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• One published genealogical compilation on the Wilkes Family History and Genealogy (full publication information unavailable) of South Carolina reports here as Annie Crump.  But other records, including official records on her children naming their parents, name her Anna West.  Annie Crump was probably his first wife and Annie West his second.  See the discussion below about the 1900 census records for this family.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 16 June 1900, Rural Okolona, District 16, page 12B, Hse #196, Fam #211
  Gregory, [Hale] R Head W M Dec 1860  39 Married 2 yrs [first rptd 12, then changed to 2] [mar abt 1889] MS SC SC Farmer Owns
  Gregory, Annie Wife W F May 1868  32 Single [sic] Married [sic] 5 yrs 0 children/0 living MS MS SC
  Gregory, Thompson Son W M Dec 1888 11 Single MS MS MS
  Gregory, Annie M Dau W F Apr 1893  7 Single MS MS MS
  Gregory, Ula Bell Dau W F Aug 1896  3 Single MS MS MS
  
  Note the discrepancy in the marriage reports for Hale and Anna.  His number of years married was first reported as 12, then marked out and in a lighter pencil/pen the number 2 was written.  Anna's number of years married appears to be 5.  But Anna's record also reports that she has had no children.
  
  This would seem to indicate an earlier marriage by Hale.  From references, this wife's name is also likely Annie or Anna.  This is probably the Annie Crump mentioned above, who is reported by the Wilkes History as Hale's wife.
  
  One son named as William Marvin Gregory on his death certificate reported his parents as S R Gregory and Anna West.  But he was born after the 1900 census.
  
  South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965
  William Marvin Gregory
  Farmer, Age 30 yrs, 9 months
  Birth Nov 6, 1900 South Carolina
  ** Father S R Gregory, born South Carolina **
  ** Mother Anna Gregory, born South Carolina **
  Spouse Sallie H Gregory
  Informant D C Gregory, Pauline, South Carolina
  Death 9 Aug 1931 General Hospital, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
  Cause of Death Fractured Skull, left leg fractured above and below knee, internal injuries, auto accident
  Burial 10 August 1931 Bogansville Church, by M W Bobo Co, Spartanburg
  Certificate #14045 filed 13 September 1931
  South Carolina Wills & Probates collection, Volume 24
  
  The pattern of two wives seems to clarify the reports of names and births of children, but the Wilkes History reports the death date of Annie Crump as 14 February 1925.  This is the date of death reported for Anna West.  The birth date also matches Annie West Gregory.  But there is still is a conflict in the 1900 report that Annie had had no children.  The two wives would also explain the discrepancy in the number of years married for Hale, first reported married 12 years, then changed to 2 (for the current marriage).
  
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  States Rights Gregory
  
  States Rights Gregory, son of Andrew Jackson Gregory and Levicia (Wilkes) Gregory, was born 31 December 1860 and died on 19 March 1932.  He married Annie Crump (5-18-1868 - 2-14-1925 [these zre the dates on the grave of Annie West]) and they had the following children born to them:
  Andrew Thomas Gregory, born 16 December 1888
  Annie Mae Gregory, born 9 April 1893
  Eula Bell Gregory
  
  --  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 by Higginson Book Company, 2011, pp 362-363
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  Annie Gregory
  Birth May 18, 1868
  Death Feb 14, 1925
  
  Wife of S R Gregory
  
  Printed in the Okolona Messenger, Okolona, Mississippi, dated February 19, 1925
  
  Mrs. S. R. Gregory died at her home here Saturday after a painful and lingering illness. For several days the end was expected. Deceased was one of our best women leaves a large family connection and a host of friends to mourn her loss.
  
  Funeral service were conducted from the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon by Rev. W. N. Duncan and her remains were laid to rest in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery in the presence of many relatives and friends.
  
  Spouse Hale R Gregory (1860 - 1932)
  daughter Annie Mae Gregory Johnston (1893 - 1958)
  
  Burial Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
  
  Created by Barbara Wiley Hamby Jun 10, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #27474267, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27474267/annie-gregory
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Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
  • 16 June 1900, Rural Okolona, District 16, page 12B, Hse #196, Fam #211
• 2. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 3. South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry