Aquilla Greer, Jr.

DAR Ancestor #: A048021 Rank: Patriotic Service

Aquilla Greer, first son of John and Ann Greer, was born in Baltimore County, Maryland 29 July 1737. He moved with his parents to Lunenburg County, Virginia in 1750. He married Hannah ______ in 1763. He moved to Surry County, North Carolina where he paid Poll Tax in 1771. He was on a Wilkes County (formerly Surry County) census in 1787. He aided in the Revolutionary War in North Carolina. He fought Indians and was severely wounded in the shoulder and mouth by a rifle shot causing him to lose several teeth. He lived to be 92 (actually 95) years old. He moved to South Carolina about 1789 and was on the U. S. census in Pendleton District, in 1790 and 1800. He moved to Warren County, Kentucky and paid taxes there in 1812. His will was made in 1822 in Warren County, Kentucky, but probated in Edmonson County, Kentucky in 1832. He had ten children. The first 2 or 3 children were born in Virginia and the rest in North Carolina except John who was born in South Carolina." (GREER FAMILY HISTORY, by Mrs. Ellen A. Fawcett)

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