I am trying to locate parents of George Washington Greer, my great, great, great grandfather. He was born in 1835 and had 2 brothers, Ike (may have been Isaac)and Tom eventually settled in Clay Co, KY after serving in the Civil War. He was married to Mary Rollins.
Based on a family letter I have, his parents came from Ireland and settled in NC. His mother died and eventually his dad remarried. He left home at 15 and went to VA.

I have been able to find record of a William and Margaret Greer coming from Ireland in 1834, but no record of other Greers.

Any help would be appreciated

Possible connections:

George Bingham Greer, b. 1755 Ireland
emigrated to US 1784, with family.
Married unknown.
Bought land in NC, Buncombe County
in 1795. Listed in 1800 BC census
with 3m 0-10, 1m 10-16 and himself
1 f 0-10 and wife.
Children:
George Bingham, Jr. granted land in Buncombe County, NC, moved to Indiana by 1829. m a Nancy.
Richard Marion(?)born 1780, 1782, or 1784 owned land adjoining GB in Buncombe County, NC abt 1810, m. Mary Smith 1812, moved to Indiana Territory in abt 1814
Alexander Washingon (know nothing
about him. Could he be father of your George Washington Greer? He could be
under 9 years old in 1800)
Isaac Newton b. 1801 moved to GA between 1829 and 1834. The name connects with your GW Greer's brother, maybe he was named for an uncle?
John (know nothing about him)
Jacob (know nothing about him)
Charles (b. 1791 m.Uranah Johnson 1812 in NC.d. 1878) This is my GGGrandfather and I know a lot about him.
I am trying to find out about these brothers of Charles Greer's. There was also
a sister, under 10 in 1800.

Maybe some connection. I will pursue this angle and see if I can come up with anything. Thanks for your help. I will keep you posted as well.

Dixie, found a tree for George Bingham Greer on Ancestory.com. Links to Robert Greer. Maybe of some help

I have just begun my search for relatives and my grandfather is James Dewitt Greer, and his parents were James Claude and Effie (Williams) Greer. I'm told that James Claudes father was George Washington Greer and his wife was Cornelia or Cornilia Lenzy. Who both ended up in Alpine, Mississippi - where my family is from. We are now in Virginia

don't know if this is the same line; but our family
is Mississpi based too. We have a William V Greer
married to Anna Maye Williams in early 1900's.??

I have one in my line that is married to Mary
Rowland {Roland}. Need his parents and earlier info on siblings. Have his line for 3-4 generations. Have pic of him and know where his grave and Mary's grave are located. Can provide pics if ness.

A number of us would like to know George's parents. It seems to be the $64,000 question. No one knows names, all the info we have is that he came from NC. Phyllis Anderson suggested the 1850 NC census as a possible source. That would have been about the time he left NC (age 15). His father was widowed and remarried. He didn't like his stepmom, got in an argument and hit her. He knew he'd be in trouble so left home. I am going to try local resources to see if I can find out anything, but I'm across country from NC so may not. From letter I have, I also know we are of Irish decent and that he may be first generation in North America Did you try to e-mail me? I didn't receive.

Since using this service, couldn't tell you whether I tried email or not. My George Washington Greer is from Union County, Mississippi, haven't found any details other than freebies I can access on the net. I'm really new to the ancestry research world, so I may not have some information that others do have. I'm also in Virginia, so whatever I can do to help in the search I'm willing.

We have a George Washington Greer, born 7/5/l852, died l/l3/34, in Franklin County, Virginia. He is a direct descendent of Moses Greer, who came to America from Scotland or Ireland in the early l700's. He had several children, some of whom settled in Indiana (we assume) and several that stayed in Virginia. George's wife was Emily Hodges born ll/9/l857 and died 8/2/l94l.