Gregory, Myrtle Belle (b. 1893, d. ABT. 1925)

Note: Myrtle was accidentally shot by one of her children (Albert) while he was cleaning his gun - orphening the 11 children - who were then adopted out - but most retained their name of McFarland.

Death: ABT. 1925

Note: Some records have John as McFarlin.
Changed name from McFarlin to McFarland.
John was a war hero of the Spanish American War.

Descendents:
1 John Henry MCFARLIN
+ SUSAN b: 1874 d: 1927
2 Charlie MCFARLAND b: 1909 d: 1957
+ Grace Dorothy SMITH
3 Ray David MCFARLAND
+ Annie GRISSOM
4 Connie MCFARLAND
+ Unknown BROWN
5 child1 BROWN
5 child2 BROWN
4 Peggy Sue MCFARLAND
+ Unknown PRATER
5 child1 PRATER
5 child2 PRATER
5 child3 PRATER
4 Toni Gail MCFARLAND
+ Unknown RABY
5 child1 RABY
3 William Carl MCFARLAND
+ Linda Faye BROWN
4 William Matthew MCFARLAND
+ Tammy Sue STATLER
4 Terri Layne MCFARLAND
+ Karen LUMLEY
3 Jean MCFARLAND
+ Wayne JOHNSON
4 Kelly Renee JOHNSON
4 Christy Carol JOHNSON
+ Jonathan CHERRY
5 Jonahan Allen CHERRY , Jr.
3 Charles MCFARLAND
+ Ella LADD
4 Charlotte MCFARLAND
4 Theresa MCFARLAND
2 Solomon MCFARLAND
3 John Henry MCFARLAND
3 Claude MCFARLAND
3 Paul MCFARLAND
3 Eli MCFARLAND
3 Albert MCFARLAND b: 1917 d: 1944
2 Claude MCFARLAND
2 David MCFARLAND
2 Rosie MCFARLAND
+ Early DOWDY
3 Roy DOWDY
3 Earl DOWDY
2 Nell MCFARLAND
2 John Henry MCFARLAND b: 14 JUL 1914 d: 16 JUN 1934
3 Joe MCFARLAND
3 Betty MCFARLAND
+ REDDER

Death: 3 MAR 1951

Burial: Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, KY

Death: 8 DEC 1967 KY

Burial: Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, KY

Note: Soldier in War Between the States. see Pension Index - 27th or 37th Infrantry.

Death: AFT. 1900 Logan Co., KY

Death: AFT. 19 JAN 1900 Logan Co., KY

Death: BEF. 1880 KY

Note: The descendent of Gideon Gregory provided here is through the graciousness of Judy Dean Cuff and James McFarland. There my be some transcription errors due the original. If you see any please contact me.

Additional clarification of Gideon & Anna Gregory isfrom Jim Gregory, Aug. 22, 2004

Death: 1866 Monroe Co., KY

Death: 1869 Barren Co., KY

Note: Jim Gregory provided the names and dates for the children of Gabriel.

Death: 31 JAN 1905 Marion Co., AR

Death: 17 AUG 1945 Jay, Delaware Co., OK

Death: 25 APR 1951 Logan Co., KY

Burial: P___ Knob, Simpson Co., KY

Death: --Not Shown--

Burial: --Not Shown--

Burial: --Not Shown--

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1850 Smith County Census: Rebecca (56), William H. (23), and Polly A (11).

Land worth 1600. William is farmer. Neither he nor Rebecca can read or write.

Death: AFT. 1870

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Note: Bry's name could have been Bray or Berry. He lived on Payton's Creek above the Gum Springs at the foot of the Mima Gregory Hill. It is thought he was buried about 1 mile down the creek without a marker above the springs in Nixon Hollow. Some of his family were there at the time of his death. He lived in this community all of his life and died at the age of 37. Also known as Berry Bray.

Bry was a soldier of the American Revolution as was his brother Bill and father Thomas M. Gregory. They enlisted in the Continental Army from Chatham Co., North Carolina. Bry Gregory: Revolutionary War Records: Source> The "Lost" Pensions-settled Accounts Of The Acts Of April 6, 1838. Card #5711: Gregory, Bry Nashville, TN

From Family Group Report from cousin Kathy Lynn Gregory Pryor:

Smith County historical records: Bry Gregory in the Revolutionary War and Death - January 8, 1846. Buried in Smith County Peyton's Creek. 8 children were listed. From Cal's column page 493 he lived near Sycamore Valley Cave Point, where his 16 year old son (Ancil) was killed by a falling tree in 1814. Page 80; came from North Carolina to Smith Co. below Pleasant Shade in the William Nixon Hollow. Cal's column page 85 indicates that he was born in Chatham Co., NC., in about 1762 or 1763 and entered the American Revolution at the age of 18 years, when he was a giant of a young man, weighing 214 pounds. He left his home in Central North Carolina in 1791 and came to Peyton's Creek, settling in what is now called William Nixon Hollow, below Pleasant Shade. Bry was pensioned as a soldier of the Revolutionary War perhaps about 1820, according to some old records in Nashville. His wife died before her husband, who was thus alone in some measure. The old man in about 1840 deeded to William Parkhurst, "to care for him during his natural life time." was recorded in Carthage, TN.

Also in a book (The Gregory Family) American Genealogy Research Institute, Heritage Press, Inc., Washington, DC, dated 1975; stated that Bry was born in 1791, Died January 1846; private in North Carolina Unit; He was placed on Pension Role in 1833 at the age of 72.

see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/oldpics/brypapers.htm
* CAL'S COLUMN *

We had in our last paper some thing about the life of our own
great-great-grandfather, Bry Gregory, that might not have been to his credit.
But surely no one would think that we want to throw off on "Old Daddy Bry," or
as he called himself, "Old Cuff." We mean to give merely some of the highlights
of the past and things that, we hope, will be of interest to our readers.

While we are writing of Bry, we might add that he was born in Chatham
County, North Carolina, about 1762 or 1763, and that he entered the American
Revolution at the age of 18 years, when he was a giant of a young man, weighing then 214 pounds. He left his home in Central North Carolina in 1791 and came to William Nixon Hollow, below Pleasant Shade. His wife's given name was Elizabeth, but this is all we know of her. We are descended from this man through his daughter, Bettie who married her own cousin, Big Tom Gregory. Big Tom and his wife were the parents of 14 sons and daughters, 10 daughters and four sons. Our father's mother, Sina Gregory, was one of the ten daughters. She married our namesake and grandfather, Stephen Calvin Gregory, her third cousin; and one of the ten children born to them was our own father, Thomas M. Gregory, known as Dopher Gregory. Big Tom and Bettie's last surviving daughter, Aunt Jane Bennett, died only a few years ago. About 1914 we secured the names of the descendants of this pioneer couple, Big Tom and Bettie Gregory. They had 14 children, 142 grandchildren, 565 great-grandchildren, 775 great-great-grandchildren and 100 great-great-great-grandchildren and this made Aunt Jane the actual aunt of about 1,500 persons. Of the 142 grandchildren, all are now dead except nine. It has fallen to our lot to conduct funeral services for perhaps 40 or more of these
grandchildren. Of the 14 sons and daughters, 13 married and reared families of
their own. One son, Gabriel Gregory, went off to the Mexican War and died, being buried somewhere in Old Mexico. The 13 sons and daughters had an average of 11 children. Of these, there are now left only two groups, four of them being the daughters of Ambrose Gregory, one of the sons, and the other five being the son and four daughters of Aunt Jane Bennett.

Bry was pensioned as a soldier of the Revolutionary War perhaps about
1820, according to some old records in Nashville. His wife died before her
husband who was thus alone in some measure. The old man about 1840 deeded to William Parkhurst, "to care for his during his natural lifetime," the following property as is recorded at Carthage: "One mare and yearling colt, one sow and seven shoats, ten barrels of corn, all my notes and accounts, one log chain, six knives and forks, one patent clock, one writing desk, one weeding hoe, one sprouting hoe, one froe, one axe," and perhaps a few other items. It has been many years since we read this old record and naturally part of it has slipped away from us. A few years after this deed was made by the old man, he was on a visit to a friend or relative, who lived in a little house that once sat on the side of Frog Branch of Nickojack Branch of Peyton's Creek, just below the
present home of Mrs. George Earps. A winter thunderstorm arose and lightning
struck close to the house. Old Bry went to the door, raised his arm in defiance
of the Almighty, ripped out a big oath, cursed God and called on Him to "Try Old
Cuff a pop." The words had hardly left the old man's lips when lightning struck
him and he fell into the yard. His shoes torn from his feet and the old man
struck dead in a moment of time. It is needless to add that this dreadful end to
a man 85 years of age had a very sobering effect on others who might have been inclined to trifle with the Almighty. He was buried in a cemetery at the present home of Robert Earps, about half a mile down the valley, but we have never been able to locate the grave for no monument marks the last resting place of this man who fought with his father, Thomas Gregory, and his brother, William Gregory in the early struggle of the United States to attain its independence from the mother country.

Death: 8 JAN 1846 William Nixon Hollow on Payton Creek

Burial: Old Piper Place, Pleasant Shade, Smith Co., TN

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Death: BEF. 1876 Smith County, TN

Death: 1957 Auburn, KY

Burial: Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, KY

Note: Albert was cleaning his gun and it went off and he accidently shot and killed his mother - orphening the 11 children - who were then adopted out - but most retained their name of McFarland.

Death: --Not Shown--

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Death: --Not Shown--