Elizabeth Tuck1,2,3

ID# 2155, (1875 - )
FatherAdam Paul Tuck4,5,6 (1842-1900)
MotherSarah Emma Williams7,8,9 (1849-1903)
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
FamilyThe Toot and Tuck Families
     Elizabeth Tuck was born in Oct 1875 in Tennessee.10,11 She married John Ripley Greer about 1898.12,13

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     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, in the household of her parents, Paul Tuck and Sarah Emma Williams.5
     She was named an heir in the will of her father's sister, Sarah Elizabeth Tuck, dated 22 Jul 1882, to receive $2000, to be paid to her when she married or reached age 21.4,14 She finally received that amount, in Jul 1888, with 19% interest, after an extended legal contest to the will that reached the Tennessee Supreme Court.15
     Elizabeth and John Ripley Greer appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, at 291 Linden St., enumerated 1 Jun 1900, reporting that the family owned it's home. Their daughter Elizabeth was listed as living with them, as were her parents, Paul Tuck and Sarah Emma Williams, and two Black servants, Jennie Conley, age 29, a cook, Maggie Conley, age 27, a nurse, and George Conley, age 29, a blacksmith.16

Child with John Ripley Greer:

  • Elizabeth T. Greer17 b. Mar 1900

Citations

  1. [S1220] Paul Tuck household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Bessie Tuck.
  2. [S1221] John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Elizabeth T. Greer.
  3. [S1285] Shelby Co. Wills, 8:289-92, Sarah E. Atkinson, 1882, shows name as Bessie Tuck.
  4. [S1285] Shelby Co. Wills, 8:289-92, Sarah E. Atkinson, 1882.
  5. [S1220] Paul Tuck household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
  6. [S1221] John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows him as father-in-law of her husband.
  7. [S2111] McNeil et al v. Mills and Young, transcript of proceedings of Circuit Court of Shelby Co., 12 Aug 1885, pg 106, deposition of Mrs. Emma W. Tuck, states that the two children of A. P. Tuck to which Mrs. Atkinson gave $2,000 were her children.
  8. [S1220] Paul Tuck household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows the child as daughter of Emma's husband.
  9. [S2061] Macon, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 30.
  10. [S1220] Paul Tuck household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows age 6 and state.
  11. [S1221] John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows month, year, age 24 and state.
  12. [S1221] John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows married 2 years.
  13. [S2061] Macon, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 30, shows married.
  14. [S1351] Atkinson, Shelby Co. Tennessee loose probate records, petition of John C. Mills as executor, 8 Nov 1882, shows Robert A. Young as "Revd."
  15. [S1351] Atkinson, Shelby Co. Tennessee loose probate records, 22 Dec 1886 statement of J. C. Mills and R. A Young, shows payments of each legacy, with amounts somewhat higher than specified in the will.
  16. [S1221] John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
  17. [S1221] John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows the child as daughter of Elizabeth's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.

 

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