Geer, Ransom Erastus

Summary

Father: Shadrach Nanney
Mother: Mary Polly Geer

Birth: 1 Sep 1802, Orange County, North Carolina
Birth Source: Ransom Erastus Geer Family Bible

Death: 5 Apr 1885, Sparta, White County, Tennessee
Death Source:

Spouse1: Mary Hargis, m. 28 Dec 1820 White County, Tennessee

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Narrative

Children of Ransom Erastus Geer and Mary Hargis:

1. Cynthia Geer, b: 6 Apr 1822
2. Mary Lovicy Geer, b: 29 Nov 1824
3. William Jordan Geer, b: 6 Feb 1826
4. Elizabeth Ann Geer, b: 5 Dec 1827
5. Robert Usrey Geer, b: 24 Aug 1829
6. Catherine Jane Geer, b: 20 Mar 1832
7. Mary Ann Geer, b: 14 Jan 1834
8. John Wayman Geer, b: 15 Sep 1835
9. Samuel Vance Geer, b: 28 Apr 1838
10. Salinah Geer, b: 10 Apr 1841
11. Lucinda Jane Geer, b: 1 Jan 1845

Dates of births and deaths from Ransom Erastus Geer Family Bible
Note: copy of Bible pages sent to Ginger August by Virginia Austin (128 Gracey St., Sparta, TN 38583) February 25th, 1988. Bible was then in the possession of great-grandaughter, Nelda Glee Bradley Lee (Mrs. Robert L. Lee), 4220 Granny White Pike, Nashville, TN 37204. The front pages of the Bible have been lost and there is no information about the printer or the date of publication.

DNA of a descendant of Ransom Geer is an exact match to that of a Nanney descendant of Col. Stancill Nanney

Research Notes

Sources

Ransom Erastus Geer Family Bible
Geer Ancestry at WorldConnect by Samuel Taylor Geer
The Geer DNA Project