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From: Bob Tobin <>
Subject: Re: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] OUR REVOLUTIONARY WAR ANCESTORS
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:12:19 -0400
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Sorry,
William Wilkens...

Bob Tobin wrote:
> Hi cousin Bobby,
>
> I have long believed there is a connection between our Prosser line to
> the Otey Prosser line (but not through Otey himself). The connection
> seems to be the Greer's and the Stovall family to name just 2 families.
> For instance, Otey is said to have had a sister Elizabeth who married
> Littleberry Stoval - who was the brother of Frances Stovall, the wife of
> Otey Prosser. I believe the Littleberry Stoval family that passed
> through Lincoln Co., TN in the very early 1800's was the same. Also, a
> daughter of Otey married a William Wilkes - and they too appear to have
> passed through Lincoln Co., TN before going to Indiana. Bartholomew
> Stoval lived in Smith Co., TN. And I have found several sparse records
> of "Prosser's" in Wilson Co., TN between 1804 - 1818. Maybe a
> coincidence... but a William Prosser (who I believe passed through TN)
> and a Joseph or James Greer received grants for their service in the War
> of 1812 in Arkansas. William Prosser used his grant to acquire land in
> Faulkenar Arkansas in about 1822 - and then completely disappears from
> Arkansas.
>
> Otey had a few known brother's (Richard, John, and George)and I believe
> he also had a brother named William - though I have not been able to
> find any info regarding what happened to this William... George and
> Richard are just as mysterious too... I have found practically nothing
> about them (but there was a George Prosser who served in the War of 1812
> in the same regiment as William Prosser [can't find my notes for the
> specifics of this]). Otey's brother John apparently died in Richmond in
> about 1804 or 1807 - but his children were too young to be any of our
> Prosser's. Otey is known factually to have spent time in North Carolina
> after the Revolutionary War - but to date, other than his daughters
> marriage, I have found no conclusive records of this.
>
> So, it would not surprise me if someday we find a direct link to one of
> Otey's siblings.
>
> Bob Tobin
>
> wrote:
>> Cousins and List Friends!
>>
>> Good day from sun dried, drought ridden Northwestern Middle Tennessee.
>>
>> We have just enjoyed another day of remembrance of our independence. It is my prayer that we may continue to be blessed and have the opportunities that we have in this country. The freedoms that we enjoy come at a price.
>>
>> I have in my lineage Joseph HASTINGS and his son Henry F. HASTINGS that fought during the Revolutionary War.
>>
>> I was sent something recently that may or may not have connections to the Lincoln County and/or Chestnut Ridge area and I want to put it out in this query to see if anyone has any thoughts. This comes from Donnie Phillips of Birmingham, AL. area. He states that he has been researching the GREER family for many years. He says that he can go back to Otey Prosser GREER (1801-1832) His son Benjamin K. GREER is buried in the Weems Cemetery in Charlotte, TN., here in Dickson County. The question is does our Southern Middle Tennessee (GREER &PROSSER) name have anything to do with Otey Prosser GREER. He states that he is assuming that he was named for the Otey PROSSER that fought in the Revolutionary War and received a Georgia land grant and was buried there. Before going to Georgia, Otey PROSSER evidently was in Virginia when he was serving in the Revolutionary War and there were GREER family members living in the same county in Virginia. Is there a connection between Otey PROSS
E
> R !
>> and Ote
>> y Prosser GREER and also a connection to our area?
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Bobby Prosser
>>
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