll Tax: $50 State Tax: $7.65 County Tax: $3.84
    1852 Tax Roll for Willis Johnson in DeWitt County, Texas
    1852 Tax Roll for Willis Johnson in DeWitt County, Texas
    Name: Willis Johnson (on 350 acres of John Jordan with son Snellen Marion Johnson)
    Real Property
    Acres: - Value: - Original Grantee: - Tract: - Claim Type: - Stream: Guadaloupe

    Personal Property
    Negroes: 10 Value: $4,000 Number of Horses: 4 Value: $200 Number of Cattle: - Value: -
    Money earning Interest: - Merchandize on Hand: - Miscellaneous Property: Wagons & Oxen Value: $220

    Total Value: $4,420 Poll Tax: $50 State Tax: $6.63 County Tax: $3.--
    1853 Tax Roll for Willis Johnson in DeWitt County, Texas
    1853 Tax Roll for Willis Johnson in DeWitt County, Texas
    Name: Willis Johnson (on 369 acres of a Mr. Johnson with son Snellen Marion Johnson)
    Real Property
    Acres: - Value: - Original Grantee: - Tract: - Claim Type: - Stream: McCoy

    Personal Property
    Negroes: - Value: - Number of Horses: - Value: - Number of Cattle: - Value: -
    Money earning Interest: - Merchandize on Hand: - Miscellaneous Property: - Value: -

    Total Value: - Poll Tax: $50 State Tax: - County Tax: $0.25
    Petition of Nancy R Johnson to be made Administratrix of estate of Willis F Johnson
    Petition of Nancy R Johnson to be made Administratrix of estate of Willis F Johnson
    Number 73, Chief Justice R Kleberg, Willis F. Johnson from DeWitt County
    Date of Petition: 4 February 1854, Date of Death: 22 December 1853, did not leave will
    Date of ruling: 27 February 1854, Bond: $4,000
    Case dismissed: July 1854
    Bill of Sale for Slave (Allen)
    Bill of Sale for Slave (Allen)
    $1,300 for slave named Allen, 26 years old
    Grantors: Nancy R. Johnson, S. M. Johnson, Sarah Ann Allday, Mary W. York
    Grantee: Thomas G Irvin
    Bill of Sale for Slave (Susan)
    Bill of Sale for Slave (Susan)
    Location: Port Sullivan Date: 5 March 1855
    Sold to: Willmirth Fisher
    Consideration: $1,200
    Slave: Susan, 30 years old and child named Jo? about 4 years old
    Recorded 14 May 1855
    1856 US Census for Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson Sprouse
    1856 US Census for Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson Sprouse
    Hometown in 1856: Greater Salt Lake 6th Ward, Utah Territory
    John Sprouse
    Nancy Sprouse
    Victoria Johnson
    Nancy Johnson
    Lycurgus Johnson
    Eleanor Johnson (Unknown)
    James York (Widower of Mary Willmirth Johnson)
    Adaline York (Daughter of James York)

    Note - page 9 lists Nancy Greer, widow of Nathaniel Hunt Greer and 7 children
    General View of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory
    General View of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory
    Antique wood-cut engraving entitled "GENERAL VIEW OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TERRITORY" was published in "Harper's Weekly" May 1858
    Index to Probate Minutes for DeWitt County, Texas
    Index to Probate Minutes for DeWitt County, Texas
    Willis Johnson - Minute Book C page 94 and Minute Book D pages 207-208
    Probate Minutes of DeWitt County 30 August 1858
    Probate Minutes of DeWitt County 30 August 1858
    Alfred L. Brigance appointed Administer Pro Tem upon estate of Willis F. Johnson
    Allday case 2332 vs Johnsons - Suit over slave named Allen of Willis Johnson
    Allday case 2332 vs Johnsons - Suit over slave named Allen of Willis Johnson
    Texas Ranger. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 37, Ed. 1, Friday, February 25, 1859

    Lancaster, J., editor. Texas Ranger. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 37, Ed. 1, Friday, February 25, 1859, Newspaper, February 25, 1859; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48854/ : accessed March 11, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas.
    1860 US Census for Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson Sprouse
    1860 US Census for Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson Sprouse
    Hometown in 1860: 6th Ward of Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, USA
    N R Sprouse 54 (Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson Sprouse)
    Albert S Sprouse 25 (Alfred S. Johnson)
    Deborah Sprouse 18 (Deborah Elizabeth Hardy Johnson, wife of Alfred S.)
    Lycurgus Sprouse 15 (Lycurgus Johnson)
    Adeline Sprouse 6 (Adeline York)
    Alfred Sprouse 1 (Alfred Johnson, son of Alfred and Deborah Johnson)
    Washington County, Texas District Court Minutes for Sarah Allday vs Thomas Irvin
    Washington County, Texas District Court Minutes for Sarah Allday vs Thomas Irvin
    8 October 1858 - 13 October 1860
    1870 US Census for Lycurgus and Cora Johnson
    1870 US Census for Lycurgus and Cora Johnson
    Home in 1870: Laketown, Rich County, Utah Territory
    Lycurgus Johnson 25
    Cora Johnson 21
    Willis L Johnson 1
    Nancy Johnson 65
    Adeline York 17

    Living next door to Snellen Marion "Cub" and Sarah Hunt Greer Johnson family
    1830 Troup County, Georgia Families
    1830 Troup County, Georgia Families
    81 Families in the Troup County census in 1830

    Histories
    Journal Excerpt of Edward Stevenson
    Journal Excerpt of Edward Stevenson
    Source: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-17776,00.html
    Johnson-Greer-Davis Connection
    Johnson-Greer-Davis Connection
    A genealogical book compiled by June Belcher Roberts showing the ancestry of Cora Myrtle Johnson and the connections to the Greer and Davis lines. Many photographs, stories, and histories are included in this book of 230 pages.
    Autobiography of Dickson Hamblin Greer Excerpt
    Autobiography of Dickson Hamblin Greer Excerpt
    Source: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-17776,00.html
    Sylvester Henry Earl Diary Excerpt
    Sylvester Henry Earl Diary Excerpt
    Source: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-17776,00.html
    William Brockerman Wright Diary Excerpt
    William Brockerman Wright Diary Excerpt
    Source: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysources/1,16272,4019-1-69,00.html
    A History of Rich County by Robert E. Parson
    A History of Rich County by Robert E. Parson
    Johnson, Snellen M. "Cub" pgs. 104,328

    Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah State Historical Society, Rich County Commission, c1996
    Land of sky-blue water by Dr. Russell R. Rich
    Land of sky-blue water by Dr. Russell R. Rich
    Snellon Marion "Cub" Johnson pgs. 173, 175
    James Johnson pg. 186 "List of pioneers called in conference in October 1870 to help Charles C. Rich and Lorenzo Snow settle the "Northern" part of Utah."
    Biography of Elizabeth Roberts Owens
    Biography of Elizabeth Roberts Owens
    Traveled with Seth M. Blair wagon train and worked for Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson
    William Wallace Johnson - Progressive Men of Wyoming - Pages 849-850
    William Wallace Johnson - Progressive Men of Wyoming - Pages 849-850

    This biography recounts the heritage and life of William Wallace Johnson, son of Snellen M. Johnson and Rebecca Baker, grandson of Willis and Nancy Johnson. William also recounts the life of his parents and grandparents although some of the statements are incorrect.

    Published in 1903
    The Greer Way West - 10 Volumes (June 1996 - March 2006)
    The Greer Way West - 10 Volumes (June 1996 - March 2006)
    The Official Newsletter for Descendants of Nathaniel Hunt Greer and Nancy Ann Terry Roberts

    Courtesy of William N. Greer

  • Notes 
    • James McGaw was an early LDS missionary in Texas in 1848 to the Dallas area of Texas. In 1851 he may have been in Grimes County (borders Washington County) and may have converted the Sprouses. Washington Lafayette Jolley was the caption of the company that left Texas in 1854 to Utah.

      Edward W. East mentions Preston Thomas as a missionary in Port Sullivan, Texas and he KEEP A JOURNAL. Preston Thomas was a captain of a wagon train leaving Texas in 1856.

      An 1848 missionary companion of James McGaw was William Martindale.

      See: http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/articles/19911/First-LDS-bishop-in-Idaho-a-pioneer-for-gospels-sake.html


      Preston Thomas's March 14, 1849 letter to Orson Hyde mentions that a number of interesting fact:
      - Preston Thomas and William Martindale meet James McGaw at Weston, Missouri (on the Mississippi River)
      - Preston Thomas visits is brother Daniel Claiborne Thomas at his home in Burton, Texas (8 miles from Brenham)
      - Martindale and McGaw baptized 5 persons east of Burton in the Brazos River (FIND NAMES).
      - Preston Thomas baptized a young man in Washington County before going to the settlements on the Guadalupe River to preach.


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      Seth M. Blair Journal Entry September 12, 1854 "Sept. 12th Br Me today baptized Jas. Johnson bro of Br S.M. Johnson who was converted by the Lord through my preaching -

      13th Today blessed 9 children and baptized 5 - Sarah East (RB) James Sharp, Nancy Johnson and Margarett and Adeline Jones - thus the Lord has blessed his servant and now raised up a church of 24 members with the 9 children blessed no 34 members of the church in this place some of whom are enjoying the gifts etc - for which I pray the Lord to accept the grattitude of his servants _____ to _____ increase the work." (pages 45-46)


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      Washington Lafayette Jolley and John Osler were probably the first Mormon missionaries that the Johnson family encountered in 1852(per "Reminiscences of E. W. East).

      Henry G. Moyle was probably another early missionary.

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      According to the Johnson-Greer-Davis Connection book "After John’s death Nancy was back with her clan ready to strike the trail when the call came from President Brigham Young to go to southern Idaho and northern Utah." John Sprouse died 27 Oct 1858 and on the 27th of June 1860 Nancy is still in the 6th Ward in SLC according to the 1860 census. We don't have record of Nancy north of SLC until the 1870 census.

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      1851 Missionary James McGaw arrives in Texas

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      1852 John Brown, Preston Thomas, Washington Jolley and William Camp are called to serve missions in Texas.

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      1854 William C. Martindale arrived in Texas.

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      "The Community of Laketown has always maintained a belief in the value of formal education. The first organized school was held in 1869, and conducted by Nancy Greer Johnson, three months out of the year. Later, around 1876, a bright, well educated young man, Robert Spence, came to Laketown and began teaching."

      Source: Laketown Master Plan December 2007, page 7,http://laketownutah.com/uploads/master_plan.pdf