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Thomas Bry Gregory [Male] b. 1730 Chatham Co., NC - d. AUG 1818 Nixon Hollow, Peyton Creek, Smith Co., Tn

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Some of the decendants of Thomas Gregory is provided by Greg. A. Tomerlin with great appreciation given in Rootsweb.ancestry.com

Chatham County, NC
Nixon Hollow, Peyton Creek, Smith County, TN
Smith County, TN
Nixon Hollow, Peytons Creek
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Thomas was a soldier of the American Revolution. He and his sons, Bry andSquire BIll, enliste d in the Continental Army from Chatham Co., NorthCarolina.

THOMAS SR. GREGORY was born in 1730. He died between 1811 and 1818. Hewas christened. Thoma s Gregory Sr was deeded 200 acres of land in HalifaxCo Va May 21 1767 on the South side of th e Banister Riv er. This beingnear the state line between Va and NC . They sold this land Apri l 1772 hewas listed as being from Meckling burg Co and moved south to Chatum Co NC1779-1780 w here he received a grant o f 80 acres adjoining John Gregoryhis brother.

Thomas fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain Oct 7, 1780 along with Bryand William H. Thoma s was a Justice of Chatum Co. in Nov 1781which proveshe was a educated man. It is also said h e owned 1,000 acres on ParkerCreek Branch of the New Hope River 9 miles east of Pitsboro on t hepresent road to Raliegh NC and other land near Wake Co line .

The 1790 census of Chatum Co. listed Thomas Sr,Thomas Jr ,Harden, Bry andWilliam as heads o f households . Thomas sold his land in 1797 and movedto Smith Co., TN somewhere shortly afte r that date. Hi s exact arrivaldate is not known. Thomas was about 80 yrs old when he made hi s will July13, 1811 in Smith co . His will was not probated until August 1818. Histotal estat e worth $10,775.03 buried a t Nixon Hollow. It is believedthat his wife's name was ELIZABETH .

Thomas GREGORY was born about 1725 in ,Lehigh,PA. He died about 1818 in, Smith, TN. Thomas a nd his wife Elizabeth sold their land in ChathamCo., NC in Nov 1797 and moved to Smith Count y TN. Thomas was a wealthyman owning fifteen slaves in addition to other property.

Thomas Gregory was a wealthy man and his will probated in August 1818.With the final settleme nt in Feb of 1827, the results were $1,539.29 incash being left to each child or heir. An inv entory of th e estate ofThomas Gregory, deceased, to wit: Negroes, 15, one bed and furniture , onechest, one saddle, one kettle, one dutch oven, one pair of hand irons,seven pewter plate s, two dishes, two basins , and one iron pot rack.

WILL OF THOMAS GREGORY

In the name of God Amen-I Thomas Gregory, of the county of Smith andState of Tennessee, bein g now of perfect, sound and disposing mind andmemory, but far advanced in years, and knowin g that by the i rreversibledecrees of a wise providence, it is ordained that all mankind shal l die,do hereby make and ordain this my last will and testament; by thesepresents revoking al l former wills and testamen ts heretofore made by me.My will and desire is that all the prope rty of which I may die possessed,shall as soon as practicable and convenient, after my deceas ed, be soldat public auction in such ma nner as my executors, herein after named,shall desir e and direct; and after my just debts and funeral expenses arepaid, the residence of my estat e shall be equally divided amongst myseven children or their legal representative or represen tatives, to wit:HARDEN GREGORY, BRY GREGORY WILLIAM GREGORY, the children of THOMASGREGORY, d eceased; THOMAS DOUGLAS, only son and representative of SINAGRE GORY, deceased, who intermarr ied with JOHN DOUGLAS, ELIZABETH GEORGE,wife of ISAAC GEORGE; and ABRAHAM GREGORY, all who, m y will and desireis, shall share an equal portion of the proceeds of the sal e of allpropert y of what soever kind and description I may die possessed of.
My further will and desire is that if the above - named THOMAS DOUGLAS,son of Sina should di e without issue, that part of the proceeds of myestate, which I have herein before bequeathe d to him shall be equallydivided in equal portions or parts among those already designated a s mychildren or their issue.
Lastly, I do hereby, by these presents, nominate and appoint HARDENGREGORY and WILLIAM GREGOR Y executors of this my last will and testament.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged to be the last will and testament ofTHOMAS GREGORY, before us , this 13th day of July, 1811. THOMAS GREGORY
181. Elizabeth ?. Children were:

i. Harden GREGORY.
ii. Bry GREGORY.
iii. Thomas GREGORY.
iv. Sina GREGORY.
v. Elizabeth GREGORY.
vi. Abraham GREGORY.
90 vii. William H GREGORY "Squire".

The above information was provided by Charles Gregory from the web site:
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Scanned in from Family Group Report obtained from cousin Kathy LynnGregory Pryor:

FROM A BOOK HISTORY OF SMITH CO TN. PAGE 508, HE MOVED 7 CHILDREN FROMN.C. TO SMITH COUNTY TN . AROUND 1791. MADE A WILL SMITH CO JULY-13-1811,AT THIS TIME HE HAD THE 7 CHILDREN LISTED, A ND FINAL SET TLEMENT OF WASFEB 22, 1827.AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,539.29 TO EACH CHILD. (ESTATE V ALUE$10,775.03)

FROM CAL'S COLUMN BOOK, PAGE 307 FOUNDERS OF FAMILY WAS GREGORIOUS THETHIRD,SON OF ALPINE, KI NG OF SCOTLAND, FROM THE YEAR 1832-TIL-1836. THEYORIGINATED ON THE SHORES OF LOCK LOMOND, SCO TLAND. AND C AME TO AMERICANSHORES LARGELY FROM NORTH IRELAND. RICHARD GREGORY WAS THE FIRS T TO CROSSTHE ATLANTIC ON THE SHIP, THE TERMERANNCE, IN 1620, ARRIVING INJAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA . FROM THERE, THE FAMILY WE NT TO THE HILLSBORODISTRICT OF CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AN D THEN TO SMITH COUNTY, TN.(PEYTON'S CREEK) IN THE AUTUMN OF 1791. THIS WAS WILLIAM H.6REGORY (SQUIRE BILL) AND THEN WAS FOLLOWED BY HIS FATHER, THOMAS GREGORY.

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From Cal's Column

Cal's Column - March 13, 1947 by Elder Calvin Garvin Gregory (1891-1957)well known Baptist Mi nister and former editor and publisher of the MaconCounty Times, Lafayette, Tennessee

On the third Sunday in February, we took dinner with Dick Ballou, of theMace's Hill section , three miles northeast of Dixon Springs, in SmithCounty. Actually he resides on the head o f Nickojack Bran ch, which risesacross the hill from the Mace's Hill school and church, his b eing thethird farm from the head of the branch. This farm is the place owned bythe editor's g randfather, Stephen Calvin G regory, for whom ye editor wasnamed. Here on this farm was ban o ur father, known to his friends andacquaintances as Dopher Gregory, but given the name of Tho mas MorganGregory. His mother was the fo rmer Miss Sine Gregory, who was a thirdcousin of th e man she married. Her father was named Thomas Gregory, whosefather was also Thomas Gregory , and his father was Thomas Gregory bornabout 1730 in C hatham County, North Caroline o The e ditor' s father'ssecond name, Morgan, was most probably given him for General John H.Morgan , although there is a possibility that he might have taken thatname f rom his father' s great -grandmother, Judy Morgan, who married JohnGregory about 1750. As we stopped over at this ol d place, where ourfather was born on January 4 1862, and where he lived until the s pringof 1 891, many memories of events of the past came to us. Some of these weknew about from persona l knowledge, but most of them were told to us inthe long ago. As we started into the Ballou h ome , we noticed that thesteps were in part made of the arch stones of the old home, which ha d atall, rock chimney. As we sat foot on the old arch rock, we paused longenough to tell ou r host for the da y that about 80 years ago, ourgrandfather, Calvin Gregory, suffered an acci dent in which the arch rockshad a part. He was one of those poor men who are always bumping t heirheads, hardly ever being able to go into a barn or other places wherethere is a convenien t place to hit his head without having such anaccident. On this occasion more than three-four ths of a century ago, theeditor's uncle, William J. Gregory, known in later life as "Bill Cat "Gregory, was a lad of some ten to twelve years and "gifted" with noability to control himsel f when something funny happened. In fact thischarac teristic followed him through life, he be ing one of the "funniest"and "laughingest" men we have ever known. On the morning in which th earch stones had a part, our grandfather had arisen and discover ed thatall the fire he had w as one life coal in the huge fireplace. There wereno matches in those days and the one live c oal had to be nurturedcarefully or there would be no fire until flint and st eel could be use dwith a little tow and punk or dry wood, or else go to a neighbor andborrow fire." On this pa rticular morning, Grandpap, as we called him inour early life, knelt down and blew and b le w on that one live coal in aneffort to start a fire. As he raised up from prolonged "blowing, " hestruck the back of his head a resounding blow against the arch. "BillCat," lying in saw w hat had h appened and also heard his father's loudgroans as he clasped his aching with both h ands. The s "funny box" wascompletely turned over and he let put a "Ha, Ha," which told lon g ago hecould not help. His angry parent with his head painfully hurt, rushedback to the be d where the laughing son lay, and in the words of "BillCat," "he lacked to have beaten me t o death through the covers."

About the same time another episode happened in that big room andinvolved the same father an d his laughing son. This time the father andhis son were up early and trying to dress in th e darkness just beforedawn. The father was one of those men who their work clothes on the flo orwhen undressing night. While the sleepy son was putting on his clothes,his father searchin g for the clothing he had p laced on the floor. In sodoing he failed to see one of the old fa shioned chairs with littleturned, pointed knobs at the top of the back posts. As he went down , thatsame unfortunate head that had co llided with hundreds of other objects,struck the bac k post of one of the chairs, the pointed knob hitting theold man just above one eye and unde r the part. of the forehead thatprotrudes over and pr otects the eye. He grabbed his head wit h bothhands, went round and round, and groaned as if he had suffered a mortalinjury. The son ' s funny side was again awakened and he let out a loud"Ha, Ha," a nd started running towar d the rear end of big 20-foot room,with his father in hot pursuit. Just before the son reache d the end ofthe room, the irate father, who was barefooted, gave the son, so he o ncetold us , the hardest kick he ever had in his entire life. The blow was sohard that the father's bi g toe was broken and the laughing son ceased tolaugh for a time. He also stated to the write r th at he did not care onewhit if his father did break his toe, for, said he, "I could not h elplaughing." Knowing him as we did for many, many years, we rather doubt ifhe tried very har d to hold back h is laughter.

On another occasion this same son pulled quite a stunt on his dad. Thiswas during plow time a nd the father had eaten his dinner and had goneinto the yard to a large, old locust tree an d had leaned b ack againstthis tree to rest for a time, telling "Bill Cat" to go to the stabl e andbring back the old mare for the afternoon's plowing. In putting thebridle on the mare, t he son happened to leave o ne of the mare' s earsunder the headstall. The boy decided that i t was such an unusual sightthat he would place the other ear in the same position. So he pu t theheadstall over both ears, which gave the mare the appearance of havingher ears laid back , which is the position of the ears of such animalswhen they are very angry and are about t o bite somebody. The youth, withhis sides shaking with laughter, led the old mare over to hi s father, whohad gone to sleep by this time. The youth brought the mare up to whereshe stoo d just over her master, whom the son awakened by saying, "Here'syour mare." Awakening out o f his slumber and seeing the old mare standingover him with both ears laid back flat agains t the top of her head, thefarmer naturally thought he was in the act of being bitten by an en ragedmare. He began to holler out, "Whoa, whoa," as he reached for a stonewith his left hand . When he saw the trick played by his son, he regainedhis composure, but the son laughed an d lau ghed and for years afterward,got a real kick out of telling of the episode.

On our trip to this old farm, we noticed that the old white ash flooringover which we rompe d 45 years ago in the "big room" of the old house,long since tarn down, was to be found in th e porch of the Ballou home. Itlooked just as it did nearly half a century ago. Just up the hi llsidefrom the site of the old home were some large rocks lying in a field. ofthese weigh per haps several tons and are reported to have come tumblingdown from a huge row of bluffs far u p the hillside in 1811 when thissection was shaken by the earthquake that formed Reelfoot Lak e in WestTennessee. The editor's grea t-great grandfather, Jerry Gregory, wholived just daw n the valley from our old home place, became so badlyalarmed over the rolling down of huge st ones and logs during theearthquake that he is repor ted to have started back to his old hom e inthe Hillsboro District of Chatham County, North Carolina, on foot,distance of perhaps 80 0 miles. Just how far he got, we do not know. Aquarter of a mile b elow cur grandfather's ol d home is a spring thatstill flows with large clear stream. At this spring about 150 years ag o,Jerry Gregory laid down his rifle and knelt down to drink from theflowing wat ers of this f ine spring. As he lay down, he had a feelingthat something was watching him. He glanced up qu ickly to see largepanther, "painter" as they were called then, in a tree just over thesprin g . The animal was even then placing his feet the spring upon thekneeling man. However, the lea d was never made for Gregory seized histrusty rifle and fired, the "painter" falling down fro m the tree dead.

But back to the old home. Here our father and all his nine brothers andsisters were born. Her e they spent their childhood, attending school nowand then. Our father went to school for onl y a short ti me, getting overto "baker," in the old "Blueback Speller." He did not learn to r ead to doany good nor could he write his name until he was 21 years of age. Atthat tine in hi s life, he had to sign s ome legal instrument with hismark, which so embarrassed him that i n spite of his being grown, he beganto study in earnest, and became a good reader and fair pe nmen. However,the editor taught his fa ther all the arithmetic he ever knew, our dadlearnin g to add, subtract, and multiply but not being very good atdividing. During our visit to th e Ballou family, we visited the oldspring from which o ur Lather drank in the days of long ag o. We alsobowed down and drank from the same "sweet" waters which flow on, althoughthose wh o drank there in the distant past have long since "gone the wayof al l the earth." Then ther e was the old hand-dug well, near the house.It was the first of that kind we ever saw and w e gazed into it 50 yearsago with awe and dread. We still recall the image our head m ade in t hewaters far below. The old well is now covered over with a large, flatstone and is no longe r used. It was dug by the editor's grandfather'shalf-brother, Tom Gregory, who was born in 18 25.

As we walked about the old place, memory brought back many scenes of along time ago. We recal led with a smile our father' s selection of arooster among the early chicks set off by his mo ther. He nam ed thischicken John, and watched his pet grow and grow. But John refused to crow and eventually began to lay, the little fellow having made a selection ofa pullet instead o f a rooster. We recalled a lso how that our own dearfather found a young crow more than 60 ye ars ago, making a pet of thebird. Brought up about the house, the crow would sometimes fly aw ay for abrief tine o But he came hurry ing home when other crows gave chase. Butthe crow deve loped the bad habit of eating eggs and would raise aterrible ruckus with the hens o One day o ur father, who was a crack shotwith the old-fashio ned, muzzle-loading rifle, fired a shot to ward thehen house just to frighten the egg-eating crow. But the bullet found itsmark and th e crow lay dead when our dad went to investigate.

'Twas here on October 7, 1890, our father brought home a blushing bridein the person of the f ormer Miss Marietta Ballou. He was then 28 years ofage and his bride, whom he had met only t hree months before, was 22 .She had Lair education for her day and time and also was blest w ith themost remarkable memory have ever known. She was very quiet and reserved,a lover of hom e and the best cook we ever knew. With a little money shehad inherited, father bought a smal l farm a mile west of the old honeplace and over the hill on the sun set side. It had no t a building andhardly any fencing. Our Lather cut with an axe the huge poplar treesneeded t o furnish timber for a house, carried the logs to mill had thelumber sawed for the framing an d then dressed the Weatherboarding andceiling by ha nd and erected little home. He and our mo ther moved intothis hone in spring of 1891 Here on Wednesday morning, July 8thfollowing, ye e ditor was born, the first of ten children three sons andseven d aughters.

We hope that these pictures of the past, with a number amusing episodes,have not wearied ou r readers. We are not boasting about thing, for thereis no room for boasting. On our father' s side of the h ouse, we were whatmight be called "Hill Billies," our ancestors having been d wellers amongthe hills since the Gregory family was founded in the ninth century inthe mounta ins of North Scotland. Our mother' s people were originallyfrom Normandy, in Northern France , the first of the family having conefrom France to England in the year 1066 when he fought i n the battle ofHastings under William, the Conqueror.

These bits of family history are not given with any desire to appearsmart, but as mere histor ical items that may be of interest to somereader. If you enjoy them, we might add to them fro m time to ti me.

We know that there are times when one must be serious, but we also feelthat there is a time w hen laughter may be enjoyed. So we mix up ourarticles, some of them being serious and other s in a lighter vein. Anywaywe feel that if we can lift a burden from some sorrowing heart, o r causea ray of sunshine, or a smile of joy to come to some troubled soul, wehave not labore d altogether
in vain.

Information from Greg A. Tomerlin:

Thomas B. GREGORY born 1730, Halifax Co., VA, married (1) ABT 1750,Susannah BENTON, married ( 2) 4 Jul 1767, in Chowan Co., NC, MaryElizabeth BENTON. Thomas died 1818, Smith Co., TN, buri ed: 1818, Sm ithCo., TN.
(NOTE--- HE SHOWS THAT THOMAS WAS MARRIED TWICE: the first marriage toSusannah Benton, then 1 7 years latter to Mary Elizabeth Benton. We canassume that Mary Elizabeth was Susannah's sist er. Or, as i n the case ofour ancestor Huston Ray Miller, Sr., who married his widowedSister- in-law, which explained the same surname for the women. It appearsthat all his children liste d here were had with Sus annah, with theexception of Mary Polly.)

Thomas B. GREGORY born 1730, Halifax Co., VA, married (1) ABT 1750,Susannah BENTON, married ( 2) 4 Jul 1767, in Chowan Co., NC, MaryElizabeth BENTON. Thomas died 1818, Smith Co., TN, buri ed: 1818, Sm ithCo., TN.
(NOTE--- HE SHOWS THAT THOMAS WAS MARRIED TWICE: the first marriage toSusannah Benton, then 1 7 years latter to . We can assume that MaryElizabeth was Susannah's sister. Or, as in the cas e of our anc estorHuston Ray Miller, Sr., who married his widowed Sister-in-law, whichexplain ed the same surname for the women. It appears that all hischildren listed here were had wit h Susannah, with the excep tion of MaryPolly.)

I. Hardin Harley GREGORY (son of Thomas B. GREGORY and Susannah BENTON)born 1751, Chatham Co. , NC, married (1) in Chatham Co., NC, HannahCURTIS, born 1751, died 1773, married (2) Lucreti a COX. Hardi n died 4Jun 1830, Limestone Co., AL.

II. Major GREGORY (son of Thomas B. GREGORY and Susannah BENTON) bornNorth Carolina, died 183 0, Robertson Co., TN.

III. Elizabeth GREGORY (daughter of Thomas B. GREGORY and SusannahBENTON) born 1759, Virginia , married AFT 1791, Isaac GEORGE, bornVirginia, (son of Presley GEORGE and Mary UNKNOWN) die d ABT DEC 184 5,Wilson Co., TN, buried: ABT DEC 1845, Wilson Co., TN. Elizabeth died ABT1811 , Sumner Co., TN.

IV. Abraham GREGORY (son of Thomas B. GREGORY and Susannah BENTON) born1759, North Carolina , married Sarah HAWKINS. Abraham died 1820, RobertsonCo., TN.

V. Thomas GREGORY Jr. (son of Thomas B. GREGORY and Susannah BENTON) bornBET 1760 AND 17, Nor th Carolina, married 18 Oct 1787, in Granville Co.,NC, Phobe JONES. Thomas died ABT 1807, Sur rey Co., NC.

VI. Bry GREGORY (son of Thomas B. GREGORY and Susannah BENTON) born ABT1761, Chatham Co., NC , married in Chatham Co., NC, Christine ElizabethAUSTIN. Bry died 6 Jan 1846, Pleasant Shade , Smith Co., T N, buried: JAN1846, Smith Co., TN.

A. Mary "Polly" GREGORY born 1785, Chatham Co., NC, married MalachiSHOULDERS, born ABT 1780 , died BEF OCT 1839, Smith Co., TN. Mary died1846, Smith Co., TN.

VII. William Henry GREGORY (son of Thomas B. GREGORY and Susannah BENTON)born MAY 1764, Lynch burg, VA, married Martha BLEDSOE. William died 30 Sep1852, Nixon Hollow, Smith Co., TN.

VIII. Joseph GREGORY (son of Thomas B. GREGORY and Susannah BENTON) bornABT 1767, married Mar y "Polly" BYRD.

IX. Louisana GREGORY (daughter of Thomas B. GREGORY and Susannah BENTON)married John Levi DOU GLAS.

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Irvin Martin Gregory [Male] b. 14 DEC 1919 Sumner Co., TN - d. 4 AUG 1994 Madison, TN

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Gladys Estelle Gant [Female] b. 7 FEB 1921 Sumner Co., TN - d. 8 FEB 2010 Portland, Sumner Co., TN

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Gladys Estelle Gregory, age 89, of Portland, passed away February 8, 2010. She was born in Sumner County on February 7, 1921, to the late Virgil and Deborah Gant. She is preceded in death by her husband, Irvin Martin Gregory; brothers, Roscoe, Ernest and John Gant. She is survived by her son, Glen (Shirley) Gregory of Portland; daughter, Kathy (Richard) Pryor of Gallatin; sisters, Christine (Conley) Parsley of Gallatin, Sadie Hornberger of Gallatin; granddaughters, Terri (Jimmy) Robinson of Hendersonville, Tonya (Eric) Gregory of Bowling Green, Ky., Christina Pryor of Hermitage; grandson, Jamison Pryor of Gallatin; great grandchildren, Ashley and Austin Robinson, Audrey Gregory. Visitation is 2 p.m., until 8 p.m., Wednesday, February 10, 2010, and 10 a.m., until service time Thursday. Funeral service is 2 p.m., Thursday, February 11, 2010, at Wilkinson & Wiseman Funeral Home with Mike McDonald and James Parker officiating. Interment is at Restlawn Memory Gardens. Pallbearers are Jamison Pryor, Bobby Ausbrook, Gene Thompson, Guthrie Garrett, David Clemmons and Timmy Pardue. Honorary pallbearers are Barry Barber, Gary Groves, Paul Dewey Edens, Mark Sexton, Joe England, Charlie McCory and Kerry Farough.