Jasper  County Biographies

The Greer Family of Jasper County, Georgia

The following is transcribed by Suzanne Forte (suzanneforte@bellsouth.net) from the book

 "The Kellys of Jasper County, Georgia, Descendants of the Revolutionary Soldier Jacob Kelly and wife Susanna Allen" 

by Dorothy Kelly MacDowell, 1984

JOHN R. GREER married Mary _______

CRAWFORD HARRISON GREER, 1812-1892 married Margaret W. Lawrence 1815-1861

Children of Crawford H. Greer and Margaret W. Lawrence Greer:

1.  Jane M. married Eaton Harris Kelly

2.  William Gibson 1853-1914, married 1874 Elizabeth Malone, daughter of Sarah Ann Kelly and Thomas Sherrod Malone

3.  Crawford Harrison, Jr, 1850-1934 married 1890, India Amarintha Malone sister to Elizabeth above.

      Children of William Gibson Greer and Elizabeth Malone Greer:

Sallie born 1875 married 1892 General Euel Fullerton

Annie Lee born 1877 died 1955, married first Herman Spears married second George W. Torrance of England and married third his nephew Harold Torrance

Nancy Elizabeth 1885-1973 married 1902 Hamilton Braxton Ezell.

Children of Crawford Harrison Greer, Jr and India Amarintha Malone:

Yulyn 1900-1944, married Frank R. Ezell

Margaret born 1898 married 1917 Richard Johnson Sammons son of Ellis Walker Sammons