Greer, Abner

Born: 1799-11-02

Died: 1845-11-08

Flourished: Lawrence County, Illinois

Greer lived in Lawrence County, Illinois, as early as 1832. During the Black Hawk War, Greer served as a captain, commanding a battalion of Illinois militia. He won election to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1832 and later won a term in the Senate in 1838. Greer served as Lawrence County Treasurer from 1836 to 1839 and as school commissioner from 1836 to 1842.

Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois (Edwardsville, IL: J. L. McDonough, 1883), 108, 140; John Clayton, comp., Illinois Fact Book and Historical Almanac, 1673-1968 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970), 203, 206.