Life History

Notes

• A few genealogies report the parents of Susan or Susannah Gregory and Mary John Gregory as John Seay Gregory and Sarah (Sally) Patton.  But they lack documentation.
  
  Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
  Sally Patton
  Marriage 15 Jan 1811 Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
  Spouse John Gregory
  
  The following tax record might be for John Seay Gregory.
  
  Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895
  John Gregory
  Year 1838
  Residence Sumner County, Tennessee
  
  A memorial on Find  a Grave seems to be the correct one for John Seay Gregory.  Note that this identifies him as John Seay Gregory II, and reports his death in Illinois.  There was no photo of the gravestone included with the joint gravestone.  Some things are confusing or vague on the note included.
  
  The note may be identifying his wife as having the maiden name White.  The "(white)" is uncertain at best.  Her maiden name is reported in the name field as Patton, as expected from other sources.  The note also seems to say the date on his gravestone is actually unreadable, but does not say where the date reported comes from.
  
  John Seay Gregory, II
  Birth Aug 29, 1788 Sumner County, Tennessee
  Death May 8, 1848 Mason County, Illinois
  These are matching stones With his wife Sarah (white [?]) with an open Bible at the top and a poem, inscribed below the name and vital statistics. We weren't able to make out the [? date?] on his stone.
  Spouse Sarah Patton Gregory (1793 - 1849)
  Burial Chaney Cemetery, Mason County, Illinois
  Created by Joyce Chaney Johnson Nov 09, 2003
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #8072354, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8072354

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895
• 3. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
• 4. Ancestry Trees
  • Gray Adams, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/31366377/person/12496728088?ssrc=&ftm=1