Melba, I think I have about 23 Gregorys by the first name of Thomas not counting the ones with a middle name of Thomas. This can really get confusing. Nancy----- Original Message ----- From: Eldon Wilkins To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Parents of Big Tom Gregory Yep...clear as mud...you see how it gets confusing when you have so many of the same name? I have many of this family in file by themselves and now can place them where they belong. Thanks Mary & Nancy...will probably have more ?'s in a few days. Mary, do want to touch bases later on the Knight line. Thanks Melba -------Original Message------- From: Mary Knight Date: 07/20/05 10:21:17 To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNSMITH] Parents of Big Tom Gregory And...I have a Thomas Gregory called "Big Tom" who had a grandson Brice (Brice md a Mattie Smith). Who were the parents and spouse of this Big Tom? Thanks Melba Big Tom Gregory's parents were Thomas Gregory, Jr & Phebe Jones (Hawkins) Gregory. Brice Martin Gregory was the son of Thomas Morgan Gregory b. Dec. 25, 1825 & Sarah "Sallie" Gregory b. ca 1825. This is not the same person as Thomas Morgan "Dopher" Gregory b. Jan 4, 1862 Brice Martin Gregory's mother Sallie was daughter of Big Tom and Betty Gregory. Brice Martin's father was son of Major A. Gregory b. 1796 d. 1830-1804. and his first wife Unknown Nash. Major A. later married Catherine "Kate" Boston daughter of Christian Boston ca 1765 d. ca 1831 and Ruth b. ca 1775 d. 1850-1860. Clear as mud! :-) Mary Knight Descendants of Thomas Gregory, Jr Generation No. 1 1. THOMAS3 GREGORY, JR (THOMAS2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1755 in Granville County North Carolina, and died Bet. 1799 - 1810 in Surry County North Carolina. He married PHOEBE JONES October 18, 1787 in Granville County, North Carolina daughter of AMBROSE JONES and CATHERINE UNKNOWN. She was born August 15, 1754 in Halifax County, Virginia?, and died 1838 in North Carolina. Children of THOMAS GREGORY and PHOEBE JONES are: i. ELIZABETH4 GREGORY, b. Bet. 1787 - 1800; m. BASIL OR BAZERL BURCH, Bet. 1800 - February 1827. ii. SUSANNA GREGORY, b. Bet. 1787 - 1800, North Carolina; m. RICHARD (BROWN) BEESON, Bef. February 1827. iii. GABRIEL GREGORY, b. Abt. 1797, Granville or Chatham County, North Carolina; d. Of Graves County, Kentucky (18 Dec 1838); m. JANE MCGOTHY, October 04, 1818, Surry County, North Carolina; b. Abt. 1795, North Carolina iv. THOMAS "BIG TOM" GREGORY III, b. Bet. 1787 - 1798, Chatham County, North Carolina; d. Bet. May - July 1845, Smith County, Tennesse; m. ELIZABETH BETTY" GREGORY, Abt. 1815; b. Abt. 1800, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1870. v. A. JONES "JACKIE" GREGORY, b. Abt. 1794, Granville or Chatham County, North Carolina. ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== Volunteer To Transcribe For The Smith Co Census Project. Already In Progress! http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/census.htm ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== Volunteer To Transcribe For The Smith Co Census Project... Already in Progress! http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/census.htm