Life History

Other facts

Notes

• Gerard was named from his mother's maiden name.  But the name is found spelled numerous ways.  In the roster of Revolutionary War volunteers from South Carolina, it has two different spelling, Jerrel and Jerrod.
  
  Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, p 386
  Gregorys listed in the roster:
  (The following appear to be a family, Isaac and his sons)
  Isaac, militia under Capt Hughes and Col Brandon, horseman and infantry, during 1782 and 1783
  Jeremiah, militia under Capt Hughes and Col Brandon, from 1779 to 1781 alternatively
  Jerrel (Jarrod), militia under Col Brandon, before and after the fall of Charleston
  Benjamin, militia under Capt Hughes and Col Brandon, from 1782 to 1783 alternatively
  John, militia under Capt Hughes and Col Brandon, from 1780 to 1782 alternatively
  Robert, militia under Capt Hughes and Col Brandon, from 1781 to 1782 alternatively
  (These appear to be from other families)
  Henry, Third Regiment, 10 February 1779 to 1 February 1780
  John, Fifth Regiment, enlisted on 16 April 1776
  John, Ediston Island Volunteer Militia, under Capt Joseph Jenkins and Col Joseph Glover
  Thomas, Second Dragoons under Capt Isaac Ross, Col Myddleton and Gen Sumter and was dead about September 1781
  
  In his father's will, Gerard was named as one of the executors, along with his brother Jeremiah.  But his father (or the scribe who write the will for his father) spelled the named Jarred.  In the probate papers his name was spelled by the court clerk as Gerrard, which is closer to his mother's maiden name, normally spelled Gerard.
  
  Gerard Gregory
  Birth 1763 Lunenburg County, Virginia, USA
  Death Dec 1803 Santuc, Union County, South Carolina, USA
  Gerard and his Wife Freelove Curtis are buried in a Private Family Cemetery, Near Santuc, Union, SC.(Off the corner where Wilson and Boughman Roads intersect, behind "Juxa," The Gregory Plantation House)
  Parents:
  Isaac Gregory (1729 - 1797)
  Alsey Gerard Gregory (1734 - 1800)
  Spouse Freelove Curtis Gregory (1768 - 1828)
  Children:
  David W Gregory (1787 - 1850)
  Mary Ann Gregory (1788 - 1858)
  Jehu Gregory (1798 - 1852)
  Curtis Gerald Gregory (1800 - 1882)
  Burial Gregory Family Cemetery, Union County, South Carolina
  Created by William Mowbray Mar 15, 2012
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #86809179, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86809179
  

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980
• 3. Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution
  • p 386
• 4. 1850 Federal Census, Union County, South Carolina
  • 1 November, page 18, Hse/Fam #65