User:BabyDriver/Greer Mountain

Greer Mountain is Located in Trade Tennessee, just north of Boone, NC. Once occupied mainly by those with the Greer surname, the mountain is not officially named Greer Mountain. The mountain itself is difficult for drivers, but stunning for those brave enough. For those who are interested in the Cherokee, the mountain is festooned with arrowheads, tomahawks, and various stone treasures that were once used for skinning the hyde off wild game. My grandmother used to say that there were several Cherokee burial's on the mountain, because she said that they used tobacco blumes to mark the graves. The Cherokee also loved garlic, and planted it all over the mountain, which now grows wild everywhere.

In my memory, having lived on Greer Mountain personally, I remember only a few Greer's who lived on the Mountain: Taft and Essie Greer (My great aunt and uncle); Benjamin L. Greer, and Lorne Price Greer (My grandparents); Huel Harold Greer (My father). Taft and Essie's son Jim Greer also lived there; in the home of taft and essie.

Greer Cemetary is also located on Greer Mountain, of which each and every aforementioned resident is currently resting.

After having completed my family tree, I discovered that there had been a DNA study on the Greer surname. Greer is a bastardized version of the MacGregor surname; Rob Roy MacGregor's decendent's. As it turned out, Greer DNA was mainly Viking, and unrelated by blood to Rob Roy MacGregor. See this page for DNA information  and this page for actual DNA results