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JAMES GREGORY OF LUNENBURG CO., VA
(Died 1824) 
Files of Jo Lee Gregory Spears
Corrections, additions are welcomed.
This file was updated May 15, 2009
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It is not possible for me to include all of the records on this James Gregory. Hopefully the pertinent ones are included. |
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Died 1824 Lunenburg Co., VA |
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| 1764 | James Gregory and Andrew Gregory appeared as tithables with John Smith, 400 acres, in St. James Parish, the part of Lunenburg that became Mecklenburg Co. in 1765. |
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| Date unknown | Unknown date James Gregory married Martha ("Patsy") Smith, dau of Thomas and Elizabeth (Clemmons) Smith of Juniper Creek, Lunenburg Co. Smith had patented land on Juniper Cr in 1760. See Thomas & Elizabeth Smith family. |
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| 1773 | James Gregory purchased from John Stembridge 100 acres, 30pd, in Lunenburg Co., VA, N. side Juniper Cr. adj. David Hall?, William Bush, Bryan Lester & Blagrave. James bought additional adj. land in 1795; land tax shows land was 10 mi NW of the courthouse. [DB 12:271] Apparently part of 240 acres John Stembridge pur 1765 from Hampton Wade of Halifax Co., VA on branches of Juniper Cr. adj. Smith, Curreys br, Hutchins, Sammons. [Lun DB 10:232] |
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| 1777 | Son Thomas Gregory born 2 Dec 1777 (see bible) |
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| 1795 | In 1795 James Gregory pur. 55 acres from Samuel Jordan & William Bush, adj. his own land, Chr. Robertson, Caron Bane and William Bush. [Lunenburg DB 17:174] |
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| 1804 | Thomas Gregory (son of James) married Patsey Parsons in Lunenburg Co., VA |
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| 1818 | Lunenburg Co., VA DB 24:361 Billington Dunn 8 Jan 1818 loaned to James Gregory for life 144 acres Dunn bought in 1817 from Jason Brightwell; Wit: William Keeton, Wm L. Overton, Jesse Clarke? |
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| 1819 | Thomas Gregory (son of James) followed his Parson inlaws to Bedford Co., TN where Thomas bought land in Dec. 1819. [Bedford Co., TN DB M:488] In Apr 1822, Bedford Co., TN, Thomas Gregory pur. the interest of Abil & James W Parsons in the est of their father, Thomas Parsons. [DB P:266] |
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| 1825 | Proof of relationship: |
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| 1826/1827 | 1826 Will of Ziner Gregory; prov 9 Jan 1826 [Lunenburg Co., VA WB 8:545] All of my estate be equally divided between my four sisters: Elizabeth, Polly, Sally and Martha Gregory. Wit: William Keeton, Billington Dunn, William S. Overton |
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| 1839/1841 | Will of Elizabeth Gregory, Mecklenburg Co., VA WB 15:422 names: |
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| Thomas Gregory born 2 Dec 1777 Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | |
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June 8, 2007: FTDNA has returned 37 marker test results of a Gregory descendant of James Gregory of Lunenburg. The results are an exact match with Andrew Gregory of Mecklenburg. The Andrew Gregory line now has a participant in the FTDNA GREGORY PROJECT as Kit #88303. James and Andrew are a 1 marker difference from Joseph Gregory of Mecklenburg, that is, a 36 marker match out of 37.
