1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 21 July, District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 3 (scan 545), Hse/Fam #19 Gregory, James 27 M W Farm Laborer $0 Real Estate $450 Personal b Tenn [b abt 1841] Gregory, Mary E 23 F W Keeping House born NC [b abt 1847] Gregory, William J 1 M W born GA [b abt 1869] Peck, Sephronen 11 F W Dom Servant born GA [b abt 1869] Cannot read and write In 1870, James is listed in the third house down the page from his brother Tapley. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 21 July, District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 3 (scan 545), Hse/Fam #19 Gregory, Tapley 29 M W Farm Laborer $0 Real Estate $450 Personal b Tenn [b abt 1841] Gregory, Susan 26 F W Keeping House born GA [b abt 1844] Gregory, Sarah 3 F W born GA [b abt 1867] Gregory, Mary 1 F W born GA [b abt 1869]
Researcher Nathan Gregory estimates the year of birth as 1778, based on a range of ages reported in censuses. "1830 Census places James birth between 1771 and 1780 1810 Census places the date between 1766 and 1780 1820 reduces the overlap to between 1776 and 1780 We will peg 1778 as middle of range" -- Nathan Gregory, "James Gregory," Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7554069/person/-1070966759/facts ---------------------- Gregorys and Fews in Migration Patterns from the 1700s By Orville Boyd Jenkins Posted on Ancestry.com 16 October 2017 One factor in reconstructing a family lineage are patterns of movement and migration. These migration paths are helpful in finding and evaluating records in our Gregory and related Few line. We see Gregory records in a generational pattern along the migration streams along the tidewater area or valleys southwards and westward. Westward Records are being discovered in the westward line from Philadelphia through Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland, through what is now West Virginia, still part of Virginia in the era we are looking at, and on to Ohio and Indiana. Brothers John, Richard and Benjamin Gregory, thought to be sons of Isaac Gregory of Pennsylvania, are mentioned several times in lists of residents of old Frederick County, Virginia, a large area at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley, also on a common east-west migration route. Records for a younger Richard Gregory are found in Culpeper County and Fauquier County, Virginia, on this westward path south of the Pennsylvania border. These two counties were established in 1749, cut out of Orange County, the original huge area from which Frederick County was originally established in 1743. These counties bordered Frederick County on the east. Dates and locations of various records match a line of movement from the residence of Richard's likely grandfather Benjamin Gregory of Pennsylvania, into Frederick County, and later back to eastern Virginia in Prince William County, across the Potomac from Washington, DC. This westward line of migration connects with the great Shenandoah Valley running southwestward along the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains in what is now West Virginia. Records for a Lewis Gregory, who appears to be a son of Benjamin, son of Isaac, are found along this Shenadoah Valley route then across into the part of Virginia that later became Kentucky, one of the areas where Fews and Gregorys come into contact. This matches the pattern of residence and Gregory-Few marriages in some of these areas along this southward line of migration. Details are found in individual notes for the Fews and Gregorys. Gregorys from this lineage moved westward a bit to the part of Virginia that is now northern Kentucky. Southward Gregorys are found along the Shenandoah Valley which runs southwestward from Hagerstown to Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee, on the border, on through Jefferson and Cocke County, which were all one area of North Carolina, then East Tennessee (current I-81 to I-40 to Knoxville) in the 1700s and early 1800s and on toward Cherokee and contiguous counties in Alabama. We find Gregorys that appear to be from two different lineages who followed the Shenandoah or similar route from Philadelphia-Baltimore through Virginia into Tennessee, our line through the easterly route of the named east Tennessee counties, the other a bit more westerly, with members of both lines in Kentucky. These two lines seem to be connected to the same line from Pennsylvania and northern Virginia. But there are indication of one or two separate migration streams in the same areas. Early sources are not clear on these lines, and similar names in what may be different lineages seem to have been confused in some genealogies. I have been through all these areas and explored these lines of migration so have these in mind as I read through records and watch for connections and clues. Westward Ho Gregorys in the line of James Henry Gregory and Rachel Lewis are found in those counties of Tennessee from Jefferson-Cocke on to Knox, McMinn (where we find both these Gregorys, with apparently no crossover), Franklin, etc, in the westward migration route. Gregorys of our lineage also seem to have moved northwestward through the mountain passes toward Louisville. Fews and Gregorys are connected in the states of Virginia, Kentucky (which was originally part of Virginia colony), North Carolina and Tennessee (which was originally part of North Carolina Colony) in several generations. The Fews in North Carolina apparently followed the westerly route over the Smokies into Tennessee into Jefferson County, Tennessee, and surrounding counties where they connected again with the Gregory lineage. We find them in the family of Francis Marion Few from North Carolina Jefferson County, Tennessee, where his daughter Letha married Andrew Jackson Gregory, my great great grandfather's brother. Crossflow Traffic went both ways along those Midwestern routes over a period of two centuries. Fews moved into the Louisville, Kentucky, area from Indiana (across the Ohio River. Gregorys and Fews also moved from eastern Tennessee into Kentucky. Great migrations northward occurred in the 1920s and later because of extensive floods along the Mississippi, destroying much of the Delta South. The depression added to this exodus northward. Midwestern droughts accelerated movement to California. Further industrialization in the next two decades and after WWII accelerated this migration northward and westward. The geographical indicators are not only contiguous counties, but similarly in the counties along these common natural migration routes, which also reveal patterns of the same family decade to decade and generation to generation. These patterns match the same kinds of patterns we find in ethnic investigations all over the world. ---------------------- ---------------------- James Gregory Birth 1778 Virginia, USA Death 1833 Bath County, Kentucky, USA James Gregory came to Bath County and purchased the land this Cemetery is located on in 1811. He lived here until the great Cholera epidemic of 1833 when he succumbed to the disease. His widow Jane Hughart remarried to a William Tackett and Mr. Tackett purchased the farm from James' heirs as described in his Will. James is reported buried in the graveyard on his farm, along with his wife. We found Jane Hughart/Tackett's stone but there is no marker for James. There are a great many illegible markers, and we also think William Tackett is buried here too. Spouse Jane Hughart Tackett (1799 - 1882) Children: Alexander Gregory (1823 - 1883) Lovina Gregory Templeman (1824 - 1879) Martha J Gregory Horseman (1826 - 1882) Levi Johnson Gregory (1829 - 1851) Nancy Ellen Gregory (1831 - 1846) Burial Gregory Burying Ground, Wyoming, Bath County, Kentucky, USA Created by Nathan Gregory Oct 23, 2014 -- Find A Grave Memorial #137653682, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=137653682 ----------------------
1860 Federal Census, Union County, South Carolina, 14 June, P O Unionville, page 29-30, Hse #248, Fam #206 A S Gregory 43 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $1000 Personal born South Carolina [b abt 1817] Margaret Gregory 35 F Wife born South Carolina [b abt 1825] -- page 30 -- Adwin [Adrian] Gregory 17 M Student born South Carolina [b abt 1843] Elizabeth Gregory 15 F Student born South Carolina [b abt 1845] Harrison Gregory 13 F Student born South Carolina [b abt 1847] Sally Gregory 11 M Student born South Carolina [b abt 1849] James Gregory 9 M Student born South Carolina [b abt 1851] Brooks Gregory 6 M born South Carolina [b abt 1854] Benjamin Gregory 5 M born South Carolina [b abt 1855] Alice Gregory 2 F born South Carolina [b abt 1858] 1870 Federal Census, Phillips County, Arkansas, 5 August, Big Creek Township, P O Helena, page 6, Hse/Fam #38 Scaife, William J 41 W M Farmer born South Carolina [b abt 1829] Scaife, Carrie 12 F W Keeping House born South Carolina [b abt 1858] Scaife, Josie 10 F W At Home born South Carolina [b abt 1860] Scaife, William 7 M W At Home born South Carolina [b abt 1863] Scaife, James 4 F W At Home born South Carolina [b abt 1866] Wilkes, Lydia 35 F W Keeping House born South Carolina [b abt 1835] Gregory, Margaret 44 F W Keeping House born South Carolina [b abt 1826] Gregory, Brooks 16 M W At Home born South Carolina [b abt 1854] Gregory, James 19 F WAt Home born South Carolina [b abt 1851] Gregory, Sallie 21 F W At Home born South Carolina [b abt 1849] Gregory, Susan 8 M W born South Carolina [b abt 1862] Gregory, Caroline 14 F M Domestic Srvt born South Carolina [b abt 1856] ------------------- Margaret Scaife, daughter of Ferdinand Dugraphanel and Mary (Wilkes) Scaife, was born in Chester County, South Carolina in 1826. She married A S Gregory of Union County in that county in 1846. They lived in Union County, where Mr Gregory was a farmer. He died in the early 1860s and was buried in Union County. After the War Between the States was over and the Scaife men had returned home and decided to move to Arkansas, the widow Gregory took her four children and her colored nurse in her carriage and moved to Arkansas. In the 1880 U S census of Phillips County, Arkansas, she is listed as head of household and 54 yerars of age. Three of her sons were living with her at that time. The children of Mr and Mrs Gregory were: Sarah Gregory James Gregory Brooks H Gregory Margaret Susan Gregory [They actually had 9 children. These 4 were those still at home with her when she moved. Sarah was reported as Sallie in the censuses.] -- Gregory Family from South Carolina in Mississippi, descendants of Andrew Jackson Gregory & Leticia Wilkes, Wilkes Family History and Genealogy, by Ivan Ernest Bass, 1965; reprint Higginson Book Company, 2011, p 370 -------------------
1910 Federal Census, Rowan County, Kentucky, 30 April, Magisterial District 2, Enumeration District 155, page 3A, Hse #30, Fam #33 Gregory, George Head M W 38 Married 17 years KY KY KY Farmer Owns Farm [b abt 1872] Gregory, Effie Wife F W 37 Married 17 yrs 6 children/5 living KY KY KY [b abt 1873] Gregory, Willis Son M W 14 KY KY KY [b abt 1896] Gregory, Lige Son M W 12 KY KY KY [b abt 1898] Gregory, Osie Dau F W 10 KY KY KY [b abt 1900] Gregory, Corbett Son M W 7 KY KY KY [b abt 1903] Gregory, Julius Son M W 3mos KY KY KY [b abt Jan 1910] 1920 Federal Census, Rowan County, Kentucky, 19 January, Pearce Precinct, District 230, page 5A, Hse #88, Fam #95 Gregory, George Head Owns Free & Clear M W 48 Married KY KY KY Farmer (abt 1871) Gregory, Effie Wife F W 47 Married KY KY KY (abt 1872) Gregory, Osa Dau F W 19 Single KY KY KY (abt 1900) Gregory, Corbit Son M W 17 Single KY KY KY (abt 1902) Gregory, Arnold Son M W 10 Single KY KY KY (abt 1909) Gregory, Viola Dau F W 8 Single KY KY KY (abt Nov 1911) Gregory, Carl Son M W 5 Single KY KY KY (abt 1914) 1940 Federal Census, Rowan County, Kentucky, 20 April, Magisterial District 2, Enumeration District 103-6, page 9A, Hse #149, Rented $3 Gregory, Corbet Head M W 38 Single Grade 4 b Kentucky Rural Rowan County KY [b abt 1902] Gregory, Gladys Wife F W 28 Grade 4 b Kentucky Rural Rowan County KY in 1935 [b abt 1912] Gregory, Elba Son M W 11 Single Grade 3 b Kentucky Rural Rowan County KY [b abt 1929] Gregory, Nettie Dau F W 9 Grade 2 b Kentucky Rural Rowan County KY [b abt June 1931] Gregory, Dorothy Dau F W 7 Grade 0 b Kentucky [b abt June 1933] Gregory, Charles Son M W 9mos Single Grade 0 b Kentucky [b abt 1939] Gregory, Charlotte Dau F W 9mos Grade 0 b Kentucky [b abt 1939] Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965 James Corbett Gregory Death Age 47, Occupation Saw Mill Laborer Birth 15 December 1902 Rowan County Father George Gregory Mother Effie Foster Informant Gladys Gregory (wife) Death 25 July 1950 at his home, Clearfield, Rowan County, Kentucky, USA Cause of Death Acute Nephritis Burial 28 July 1950 Gregory Cemetery, Lick Fork (Rowan County), Kentucky by J N Ferguson, Moorehead (Rowan County), Kentucky Filed 10 August 1950
1870 Federal Census, Washington County, Arkansas, [no date] September, Cave Hill Township, PO Boonesboro, page 9 (scan 85), Hse #48, Fam #49 Gregory, Philip 53 M W Farmer $750 Real Estate $800 Personal Estate born Virginia [b abt 1817] Gregory, Martha 42 F W born Arkansas [b abt 1828] Gregory, M 23 F W At Home born Tennessee Cannot read or write [b abt 1847] Gregory, M 19 F W born Alabama [b abt 1851] Gregory, James 18 M W born Alabama [b abt 1852] Gregory, J H 10 M W born Arkansas [b 1860] Gregory, Thos 9 M W born Arkansas [b 1861] Gregory, S P 8 M W born Arkansas [b 1862] Crawford, J T 12 M W Laboring on Farm born Arkansas [b abt 1858] Crawford, J P 10 M W born Arkansas [b abt 1860] Crawford, W A 6 M W born Arkansas [b 1864] Hodge, S 11 F W born Arkansas [b 1859] --------------------- James David Gregory BIRTH 6 Feb 1854 South Carolina, USA DEATH 20 Aug 1938 (aged 84) Grandview, Johnson County, Texas, USA BURIAL Watts Chapel Cemetery, Grandview, Johnson County, Texas Son of William Phillip & Julia (Lewis) Gregory He was a farmer, 84 years old, married, and a resident of Grandview, Texas, burial was Aug. 21, 1938, informant was M M Gregory Texas Death Certificate #38847 Spouse Sarah Margaret Thompson Gregory 1856-1941 Children: William Phillip Gregory 1876-1959 Thomas Allen Gregory 1878-1957 Cyrus Abraham Gregory 1881-1949 Melvin M Gregory 1892-1965 Created by Weldon Collins 13 Oct 2012 -- Find A Grave Memorial 98811755, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98811755 ---------------------
1850 Federal Census, Roane County, Tennessee, 10 September, Subdivision 20, p 167, Hse #430, Fam #454 Fu H Gregory 52 M Physician $14,400 Real Estate b Virginia [b abt 1798] Martha Gregory 26 F b Tennessee [b abt 1824] Susannah V Gregory 7 F b Tennessee Attended School [b abt 1843] James F Gregory 6 M Farmer b Tennessee Attended School [b abt 1844] Mary E Gregory 4 F b Tennessee Attended School [b abt 1846] William R Gregory 2 M Farmer b Tennessee [b abt 1848] In the 1860 census everyone was reported by only initials. We find William Richard has left the household but James is still here (JF) and all the girls born up to now. 1860 Federal Census, Monroe County, Tennessee, [no date] September, P O Sweetwater, page 8, Hse #50, Fam #54 F H Gregory 68 M Married Farmer $400 Real Estate $400 Personal Estate b Virginia [b abt 1798] M L Gregory 35 F b Tennessee [b abt 1825] S V Gregory 17 F b Tennessee [b abt 1843] J F Gregory 16 M b Tennessee [b abt 1844] M E Gregory 13 F b Tennessee [b abt 1847] W R 12 M b Tennessee [b abt 1848] ----------------------- Few Hall Gregory, MD -- married Martha Lynn Reynolds, June 1, 1841 Children of F H and M L Gregory were: 1. Susanna Virginia, b. May 13, 1842. PO 1913, Nashville 2. Jas. Few, b. January 27, 1844; d. April 30, 1897 at Citra, Fla. Married to Georgia Dallas January 19, 1876 3. Mary Elizabeth, b. February 1, 1846. Married to Daniel J Fogg, January 19, 1885 at Lake Gregory, PO Belleview, Marion County, Fla 4. William Richard, b. 1848. Died November, 1870, at Ocala, Fla 5. Geo Washington, b. January 12, 1851; d. February 3, 1855 6. Martha Georgiana, b. January 17, 1857; d. in infancy. 7. Ann Eliza, b. October 15, 1858; d. an infant. 8. Cora Francis, b. January 1, 1861; d. December, 1887, at Livyville [Levyville] Fla. She married Wm. Bro???ni January 1, 1885 Jas. Few Gregory was a student at Hiwassee College when the Civil War began and enlisted from there in 1861, CSA. Daughters of James F G: Lula L??m, b. October 26, 1876. PO (presumably) Citra, Fla.; George Dallas, b. February 21, 1878. Children of James and Susanna Hilton. They were married in 1866. (1) Robt Reynolds H., b. April 25, 1868. Now in Colorado (2) Geo Gregory, b. September 18, 1870. (Dead.) (3) Wm Andrew H., b. June 5, 1873. P0 Nashville These children were all born in Sweetwater Valley. Above information was obtained from Mary E. Fogg, of Belleview, Marion County, Fla. -- History Of Sweetwater Valley, by W B Lenoir (Published by Presbyterian Committee Of Publication, Richmond, Va., 1916), pp 158-159, Archived on Archive.org, http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofsweetwa00leno/historyofsweetwa00leno_djvu.txt ---------------------- The Civil War was underway when James turned 18 and, as indicated in the story above, he joined the Confederate forces fighting for Tennessee in the US Civil War. U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 James F Gregory Age 18 Birth Date abt 1844 Enlistment 15 March 1862 Madisonville (Monroe County) Private, Fifty-ninth Mounted Infantry (Cooke's Reg, Eakin's Batt) James enlisted at Madisonville, the county seat of Monroe County where they lived. "Madisonville is a city in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 3,939 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Monroe County and the location of Hiwassee College." -- Mapquest, https://www.mapquest.com/us/tennessee/madisonville-tn-282033825 "The 59th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Cooke's) (Eakin's 1st Battalion) was organized in June, 1862, using the 1st (Eakin's) Tennessee Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. During the spring of 1865 it disbanded in Southwestern Virginia." -- Wikipedia, https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/59th_Regiment,_Tennessee_Mounted_Infantry_(Cooke%27s)_(Eakin%27s_1st_Battalion) After the Civil War was over there was an event that changed the lives of James and two of his siblings. Robert Hankins informed me of a story in the Hankins family tradition about the murder of Edward Ezell Hankins in December 1866. Edward's burial memorial on Find a Grave reports that Edward was returning from the Civil War when he was shot. The story as received says the Gregory siblings were indicted by a grand jury but fled the area before they could be put to trial. Their father paid the court costs, but nothing further was done on the case. Robert reported that court documents name the three Gregory murderers as James F Gregory, Susannah Virginia Helton (his sister) and their younger brother William Richard Gregory. ------------------------- Wednesday January 16th, 1867 The State vs. James F. Gregory, William R. Gregory, Susan Helton Murder Came the grand jury into court headed by their foreman and brought with an indictment for murder. . .. Circuit Court January term AD 1867. The Grand Jurors for the State of Tennessee. . . present that James F. Gregory, William R. Gregory and Susan Helton late of said County, not having the fear of God before their eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigations of the Devil on the first day of December A.D. 1866 with force and arms . . . in and upon one Edward Hankins, willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, maliciously, feloniously and of their malice aforethought, did make an assault . . . with certain pistols and guns. . . they held to against and upon the said Edward Hankins . . . did shoot and discharge (weapons). . . in and upon the said head, breast and body of the said Edward Hankins. . .divers mortal wounds. . . of which the said Edward Hankins, languishing did live and of which mortal wounds, he the said Edward Hankins afterwards, to wit, on the third day of the said month of December AD 1866. . . died... . J. M. Shernburgh, Atto., Gen. Witnesses: Julia Hankins, Sophia Hankins, Mat Hankins, Milly Hankins, sworn in open court and sent before the Grand Jury Jan. 16th 1867. ------------------------- ------------------------- I am hoping that someone in the Gregory family can report stories, or family lore, surrounding my GGGrandfather, Edward Ezelle Hankins, who was a neighbor of the Gregory family. Edward was shot and killed at his home after he returned from the Civil War. The three named children of Few Hall Gregory were indicted for the murder but left the area and were never prosecuted. Edward's widow left afterwards and moved to NW Missouri. It is from this line that my family comes. We have known of the incident but have no information about any relationship between the families, what motivated the shooting, how the families got "cross-ways" with one another, etc. Hoping that someone might be able to provide insight and information. -- Robert Hankins, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 13 April 2020 ------------------------- I did considerable searching and read through some discussion groups, but could not find any reference to this event. I similarly had nothing about it in any of my collected source documents. The story that the shooting happened in connection with Edward's return from the war did not track. The date of his shooting was December 1866, and the Civil War was over before the end of 1865 and all prisoners released and units disbanded. The shooting was on 1 December 1866. By the time of the 1870 census, both James and William were missing from their parents' home, but Susanna was still there. Oddly, also, she was listed under her maiden name as Susanna Gregory, and no reference was made to a husband. Yet the court documents six weeks later in January 1867 had named her as Susanna Helton, her married name. Concerning Hankins and Gregory being neighbors, a search of several census pages before and after the listing for Few H Gregory revealed no Hankins family. In 1870, neither son was found in a similar search of the census. Neither has been found anywhere in the 1870 census. This is consistent with the story from the Hankins family tradition about Few's sons fleeing the county after their indictment for murder. But that story is called into question by the presence of Susannah in 1870. She lived out her life right there in Monroe County. I was finally able to find a genealogy on TribalPages that had a statement on the murder. The text was actually said to have come from Edward Ezell's gravestone. ------------------------- About Hankins, Edward Ezelle Tombstone reads "Held in fondest remembrance his children" Murdered - Two brothers and their sister were indicted for his murder. Could have been a property dispute. Both the murder suspect (James F Gregory) and Edward were in the 59th Tennessee Mtd. Infantry Division (Confederate) together in Company E. The other in Company G. Both were Privates. Edward was shot as he answered the door one night He fought in the Civil War with two brothers, one of whom was killed in battle. -- Clevenger and Takes, TribalPages, https://takes.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=takes&view=0&pid=19632#moreinfo_ ------------------------- The story here says Edward was shot when he opened his door one night. The death apparently had nothing to do with the war or with Edward's return home. This story also confirms that one of the sisters was involved. This story tells us a few facts that clarify, but is still so cryptic it introduces even more uncertainties and questions. Only one person's name was given in the story, apparently meaning to say that James F Gregory was the actual shooter of the three. Robert Hankins provided a summary quote from the grand jury case on the murder. ------------------------- Wednesday January 16th, 1867 The State vs. James F. Gregory, William R. Gregory, Susan Helton Murder Came the grand jury into court headed by their foreman and brought with an indictment for murder. . .. Circuit Court January term AD 1867. The Grand Jurors for the State of Tennessee. . . present that James F. Gregory, William R. Gregory and Susan Helton late of said County, not having the fear of God before their eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigations of the Devil on the first day of December A.D. 1866 with force and arms . . . in and upon one Edward Hankins, willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, maliciously, feloniously and of their malice aforethought, did make an assault . . . with certain pistols and guns. . . they held to against and upon the said Edward Hankins . . . did shoot and discharge (weapons). . . in and upon the said head, breast and body of the said Edward Hankins. . .divers mortal wounds. . . of which the said Edward Hankins, languishing did live and of which mortal wounds, he the said Edward Hankins afterwards, to wit, on the third day of the said month of December AD 1866. . . died... . J. M. Shernburgh, Atto., Gen. Witnesses: Julia Hankins, Sophia Hankins, Mat Hankins, Milly Hankins, sworn in open court and sent before the Grand Jury Jan. 16th 1867. ------------------------- James was mentioned in his father's will. Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 F H Gregory Will written 22 Mar 1871 Monroe, Tennessee, USA Wife Martha L Gregory nominated as Executrix Children mentioned: Susannah V Helton, James F Gregory, Mary E Gregory, William R Gregory, Carra F Gregory (p 14) Witnesses C B Martin and S J Martin Probated September Court Term 1872. Monroe County, Tennessee, USA Registered Will Records, Vol 1-4, 1833-1922, pp 13-14
Henry Gregory's family has not been located prior to his enumeration in the 1850 census. It seems likely that Henry's father was one of the Gregorys that migrated from Virginia, but no certain date has been determined, and no definite connection to other Gregorys has been confirmed. See at the end an overview of Gregory movement from Pennsylvania-Northern Virginia southward and westward. Naming patterns in various Gregory lineages, as well as migration of his children between other counties in eastern Tennessee and northern Alabama, indicate he is related to other documented Gregorys from Virginia, and distributed through North Carolina and Tennessee into Alabama and points west. A likely connection appeared only in November 2016. A sparsely detailed genealogy seemed to be presenting information from family memory, and one child of the family had full death and burial information. The father Richard Gregory, was from Fauquier County, Virginia, and one son was Phillip, born in Virginia and died in Bell County, Texas. Born in 1818, he was just a few years older than James Henry Gregory, who was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee. One of Phillip's brothers was named James, according to the Cooper genealogy. No date of birth was known for any child except Phillip. Two brothers bore names also common in James Henry's Gregory family, William and George. This family was added to the genealogy to facilitate searching and location of other records for these individuals. Richard Gregory, No vital details Parents: George Washington Gregory 1790- Mary Hawkins Marriage 25 Aug 1817 Fauquier County, VA to Dorcas Fishback (1781-) Birth of Son Phillip Gregory 09-09-1818 Virginia Other Children, no dates or details: Miranda Gregory James Gregory George Gregory William Gregory Death of Son Phillip Gregory October 1895 Bell County, Texas -- Carolyn Cooper, Ancestry, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/82712569/person/48465427962/facts?ftm=1 Because the details are missing from so many of these, this genealogy has to be considered a low credibility source. The names proposed do, however, provide clues to possibilities, but could not be clearly identified. Other connections for Phillip were pursued by another Gregory researcher, Steve Squier. Steve contacted me with some other Gregory families he had found living in areas of Cherokee County, Alabama, and Jefferson County, Tennessee, where James Henry Gregory and Rachel Lewis had lived. Some possibilities, but no clear connections had been found in Jefferson County, but had been found earlier. But Cherokee County had not been systematically explored yet for other Gregorys. The families Steve had found and the circumstances of their families and ages seemed to indicate these were the proper siblings, and the father of all these seemed to Few Gregory. Checking the other Gregory families Steve had found in Cherokee County, Alabama, I found them close to James Henry Gregory. Henry Gregory and the other families were enumerated on a range of about 5 census pages of the 1850 census. Few Gregory and some of the likely children migrated to Washington County, Arkansas. While James Henry Gregory remained in Jefferson County, Tennessee, some of his children moved on to Alabama and westward to Texas and Indian Territory. Carolyn Cooper's son named William above could be the unidentified son in the 1810 and 1830 censuses for Richard Gregory. He would not easily fit at a later birth date, given that all the other children reported in the 1840 census for Richard's family are accounted for by other known names. Other records found later seem to support this. Steve Squier also came to this conclusion as we were separately working in parallel on this family after Steve first contacted me. Our thanks to Steve Squier for his analysis of the early censuses. James Henry is accounted for from the 1830 censuses for the household of Richard Gregory. 1830 Jefferson Co., TN male 40-49 = Richard Gregory female 40-49 = Dorcas Fishback [note that Sarah Ann is out of the household, having been married the previous February] male 20-29 = unidentified son (b. 1801-1810) [William] male 15-19 = Few H. Gregory (b. ~1813 VA) male 10-14 = Phillip Gregory (b. ~1817 VA) female 10-14 = Lucretia Gregory (b. ~1819 TN) female 5-9 = Mary Jane Gregory (b. ~1820 TN) female 5-9 = Susan Gregory (b. ~1821 TN) male 5-9 = James Henry Gregory (b. Apr 1826 TN) male 60-69 = an elderly relative female 60-69 = an elderly relative 1840 Jefferson Co., TN male 50-59 = Richard Gregory female 50-59 = Dorcas Fishback [the unidentified son and Few are now out of the household, Few having been married in 1834] male 20-29 = Phillip Gregory (b. ~1817 VA) female 20-29 = Lucretia Gregory (b. ~1819 TN) female 20-29 = Mary Jane Gregory (b. ~1820 TN) female 15-19 = Susan Gregory (b. ~1821 TN) male 15-19 = James Henry Gregory (b. Apr 1826 TN) female 5-9 = Cynthia Gregory (b. ~1831/32 TN) -- Steve Squier, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 23 August 2017 The place of marriage for Henry Gregory and Rachel Lewis was originally reported as Tennessee based on circumstantial information associating the Gregory family with Jefferson County, their Tennessee birth and the fact that Henry and Rachel moved back there in about 1869. They were followed some time later by their son Dock Patrick. The associated Strange families are also seated in Jefferson County since the 1830 census. Rachel's maiden name was unknown until May 2013, when I found Rachel/Rachael's son Andrew Jackson's death certificate. This reported his mother's maiden name as Lewis. This also tells us Henry's first name was James. Here her name is spelled Rachel. Some records and family genealogies spelled it Rachael. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Rachel Lewis Spouse James H Gregory Marriage 20 Nov 1847 Jefferson County Jefferson County was part of the State of Franklin a few years before Henry and Rachel were born. The area was part of North Carolina until North Carolina ceded it to the United States in 1789. Now known as Eastern Tennessee, it was organized in 1784 as the State of Franklin, but the effort faded by around 1790, and the entity was never recognized by the United States. ----------------------- [Jefferson County] East Tennessee county established in 1792. From 1784 to 1788, this land was claimed by the abortive, and short-lived State of Franklin. Jefferson County was named after Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) who became President in 1797. The land of Jefferson County was first organized by the State of Franklin in March 1786 from part of Greene County under the name Caswell County. However, the Franklin statehood effort faded by 1789. Caswell county existed only briefly, its legality is questionable, and little trace remains. ... In the 1780s, this county's land fell within the bounds of the State of Franklin. In 1789 North Carolina ceded its westernmost counties to the United States which used them to form the Southwest Territory. North Carolina and the Southwest Territory did not recognize Franklin's Caswell County or Sevier County. In 1789 the residents South of the French Broad (which included Jefferson County) petitioned North Carolina for relief from the Indian problems. This petition contains names of some Jefferson County residents. In 1792 the Southwest Territory using land from its Greene and Hawkins counties erected a new county on much of the old Caswell County land, and named it Jefferson County. Sevier County was reconstituted in 1794 by the Southwest Territory from part of Jefferson County. -- Jefferson County, Tennessee Genealogy," Wikipedia, https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Jefferson_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy ----------------------- ----------------- Gregorys and Fews in Migration Patterns from the 1700s By Orville Boyd Jenkins Posted on Ancestry.com 16 October 2017 One factor in reconstructing a family lineage are patterns of movement and migration. These migration paths are helpful in finding and evaluating records in our Gregory and related Few line. We see Gregory records in a generational pattern along the migration streams along the tidewater area or valleys southwards and westward. Westward Records are being discovered in the westward line from Philadelphia through Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland, through what is now West Virginia, still part of Virginia in the era we are looking at, and on to Ohio and Indiana. Brothers John, Richard and Benjamin Gregory, thought to be sons of Isaac Gregory of Pennsylvania, are mentioned several times in lists of residents of old Frederick County, Virginia, a large area at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley, also on a common east-west migration route. Records for a younger Richard Gregory are found in Culpeper County and Fauquier County, Virginia, on this westward path south of the Pennsylvania border. These two counties were established in 1749, cut out of Orange County, the original huge area from which Frederick County was originally established in 1743. These counties bordered Frederick County on the east. Dates and locations of various records match a line of movement from the residence of Richard's likely grandfather Benjamin Gregory of Pennsylvania, into Frederick County, and later back to eastern Virginia in Prince William County, across the Potomac from Washington, DC. This westward line of migration connects with the great Shenandoah Valley running southwestward along the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains in what is now West Virginia. Records for a Lewis Gregory, who appears to be a son of Benjamin, son of Isaac, are found along this Shenadoah Valley route then across into the part of Virginia that later became Kentucky, one of the areas where Fews and Gregorys come into contact. This matches the pattern of residence and Gregory-Few marriages in some of these areas along this southward line of migration. Details are found in individual notes for the Fews and Gregorys. Gregorys from this lineage moved westward a bit to the part of Virginia that is now northern Kentucky. Southward Gregorys are found along the Shenandoah Valley which runs southwestward from Hagerstown to Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee, on the border, on through Jefferson and Cocke County, which were all one area of North Carolina, or then East Tennessee (current I-81 to I-40 to Knoxville) in the 1700s and early 1800s and on toward Cherokee and contiguous counties in Alabama. We find Gregorys that appear to be from two different lineages who followed the Shenandoah or similar route from Philadelphia-Baltimore through Virginia into Tennessee, our line through the easterly route of the named east Tennessee counties, the other a bit more westerly, with members of both lines in Kentucky. I have traveled through all these areas and explored these lines of migration so have these in mind as I read through records and watch for connections and clues. Also thought to belong to this line of Gregorys is one Few Hall Gregory. Few was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1781 and established himself as a physician and farmer in Monroe County, Tennessee. It is thought by some Gregory family sources that his mother was a Few, perhaps named Susannah, but records are lacking. Westward Ho Gregorys in the line of James Henry Gregory and Rachel Lewis are found in those counties of Tennessee from Jefferson-Cocke on to Knox, McMinn (where we find both these Gregorys, with apparently no crossover), Franklin, etc, in the westward migration route. Gregorys of our lineage also seem to have moved northwestward through the mountain passes toward Louisville. The Fews in NC apparently followed the westerly route over the Smokies into Tennessee into Jefferson and surrounding counties where they connected again with the Gregory lineage. We find them in the family of Francis Marion Few from North Carolina in Jefferson County, Tennessee, where his daughter Letha married Andrew Jackson Gregory, brother of my great great grandfather Dock Patrick Gregory. Crossflow Traffic went both ways along those Midwestern routes over a period of two centuries. Great migrations northward occurred int eh 1920s and later because of extensive floods along the Mississippi, destroying much of the Delta South. Midwestern droughts accelerated movement to California. Further industrialization in the next two decades and after WWII accelerated this migration northward and westward. The geographical indicators are not only contiguous counties, but similarly in the counties along these common natural migration routes, which also reveal patterns of the same family decade to decade and generation to generation. These patterns match the same kinds of patterns we find in ethnic investigations all over the world. ----------------- In 1850 through 1870, Henry and his wife Rachel are found living in Cherokee County, Alabama. This census reports them both born in Tennessee. 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 7 February 1851 [sic], District 26, page 118, Hse/Fam 821 Henry Gregory 25 M Farmer born Tenn Cannot read and write Rachel Gregory 21 F born Tenn Cannot read and write Julia Gregory 1 F born Ala Henry and Rachel married in Tennessee in late 1847, moved soon afterwards to Cherokee County, Alabama, where their first child Julia was born in 1849 (age 1 in 1850 Cherokee County, Alabama, census). Given the other names in the following court case summary, the James Gregory mentioned is probably this James Henry Gregory, thought to be the brother of Phillip Gregory and son of Richard Gregory, mentioned in the case. ------------------------------- 1853 Theodore I. Bradford & William Evans v. A. S. Mason, et al. Jefferson County, Tennessee Estate Dispute/Settlement William Gregory [son of Richard Gregory and Lucretia Jones of Virginia], died intestate, his estate settled [?]. Richard Gregory [father of William] was made admr of the estate, then he died. Isaac Rhinehart [husband of Susan Gregory, William's sister] was then made executor of the Gregory estate, which was insolvent. Bradford & Evans were security on the estate, sued to settle the estate. Mentioned: Sarah Gregory [Sarah Ann Gregory, daughter of Richard and his first wife Lucretia Jones], Isaac Rhinehart [husband of Susan Gregory], D. A. Gregory [Darthula A Gregory, daughter of William Gregory and Mary Ann (Bragg)], M. I. Gregory [probably MJ, for Mary Jane, daughter of Richard], Susan Gregory Rhinehart [daughter of Richard Gregory and Dorcas Fishback of Jefferson County, Tennessee], Philip Gregory [son of Richard Gregory], James Webb [husband of Lucretia Gregory], Lucretia [Gregory, Richard's daughter] Webb, James Gregory [James Henry Gregory of Jefferson County, Tennessee, brother of William and son of Richard]. East Range 5, Section A, Shelf 3, Box Number 8a, p 117 -- Tennessee Supreme Court Cases, Tennessee State Library and Archives, https://supreme-court-cases.tennsos.org/search?search=1&search_fields%5B%5D=case_name%2Ccause%2Cnotes&search_fields%5B%5D=case_name&search_fields%5B%5D=cause&search_fields%5B%5D=notes&county=Jefferson&start_year=&end_year=&search_keywords=Gregory ------------------------------- 1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 11 June, District 3, PO Ringgold, page 7, Hse/Fam #37 Gregory, Henry 35 M Farmer born Tenn Gregory, Reachael 30 M Domestic born Tenn Gregory, Julia 11 F born Tenn Gregory, Andrew G 10 M born Tenn Gregory, Henrietta 7 F born Ala Gregory, Patrick 4 M born Ala Gregory, Sarah A 1 F born Ala If the birth state reports for the chidlren in the 1870 census are correct, then Henry and Rachel moved back to Jefferson County, Tennessee, some time in 1869 after the birth of Cora, who was reported as only 1 yeaer old in the 1870 census. Note that the 1860 census reported that Julia and Andrew were born in Tennessee, while Henrietta, Patrick and Sarah were born in Alabama. But the 1870 census reports all the children as born in Alabama. 1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 16 August, District 5, PO Trion, page 10, Hse/Fam #71 Henry Gregory M 50 M W Wagon Maker $767 Personal Estate b Tennessee Cannot read or write Rachel Gregory 43 F W Keeps House b Tennessee [b abt 1827] Julia A Gregory 21 F W b Alabama [b abt 1849] Cannot read or write Jackson Gregory 19 M W b Alabama [b abt 1851] Cannot read or write Henrietta Gregory 17 F W b Alabama [b abt 1853] Cannot read or write Patrick E Gregory 15 M W b Alabama [b abt 1853] Cannot read or write Sarah E Gregory 11 F W b Alabama [b abt 1859] Cannot read or write Mahala Gregory 9 F W b Alabama [b abt 1861] Cannot read or write George Gregory 4 M W b Alabama [b abt 1866] Cannot read or write Cora F Gregory 1 F W b Alabama [b abt 1869] Cannot read or write Ancestry transcribes the family name in the 1880 census as Gregary. This spelling is found at various times for families in New York. Actually, it is a cramped and scrawled handwriting and written with a wide-nib pen, with most of the Es and Os closed. So it could just as easily be Gregory. The 1880 census is unaware that any of the children were born in Alabama. 1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 16 June, Civil District 5, Enumeration District 177, p 34B, Hse #280, Fam #284 Gregory, Henry W M 60 Farmer TN TN TN Gregory, Rachel W F 58 Wife Keep Hse TN TN TN Cannot read or write Gregory, Henrietter W F 24 Dau At Home TN TN TN Cannot read or write Gregory, Malinda W F 22 Dau At Home TN TN TN Cannot read or write Gregory, George W M 15 Son Farm Hand TN TN TN Cannot read or write Gregory, Cora W F 12 Dau TN TN TN Cannot read or write Gregory, William R W M 8 Son TN TN TN Cannot read or write Henry and Rachel's son Jackson is living next door to them. As with many of the census reports, there is some discrepancy in the birth year of Henry: 1850 Cherokee County, Alabama, Federal Census indicates 25 years old (thus born in 1825). 1860 Cherokee County, Alabama, Federal Census indicates 35 years old (thus born in 1825). 1870 Jefferson County, Tennessee, Federal Census indicates 50 years old (thus born in 1820). 1880 Jefferson County, Tennessee, Federal Census indicates 60 years old (thus born in 1820). 1900 Jefferson County, Tennessee, Federal Census indicates 74 years old (thus born in 1826). The entry for the nearby household of Jackson Gregary, son of Henry, is also spelled GREGARY in 1880 census, while name of his brother (Dock) Patrick and his household was spelled Gregory. An entry in an 1891 Voter Roll seems to be for James Henry. Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 Henry Gregory Jefferson County, TN, Dist. 17, Male Voters TN 1891 Voters List, Page 27 In 1900 Henry and Rachel are in one household (Hse #162/Fam #169) with married son William R (Hse #162/Fam #170) and wife Darthula (reported in the 1900 census as Thula) and 8-month old George R Gregory. 1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 20 June, 5th Civil District, Enumeration District 45, page 10A, Hse #162, Fam #169 Gregory, Henry Head W M Apr 1826 74 Married 53 years TN TN TN Farmer Rents Gregory, Rachel Wife W F Jun 1830 69 Married 53 years 10 children/8 living TN TN TN - Hse #162, Fam #170 - Gregory, William Head W M Sept 1871 28 Married 2 years TN TN TN Farmer Gregory, Thula Wife W F Oct 1881 18 Married 2 years 1 child/1 living TN TN TN Gregory, George R Son W M Sept 1899 8mos TN TN TN Cora did not marry until 1903, but she is not in her parents' household here, and no 1900 census record has been found for her. She married J W Oliver in Cherokee County, Alabama, where she had been born. I cannot find Henry or Rachel in the 1910 census. I conclude from this that they died at some time between the 1900 and 1910 censuses. I have also been unable to find burial information. But as far as we know otherwise, Henry and Rachel never moved away from Jefferson County, Tennessee. In the 1920 census report for Henry's son Dock (Elmore, Oklahoma), the birthplace of Dock's father is reported as Virginia, instead of Tennessee. 1920 Gregory Patrick Head M W 67 AL VA TN Farmer 1930 Gregory Doc G Head M W 78 AL VA TN Farmer In all the previous reports the birthplace of Dock's father has been reported as Tennessee. Likewise in the reports on Henry himself, the birthplace has been reported as Tennessee. There are several indications that Henry's parents came from Virginia. But indications are also that Henry Gregory was born in Tennessee, not Virginia. We have some tentative links but comment on the strength or weakness of the various evidences and possible indicators. The Gregorys and Lewises orignally came from Virginia. They lived some while also in Cherokee County, Alabama, where Malinda was born. Other members of this Gregory family in two or three generations were back and forth between these two counties. Some moved on westward. Henry and Rachel's burials have not been found, but they are thought to have been buried on the Gregory farm near Dandridge:
1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 16 June, Civil District 17, Enumeration District 55, page 10A, Hse/Fam #171 Gregory, Andrew J Head W M Nov 1849 50 Married 22 yrs TN Unknown TN Farmer Owns Gregory, Leathy Wife W F May 1854 46 Married 22 yrs 9 children, 9 living SC SC SC Gregory, James H Son W M Sept 1881 18 Single TN TN SC Farm Laborer 1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 4 May, District 8, Enumeration District 77, page 10A, Hse/Fam #150 Gregory, Jackson Head M W 55 Married 28 years TN TN TN Farm Laborer Owns Gregory, Leathy Wife F W 51 Married 28 years 9 children/9 living TN TN TN Gregory, James Son F W 24 Single TN TN TN Farm Laborer [b abt 1886] James has aged only 6 years between these two censuses. Some of his siblings' ageschange as much as 14 years between censuses. By 1920, he has gained an additional 14 years, making up half the loss in 1910. In 1917 James married Charlie Hance, who is enumerated as his wife in the 1920 census above. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 James Gregory Spouse: Charlie Hance Marriage 14 Jul 1917 Jefferson County, Tennessee By W M Bull, Minister of the Gospel 1920 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 2 January, Dsitrict 8, Enumeration District 32, page 1B, Hse/Fam #16 Gregory, James Head Owns Farm M W 38 TN TN TN Farmer Gregory, Charlie Wife F W 27 TN TN TN No Occupation 1940 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 30 April, Civil District 8, Enumeration District 45-15, page 3A, Hse #44, Owns $2000 Gregory James Head M W 55 b Tenn Same house in 1935 Farming Gregory Charlie Wife F W 42 b Tenn Same house in 1935 Gregory Martha Lee Dau F W 17 b Tenn Same house in 1935 Gregory James Herbert Son M W 14 b Tenn Same house in 1935 I submitted additonal informatoin to the basic memorial for James on Find a Grave in February 2015. Here is the updated memorial. James Henry Gregory Birth Jun. 29, 1881 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee Death Jul. 15, 1944 Jefferson County, Tennessee Father Andrew Gregory (1850 - 1936) Spouse Charlie Cowan Hance Gregory (1892 - 1963) Son James Herbert Gregory (1925 - 2006) Siblings: George Francis Gregory (1893 - 1952) Lester Lee Gregory (1896 - 1963) Burial Hills Union Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee Created by Virgil & DeAnna C. Cooley Mar 31, 2003 -- Find a Grave Memorial# 7313341, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7313341 Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 James Gregory Residence Rural Dist 8, Jefferson County, Tennessee Birth 29 Jun 1881 Jefferson County, Tennessee Age 63, Death 15 Jul 1944 Jefferson County,Tennessee Cause of Death Cardio-Renal Vascular Disease Occupation Farmer Father Jackson Gregory born Tennessee Mother Letha Few born South Carolina Spouse's Name Charlie Gregory, age 52, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee Burial 17 Jul 1944 Hills Chapel Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, TN by Holder Funeral Home, Newport Certificate #14895, Filed 30 July 1944
1850 Federal Census, Morgan County, Kentucky, 13 August, no page #, Hse/Fam #256 Jamison Gregory 30 M Farmer $519 Real Estate b Tennessee Henrietta Gregory 30 F b Kentucky James Gregory 5 M b Kentucky Jesse Gregory 4 M b Kentucky Benjn Gregory 1 M b Kentucky Amanda Hardin 19 F b Kentucky 1860 Federal Census, Rowan County, Kentucky, 12 July, PO Morehead, page 14, Hse #98, Fam #99 J J Gregory 41 M Farmer $800 Real Estate $100 Personal born Kentucky [b abt 1819] Kitty H Gregory 42 F Housewife born Kentucky [b abt 1818] James H Gregory 16 M born Kentucky [b abt 1844] Jesse Gregory 14 M born Kentucky [b abt 1846] Ben F Gregory 12 M born Kentucky [b abt 1848] John W Gregory 8 F born Kentucky [b abt 1852] Artemissa Gregory 6 F born Kentucky [b abt 1854] Lucretia Gregory 5 F born Kentucky [b abt 1855] Lucinda Gregory 9mos F born Kentucky [b abt Sept 1849] In the 1880 census, Henry is enumerated with his large household in the same household as his younger brother Frank (Benjamin Franklin). Their brother Jesse was also enumerated on the same page. 1880 Federal Census, Rowan County, Kentucky, 14 June, Pearces Precinct, District 113, page 26 (scan 433B), Hse #201, Fam #230 Gregory, Frank W M 30 Head Married Farmer KY KY KY Cannot read or write [b abt 1850] Gregory, Fairlina W F 18 Wife Married Keeping House KY KY KY [b abt 1862] Gregory, James W W M 2 Son Single KY KY KY [b abt 1878] -- Hse #201, Fam #231 - Gregory, Henry W M 40 Head Married Farmer KY KY KY Cannot read or write [b abt 1840] Gregory, Sarah A W F 30 Wife Married Keeping House KY KY KY Cannot read or write [b abt 1850] Gregory, Elizabeth W F 11 Dau Single at Home KY KY KY [b abt 1869] Gregory, John W M 9 Son Single KY KY KY [b abt 1871] Gregory, Miranda W F 8 Dau Single KY KY KY [b abt 1872] Gregory, Robert W M 6 Son Single KY KY KY [b abt 1874] Gregory, Nancy J W F 4 Dau Single KY KY KY [b abt 1876] Gregory, Mary S W F 2 Dau Single KY KY KY [b abt 1878] Gregory, Isabel W F 5mos b Jan 1880 Dau Single KY KY KY 1880 Federal Census, Rowan County, Kentucky, 14 June, Pearces Precinct, District 113, pages 26-27 (scans 433B-434C), Hse #205, Fam #235 Gregory, Jesse W M 32 Head Married Farmer KY KY KY Cannot read or write [b abt 1848] Gregory, Elizabeth W F 26 Wife Married Keeping House KY KY KY Cannot read or write [b abt 1854] Gregory, Ellen W F 11 Dau Single At Home KY KY KY Cannot read or write [b abt 1869] Gregory, Joseph W M 9 Son Single KY KY KY [b abt 1871] Gregory, George W M 8 Son Single KY KY KY [b abt 1872] - page 27 - Gregory, Taylor W M 4 Son Single KY KY KY [b abt 1876] Gregory, Mary F W F 1 Dau Single KY KY KY [b abt 1879] 1900 Federal Census, Rowan County, Kentucky, 9 June, Pearce Precinct, District 115, pages 7A, Hse/Fam #108 Grigeory, James H Head W M May 1844 56 Married 28 yrs [mar abt 1866] KY KY KY Farmer Owns Grigeory, Sarah Wife W F Aug 1847 52 Married 28 yrs 13 children/13 living KY KY KY Grigeory, Mary Susan Dau W F Oct 1877 22 KY KY KY Servant Grigeory, Rebecca B Dau W F Nov 1879 20 KY KY KY Servant Grigeory, Margret M Dau W F Aug 1881 18 KY KY KY At School Grigeory, Henry F Son W M Oct 1882 17 KY KY KY At School Grigeory, Rosa F Dau W F Aug 1884 15 KY KY KY At School Grigeory, David S Son W M Aug 1887 12 KY KY KY At School Grigeory, James M Son W M Jan 1889 11 KY KY KY At School Grigeory, Fannie D Dau W F Feb 1891 9 KY KY KY At School There is another younger Gregory couple on the same page, James V and his wife of less than 2 years, Eva. The census reports that thie son Alford was born in July 1899. 1900 Federal Census, Rowan County, Kentucky, 9 June, Pearce Precinct, District 115, pages 7A, Hse/Fam #113 Grigeory, James V Head W M Apr 1879 21 Married 1 yr [mar abt 1898] KY KY KY Farmer Owns Grigeory, Eva Wife W F Feb 1883 17 Married 1 yr 1 child/1 living KY KY KY Grigeory, Alford A Son W M July 1899 10mos KY KY KY At School In 1910, James Henry was enumerated as J Henry Gregory, on the same page with George and Effie Gregory. 1910 Federal Census, Rowan County, Kentucky, [no date], Magisterial District 2, Enumeration District 155, page 3A, Hse #32, Fam #35 Gregory, J Henry Head M W 66 Married 42 years KY KY KY Farm Owner Owns Farm [b abt 1844] Gregory, Sallie Wife F W 60 Married 42 yrs 13 children/13 living KY KY KY [b abt 1850] 1910 Federal Census, Rowan County, Kentucky, [no date], Magisterial District 2, Enumeration District 155, page 3A, Hse #30, Fam #33 Gregory, George Head M W 38 Married 17 years KY KY KY Farmer Owns Farm [b abt 1872] Gregory, Effie Wife F W 37 Married 17 yrs 6 children/5 living KY KY KY [b abt 1873] Gregory, Willis Son M W 14 KY KY KY [b abt 1896] Gregory, Lige Son M W 12 KY KY KY [b abt 1898] Gregory, Osie Dau F W 10 KY KY KY [b abt 1900] Gregory, Corbett Son M W 7 KY KY KY [b abt 1903] Gregory, Julius Son M W 3mos KY KY KY [b abt Jan 1910] Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964 James H Gregory Gender Male, Age 75 yrs 18 days, Occupation Farmer, Married Birth 29 April 1843 Kentucky Father Jimison Gregory, birthplace unknown Mother Jones, don't know given name, born Kentucky Informant James M Gregory Death 17 May 1918 Spurlington, Taylor County, Kentucky, USA Cause of Death Gangrene Burial 19 May 1918 Gregory Cemetery, Morehead by Undertaker J M Gregory Certificate #22286 filed 18 May 1918 James Henry "John" Gregory Birth Apr 29, 1843 Morgan County, Kentucky, USA Death May 17, 1918 Rowan County, Kentucky, USA Son of John Jameson & Catherine Harriett Jones Gregory Spouse Sarah Ann Caudill Gregory (1849 - 1920) Children: Miranda Gregory Wallace (1873 - 1939) Rebecca Isabel Gregory Spencer (1878 - 1956) Rosa Gregory Wallace (1886 - 1948) David Samuel Gregory (1888 - 1972) James Matthew Gregory (1890 - 1961) Burial Gregory Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky, USA Created by Brenda Caudill Middleton Aug 18, 2011 -- Find A Grave Memorial #75107698, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75107698
1900 Federal Census, Carter County, Kentucky, 16 June, Magisterial District 4, page 16A, Hse #264, Fam #272 Salyer, Joseph Head W M Oct 1874 28 Married 6 years KY VA VA Farmer Rents Salyer, Mary E Wife W F Apr 1881 19 Married 6 yrs 1 child/0 living KY KY KY Gregory, James H Brother-in-law W M Apr 1886 18 Single KY KY KY Farm Laborer U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 James Henry Gregory Residence Rt 1, Nevada, Wyandot COunty, Ohio, USA Age 57 Birth 7 April 1885 Rown [Rowan] County, Kentucky, USA Contact Emma Jane Gregory, Nevada, Ohio Self-Employed in Nevada 5' 11" 160 lbs, Blue Eyes, Blonde Hair, Light Complexion Registered 27 April 1942 Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio Signed with full name --------------------- Obituary of James Henry Gregory, Marion, Ohio, 1975 James H Gregory, 90, formerly of 554 E Fairground St, died at 12:25 AM today [13 May 1975] in Maplewood Nursing Center [Marion, Ohio]. A retired farmer, Mr Gregory came to Marion 6 years ago from Nevada [Kentucky]. He was born inTriplett, Ky, and was a member of the Church of God there. His wife, the former Emma J Thompson, died in 1972. Surviving are 2 daughters, Mrs Claude (Goldie) Bosh of 521 N Greenwood St and Mrs Nick (Anna) Partipilo of 377 Edgefield Dr; 2 sons, Ollie E of 1787 Harding Hwy E and Lester A of Waldo; 30 grandchildren, 75 great grandchildren, and 9 great great grandchildren. Services will be at 1 pm Thursday [13 May 1975] in Denzer Funeral Home, the Rev Carl R Butterbaugh officiating. Burial will be in Chapel Heights Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Wednesday. -- The Marion Star, Marion, Ohio, 13 May 1975; clipping courtesy of Joe Clark on 11 July 2016, Find a Grave, accessed 27 November 2016 --------------------- --------------------- James Henry Gregory BIRTH 7 Apr 1885 Rowan County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 13 May 1975 (aged 90) Marion, Marion County, Ohio, USA BURIAL Chapel Heights Memory Gardens, Marion, Marion County, Ohio Sec E, Lot 280 The son of John B "William" and Ann Elizabeth "Annaliza" (Ham) Gregory. He married Emma Jane Thompson on May 27, 1906, in Carter County, Kentucky. Parents: John B Gregory 1851-1914 Ann Elizabeth Ham Gregory 1856-1886 Spouse Emma Jane Thompson Gregory 1888-1972 Siblings: Charles Tilden Gregory 1876-1938 Mary Elizabeth Gregory Salyer 1881-1908 Arthur Mack Gregory 1883-1973 Children: Goldie J Gregory Bosh 1907-1988 James E Gregory 1909-1995 Delbert L Gregory 1922-1966 Created by MBH 4 Nov 2013 -- Find A Grave Memorial 119808111, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119808111 --------------------- Gravestone of James H & Emma J Gregory Chapel Heights Memory Gardens, Marion, Marion County, Ohio Photo by Andrea Smith-Nelson, Find a Grave, 1 April 2015, accessed 27 November 2018, used by permission
James had the nickname Boss. 1940 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 30 April, Civil District 8, Enumeration District 45-15, page 3A, Hse #44, Owns $2000 Gregory James Head M W 55 b Tenn Same house in 1935 Farming Gregory Charlie Wife F W 42 b Tenn Same house in 1935 Gregory James Herbert Son M W 14 b Tenn Same house in 1935 I have not found any evidence or record that James Herbert Gregory was ever married. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current James H. Gregory Last Residence 37725 Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee Born 22 Oct 1925 Died 9 May 2006 SSN issued Tennessee (Before 1951) Obituary of James Herbert Gregory James Herbert Gregory James "Boss" Gregory passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2006, in Baptist Hospital of Cocke County. He is survived by his loving family and friends. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, May 11, 2006, at Manes Funeral Home Chapel, with services following at 8:00 p.m., with Dr. Alfred Newman officiating. Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 12, 2006, at Hills Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hills Union Cemetery. Friends and relatives may sign the guest register online at: www.manesfuneralhome.com. Manes Funeral Home in charge. -- Newport Plain Talk, Newport, Jefferson, Tennessee, 11 May 2006, http://search.ancestry.com/oldsearch/obit/view.aspx?db=web-obituary&kw=&pid=11105110&url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll%3Fdb%3dweb-obituary%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d7545%26ftm%3d1%26gss%3dangs-i&ftm=1 Thanks to Tammy Gunther for her memorial on Find a Grave, the only source I have found, after a long time, on the death and burial of James Herbert Gregory. This did not come up in any search until October 2013, though she posted it in 2010.. James Herbert "Boss" Gregory Birth Oct. 22, 1925 Tennessee Death May 9, 2006 Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee Parents: James Henry Gregory (1881 - 1944) Charlie Cowan Hance Gregory (1892 - 1963) Burial Hills Union Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee Created by Tammie Gunter Apr 19, 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial #51334388, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=201&GSmpid=47432643&GRid=51334388&
1900 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 7 June, Dalton, District 107, page 9B, Hawthorne St, Hse #182, Fam #193 Gregory, James Head W M Mar 1868 32 Married 10 yrs GA TN GA Merchant Owns Gregory, Julia Wife W F Jany 1871 29 Married 10 yrs 12 children/11 living GA GA GA Gregory, Annie Dau W F Dec 1892 7 Single GA GA GA Gregory, Lucretia Dau W F Sept 1895 4 Single GA GA GA Gregory, Marie Dau W F Apr 1900 -- [2mos] Single GA GA GA Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1927 James Gregory Birth abt 1869 Murray County, Georgia Death 23 Dec 1921 Murray County Death Age 52 Father Name Seth Gregory Mother Name Nolia Rorax Spouse Name J V Gregory James Jathan Gregory Birth 1869 [the stone has the full date of 29 March 1869] Death Dec 23, 1921 Spouse Julia Loughridge Gregory (1871 - 1943) Daughter Marie G Gregory Kelly (1900 - 1991) Burial Loughridge Cemetery, Eton, Murray County, Georgia Created by Dawna Westbrook Jul 30, 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial #55631352, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55631352
1850 Federal Census, Bradley County, Tennessee, 22 September, Hse/Fam #35 Jathan Gregory 33 M Farmer $1500 Real Estate b TN [b abt 1817] Mira Gregory 30 F b TN [b abt 1820] Tapley Gregory 10 M Farmer b TN Stephen Gregory 8 M b TN Sarah H Gregory 6F b TN Seth Gregory 4 M b TN Maranda Gregory 3 F b TN Benjamin Gregory 1 M b TN James Jathan Gregory b 8 Oct 1817 in McMinn Co TN d Death: 15 SEP 1885 in Murray Co, Ga Burial 17 SEP 1885 Murray Co, Ga Father Tapley GREGORY b: 15 NOV 1793 in Guilford Co., NC Mother Sara PIPER b: ABT 1798 in McMinn Co, Tn married Myra Bedford b 14 Aug 1820 NC d unknown son Alexander Seth Gregory b 30 Dec 1845 McMinn Co TN d 18 Feb 1915 Murray Co GA -- Ancestry Trees, Wes Covey, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wescovey&id=I000144 Some records that appear to be for this individual have the first name as Jonathan instead of James. The middle name is sometimes transcribed as Jothan, rather than Jathan. Family Data Collection - Births Jonathan Jothan Gregory Father: Tapley Gregory Mother: Sarah Jane Piper Birth 8 Oct 1817 TN Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Mira Bedford Spouse Jathan Gregory Marriage 5 Feb 1838 McMinn County 1860 Federal Census, Bradley County, Tennessee, 6 August, District 3, page 253, Hse/Fam #1672 Jathan Gregory 42 M Farmer $5000 Real Estate $300 Personal born Tenn Mira Gregory 42 F born TN Tapley Gregory 20 M born TN Stephen Gregory 19 M born TN James M Gregory 17 M born TN Sarah Gregory 15 F born TN Seth A Gregory 13 M born TN Benjamin Gregory 10 M born TN Wm D Gregory 8 M born TN John P Gregory 7 M born TN Mira Gregory 6 F born TN Heneger [?] Gregory 3 M born TN Jatham [sic ?] B R Gregory 1 F born TN The last name is somewhat difficult to dicipher. The handwriting is not the best, and the page is spotty with fading and faint lines. But it is definitely an M on the end, not a N as in his father's name. The second middle initial R matches the listing for the child Robert in the 1870 census for this family. The next to last name that looks something like Heneger is reported in 1870 as Hyden. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 22 July, McDonald District, PO Spring Place, page 4, Hse/Fam 26 Gregory, Jathan 53 M W Farmer $9000 Real Estate $2400 Personal b Tenn Gregory, Myra 50 F W Keeping House born Tenn Gregory, Benjamin 21 M W Farm Laborer b Tenn Attended School during the year Gregory, Daily 19 M W Farm Laborer b Tenn Attended School during the year Gregory, John 17 M W Farm Laborer b Tenn Attended School during the year Gregory, Myra E 16 No Occupation F W b Tenn Attended School during the year Gregory, Hyden 13 M W Farm Laborer b Tenn Attended School during the year Gregory, Robert 11 M W Farm Laborer b Tenn Attended School during the year Keith, Jesse W 15 M W Farm Laborer b GA Attended School during the year Cannot write Jennings, Lihn 24 M W Farm Laborer b NC Cannot write Peck, June 15 Domestic Servant F B b GA Cannot read or write Peck, Mary 12 Domestic Servant F B b GA Cannot read or write Wes Covey has good information on this Gregory line in his genealogy on Ancestry.com. This line does not seem to intersect with the family of James Henry Gregory, my ancestor who lived in Jefferson County, Tennessee. I find no names or information to tie that Gregory to this line from North Carolina and Virginia. It appears that Henry Gregory's father was born in Virginia, and these Gregorys might have ultimately derived from the same Virginia Gregorys. As of May 2013, I have not been able to find the connection. Covey provides the following information on James Jathan Gregory's parents an siblings. ------------------------ James Jathan GREGORY Sex M Birth 8 OCT 1817 in McMinn Co., Tn. Death 15 SEP 1885 in Murray Co., Ga. Burial 17 SEP 1885 Murray Co., Ga. Father Tapley GREGORY b: 15 NOV 1793 in Guilford Co., NC Mother Sara PIPER b: ABT 1798 in McMinn Co., Tn. Marriage 1 Myra BEDFORD b: 14 AUG 1820 in North Carolina Children John GREGORY b: 6 DEC 1838 in McMinn Co., Tn. Tapley GREGORY b: 29 MAR 1840 in McMinn Co., Tn. Stephen GREGORY b: 12 AUG 1841 in McMinn Co., Tn. James M. GREGORY b: 30 MAR 1843 in McMinn Co., Tn. Sara ELIZABETH b: 26 JUL 1844 in Smith Co., Tn. Alexander Seth GREGORY b: 30 DEC 1845 in McMinn Co., Tn. Nancy Maranda GREGORY b: 18 AUG 1847 in Bradley Co., Tn. Benjamin Addison GREGORY b: 25 MAR 1849 in Smith Co., Tn. William Dailey GREGORY b: 27 FEB 1851 in Smith Co., Tn. John Philip GREGORY b: 28 OCT 1852 in Smith Co., Tn. William "Bill" GREGORY b: 1854 in Smith Co., Tn. Mica Evaline "Evelyn" GREGORY b: 1 FEB 1854 in Smith Co., Tn. Henigen Henry "Hugh" GREGORY b: 4 DEC 1875 in Smith Co., Tn. Robert Pharis GREGORY b: 1 JAN 1859 in Smith Co., Tn. Joseph GREGORY b: 29 JAN 1862 in Bradley Co., Tn. -- Wes Covey, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wescovey&id=I000144 ------------------------- In 1880, Jathan's wife reported is his second wife, Martha, maiden name unknown. Myra Bedford Gregory died in 1875. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 25 June, McDonald District, District 29, page 155, Hse #256, Fam #265 Gregory, Jathan W M 62 Farmer Cannot read or write TN TN TN Gregory, Martha M W F 54 Dau Single Housekeeper Cannot read or write NC NC NC Gregory, Jathan R W M 21 Son Single Working on Farm TN TN NC Tain, Sarah W F 19 F Hireling Single Laborer SC SC SC Carol, John W M 15 Bound Boy Single Works on Farm GA NC NC Carol, Mary W F 12 Bound Girl Single Laborer GA NC NC Carol, William W M 9 Bound Boy Single GA NC NC The enumerator in 1880 has reported Jathan R Gregory's birth place, however, as though Martha is his mother. Jathan's mother is reported as born in North Carolina, as for Martha, rather than Tennessee as reported in 1870 for Myra. Jathan Gregory Birth 1817 Death 1885 Burial Gregory Family Cemetery, Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia Created by Laurie Wilson Jun 05, 2011 -- Find A Grave Memorial #70907233, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=GREG&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=12&GScntry=4&GSsr=521&GRid=70907233&&ftm=1
1900 Federal Census, Rowan County, Kentucky, 9 June, Pearce Precinct, District 115, pages 7A, Hse/Fam #108 Grigeory, James H Head W M May 1844 56 Married 28 yrs [mar abt 1866] KY KY KY Farmer Owns Grigeory, Sarah Wife W F Aug 1847 52 Married 28 yrs 13 children/13 living KY KY KY Grigeory, Mary Susan Dau W F Oct 1877 22 KY KY KY Servant Grigeory, Rebecca B Dau W F Nov 1879 20 KY KY KY Servant Grigeory, Margret M Dau W F Aug 1881 18 KY KY KY At School Grigeory, Henry F Son W M Oct 1882 17 KY KY KY At School Grigeory, Rosa F Dau W F Aug 1884 15 KY KY KY At School Grigeory, David S Son W M Aug 1887 12 KY KY KY At School Grigeory, James M Son W M Jan 1889 11 KY KY KY At School Grigeory, Fannie D Dau W F Feb 1891 9 KY KY KY At School -------------------------- James Matthew Gregory Birth Jan 8, 1890 Rowan County, Kentucky, USA Death Apr 5, 1961 Rowan County, Kentucky, USA Parents: James Henry Gregory (1843 - 1918) Sarah Ann Caudill Gregory (1849 - 1920) Spouse Mary Tennie Caudill Gregory (1896 - 1968), Double Stone Children: Lloyd M Gregory (1915 - 1969) Dorsie Willard Gregory (1917 - 1963) Olive Mae Gregory Harris (1919 - 2003) Samuel Gregory (1921 - 1944) Lena Faye Gregory Eldridge (1923 - 1988) Elsie Marie Gregory Black (1926 - 2001) Mary Delphia Gregory Cox (1930 - 2004) James Charles Gregory (1932 - 1955) Lula Beatrice Gregory Cox (1934 - 2017) Lonnie Gregory (1937 - 2017) Larry Dean Gregory (1947 - 2017) Siblings: Miranda Gregory Wallace (1873 - 1939) Rebecca Isabel Gregory Spencer (1878 - 1956) Rosa Gregory Wallace (1886 - 1948) David Samuel Gregory (1888 - 1972) Burial ,mCaudill Cemetery, Sharkey, Rowan County, Kentucky, USA Created by Brenda Caudill Middleton Dec 27, 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial #63383048, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63383048/james-gregory --------------------------
1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, [no date], Rural Okolona, District 16, page 12B, Hse #218, Fam #234 Gregory, William H Head W M Aug 1857 42 Married 11 yrs [mar abt 1889] MS SC SC Farmer Owns Gregory, Ada Wife W F June 1870 29 Married 11 yrs 5 children/4 living TN TN NC Gregory, Eugene Son W M June 1890 9 Single MS MS TN Gregory, Aubrey Son W M Feb 1892 8 Single MS MS TN Gregory, Hortense Dau W F Feb 1894 6 Single MS MS TN Gregory, Murray Son W M Aug 1896 5 Single MS MS TN Gregory, Levitia Mother W F Oct 1828 71 Single SC SC SC ------------------ James Murrey Gregory Birth Aug 18, 1896 Death Jul 26, 1902 Printed Aug 13 1902 Okolona Messenger Died near Okolona of scarlet fever, July 26th 1902 little James Murry Son of W.H. and Ada Gregory. Little Murrey was a lovely promising child and at the early age of six manifested a noble spirit that would have crowned him in manhood. His gentle, winning manner won the hearts of all who knew him and his love for his mother whom he always addressed as "little mama" was usually fervent and intense. A few days before he was stricken with fever he came in from play and caressing her said "kiss me little mama I love you so." How sad when these fair tender buds of humanity are gathered ere they have blossomed into maturity; how desolate the home where their bright beauty had shed a glow upon all things around and how sore and wounded the hearts that yearns for their sweet companionship. but in the sweet assurance that we lose nothing that we ever possessed O mother! O father! be comforted! The sweet child who came to you daily asking to be kissed and telling you of his wonderful love for you is still yours and has only passed into heaven's keeping to await your coming. Parents: William Harrison Gregory (1857 - 1929) Ada Knowles Gregory (1869 - 1949) Siblings: Eugene H Gregory (1890 - 1952) William Aubrey Gregory (1892 - 1967) Hortense Gregory Smith (1894 - 1989) Ida Miriam Gregory Stone (1900 - 1976) Burial Grange Hall Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA Created by FamilyResearcher Jan 06, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 32692776, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32692776 ------------------
1850 Federal Census, Bath County, Kentucky, 26 July, District 1, page 121 (scan 61) & 16 (different # series), Hse ##106 Nathaniel Gregory 27 M Farmer $800 Real Estate b Tennessee [b abt 1822] Mahala Gregory 25 F b Bath County Kentucky [b abt 1825] John W Gregory 7 M b Bath County Kentucky [b abt 1843] - page 122/16 - Almaranda Gregory 5 F b Bath County Kentucky [b abt 1845] Mary A Gregory 3 F b Bath County Kentucky [b abt 1847] James R Gregory 1 M b Bath County Kentucky [b abt 1849] 1860 Federal Census, Fleming County, Kentucky, 10 August, District 1, PO Elizaville, pages 236, Hse #846, Fam #757 Nat Grigsby [Gregory] 37 M Farmer $0 Real Estate or Personal rptd born Kentucky [b abt 1823] Sarah Grigsby [Gregory] 26 F born Kentucky [b abt 1834] Daniel Grigsby [Gregory] 3 M born Kentucky [b abt 1857] Jefferson Grigsby [Gregory] 2 M born Kentucky [b abt 1858] James Grigsby [Gregory] 12 M born Kentucky Attended School [b abt 1848] Sarah Grigsby [Gregory] 10 F born Kentucky Attended School [b abt 1850] Enoch Grigsby [Gregory] 9 M born Kentucky Attended School [b abt 1851] -------------------- James Robert Gregory Birth Jun 7, 1849 Death Jul 26, 1924 The following information came from Nathan Gregory. Jas R Gregory was James Robert Gregory. He was the son of Nathaniel Gregory and Mahala Templeman. He was born in Bath County Kentucky. The following information came from Mary Perkins Bishop:it was taken from a newspaper Item found in Bath Co., Ky., newspaper James Robert Gregory died walking across the street in Sharpsburg near Edinburg toward his son Ben's house around New City close to Zion Cemetery where he was buried. Evidently he had a stroke and was found dead in a field. James Robert is my gr. uncle by marriage, His wife Sarah Elizabeth was a sister to my gr grandmother, Mary Jane Jones Perkins. Father Nathaniel Gregory (1823 - 1873) Spouse Sarah Elizabeth Jones Gregory (1852 - 1914) Siblings: Edward Templeman Gregory (1853 - 1927) Jefferson P. Gregory (1858 - 1916) Joseph Hampton Gregory (1861 - 1924) Luellan GREGORY Stanfield (1863 - 1935) Rhoda Gregory Hurst Floyd (1872 - 1912) Burial Zion Cemetery, Pawnee, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA Maintained by Mary Bishop, Originally Created by Sherry Apr 09, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #35699951, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35699951 --------------------
---------------------------- General Introduction BENJAMIN J. GREGORY (12 December 1786-7 June 1853), son of Gerard and Freelove Gregory, married Elizabeth Crosby Jeter (2 January 1794-18 May 1851), daughter of James and Mary Crosby Jeter, on 11 June 1811. Both Elizabeth and Benjamin were lifelong residents of Union County. .....Beniamin's will (which is presented in full on the pages following) is an interesting document in many ways. He willed 1547 acres of land specifically and made reference to other acreage. There is evidence of his having bought 1262 acres during his life and having sold 808.5 acres, plus his share of the 100 acres of his parent's estate. .....The explanation for this is fairly simple. Very often, in the early years of our country, deeds were not even recorded until the buyer was ready to dispose of the land. Inherited land was quite often not recorded. .....David Sims Jeter, Elizabeth's unmarried brother, remembered his Gregory nephews in his will and also set aside land for the Jeter Family Cemetery. He went a step farther and provided funds for tombstones for his family members. It is ironic that his is one of the smaller stones in the cemetery. .....Benjamin and Elizabeth were the parents of ten known children - nine sons and one daughter. They were: William Harrison; Aswin Starks; James Thompson; Benjamin Franklin; John J.E.; Andrew Jackson; Argulass; Sarah Elvira; Berry J. Adolphus; and Pickens Butler. Will of Benjamin J Gregory The State of South Carolina .....I, Benjamin J. Gregory of Union District in the State aforesaid, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, and taking into consideration the uncertainty of human life, do constitute and ordain this my last Will and Testament. .....It is my will and desire that all of my just debts should be paid and for this purpose I authorize my executors, hereinafter named, to make sale of such cotton or other produce as may be on hand at the time of my death, the proceeds o which, together with my cash on hand, I set apart for the payment of my debts and funeral expenses. .....To William Harrison Gregory, my eldest son, I will and bequeath all that tract of land whereon he now lives containing two hundred and sixty-one acres more or less, being one-half of the DeGraffenreidt tract bounded by A.S. Gregory, James Jeter and others; valued to him at Seven dollars ($7.00) per acre, together with all and singular: the rights, hereditaments thereto belonging or in any use incident or appertaining, in fee simple. I also will and bequeath to the said William Harrison Gregory, one Negro man slave named Buck and one Negro woman slave named Hariet, together with the issue and increase of the said slave Hariet; which said slaves I have valued to him at the sum of thirteen hundred dollars ($1300). I also will and bequeath to the said William Harrison Gregory, one horse, saddle and bridle with various articles of household furniture and other things which are named and valued in my Book of Accounts against my children. .....To my second son, A. Starks Gregory, I will and bequeath all that piece, parcel and tract of land containing two hundred and sixty-one acres, being the remaining half of the DeGraffenreidt tract above referred to; valued to him at seven dollars ($7.00) per acre, together with all and singular: rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto belonging or in any use incident to appertaining, in fee simple. I also will and bequeath to the said A. Starks Gregory, two Negro men slaves named Harper and Gaines; which said slaves I have valued to him at the sum of one thousand, three hundred dollars ($1300). I also will and bequeath to the said A. Starks Gregory, one horse, saddle and bridle, together with various other things which are charged in my Book of Accounts against my children. .....To my third son, J. Thompson Gregory, I will and bequeath one tract or parcel of land lying, being and situated in - County in the State Of Arkansas, containing one hundred and sixty acres, purchased from Samuel Pearson; valued to him at seven hundred, sixty-eight dollars ($768), together with all and singular: the rights, members and hereditaments, and appurtenances thereto belonging or in any wise incident or appertaining, in fee simple. I also will and bequeath to the said J. Thompson Gregory, the four following named Negro slaves, to wit: Charles, a Negro man valued at seven hundred dollars ($700); one Negro woman, Lucy, valued at six hundred, nine dollars ($609); one Negro woman, Hannah, valued at six hundred, fifty dollars ($650); and one Negro girl child valued at three hundred dollars ($300); together with the issue and increase of the aforesaid female slaves. I also will and bequeath to the said J. Thompson Gregory, one horse, saddle and bridle with other articles named and charged in my Book of Accounts against my children. .....To my fourth son, B. Franklin Gregory, I will and bequeath one tract of land containing one hundred, nineteen (119) acres bounded by Harper Farr, Widow Paulk and myself, valued at seven hundred dollars ($700); also, one other tract of land containing one hundred, twenty-three (123) acres, bought of Rochester, adjoining the first named tract, valued at six hundred, fifteen dollars ($615); together with all and singular: the rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto belonging or in any wise incident or appertaining to the said B. Franklin Gregory, his heirs and assigns, in fee simple. I also will and bequeath to the said B. Franklin Gregory, the two following named Negro slaves, to wit: Phil, a man, and Violet, a woman, together with the issue and increase of the said Negro woman, Violet; which said slaves I have valued at the sum of thirteen hundred dollars ($1300). .....To my fifth son, John J.E. Gregory, I will and bequeath one tract or parcel of land containing three hundred, ninety-four (394) acres, known as the Ashby Land, valued at __ dollars; together with all and singular: the rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise incident or appertaining to the said John J.E. Gregory, his heirs and assigns, in fee simple. I also will and bequeath to the said John J.E. Gregory, the three following named slaves, to wit: Cato, a Negro man slave, valued at seven hundred dollars ($700); and one Negro woman slave, called Farr, and child, valued at seven hundred dollars ($700); together with the issue and increase of said slaves. I also will and bequeath to the said John J.E. Gregory, one horse, saddle and bridle with other things charged on my Book of Accounts against my children. .....To my sixth son, Andrew J. Gregory, I will and bequeath all that parcel or tract of land whereon he now lives which has been already conveyed to him by John Mann, I having paid the money therefor, containing two hundred, thirty-one and a half (2311/2) acres more or less, known as the "John Mann Place," valued at the sum of fourteen hundred, twenty-eight dollars ($1428); together with all and singular: the rights, members and hereditaments and appurtenances to the said premises belonging or in any wise incident or appertaining. I also will and bequeath to the said Andrew J. Gregory, two Negro slaves: one named Isaac, a man, valued at seven hundred dollars ($700); one woman slave, named Dicey, valued at six hundred dollars ($600); one horse, saddle and bridle with various other articles charged on my Book of Accounts against my children. .....To my seventh son, B.J. Adolphus Gregory, I will and bequeath the following named Negro slaves, six in number: George, a male, valued at seven hundred dollars ($700); Horace, a male, valued at three hundred dollars ($300); Henry, a male, valued at four hundred dollars ($400); Catherine, a female, valued at six hundred dollars ($600); Juliana, a female, valued at five hundred dollars ($500); and Josephine, a female, valued at two hundred, fifty dollars ($250); together with the future issue and increase of the said female slaves to B.J. Adolphus Gregory and his lawful heirs. The above named slaves are not to be liable for the debts or subject to the contracts of the said B.J. Adolphus Gregory, he is merely to have the use of them during his natural life; and, at his death, the said slaves, together with their issue and increase, are to go into possession of the legal heirs of him the said B.J. Adolphus; and, in case the said B.J. Adolphus should die without lawful heirs, then the said Negroes, together with their issue and increase, are to revert to my estate and be disposed of in the same manner as the residue of my property not herein specially devised. In case any of the above named Negroes should die before I put them in possession of the said B.J. Adolphus Gregory, it is not to be his loss, but such loss shall fall upon my estate. I also will and bequeath to my said son, B.J. Adolphus Gregory, one horse, saddle and bridle valued at one hundred dollars ($100) which I have delivered to him. .....To my eighth son, Pickens Butler Gregory, I will and bequeath the six following named slaves, to wit: Gilbert, valued at seven hundred dollars ($700); Prince, valued at five hundred dollars ($500); Jo, valued at four hundred dollars ($400); Manerva, valued at six hundred dollars ($600); Mariah, valued at three hundred dollars ($300); and Charlotte valued at four hundred dollars ($400); together with the future issue and increase of the said female slaves. The said last named slaves, together with their issue and increase, are to be subject to precisely the same conditions and restriction as those slaves herein before bequeathed to B.J. Adolphus Gregory. .....To my daughter, Sarah Elvira Gregory, I will and bequeath one bed and furniture, one gold watch, one bureau (marble top), and one hundred dollars ($100) in cash to be paid to her as soon as practicable after my death. My said daughter has already received about four hundred dollars more than any other of my children by way of tuition and she has married contrary to my will. I desire that she shall be excluded from any portion of my estate except such articles as are devised to her. .....To my son, B. Franklin Gregory, I also will and bequeath one horse, saddle and bridle with various other articles charged to my Book of Accounts against my children. .....The residue of my estate, both real and personal, I wish valued by three disinterested persons, to be chosen by my executors, and to be divided into lots and apportioned amongst my eight sons herein before named. If, however, my said executors should think it best for the interest to be sold, they may, after giving the usual notice, put it up at auction and sell it to the highest bidder, dividing the proceeds as herein directed; and I hereby authorize and empower my said executors to make, execute and deliver titles to my said lands, the whole or any portion thereof, to such person or persons as may comply with the terms of the sale. .....The property herein before devised to my six first named sons has been put into their possession by me and, in the settlement of my estate, is to be received by them at the prices charged in this, my last Will and Testament, in my Book of Accounts against them without interest. .....I will and desire that my eight sons above named receive an equal share of my whole estate and, to this end, I direct that the residue of my estate be divided in such a way as to accomplish this object. .....I further will and desire that the residue of my Negro property and other personal property not herein specially disposed should be held by my said sons for their use and benefit during their lives. It is not to be subject to their debts or contracts, but is to descend to their lawful heirs in the manner as is prescribed for the Negroes of B.J. Adolphus, and Pickens Butler Gregory herein specially devised. .....I will and desire that my sons Wm. Harrison Gregory and J. Thompson Gregory act as my executors to this, my last Will and Testament. .....In witness whereof I have hereinto subscribed my name and affixed my seal, this Fifth day of December in the Year of our Lord, One thousand, eight hundred and fifty-one; and in the Seventy-fifth Year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. B.J. Gregory Signed and Sealed, Published and Declared by the said Benjamin J. Gregory as his last Will and Testament in the presence of each other and in the presence of the said B.J. Gregory have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. W.J. Kennan J.T.E. Brandon J.W. McLure (CODICIL to the Will) The State of South Carolina Union District .....I, Benjamin J. Gregory, of the District and State aforesaid, do hereby make this the following codicil to my last Will and Testament which is to be taken for a part and parcel of the same, to wit: .....To my daughter, Sarah Elvira Gregory, I will and bequeath the six slaves more particularly described in a Deed of Gift made by me to the said Sarah Elvira, subject to the conditions and reversions mentioned in said deed. .....I will and bequeath to the said Sarah Elvira Gregory, an equal proportion of my whole estate, both real and personal, which is to be distributed after my death as is herein before prescribed. She is to be charged in the said distribution to the six slaves named in the said Deed of Gift at the prices named in my Book of Accounts against my children. It is my desire that the said Sarah Elvira shall not be charged with any advancements whatever that have been heretofore made with the exception of the six slaves aforesaid. .....It is further my will and desire that such property, either real or personal, as my said daughter may be entitled to receive by virtue of this codicil may be delivered by my executors to my sons, J. Thompson Gregory and William Harrison Gregory, who are hereby requested to receive the same on the same condition and trusts as is named in the Deeds of Gift herein before referred to, and to form a portion of the trust estate confided to them. I hereby revoke so much of my last Well and Testament as makes a special bequest of one hundred dollars in cash to my said daughter, Sarah Elvira Gregory. .....In witness whereof I have herewith subscribed my name and affixed my seal, this Thirty-first day of January, Anno Domini One thousand, eight hundred, fifty-two, and in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. B.J. Gregory Signed, sealed and delivered by the said B.J. Gregory in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses at the request of the testator, and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names the day and year aforesaid. "To receive" interlined before signed. J.K. Brandon W.M. Kennan J.W. McLure Children of ELIZABETH JETER and BENJAMIN GREGORY are: .....i.....WILLIAM HARRISON GREGORY, b. Union County, South Carolina; d. March 17, 1874, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Notes for WILLIAM HARRISON GREGORY: .....William Harrison Gregory (ca. 1813-17 March 1874), eldest son of Benjamin J. and Elizabeth C. Jeter Gregory, was born in Union County, South Carolina and died in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, where he had moved after his father's death. He was thrice married. 354.....ii.....ASWIN STARKS GREGORY, b. Union County, South Carolina; d. 1862. 355.....iii.....JAMES THOMPSON GREGORY, b. October 21, 1816, Union County, South Carolina; d. November 06, 1869. 356.....iv.....BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GREGORY, b. November 16, 1819, Union County, South Carolina; d. June 14, 1875. .....v.....JOHN J. E. GREGORY. .....vi.....ANDREW JACKSON GREGORY. .....vii.....ARGULASS GREGORY, b. Union County, South Carolina. .....viii.....SARAH ELVIRA GREGORY, b. Union County, South Carolina. .....ix.....BERRY J. GREGORY, b. Union County, South Carolina. .....x.....ADOLPHUS GREGORY, b. Union County, South Carolina. .....xi.....PICKENS BUTLER GREGORY, b. Union County, South Carolina. -- Leavells, http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/LeavellFam3.html ----------------------------
The census for Few and Esther Gregory's family reported a Jane Gregory in their household. It seemed that she was Few's daughter-in-law, the wife of his daughter Alex. But then Alex and Jane's marriage record reported they did not marry until August 1876. In the marriage record Jane's maiden name is also Gregory. The Jane Gregory in the 1870 census may have been Few and Esther's daughter, Alex's sister. 1870 Federal Census, Washington County, Arkansas, [no date] August, Mountain Township, PO Billingsly, page 179B, Hse #149, Fam #153 Gregory, F 60 M W Farmer $1500 Real Estate $60 Personal Estate born Virginia Cannot or write [b abt 1810] Gregory, Esther 72 F W Keeping House born Tennessee Cannot or write [b abt 1798] Gregory, Alex 32 F W Farmer born Tennessee [b abt 1838] Gregory, Jane 22 F W Keeping House born Tennessee Cannot read or write [b abt 1848] Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 A B Gregory Jane Gregory Marriage 18 Aug 1876 Barry County, Missouri, USA Ceremony by William Seamster, Doctor of Divinity Recorded 4 September 1876 Barry County Marriage Book, p 611 One of Alex and Jane's daughters' Social Security record reported her mother as Jane Lewis. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Easter [Esther?] Cosby [Easter Gregory] Birth 2 Mar 1880 Prairie Grove, Arkansas Father Aleck Gregory ** Mother Jane Lewis ** SSN 432348577 Apr 1943 Name listed as EASTER COSBY But the SS records of two other daughters report her as Jane Gregory. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Oneta Belle Carrington [Oneta Belle Gregory] Birth 6 Dec 1875 Prairie Grove, Arkansas Father Alec B Gregory Mother Jane Gregory SSN 429401352 Jun 1943 Name listed as ONETA BELLE CARRINGTON The name Jane Gregory on the marriage record is a more objective record, and would seem to indicate that her maiden name was also Gregory. And Jane's age in 1870 matches Jane's age in 1880. Her parents have not been established. 1880 Federal Washington County, Arkansas, 16 June, District 214, page 10, Hse/Fam #81S Grigery, A B W M 41 Head Farming TN TN TN [b abt 1839] Grigery, Jane W F 31 Wife Keeping House AR GA GA [b abt 1849] Grigery, O B W F 3 Dau MS MS AR [b abt 1878] Grigery, M L W F 2 Dau MS MS AR [b abt 1878] Grigery, E B W F 3 months b March MS MS AR 1900 Federal Census, Washington County, Arkansas, 22 June, Cane Hill, District 99, page 15B-16A, Hse #270, Fam #276 Gregory, Alex Head W M Sep 1837 66 Married 24 yrs TN VA TN Farmer Rents Gregory, Jane Wife W F June 1847 52 Married 24 yrs 8 children/6 living TN TN TN Gregory, Onetta B Dau W F Dec 1877 28 AR TN TN Gregory, Minnie E Dau W F Aug 1879 20 AR TN TN - page 16A - Gregory, Ester B Dau W F Mar 1881 19 AR TN TN Gregory, Few Son W M Aug 1884 15 AR TN TN Farm Laborer Gregory, Malinda Dau W F Apr 1888 12 AR TN TN Gregory, Jane Dau W F Sep 1890 9 AR TN TN Arkansas, Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1935 A B Gregory Spouse Name Jane Gregory Residence Washington County, Arkansas Served in Arkansas Washington Regiment, Infantry, Company B Veteran Application 1907 Death Date 18 Apr 1917 Widow applied 1917 Spouse Death Date 29 Oct 1930 Note that the pension record reports her death date as 29 October 1930. But the death index has the date as 30 October, which is on her grave. In teh 1920 census, her son Edgar was the head of the houshold, and Jane and two of her daughters were in the household, along with Esther's two sons. 1920 Federal Census, Washington County, Arkansas, 9 January, Cane Hill, District 134, page 3B, Hse/Fam #64 Gregory, Ed Head Rents M W 34 Single Ark Tenn Tenn Farmer Gregory, Jane Mother F W 70 Widow Tenn Tenn Tenn Gregory, Easter Sister F W 38 Widow AR TN TN Gregory, Lou Sister F W 23 Single AR TN TN Rogers, Hugh Nephew M W 11 Singe AR AR AR Rogers, Elzia Nephew M W 10 Singe AR AR AR Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 Jane Gregory Death 30 Oct 1930 Washington County Jane Gregory Birth Jun 27, 1847 Death Oct 30, 1930 Spouse Alexander B Gregory (1837 - 1917) Children: Alvenie P Gregory (1881 - 1884) Edgar Few Gregory 1883-1957 Burial Parks Cemetery, Hogeye, Washington County, Arkansas, USA Created by Arkeypal Mar 20, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #35024559, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35024559
In the 1850 census, Isaac was a widowed head of household with two granddaughters in his home. The girls are the two youngest daughters of his deceased son Benjamin, who died in 1847, and each of his two wives. Jane's mother was Lucyann Steen, and Mary's mother was Mary S Van Lew, whoma Ben married in 1838, after Lucyann's death. 1850 Federal Census, Union County, South Carolina, 19 November, page 44 (scan 222), Hse/Fam #349 Isaac Gregory 71 M Planter $10,000 Real Estate b South Carolina [b abt Jan 1779] Jane Gregory 19 F b South Carolina [b abt 1831] Mary Gregory 17 F b South Carolina [b abt 1833]
1860 Federal Census, Fleming County, Kentucky, 10 August, District 1, PO Elizaville, pages 236, Hse #846, Fam #757 Nat Grigsby [Gregory] 37 M Farmer $0 Real Estate or Personal rptd born Kentucky [b abt 1823] Sarah Grigsby [Gregory] 26 F born Kentucky [b abt 1834] Daniel Grigsby [Gregory] 3 M born Kentucky [b abt 1857] Jefferson Grigsby [Gregory] 2 M born Kentucky [b abt 1858] James Grigsby [Gregory] 12 M born Kentucky Attended School [b abt 1848] Sarah Grigsby [Gregory] 10 F born Kentucky Attended School [b abt 1850] Enoch Grigsby [Gregory] 9 M born Kentucky Attended School [b abt 1851] 1870 Federal Census, Fleming County, Kentucky, 9 July, Poplar Plains Precinct, PO Poplar Plains, page 38, Hse #767, Fam #761 Griger [Gregory], Nathan 48 M W Farmer $1000 Real Estate $150 Personal Estate born Kentucky Cannot read or write [b abt 1822] Griger [Gregory], Sallie 30 [only 4 yrs older than in 1860!] F W Keeping House born Kentucky Cannot Read or Write [b abt 1840] Griger [Gregory], Daniel 12 F W born Kentucky Cannot read or write [b abt 1858] Griger [Gregory], Jefferson 10 F W born Kentucky Cannot Write [b abt 1860] Griger [Gregory], Joe 8 M W born Kentucky [b abt 1862] Griger [Gregory], Lou 6 M W born Kentucky [b abt 1864] Griger [Gregory], Lizzie 4 F W born Kentucky [b abt 1866] 1900 Federal Census, Fleming County, Kentucky, 15 June, Hillsboro, District 44, page 9A-9B (scan 141), Hse #165, Fam #171 Gregory, Jeff Head W M July 1870 29 Married 17 yrs KY KY KY Farmer Rents [this birth date and age is about 10 years too young!] Gregory, Sallie Wife W F Feb 1869 31 Married 17 yrs 8 children/7 living KY KY KY [this birth date and age is about 10 years too young!] Gregory, Charley [John Wesley] Stepson W F Mar 1878 21 KY KY KY Day Labor Gregory, Wesley [Charles/Charley] Son W F Feb 1884 16 KY KY KY Day Labor - page 9B - Gregory, Ruth Dau W M June 1886 13 KY KY KY Gregory, Timithy [sic] Son W M May 1889 11 KY KY KY Day Labor Gregory, Lula Dau W M Sept 1891 8 KY KY KY Gregory, Sherman Son W M Aug 1897 2 KY KY KY Details reported for Charley and Wesley, compared with the 1880 census report of Sarah Skeanes and her 1-year-old son Wesley, together with JOhn Wesley's death certificate SS information indicates that the enumerator confused and switched the names of Charles (Charley) and Wesley. Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index Jeferson [sic] Gregory Age 51 Birthplace Fleming County, Kentucky Relatives: Wife Sarah 52, born Kentucky Daughter Ruth 22, born Kentucky Son Thomas 12, born Kentucky Enumeration District 59, Visit 0138 Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 Jeff Gregory Death 4 Mar 1916 Fleming County Age 62 Volume 19, Certificate #9353 Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964 Jeff Gregory Married, Death Age 62 Birth 1854 Fleming County Father Nathan Gregory, born Fleming County Mother Triby [Tribby], born Fleming County Informant Jon (Jan?) Gregory, Tilton, Kentucky Death 4 Mar 1916 Fleming County, Kentucky, USA Cause of Death Cerebral Hemorrhage Burial 4 March 1916 Hillsboro Cemetery by Jno A Clark, Hillsboro, Kentucky Certificate #9353 filed 4 March 1916 ------------------- Jefferson P Gregory Birth Jun 10, 1858 Tilton, Fleming County, Kentucky, USA Death Mar 4, 1916 Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky, USA Jefferson P Gregory was the son of Nathaniel Gregory and Sarah Tribby, and brother to Joseph Hampton Gregory. He married Sarah Skeen (or Skeans) in or near Hillsboro, Ky, in 1883. Sarah had a child, either out of wedlock, or from a previous marriage (unsure which) and this child was adopted by Jeff. Jeff and Sarah had seven more children. Milner Smith Gregory was one of his sons, and is buried nearby. Parents: Nathaniel Gregory (1823 - 1873) Sarah Tribby Gregory (1833 - 1905) Spouse Sarah Skeans Gregory (1857 - 1928) Children: John Wesley Gregory (1877 - 1957) Nellie Ruth Gregory Workman (1887 - 1979) Milner Smith Gregory (1889 - 1962) Thomas Sherman Gregory (1898 - 1968) Siblings: James Robert Gregory (1849 - 1924) Half-sibling Edward Templeman Gregory (1853 - 1927) Half-sibling Joseph Hampton Gregory (1861 - 1924) Half-sibling Luellan GREGORY Stanfield (1863 - 1935) Half-sibling Rhoda Gregory Hurst Floyd (1872 - 1912) Burial Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky Created by Nathan Gregory Jan 12, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #32863925, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32863925 -------------------