Benjamin J GREGORY William Harrison GREGORY James Thompson GREGORY Aswin Starks GREGORY Benjamin Franklin GREGORY John J E GREGORY Benjamin Simpson GREGORY Andrew Eusebius GREGORY William Harrison GREGORY Hale R GREGORY Young Daughter Two GREGORY Young Daughter One GREGORY Levicia WILKES Berry J Adolphus GREGORY Pickens Butler GREGORY Argulass GREGORY Sarah Elvira GREGORY Elizabeth Crosby JETER Mini tree diagram
Andrew Jackson GREGORY

Andrew Jackson GREGORY1,3,2,5,4,5

20th Sep 18251,2,3,4 - 20th Sep 18901

Life History

20th Sep 1825

Born in Union District, South Carolina.1,2,3,4

1846

Married Levicia WILKES in Chester County, South Carolina.1

Feb 1847

Birth of son Benjamin Simpson GREGORY in Union County, South Carolina.3,6,7,1

2nd Oct 1849

Birth of son Andrew Eusebius GREGORY in Union County, South Carolina.3,7,4

3rd Jul 1857

Birth of son William Harrison GREGORY in Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi.8,1,7,4,9,10

31st Dec 1860

Birth of son Hale R GREGORY in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.6,1,9,4

20th Sep 1890

Died in Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi.1

after 20th Sep 1890

Buried in Grange Hall Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi.1

UNKNOWN

Birth of daughter Young Daughter One GREGORY in Chickasaw County, Mississippi

UNKNOWN

Birth of daughter Young Daughter Two GREGORY in Chickasaw County, Mississippi

Notes

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    Andrew Jackson Gregory 3 (20 September 1825 -20 September 1890), sixth son of Benjamin J. and Elizabeth C. Jeter Gregory, married (ca. 1846) Levicia Wilkes (1830-1904). Their issue: Benjamin Simpson, Andrew Eusebus, William Harrison, States Rights, Sarah and Hostletine.

    Levicia (Levitia) was the eldest daughter of Abner Wilkes (10 December 1801-16 November 1884),  Image LInk who lived in Chester County, South Carolina. His first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of William and Levicia Cornwell, died, leaving Levicia, two younger brothers and a sister. Abner married again and had seven more children by Lucinda Hardwick (see History of Thomas Wilkes, p. 361).

    A family story is related by Polly Wirtz Johnson, granddaughter of Simpson and Mary Skinner Gregory.

    Levicia and her brothers attended a school out in the woods and she spoke of crossing a small stream of water enroute to school. On one occasion, a very handsome young man on horseback crossed her path. He nodded and spoke. She wondered who he was. Another morning the young man crossed again; this time lifting his hat and smiling. She still wondered who he was.

    Levicia was getting older and at that time rich men sent their daughters to finishing school after they completed school at home. She was sent to Charleston to stay with an aunt who ran a boarding house. A little while later she was seen in town by a sheriff of that city. He was attracted to this charming young lady. It was the custom for men wishing to call upon a girl to send a slave with a calling card and candy or flowers; which he did, but all was returned with a “no.” Then a Methodist minister spotted her and he, too, sent a card and flowers. Again, a “no,” he could not see her - but she kept the flowers.

    Then a Mr. Andrew Jackson Gregory sent his card, an old family friend (only a small strip of land separated the two home places). “Yes,” he was welcome to call. When she saw him, she realized he was the handsome young man she had seen at the crossing on two occasions before. The friendship bloomed, and she and A.J. were wed.

    Simpson and Eusebus were born in South Carolina. Harrison and States Rights were born in Mississippi, followed by Sarah and Hostletine (who both died young). The 1850 census of Union County, S.C. (#108) shows Andrew Jackson to be 24 years old; Levicia, 20; Simpson, 3; and Eusebus, 1. The 1860 census in Chickasaw County, Mississippi (p. 92) shows Andrew Jackson, 35; Levicia, 30; Simpson, 13; Eusebus, 11; and Harrison, 3. Levicia is listed as “Levitia” and their post office was Redland.

    Andrew Jackson left South Carolina in 1857 for Mississippi to settle new farmland. The family journeyed by covered wagon, carrying a maid, a Negro man, and Simpson and Eusebus. Both Levicia and the maid wept to leave.

    A three year drought in South Carolina, plus the obvious over-population prompted the move by Andrew Jackson and three of his brothers.

    They settled on land that was almost identical to Union County, South Carolina, both in appearance and soil composition. They felt comfortable with hill land. There are family accounts of trials with heavy Chuquatonchee bottomland farms that were abandoned because they did not know how to cope successfully with the different soil conditions. Also, mosquitoes and malaria were more prevalent in the bottoms, though they did not know of the connection at the time. The soil type and crop failures due to water overflow were primary reasons for their return to the hills and branch bottoms.

    Later information by Hortense Smith and Lillian Renshaw, granddaughters, stated that Andrew and Levicia originally settled in an area called Redland in Chickasaw County, close to the Natchez Trace, before moving to Okolona. This was just south of Pontotoc, Mississippi, one of the first settlements in that country and close to the site of the Indian treaty signing with the Chickasaw Indian Nation in which they sold their homeland to the United States.

    William Harrison Gregory, brother of Andrew Jackson, owned several hundred acres in the same area, now part of the Natchez Trace Game Preserve. Hortense and Lillian were told by Harrison Gregory, their father, that his little sister, Hostletine, was buried in Redland. This must be Shiloh Church, close to Van Vleet, Mississippi. Harrison stated that she was just a baby when she died. Her marker has not been found. Sarah, age 6 years, is buried at Friendship Church, three miles northwest of Van Vleet.

    Andrew Jackson signed up during the first year of the War Between the States. During the second year, Benjamin Simpson wanted to take his father’s place, even though he was only sixteen years old at the time. Andrew Jackson disagreed, but Simps said, “I will go anyway if you do not consent for me to go.” Simps took a slave along to make his bed and fires, etc. In an old tintype, Simps was very handsome in his Confederate uniform.

    Another “family lore” story is that Andrew Jackson had $60,000 worth of baled cotton confiscated by Union troops during the War for which he was never compensated. Cotton was worth one dollar a pound in silver in those days. Needless to say, in family accounts, the Northerners were “damn Yankees!”

    One of Andrew Jackson’s nieces from Texas has written of family stories of Andrew Jackson’s concern for his former slaves after the Civil War. Many slaves stayed on at the farms of their former owners as “sharecroppers” because of a sense of security with people they knew and understood. A paternalistic sense of responsibility often existed in these owners.

    One story was about Andrew Jackson repeatedly getting his Negroes out of jail on Saturday night after their arrests for drunkenness. As was the custom - even up to World War II - the farm Negroes, after a full week of toil in the fields, borrowed a wagon and team of mules to go five miles to town for relaxation, food buying, etc. Saturday night on Main Street in Okolona in those days was a mass of black humanity (75% of the population) smelling of fresh starched overalls and cotton dresses and dime store talcum powder and pungent food.

    Corn whiskey, “white lightening,” was cheap and provided escape from a dull life. Some of the blacks, after several hours of socializing, drinking moonshine whiskey, eating cheese and crackers, bologna sausage, and nickel cans of sardines, would become quite drunk and not infrequently get into knife or razor fights.

    The local Constable and Chief of Police would occupy themselves for several hours carting the hapless ones off to the jail drunk tank. Their “black jacks,” properly applied (often with scalp lacerations that were not sewed up), discouraged arguments as to the necessity of the trip. The more severe knife wounds were attended to by local doctors, who would have preferred being home.

    Needless to say, the landowner was called upon to pay their fines and could then send the remorseful ones home in the company of the remainder of his “hands.” Their aching heads usually had recovered sufficiently by early Monday morning to allow a return to the cotton fields.

    Another story of Andrew Jackson: His wife Levicia had a dream shortly before a scheduled trip back to South Carolina on business. She dreamed she saw him in his coffin and deemed it a premonition. She did not tell him of the dream, but prevailed on him to delay his trip, which he did. Shortly thereafter, he died of apparent natural causes.

    Andrew Jackson’s farms were divided among his four sons, Ben Simpson, Eusebus, William Harrison and States Rights. Andrew Jackson and Levicia are buried in the Grange Hall Cemetery (now abandoned) about 3.5 miles west of Okolona. Apparently Andrew Jackson was a gentleman, good citizen and substantial member of the community.

    --  Gregory Family Genealogy, http://gregoryfamilygenealogy.org/?page_id=323, p 4
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    1850 Federal Census, Union County, South Carolina, 4 November, page 14 (scan 190), Hse/Fam #108
    Andrew Gregory 24 M Planter $2300 Real Estate b South Carolina [b abt 1826]
    Levisa Gregory 20 F b South Carolina [b abt 1830]
    Simpson Gregory 3 M b South Carolina [b abt 1847]
    Eusebius Gregory 1 M b South Carolina [b abt 1849]

    Next door to Andrew and Levicia is a William Savage and on the other side of him is Andrew's cousin James Jeter and in his household is James Gregory.  It is not clear how James Gregory is related to Andrew.

    1850 Federal Census, Union County, South Carolina, 4 November, page 14 (scan 190), Hse/Fam #106
    James B Jeter 25 M Planter $15,000 Real Estate b South Carolina [b abt 1825]
    James Gregory 45 M b South Carolina [b abt 1805]

    Andrew's father wrote is wil lin 1851, naming Andrew as one of eight surviving sons.

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    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, Sout
    .....Andrew Jackson Gregory, brother of William Harrison, allowed his brother and his brother's wife, Margaret, to care for - as their own daughter - his child, Sarah E. Gregory (17 June 1862-28 August 1868). It was apparently a custom of the era to give a child to a childless relative as a token of love and family bond. Sarah is buried with William and Margaret.
    ...
    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
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    In the 1860 census, birth dates and states indicate that Andrew and Levicia moved to Mississipi between 1850 and 1856.

    1860 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 29 July, Division 1, P O Red Land, page 72, Hse #558, Fam #572
    Andrew Gregory 35 M Farmer $8000 Real Estate $23,000 Personal born South Carolina [b abt 1825]
    Levitia Gregory 30 F Housewife born South Carolina [b abt 1830]
    Simpson Gregory 13 M born South Carolina [b abt 1847]
    Eucebias Gregory 11 M born South Carolina [b abt 1849]
    Harrison Gregory 3 M born Mississippi [b abt 1857]

    1880 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 15 June, District 60, Enumeration District 30, page 21, Hse #201, Fam #202
    Gregory, Andrew J  W M 59 Head Married Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1821]
    Gregory, Lavita W F 49 Wife Married SC SC SC [b abt 1831]
    Gregory, Eusebius 29 Son W M Single SC SC SC [b abt 1851]
    Gregory, Harrison 22 Son W M Single MS SC SC [b abt 1858]
    Gregory, States Rights 19 Son W M Single MS SC SC [b abt 1861]

    Andrew Jackson and Levicia (Wilkes) Gregory
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    ... settled near Shiloh church but later sold out and moved near Okolona.  Two daughters who died young are buried at Shiloh graveyard.  He is buried in an unmarked grave near his mother and father in the Gregory family graveyard.  Andrew Jackson Gregory, his wife, two sons and some grandchildren are buried in the family graveyard on the old home place.  [Find a Grave reports Andrew Jackson Greogry as buried in the Grange Hall Cemetery.  It is noted that this is on private land.  Perhaps this is the family cemetery this source refers to.] The grave of Levicia is unmarked, that of Andrew Jackson gives his birth date as 29 September 1825 and death as 20 September 1890.

    The following children were born to Mr and Mrs Gregory:
    1. Benjamin Simpson Gregory     2. A Eusenius Gregory
    3. William Harrison Gregory     4. States Rights Gregory
    5. A girl who died young        6. A girl who died young

    --  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 362
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    Andrew Jackson Gregory
    Birth Sep 20, 1825
    Death Sep 20, 1890
    His Parents: Benjamin J Gregory (1786 - 1853) and Elizabeth Crosby Jeter Gregory (1791 - 1851) of South Carolina
    Wife Levicia Wilkes (1828 - 1904) married in Chester Co, SC in 1846
    Parents:
    Benjamin J Gregory (1786 - 1853)
    Elizabeth Crosby Jeter Gregory (1791 - 1851)
    Children:
    Benjamin Simpson Gregory (1847 - 1913)
    Andrew Eusebus [Eusebius] Gregory (1849 - 1900)
    Sarah E Gregory (1852 - 1858)
    William Harrison Gregory (1857 - 1929)
    Hale R Gregory (1860 - 1932)
    Siblings:
    Benjamin Franklin Gregory (1819 - 1875)
    Sarah Elvira Gregory Gregory (1827 - 1875)
    Argulass Gregory (1829 - 1846)
    Pickens Butler Gregory (1835 - 1897)
    Burial Grange Hall Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
    Created by FamilyResearcher Jan 06, 2009
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #32693028, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32693028/andrew-gregory

Sources

  • 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • 2. 1860 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
    • 29 July, Division 1, P O Red Land, page 72, Hse #558, Fam #572
  • 3. 1850 Federal Census, Union County, South Carolina
    • 4 November, page 14 (scan 190), Hse/Fam #108
  • 4. 1880 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
    • 15 June, District 60, Enumeration District 30, page 21, Hse #201, Fam #202
  • 5. Tripod Trees
  • 6. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
    • 16 June 1900, Rural Okolona, District 16, page 12B, Hse #196, Fam #211
  • 7. 1860 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
    • 29 July, Division 1, page 72, Hse #558, Fam #572
  • 8. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
    • [no date], Rural Okolona, District 16, page 12B, Hse #218, Fam #234
  • 9. Google Books
  • 10. 1910 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
    • 25 April, District 45, page 22B, Hse/Fam #48

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