Levicia WILKES1,2,3,4,5,6
Oct 18281,2,3,4,5 - 19041
Life History
Oct 1828 |
Born in South Carolina.1,2,3,4,5 |
1846 |
Married Andrew Jackson GREGORY in Chester County, South Carolina.1 |
Feb 1847 |
Birth of son Benjamin Simpson GREGORY in Union County, South Carolina.2,7,8,1 |
2nd Oct 1849 |
Birth of son Andrew Eusebius GREGORY in Union County, South Carolina.2,8,5 |
3rd Jul 1857 |
Birth of son William Harrison GREGORY in Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi.3,1,8,5,6,9 |
31st Dec 1860 |
Birth of son Hale R GREGORY in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.7,1,6,5 |
20th Sep 1890 |
Death of Andrew Jackson GREGORY in Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi.1 |
18th Mar 1900 |
Death of son Andrew Eusebius GREGORY.6 |
1904 |
Died in Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi.1 |
1904 |
Buried in Grange Hall Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi.6,1 |
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
- 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]
Euselius 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]
1860 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 29 July, Division 1, 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]
In 1900, Levicia was enumerated as the mother of her son William Harrison 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, Harleas [?] 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
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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Sources
- 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 2. 1850 Federal Census, Union County, South Carolina
- 4 November, page 14 (scan 190), Hse/Fam #108
- 3. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
- [no date], Rural Okolona, District 16, page 12B, Hse #218, Fam #234
- 4. 1860 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
- 29 July, Division 1, P O Red Land, page 72, Hse #558, Fam #572
- 5. 1880 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
- 15 June, District 60, Enumeration District 30, page 21, Hse #201, Fam #202
- 6. Google Books
- 7. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
- 16 June 1900, Rural Okolona, District 16, page 12B, Hse #196, Fam #211
- 8. 1860 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
- 29 July, Division 1, page 72, Hse #558, Fam #572
- 9. 1910 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
- 25 April, District 45, page 22B, Hse/Fam #48
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