Weir, Houke, Nifong - North Carolina to Illinois
Looking family of John Weir (b 18 Sep 1775, d 10 Mar 1847) & Salome Houke (b 1786, d Mar 1870), married in Rowan County, NC.They had at least two children, Christian Weir/Wear and Catherine Weir.Christian married Elizabeth Nifong in Davidson County NC in 1843.Catherine (Coty) Weir married Elizabeth's brother, Andrew Nifong, in Davidson County NC in 1835.I've noted a couple of other Nifong/Weir marriages in the Davidson County records and wonder if they might also be related.
As for John Weir, I found a record indicating his parents were William Weir and Sarah Haines, without further info, and would like to pursue that line.I don't know Salome's parentage.
I also found a Houk Wier in the 1850 Davidson County census whose oldest child was a daughter named Salome and wondered if he was another of John and Salome's children.
Christian Weir/Wear ended up in Illinois, dying in Perry County in 1895.I also wondered if/how he might be related to the Weir's from Rowan/Davidson County NC who ended up in McDonough County, Illinois.
Elizabeth Nifong died in 1869 in Fulton County, Indiana.