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John Owen Grier

Male 1846 - 1908  (62 years)

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  • Name John Owen Grier  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] 
    Birth 21 Jun 1846  Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  Providence, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Will 2 Dec 1861  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Mentioned in Father' Will 
    Military Service 28 Dec 1863  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1880  Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1900  Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 1908  Back Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Back Creek ARP Church Cemetery
    Death 4 Oct 1908  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6] 
    Person ID I30707  MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son Robert Montgomery
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Isaac Harris Grier, Sr,   b. 29 Aug 1811, Greene, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1862, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Isabella Robison,   b. 1812, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1889, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1 Mar 1831 
    Family ID F13359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Alice Hunter,   b. 1 Jul 1852, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1894, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 19 Oct 1869  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Children 
    >1. Robert Leroy Grier,   b. 28 Aug 1870, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1939, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Hugh Harris Grier,   b. 26 Sep 1872, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1951, Paducah, Cottle, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Josiah Williamson Grier, Sr,   b. 1 Aug 1875, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1961, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Melville Ezekiel Grier,   b. 13 Sep 1877, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1940, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Ralph Erskine Grier,   b. 1 Feb 1878, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1951, Harris, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. Owen Moffatt Grier,   b. 13 Jan 1882, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1960, Kerr County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >7. William Pressley Grier, Sr,   b. 28 Feb 1884, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1947, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >8. Mary Isabelle Grier,   b. 28 Jan 1889, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1973, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >9. Essie Grier,   b. 4 Oct 1890, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1927, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >10. Laura Grier,   b. 28 Aug 1891, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1949, Pinehurst, Moore, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >11. Boyce McLaughlin Grier,   b. 9 Aug 1894, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1974, Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Family 2 Hepsey Carolina Adams,   b. 13 Apr 1866, Westminster, Oconee, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1946, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 1897 
    Children 
     1. John Grier,   b. 1898, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. James Barron Grier,   b. 13 Apr 1899, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1960, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Jesse A Grier,   b. Apr 1903, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6387  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Jun 1846 - Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Providence, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Father' Will - 2 Dec 1861 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - 28 Dec 1863 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 19 Oct 1869 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1908 - Back Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Oct 1908 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S1841] Ancestry.com, SAR Application, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;;), SAR Membership Number: 90431.

    2. [S554] Back Creek ARP Church Cemetery, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Back Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina,USA;;), Listing of persons buried at Back Creek ARP Church Cemetery This website is interactive with further drill-down on each individual http://www.cmstory.org/cemetery/burialrecords.asp?id=20 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2241698&CScn=Back+Creek&CScntry=4&CSst=29&CScnty=1710&.
      1821 Back Creek Church Road
      Charlotte, NC


    3. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), "Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, *Will Abstracts 1791-1868 BooksA-J, *Tax Lists, 17978, 1798, 1799, 1806 & 1807" book located at Charlotte Public Library, ISBN 0-9620770-2-X.
      After son James died in 1833, Joseph added a codicil to his will

    4. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Mary Belle Grier Hutchison

    5. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for William Pressley Grier

    6. [S1176] SAR Application 90431, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;).

    7. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Miss Essie Grier

    8. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Mrs. Lila Grier Pharr

    9. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Melvin E Grier

    10. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Joe Williamson Grier Sr.

    11. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Robert Leroy Grier

    12. [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Providence, Mecklenburg,North Carolina; Roll: M432_637; Page: 80A; Image: .
      Record for John Grier

    13. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Mrs Hepsey Adams Grier

    14. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for James Barron Grier

    15. [S1860] Mecklenburg County Marriage Licenses 1869, (Name: Name: Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society; Location: Charlotte,Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Date: 2012;;), OMGS Quarterly, Vol 30, No 2, Page 14.

    16. [S3480] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
      Record for Hugh H Grier
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=txdeathcerts&h=21420820&indiv=try

    17. [S3572] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Gastonia Ward 6, Gaston,North Carolina; Roll: T625_1300; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 90; Image: .
      Record for William P Grier

    18. [S3572] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Dacosta, Victoria, Texas;Roll: T625_1847; Page: 27A; Enumeration District: 149; Image: .
      Record for Owen Grier

    19. [S3572] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Charlette Ward 4,Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: T625_1309; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 144; Image: .
      Record for Joe W Grier

    20. [S3572] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Galveston Ward 9,Galveston, Texas; Roll: T625_1805; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 53; Image: .
      Record for Jessee Greer



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