Nancy Reddick Greer b. 9 Aug 1805 Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA d. 9 Oct 1878 Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA: My Family Online

1805 - 1878 (73 years)

Name	Nancy Reddick Greer
Born	9 Aug 1805	Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA
Gender	Female
Died	9 Oct 1878	Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
Buried	9 Oct 1878	Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
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 , d. 2 Feb 1843, Troup County, Georgia, USA (Age 81 years)
Mother	Sarah "Sallie" Hunt, b. 26 Feb 1763, Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA , d. 8 Aug 1835, Troup County, Georgia, USA (Age 72 years)
Married	14 Feb 1782	Edgefield District, South Carolina, USA
Family ID	F16	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Willis F. Johnson, b. 1 May 1806, North Carolina, USA , d. 20 Dec 1853, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA (Age 47 years)

Married Abt 1825

Children

+	1. Sarah Ann Johnson, b. 9 Aug 1827, Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA , d. 28 Apr 1916, Owensville, Robertson, Texas, USA (Age 88 years)
+	2. Snellen Marion "Cub" Johnson, b. 27 Oct 1827, Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA , d. 10 Jun 1900, Lonetree, Uinta, Wyoming, USA (Age 72 years)
+	3. Mary Willmirth Johnson, b. Abt 1832, Chambers County, Alabama, USA , d. 21 Jun 1855, Kansas, USA (Age ~ 23 years)
	4. Alfred Summers Johnson, Sr., b. 14 Sep 1835, Chambers County, Alabama, USA , d. 23 Aug 1891, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States (Age 55 years)
	5. James A Johnson, b. 13 Oct 1837, Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA , d. 1874, Laketown, Rich, Utah, USA (Age 36 years)
	6. Hanna Victoria Johnson, b. 13 Oct 1839, Autauga County, Alabama, USA , d. 13 Apr 1903, Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, USA (Age 63 years)
+	7. Nancy Willmirth Johnson, b. 22 Nov 1841, San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA , d. 13 Mar 1902, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States (Age 60 years)
+	8. John Lycurgus Johnson, b. 25 Aug 1844, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA , d. 29 Jun 1908, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States (Age 63 years)
	9. Willis Leonidas Johnson, b. 1846, San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA , 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 , d. 27 Oct 1858, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 56 years)
Married	6 Mar 1857	Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Last Modified	10 Dec 2012
Family ID	F26	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 9 Aug 1805 - Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, USA
	Married - 6 Mar 1857 - Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
	Died - 9 Oct 1878 - Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
	Buried - 9 Oct 1878 - Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA

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Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson Sprouse

Documents » Slide Show		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 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 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 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 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 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 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)
		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 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 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 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) $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) 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 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 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 Willis Johnson - Minute Book C page 94 and Minute Book D pages 207-208
		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 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 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 8 October 1858 - 13 October 1860
		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 81 Families in the Troup County census in 1830

Histories		Journal Excerpt of Edward Stevenson Source: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-17776,00.html
		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 Source: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-17776,00.html
		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 Source: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysources/1,16272,4019-1-69,00.html
		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 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 Traveled with Seth M. Blair wagon train and worked for Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson
		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 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