hey Cuz, When you get a copy of those files from Curt get me a copy too, will ya? I think I've seen the name GREGORY a couple of times in my family tree. see ya, gotta go patrol those maters wanda > From: Charles Gregory <[email protected]> > Date: 2003/02/06 Thu PM 09:49:36 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TNMACON] CURTIS GREGORY > > Hey Curt ... > > for the record who were the parents of james and Richard Parker.. > > and i want a copy of everthing in your gregory file <g>! > > Charlie > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Lou: > > I can help you out as these are my ancesters. > > Curtis Gregory was the son of Smith and Rebecca (Kemp) Gregory. He and wife > > Rachel are buried in the Will Gregory Cemetery which is on the Big (Peyton) > > Creek road northwest of Pleasant Shade in Smith County, TN. Smith Gregory > > was the son of William H. Gregory (aka Squire Bill) who was the son of Thomas > > Gregory, Sr. > > > > Curtis was a brother to my great grandmother. > > > > The Macon County line is about 200 yards north of the cemetery, and the > > Sycamore Valley Church is in Macon County. Curtis gave the land for it to be > > built on. > > > > The children of Smith and Rebecca Gregory were: > > 1. Curtis Gregory (whom I was named after) was born May 1, 1816. He married > > Rachel Thompson (or Thomason as it has been recorded both ways). He died June > > 26, 1885 and is buried in the Will Gregory Cemetery in Smith County, TN. > > 2. Noel Gregory born 1820. > > 3. Joesph Newton Gregory born Oct. 28, 1822 and died Jan. 1, 1892. > > 4. William H. Gregory (whom the cemetery was named after as he donated the > > land) was born Feb. 2, 1827. He married Polly Ann Kemp ( his cousin). He died > > June 27, 1914 and he and Polly are buried in the Will Gregory Cemetery. > > Their Headstone is the one with the arch over the top. > > 5. Minervie (also on census as Minervy) Gregory born 1830. > > 6. Elizabeth Gregory born Mar. 4, 1831 and died May 30, 1910. > > 7. Nancy Gregory born 1837. > > 8.Mary (Polly) Ann Gregory (my great grandmother) was born December 22, 1838 > > in Macon County. She first married James Newton Parker and they had three > > children. He joined the army at Red Boiling Springs and died in February of > > 1863. We have never found his grave or records. She then married his older > > brother, Richard. They had three children (one was my grandmother). They > > lived in Polly Ann Hollow between the Will Gregory Cemetery and Sycamore > > Valley Church in Macon County. This place is presently owned by Ms. Alyson > > Fox. In 1878, she loaded the children in a wagon and moved to Madison > > County, Mo. leaving Richard in Tennessee. We have never found where he is > > buried. He was listed in the 1880 Macon County Census as "widowed" but Polly > > Ann was still alive. She later (in 1885) married a man named Isaac Grubbs > > and they lived on Big Creek in Madison County, Missouri. She died January > > 16, 1914 and is buried in the Farquahar-Graham Cemetery at Buckhorn, Mo. > > 9.Larkin Gregory born 1840 > > 10. Jesse A. Gregory born 1847. > > > > Smith and Rebecca are buried in the Will Gregory Cemetery. > > > > I hope this helps you in your research. I have a full filing cabinet on the > > Gregory family. > > Regards, > > Curtis Johnson > > Bartlesville, OK > > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > > SHARE YOUR MACON COUNTY FAMILY DATA WITH OTHERS AND CONNECT TO DISTANT COUSINS.... > > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > List your Macon County, TN. Family Names!! > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> > >