Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
NameHenry Christopher GREESON 
, M
, MBirth8 Jan 1788, Guilford County, North Carolina
Death8 Oct 1856, Wayne County, Tennessee
FatherIsaac GREESON , M (1766-1856)
MotherDorothy Turley INGLE , F (1774-1856)
Misc. Notes
The Matthew Joseph Sims Family. of Wayne County, Tennessee
I-Pariss Sims, 1750-1833
II-1. Robert Sims, 1783-1842
III-11. Matthew Joseph Sims, the second child of Robert and Frances Merritt Sims, was born at Salem (WinstonSalem) North Carolina, June 9, 1816; died in Wayne County, Jan. 16, 1890. He married Dorothy Turley Greeson, July 23, 1837; daughter of Henry and Betsy Cook Greeson, both of German descent. She was born July 15, 1817; died Aug. 9, 1896.
The Greeson family came from Bedford County, Tenn., to Bear Creek, Wayne County, and were early settlers in the Lutts Community, near where Robert Sims and his family settled in 1833. Henry, a son of Isaac (II) and Turley Ingle Greeson, married Betsy Cook about 1797. Turley was a daughter of George Ingle whose wife is believed to have been Margaret Turley. Henry's grandfather is believed to have been Jacob Greeson, son of Isaac Greeson (Greison) (I), who came from Germany and settled in Orange County; N. C., about 1755; made his will in Orange County in 1768. He had a Land Grant of 275 acres, on the Alamance River, from the Earl of Granville in the reign of King George 3rd.
Henry Greeson emigrated from North Carolina to Kentucky where he married Elizabeth (Betsy) Cook, daughter of John Cook. Later, he moved from Kentucky to Bedford County, Tenn., thence to Wayne.
The Greeson home place in Lutts Community was in the family for more than 100 years. The old home and farm were greatly improved and modernized by John Henry Greeson, a grandson, in the 1930s.
I-Pariss Sims, 1750-1833
II-1. Robert Sims, 1783-1842
III-11. Matthew Joseph Sims, the second child of Robert and Frances Merritt Sims, was born at Salem (WinstonSalem) North Carolina, June 9, 1816; died in Wayne County, Jan. 16, 1890. He married Dorothy Turley Greeson, July 23, 1837; daughter of Henry and Betsy Cook Greeson, both of German descent. She was born July 15, 1817; died Aug. 9, 1896.
The Greeson family came from Bedford County, Tenn., to Bear Creek, Wayne County, and were early settlers in the Lutts Community, near where Robert Sims and his family settled in 1833. Henry, a son of Isaac (II) and Turley Ingle Greeson, married Betsy Cook about 1797. Turley was a daughter of George Ingle whose wife is believed to have been Margaret Turley. Henry's grandfather is believed to have been Jacob Greeson, son of Isaac Greeson (Greison) (I), who came from Germany and settled in Orange County; N. C., about 1755; made his will in Orange County in 1768. He had a Land Grant of 275 acres, on the Alamance River, from the Earl of Granville in the reign of King George 3rd.
Henry Greeson emigrated from North Carolina to Kentucky where he married Elizabeth (Betsy) Cook, daughter of John Cook. Later, he moved from Kentucky to Bedford County, Tenn., thence to Wayne.
The Greeson home place in Lutts Community was in the family for more than 100 years. The old home and farm were greatly improved and modernized by John Henry Greeson, a grandson, in the 1930s.
Spouses
Birth27 Jun 1794, North Carolina
Death23 Jun 1882, Wayne County, Tennessee
Marriage1813, North Carolina
ChildrenDorothy Turley , F (1817-1896)
William Riley , M (1829-1903)
Nancy , F (ca1832-)
John , M (ca1835-)
Henry , M (ca1839-)