Sometimes called Robertson Champ Wier and Roberson Champion Wier. He was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War, enlisting as a private in Co. H, 3rd Mississippi Cavalry, 1862-64. The Kilgore Rifles was organized in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
Grenada Gazette, March 19, 1887, p.4, col. 1: (Grenada County Board of Supervisors) "Ordered that the repairs of the bridge across Yeager Creek at or near G.B. Jones' farm be let to R.C. Wier at and for the sum of $69.75; said Wier agrees to make the following repairs: All new sleepers, 60 feet new flooring, all heart, and new railings, and he agrees to raise said bridge to its proper place; also the following named persons were appointed commissioners to receive said bridge: J.T. Criss, A.H. Cohea and R.M. Anderson, and to report at the next regular meeting of this Board."
Grenada Gazette, Apr. 9, 1887, p.1, col. 4: R.C. Wier had completed repairs to the bridge on Yearger's Creek to the satisfaction of the Board and was paid for same.
Grenada Gazette, Aug. 6, 1887, p.8, col. 2: "At a citizens' meeting held at the court-house on Tuesday last, W.H. Fitz-Gerald was elected chairman and R.T. Payne, secretary.
The chairman explained that the object of the meeting was for the selection of committees to properly arrange for the reception and entertainment of the visitors to Grenada on the occasion of the Confederate Reunion of Armstrong's Brigade to be held on the 11th of this month. On motion, the following committees were appointed:
Committee on arrangements: A.V.E. Thomas, chairman, W.H. Fitz-Gerald, J.T. Garner, H.H. Barksdale, W.E. Smith, A.C. Leigh, A.S.(Alexander Spencer) Bell, Sam Wile, Sam Pipkin.
Committee on subscriptions, Beat 1: Sam Futhey, A.(Alonzo) Fraser, Wm. Dubard, E.L. Austin, Wm. Wright, B.H. Gordon, W.F. Jennings, R.N. Hall, G.B. Jones.
Beat 2: J.T. Parker, J.R. Williams. R.B. Willis (Randolph Benton Willis), J.C. James, Frank Wier (Thomas Francis "Frank" Wier/Weir), T.B. Williamson, J.B. Crowder, James Thornton.
Beat 3: Champ Wier, E.L. Sanderson, M.K. Mister, D.B. Phillips, W.R. Yeager.
Beat 4: Dr. Wm. McSwine, W.B. Winter, R.H. Stokes, A. Martin, F. P. Collins.
Beat 5: C.H. Guy, T.P. Lampkin, D.L. Holcombe, Henry Moore, J.C. Crump.
Committees on subscriptions in the various beats ordered to report to A.V.B. Thomas, chairman of committee on arrangements, by or before Tuesday, August 9th."
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger, July 18, 1889, p.1, column 1:
THE STATE CONVENTION.
A LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATIC GATHERING.
Pursuant to call of Executive Committee, the Democratic State Convention assembled in the Hall of the House of Representatives, July 16, 1889, and was called to order by Hon. J.C. Kyle, Chairman of the Committee. ...The roll of counties was called, and delegates handed in their credentials. All the counties being represented, as follows:
...Carroll (County)--T.A. Kimbrough, M.K. Gray, W.T. Inman, W.R. Collins, J.T. Stanford, R.R. Somerville, W.B. Marshall, Marcus Askew, W. Ray, j.T. Buckley, T.B. Kennedy, R.S. Allen, R.C. Weir (sic), Dr. J.W. Young, Monroe McClung, A.H. Somerville, L.M. Southworth, Lee McMillan.
Champ Wier was a farmer in Mississippi and Texas and had a stroke in later years. He remained in Texas with some of his children and his elderly wife went to Oklahoma to live with other children. A family chart compiled by his great-grandson William Kincaid Bottoms listed his death as 1898.
He was a second cousin of John Scott Ferguson (1842-1914), owner of Belmont Plantation, Leesburg, Virginia, the former Ludwell Lee home, and also second cousin of Winfield Scott Nesbit, the father of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the famous "Gibson Girl."
Grenada Gazette, March 19, 1887, p.4, col. 1: (Grenada County Board of Supervisors) "Ordered that the repairs of the bridge across Yeager Creek at or near G.B. Jones' farm be let to R.C. Wier at and for the sum of $69.75; said Wier agrees to make the following repairs: All new sleepers, 60 feet new flooring, all heart, and new railings, and he agrees to raise said bridge to its proper place; also the following named persons were appointed commissioners to receive said bridge: J.T. Criss, A.H. Cohea and R.M. Anderson, and to report at the next regular meeting of this Board."
Grenada Gazette, Apr. 9, 1887, p.1, col. 4: R.C. Wier had completed repairs to the bridge on Yearger's Creek to the satisfaction of the Board and was paid for same.
Grenada Gazette, Aug. 6, 1887, p.8, col. 2: "At a citizens' meeting held at the court-house on Tuesday last, W.H. Fitz-Gerald was elected chairman and R.T. Payne, secretary.
The chairman explained that the object of the meeting was for the selection of committees to properly arrange for the reception and entertainment of the visitors to Grenada on the occasion of the Confederate Reunion of Armstrong's Brigade to be held on the 11th of this month. On motion, the following committees were appointed:
Committee on arrangements: A.V.E. Thomas, chairman, W.H. Fitz-Gerald, J.T. Garner, H.H. Barksdale, W.E. Smith, A.C. Leigh, A.S.(Alexander Spencer) Bell, Sam Wile, Sam Pipkin.
Committee on subscriptions, Beat 1: Sam Futhey, A.(Alonzo) Fraser, Wm. Dubard, E.L. Austin, Wm. Wright, B.H. Gordon, W.F. Jennings, R.N. Hall, G.B. Jones.
Beat 2: J.T. Parker, J.R. Williams. R.B. Willis (Randolph Benton Willis), J.C. James, Frank Wier (Thomas Francis "Frank" Wier/Weir), T.B. Williamson, J.B. Crowder, James Thornton.
Beat 3: Champ Wier, E.L. Sanderson, M.K. Mister, D.B. Phillips, W.R. Yeager.
Beat 4: Dr. Wm. McSwine, W.B. Winter, R.H. Stokes, A. Martin, F. P. Collins.
Beat 5: C.H. Guy, T.P. Lampkin, D.L. Holcombe, Henry Moore, J.C. Crump.
Committees on subscriptions in the various beats ordered to report to A.V.B. Thomas, chairman of committee on arrangements, by or before Tuesday, August 9th."
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger, July 18, 1889, p.1, column 1:
THE STATE CONVENTION.
A LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATIC GATHERING.
Pursuant to call of Executive Committee, the Democratic State Convention assembled in the Hall of the House of Representatives, July 16, 1889, and was called to order by Hon. J.C. Kyle, Chairman of the Committee. ...The roll of counties was called, and delegates handed in their credentials. All the counties being represented, as follows:
...Carroll (County)--T.A. Kimbrough, M.K. Gray, W.T. Inman, W.R. Collins, J.T. Stanford, R.R. Somerville, W.B. Marshall, Marcus Askew, W. Ray, j.T. Buckley, T.B. Kennedy, R.S. Allen, R.C. Weir (sic), Dr. J.W. Young, Monroe McClung, A.H. Somerville, L.M. Southworth, Lee McMillan.
Champ Wier was a farmer in Mississippi and Texas and had a stroke in later years. He remained in Texas with some of his children and his elderly wife went to Oklahoma to live with other children. A family chart compiled by his great-grandson William Kincaid Bottoms listed his death as 1898.
He was a second cousin of John Scott Ferguson (1842-1914), owner of Belmont Plantation, Leesburg, Virginia, the former Ludwell Lee home, and also second cousin of Winfield Scott Nesbit, the father of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the famous "Gibson Girl."
Sometimes called Robertson Champ Wier and Roberson Champion Wier. He was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War, enlisting as a private in Co. H, 3rd Mississippi Cavalry, 1862-64. The Kilgore Rifles was organized in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
Grenada Gazette, March 19, 1887, p.4, col. 1: (Grenada County Board of Supervisors) "Ordered that the repairs of the bridge across Yeager Creek at or near G.B. Jones' farm be let to R.C. Wier at and for the sum of $69.75; said Wier agrees to make the following repairs: All new sleepers, 60 feet new flooring, all heart, and new railings, and he agrees to raise said bridge to its proper place; also the following named persons were appointed commissioners to receive said bridge: J.T. Criss, A.H. Cohea and R.M. Anderson, and to report at the next regular meeting of this Board."
Grenada Gazette, Apr. 9, 1887, p.1, col. 4: R.C. Wier had completed repairs to the bridge on Yearger's Creek to the satisfaction of the Board and was paid for same.
Grenada Gazette, Aug. 6, 1887, p.8, col. 2: "At a citizens' meeting held at the court-house on Tuesday last, W.H. Fitz-Gerald was elected chairman and R.T. Payne, secretary.
The chairman explained that the object of the meeting was for the selection of committees to properly arrange for the reception and entertainment of the visitors to Grenada on the occasion of the Confederate Reunion of Armstrong's Brigade to be held on the 11th of this month. On motion, the following committees were appointed:
Committee on arrangements: A.V.E. Thomas, chairman, W.H. Fitz-Gerald, J.T. Garner, H.H. Barksdale, W.E. Smith, A.C. Leigh, A.S.(Alexander Spencer) Bell, Sam Wile, Sam Pipkin.
Committee on subscriptions, Beat 1: Sam Futhey, A.(Alonzo) Fraser, Wm. Dubard, E.L. Austin, Wm. Wright, B.H. Gordon, W.F. Jennings, R.N. Hall, G.B. Jones.
Beat 2: J.T. Parker, J.R. Williams. R.B. Willis (Randolph Benton Willis), J.C. James, Frank Wier (Thomas Francis "Frank" Wier/Weir), T.B. Williamson, J.B. Crowder, James Thornton.
Beat 3: Champ Wier, E.L. Sanderson, M.K. Mister, D.B. Phillips, W.R. Yeager.
Beat 4: Dr. Wm. McSwine, W.B. Winter, R.H. Stokes, A. Martin, F. P. Collins.
Beat 5: C.H. Guy, T.P. Lampkin, D.L. Holcombe, Henry Moore, J.C. Crump.
Committees on subscriptions in the various beats ordered to report to A.V.B. Thomas, chairman of committee on arrangements, by or before Tuesday, August 9th."
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger, July 18, 1889, p.1, column 1:
THE STATE CONVENTION.
A LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATIC GATHERING.
Pursuant to call of Executive Committee, the Democratic State Convention assembled in the Hall of the House of Representatives, July 16, 1889, and was called to order by Hon. J.C. Kyle, Chairman of the Committee. ...The roll of counties was called, and delegates handed in their credentials. All the counties being represented, as follows:
...Carroll (County)--T.A. Kimbrough, M.K. Gray, W.T. Inman, W.R. Collins, J.T. Stanford, R.R. Somerville, W.B. Marshall, Marcus Askew, W. Ray, j.T. Buckley, T.B. Kennedy, R.S. Allen, R.C. Weir (sic), Dr. J.W. Young, Monroe McClung, A.H. Somerville, L.M. Southworth, Lee McMillan.
Champ Wier was a farmer in Mississippi and Texas and had a stroke in later years. He remained in Texas with some of his children and his elderly wife went to Oklahoma to live with other children. A family chart compiled by his great-grandson William Kincaid Bottoms listed his death as 1898.
He was a second cousin of John Scott Ferguson (1842-1914), owner of Belmont Plantation, Leesburg, Virginia, the former Ludwell Lee home, and also second cousin of Winfield Scott Nesbit, the father of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the famous "Gibson Girl."
Grenada Gazette, March 19, 1887, p.4, col. 1: (Grenada County Board of Supervisors) "Ordered that the repairs of the bridge across Yeager Creek at or near G.B. Jones' farm be let to R.C. Wier at and for the sum of $69.75; said Wier agrees to make the following repairs: All new sleepers, 60 feet new flooring, all heart, and new railings, and he agrees to raise said bridge to its proper place; also the following named persons were appointed commissioners to receive said bridge: J.T. Criss, A.H. Cohea and R.M. Anderson, and to report at the next regular meeting of this Board."
Grenada Gazette, Apr. 9, 1887, p.1, col. 4: R.C. Wier had completed repairs to the bridge on Yearger's Creek to the satisfaction of the Board and was paid for same.
Grenada Gazette, Aug. 6, 1887, p.8, col. 2: "At a citizens' meeting held at the court-house on Tuesday last, W.H. Fitz-Gerald was elected chairman and R.T. Payne, secretary.
The chairman explained that the object of the meeting was for the selection of committees to properly arrange for the reception and entertainment of the visitors to Grenada on the occasion of the Confederate Reunion of Armstrong's Brigade to be held on the 11th of this month. On motion, the following committees were appointed:
Committee on arrangements: A.V.E. Thomas, chairman, W.H. Fitz-Gerald, J.T. Garner, H.H. Barksdale, W.E. Smith, A.C. Leigh, A.S.(Alexander Spencer) Bell, Sam Wile, Sam Pipkin.
Committee on subscriptions, Beat 1: Sam Futhey, A.(Alonzo) Fraser, Wm. Dubard, E.L. Austin, Wm. Wright, B.H. Gordon, W.F. Jennings, R.N. Hall, G.B. Jones.
Beat 2: J.T. Parker, J.R. Williams. R.B. Willis (Randolph Benton Willis), J.C. James, Frank Wier (Thomas Francis "Frank" Wier/Weir), T.B. Williamson, J.B. Crowder, James Thornton.
Beat 3: Champ Wier, E.L. Sanderson, M.K. Mister, D.B. Phillips, W.R. Yeager.
Beat 4: Dr. Wm. McSwine, W.B. Winter, R.H. Stokes, A. Martin, F. P. Collins.
Beat 5: C.H. Guy, T.P. Lampkin, D.L. Holcombe, Henry Moore, J.C. Crump.
Committees on subscriptions in the various beats ordered to report to A.V.B. Thomas, chairman of committee on arrangements, by or before Tuesday, August 9th."
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger, July 18, 1889, p.1, column 1:
THE STATE CONVENTION.
A LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATIC GATHERING.
Pursuant to call of Executive Committee, the Democratic State Convention assembled in the Hall of the House of Representatives, July 16, 1889, and was called to order by Hon. J.C. Kyle, Chairman of the Committee. ...The roll of counties was called, and delegates handed in their credentials. All the counties being represented, as follows:
...Carroll (County)--T.A. Kimbrough, M.K. Gray, W.T. Inman, W.R. Collins, J.T. Stanford, R.R. Somerville, W.B. Marshall, Marcus Askew, W. Ray, j.T. Buckley, T.B. Kennedy, R.S. Allen, R.C. Weir (sic), Dr. J.W. Young, Monroe McClung, A.H. Somerville, L.M. Southworth, Lee McMillan.
Champ Wier was a farmer in Mississippi and Texas and had a stroke in later years. He remained in Texas with some of his children and his elderly wife went to Oklahoma to live with other children. A family chart compiled by his great-grandson William Kincaid Bottoms listed his death as 1898.
He was a second cousin of John Scott Ferguson (1842-1914), owner of Belmont Plantation, Leesburg, Virginia, the former Ludwell Lee home, and also second cousin of Winfield Scott Nesbit, the father of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the famous "Gibson Girl."
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