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On Dec. 10, 1840, (Rev.) William Wier patented a tract of land in Section 11, Township 22N, R6E of Yalobusha County, MS (present Grenada Co.) adjoining Archibald Lamon who adjoined (William's first cousin) James Wier (120 acres) and (James' brother-in-law) Robert Evans, and not far from James' brother Samuel H. Wier. All these mentioned lands were patented the same day, so apparently land claims were staked in the 1830s. The James Wier and Evans tracts were on the north and east sides (respectively) of what is now called Lamon-Trussell Cemetery (where James Wier is buried), while the William Wier tract is on the south of the cemetery. Rev. William Wier lived at Columbus, Miss. It is not known whether he ever lived on the land he patented in 1840. But by 1880, Rev. William Wier's son, Rev. Thomas Coke Wier, had moved to Grenada, Mississippi, where he was the head of the Grenada Female College, a Methodist institution. The 1880 census shows him living there. He later moved back to Columbus, Miss.
ref., Family Maps of Grenada County, Mississippi by Gregory A. Boyd, pp. 142-47. See also A History of Methodism in Alabama (1893) by Anson West, pp. 4, 151, 452, 456, 459, 626, 728.
Southern Methodist Handbook (1914) by Thomas Neal Ivey, pp.148-49.


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The Rev. WILLIAM WIER, was born in Ireland, County, Tyrone, June 5th, 1792, was converted about the year 1820, was licensed to preach about 1829, entered the itinerancy about 1830, in our Conference, filled Tuskaloosa station, Noxubee circuit, Greene circuit, Tuskaloosa district , Columbus district. Having been superannuated for the last year or two, he died recently, after a life of much suffering, in full hope of a blessed resurrection. Brother Wier was a man of original and decided character, strong will, and had a heart full to overflowing of the tender sympathies of human nature. He has gone from the ranks of the church militant, and we find it in our hearts to say: . Servant of God well done.” https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=7XFQAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA478