Lydia Gragg1

F, #105061
FatherJohn Gregg Sr.1,2 b. c 1769
MotherHannah Piercy1,2
Last Edited10 Mar 2026
     Lydia Gragg died; d. young.1
     ;
Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 for Marshall Gregg
Name     Marshall Gregg
Birth Date     1805
Spouse     Alpha Sheilds
1.1

Citations

  1. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M86.0996. Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61266/records/292397
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61266/images/41904_540057-00028?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=292397. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Web Site.
  2. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 85; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.

Anna Gregg1

F, #105062, b. 1803, d. 1847
FatherJohn Gregg Sr.1,2 b. c 1769
MotherHannah Piercy1,2
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     Anna Gregg was born in 1803.1 She married Jacob Kelly on 1 February 1824 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA.1

Anna Gregg died in 1847.1
     ;
Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 for Marshall Gregg
Name     Marshall Gregg
Birth Date     1805
Spouse     Alpha Sheilds
1.1

Family

Jacob Kelly b. 1801, d. 1863

Citations

  1. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M86.0996. Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61266/records/292397
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61266/images/41904_540057-00028?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=292397. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Web Site.
  2. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 85; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.

Jacob Kelly1

M, #105063, b. 1801, d. 1863
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     Jacob Kelly was born in 1801.1 He married Anna Gregg, daughter of John Gregg Sr. and Hannah Piercy, on 1 February 1824 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA.1

Jacob Kelly died in 1863.1
     ;
Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 for Marshall Gregg
Name     Marshall Gregg
Birth Date     1805
Spouse     Alpha Sheilds
1.1

Family

Anna Gregg b. 1803, d. 1847

Citations

  1. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M86.0996. Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61266/records/292397
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61266/images/41904_540057-00028?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=292397. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Web Site.

Rebecca Gregg1

F, #105064
FatherJohn Gregg Sr.1,2 b. c 1769
MotherHannah Piercy1,2
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     Rebecca Gregg died at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA.1 She was born at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA.1 She married Nathaniel (?)1

     ;
Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 for Marshall Gregg
Name     Marshall Gregg
Birth Date     1805
Spouse     Alpha Sheilds
1.1

Family

Nathaniel (?)

Citations

  1. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M86.0996. Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61266/records/292397
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61266/images/41904_540057-00028?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=292397. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Web Site.
  2. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 85; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.

Robert Gragg1

M, #105070
FatherJohn Gregg Sr.1,2 b. c 1769
MotherHannah Piercy1,2
Last Edited10 Mar 2026
     Robert Gragg died; d. young.1
     ;
Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 for Marshall Gregg
Name     Marshall Gregg
Birth Date     1805
Spouse     Alpha Sheilds
1.1

Robert Gragg lived at Louisiana, USA.1

Robert Gragg was listed as Marshall Wade Gregg's neighbor in a census in 1836 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA;
Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 for Marshall W. Gragg - Greene, 1836
Name     Marshall W. Gragg
Residence Date     1836
Residence Place     Greene, Tennessee, USA


Names listed and possible relations to Marshall Wade GREGG (1826-1893) are:
p. 170
GRAGG, John Jr. - Brother
GRAGG, Robert - Brother
p. 171
GRAGG, Samuel - Brother
GRAGG, John Sr. - Father
GRAGG, Marshall W. - Self
GRAGG, George M. - Brother.3

Citations

  1. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M86.0996. Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61266/records/292397
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61266/images/41904_540057-00028?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=292397. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Web Site.
  2. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 85; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.
  3. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2883/records/225573
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2883/images/33119_290484-00024?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=225573

Samuel Gragg1

M, #105071, d. 1840
FatherJohn Gregg Sr.1,2 b. c 1769
MotherHannah Piercy1,2
Last Edited10 Mar 2026
     Samuel Gragg married Susan Logan.1

Samuel Gragg died in 1840.1
     ;
Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 for Marshall Gregg
Name     Marshall Gregg
Birth Date     1805
Spouse     Alpha Sheilds
1.1

Samuel Gragg was listed as Marshall Wade Gregg's neighbor in a census in 1836 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA;
Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 for Marshall W. Gragg - Greene, 1836
Name     Marshall W. Gragg
Residence Date     1836
Residence Place     Greene, Tennessee, USA


Names listed and possible relations to Marshall Wade GREGG (1826-1893) are:
p. 170
GRAGG, John Jr. - Brother
GRAGG, Robert - Brother
p. 171
GRAGG, Samuel - Brother
GRAGG, John Sr. - Father
GRAGG, Marshall W. - Self
GRAGG, George M. - Brother.3

Family

Susan Logan

Citations

  1. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M86.0996. Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61266/records/292397
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61266/images/41904_540057-00028?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=292397. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Web Site.
  2. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 85; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.
  3. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2883/records/225573
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2883/images/33119_290484-00024?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=225573

George Addison Gregg1

M, #105073, d. 1854
FatherJohn Gregg Sr.1,2 b. c 1769
MotherHannah Piercy1,2
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     George Addison Gregg married Susan DeWitt in 1833 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA.1

George Addison Gregg died in 1854 at Bellefontaine, Logan Co., Ohio, USA.1
     ;
Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 for Marshall Gregg
Name     Marshall Gregg
Birth Date     1805
Spouse     Alpha Sheilds
1.1

; Presbyterian minister.1

George Addison Gregg was listed as Marshall Wade Gregg's neighbor in a census in 1836 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA;
Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 for Marshall W. Gragg - Greene, 1836
Name     Marshall W. Gragg
Residence Date     1836
Residence Place     Greene, Tennessee, USA


Names listed and possible relations to Marshall Wade GREGG (1826-1893) are:
p. 170
GRAGG, John Jr. - Brother
GRAGG, Robert - Brother
p. 171
GRAGG, Samuel - Brother
GRAGG, John Sr. - Father
GRAGG, Marshall W. - Self
GRAGG, George M. - Brother.3

Family

Susan DeWitt

Citations

  1. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M86.0996. Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61266/records/292397
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61266/images/41904_540057-00028?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=292397. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Web Site.
  2. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 85; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.
  3. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2883/records/225573
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2883/images/33119_290484-00024?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=225573

Robert Gregg Sr.1

M, #105075, b. circa 1732, d. May 1796
FatherJohn Gregg (Sr.)2 b. c 1690, d. 1758
MotherNancy Ann Wood2
ChartsAncestors - Martha Arnold Susong
ReferenceGKJ4
Last Edited10 Mar 2026
     Robert Gregg Sr. was born circa 1732 at Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.1 He married Lydia Alice Harrison circa 1754 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA,
.3

Robert Gregg Sr. died in May 1796 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA.4 He was born on 11 December 1815 at Cocke Co., Tennessee, USA.5
     GKJ-4. Robert Gregg Sr. was also known as Robert Gragg Sr.1

Robert Gregg Sr. immigrated circa 1740 to Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
Per Gragg [1978:77]: "It is thought that John, the father, and his family emigrated from Ireland to America in the early 1740s. The family lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, for a period of years, then migrated southwest through the Shenandoah Valley, to Augusta County, Virginia, in the early 1750s."1 John Gregg (Sr.) resided at Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA, circa 1740.2 John Gregg (Sr.) and Nancy Ann Wood resided at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA, in 1750;
"Removed to Augusta Co., VA in 1750...". Per Gragg [1978:47]: Gragg cites "...Hazel M. Kendall, a Gregg descendant, and author of "Gregg Foundations", an extremely well documented treatise on the lineage of William Gregg, the Quaker."2

Robert Gregg Sr. left a will on 3 May 1793 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA; WILL OF ROBERT GRAGG
Greene County, Tennessee
P 116a - 118
In the name of God Amen, third day of May 1793. I, Robert Gragg of Greene County in Territory of United States South of the River Ohio, being low in boddy but perfict mind of good memory, do ordain this my last will and testament which is as follows.
In the first place, I do give and bequeath my soul to God who gave it to me and as tuching such worldy estates, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with this life, I give and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
That is I do give and bequeath to my two sons John and William Gragg the land I now possess to them and their heirs or asigns forever and that the Executors shall divide the land so as to leave eatch and equal in value the improvement considered and that one shall not dispose of his part without consent of the other. Also I bequeath to my beloved son John Gragg the little sorrel mare and the young boy horse and the old white horse, one grown cow and two young cattle four sheep and half the hogs. I do also bequeath into my beloved son William Gragg the young sorrel mair, the young gray horse one grown cow and two young cattle and half the hogs my rifle gun and the shot gun. The big pot and crock. These to himself or heirs forever.
Item - I bequeath to my son John Gragg the little oven and little pot and crock and one plow to William Gragg one plow these to their heirs or assigns forever.
Item - I do bequeath to my beloved daughter Abegil Gragg the young rone mair one cow and three sheep hir bed and bedding and the half of the dresser to herself hir heirs or asigns forever.
Item - I do bequeath to my beloved daughter Betsy Gragg one bed and bedding to hir, hir heirs or asigns forever.
Item - I bequeath to my son Robert Gragg my big Bible to himself forever.
Item - I bequeath to my beloved son Samuel Gragg my sword to him his heirs or asigns forever.
Item - All that remains at my death over and above paying the legaties above mentioned and what money is coming from Virginia that may remain at my death after paying Col. Kelley. Also it is my desire that out of the price of the stud known by the name of Shake Seer that there shall be twenty-five pounds of Virginia currency to be paid in cattle and sheep to my daughter Betsy Gragg when she marries for hir own use forever.
Item - I do also bequeath to my beloved sons Thomas Gragg, Henry Gragg, and Samuel Gragg, Benjamin Crow, George Malcom and Joseph McMurtry an equal share of all remains of my estate at my death over and above paying all the legetees otherways mentioned.
Item - I do also bequeath unto my two sons John and William Gragg eatch of them their axes and what books remain at my death to be equelly divided between them except the big Bible and the harrow to go with the little plow these to them and their heirs forever.
I do likways constitute and appoint make and ordain my two beloved sons Samuel and Robert Gragg to be my sole Executors.
I leave the cupper tools to John Gragg and my saddle and bridle to William Gragg.
Item - My desire is that while John and William Gragg live and work together that William Gragg bargain nor traid none but John Gragg to be sole actor for him while they work together but if they separate the Executors is to take William Graggs estate all in their hands and keep it for him till he is one and twenty years and I do hereby dislow revoke and disanul all and every other former testament will, legacies bequeaths and Executors by me in any ways before named willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and as other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whare of I have heare unto set my hand and seal the day and year above writen signed sealed published pronounced delivered by me the said —
IS/ Robert Gragg
Witnesses:
Benjamin Crow
William Wall
Note -
On the backside of the last page of the will was this notation - "Dec'd. May, 1796."
Source: Gragg [1978:89-90].6

Family

Lydia Alice Harrison b. 3 May 1737, d. 31 Oct 1788
Children

Citations

  1. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 77; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.
  2. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 47; unknown film.
  3. [S2338] Ancestry.Com Family Trees, online http://trees.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. gashby1 family tree - Lydia Alice Harrison: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/3992371/person/-1664628218/facts. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Family Trees.
  4. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 90; unknown film.
  5. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 106; unknown film.
  6. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: pp. 89-90; unknown film.
  7. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 78; unknown film.
  8. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 85; unknown film.
  9. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/268745834/henry-gragg: accessed March 10, 2026), memorial page for Henry Gragg (15 Oct 1755–21 Mar 1824), Find a Grave Memorial ID 268745834; Maintained by Delijim (contributor 47671535).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  10. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 78-79; unknown film.
  11. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 81; unknown film.
  12. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64376027/nancy_ann-crow: accessed March 10, 2026), memorial page for Nancy Ann Gragg/Gregg Crow (1759–1835), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64376027; Maintained by: Find a Grave.
  13. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: pp. 81-2; unknown film.
  14. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: pp. 85-86; unknown film.
  15. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 86; unknown film.
  16. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 87; unknown film.
  17. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: pp. 87-88; unknown film.

Lydia Alice Harrison1

F, #105076, b. 3 May 1737, d. 31 October 1788
ChartsAncestors - Martha Arnold Susong
ReferenceGKJ4
Last Edited10 Mar 2026
     Lydia Alice Harrison was born on 3 May 1737 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA.1 She married Robert Gregg Sr., son of John Gregg (Sr.) and Nancy Ann Wood, circa 1754 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA,
.1

Lydia Alice Harrison died on 31 October 1788 at Smith Creek, Rockingham, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA, at age 51.1
      ;
Per Gragg [1978:77]: "Some descendants of Robert claim that he married Alice Harrison, but this has not been proven. Robert would have been about the right age for marriage after he moved to Augusta County. In addition to other sources, a careful perusal of the "Settlers By The Long Grey Trail " by J. Houston Harrison, an excellent treatise on the genealogy of the Harrisons, and their connections in Augusta County, there was no mention of a Harrison marrying a Gragg. There were many Harrisons i n the same general area in which the Graggs lived. It may be surmised that Robert may have been married a second time. It is calculated, that Robert was f i r s t married about 1754; his youngest daughter, Elizabeth, was born about 1777. Robert did not mention a wife in his will, dated in 1793."1 GKJ-4.

Family

Robert Gregg Sr. b. c 1732, d. May 1796
Children

Citations

  1. [S2338] Ancestry.Com Family Trees, online http://trees.ancestry.com/, Accessed 8 March 2026. gashby1 family tree - Lydia Alice Harrison: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/3992371/person/-1664628218/facts. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Family Trees.
  2. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 78; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.
  3. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 85; unknown film.
  4. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/268745834/henry-gragg: accessed March 10, 2026), memorial page for Henry Gragg (15 Oct 1755–21 Mar 1824), Find a Grave Memorial ID 268745834; Maintained by Delijim (contributor 47671535).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  5. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 78-79; unknown film.
  6. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 81; unknown film.
  7. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64376027/nancy_ann-crow: accessed March 10, 2026), memorial page for Nancy Ann Gragg/Gregg Crow (1759–1835), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64376027; Maintained by: Find a Grave.
  8. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: pp. 81-2; unknown film.
  9. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 86; unknown film.
  10. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 87; unknown film.
  11. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: pp. 87-88; unknown film.

Robert Gregg Jr.1

M, #105077, d. circa 1800
FatherRobert Gregg Sr.1 b. c 1732, d. May 1796
MotherLydia Alice Harrison1 b. 3 May 1737, d. 31 Oct 1788
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     Robert Gregg Jr. was born at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA.1
Robert Gregg Jr. died circa 1800 at Tennessee, USA;
Per Gragg [1978:78]: "He died intestate, and according to his younger brother, Samuel, he (Robert) was killed by Indians. It i s not known when Robert was killed , but it was after the year 1793. There were still marauding Indians in the eastern section of Tennessee in the late 1790s, and after the turn of the century...A conjecture is , that Robert, Jr., was killed by Indians about the year 1800."1
     He was Research Issues
Per Gragg [1978:78]: "Robert, J r . , was first mentioned in Augusta County court records as a tax payer in 1782." in 1782 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA.1
In Robert Gregg Sr.'s will dated 3 May 1793 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA, Robert Gregg Jr. was named as executor; WILL OF ROBERT GRAGG
Greene County, Tennessee
P 116a - 118
In the name of God Amen, third day of May 1793. I, Robert Gragg of Greene County in Territory of United States South of the River Ohio, being low in boddy but perfict mind of good memory, do ordain this my last will and testament which is as follows.
In the first place, I do give and bequeath my soul to God who gave it to me and as tuching such worldy estates, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with this life, I give and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
That is I do give and bequeath to my two sons John and William Gragg the land I now possess to them and their heirs or asigns forever and that the Executors shall divide the land so as to leave eatch and equal in value the improvement considered and that one shall not dispose of his part without consent of the other. Also I bequeath to my beloved son John Gragg the little sorrel mare and the young boy horse and the old white horse, one grown cow and two young cattle four sheep and half the hogs. I do also bequeath into my beloved son William Gragg the young sorrel mair, the young gray horse one grown cow and two young cattle and half the hogs my rifle gun and the shot gun. The big pot and crock. These to himself or heirs forever.
Item - I bequeath to my son John Gragg the little oven and little pot and crock and one plow to William Gragg one plow these to their heirs or assigns forever.
Item - I do bequeath to my beloved daughter Abegil Gragg the young rone mair one cow and three sheep hir bed and bedding and the half of the dresser to herself hir heirs or asigns forever.
Item - I do bequeath to my beloved daughter Betsy Gragg one bed and bedding to hir, hir heirs or asigns forever.
Item - I bequeath to my son Robert Gragg my big Bible to himself forever.
Item - I bequeath to my beloved son Samuel Gragg my sword to him his heirs or asigns forever.
Item - All that remains at my death over and above paying the legaties above mentioned and what money is coming from Virginia that may remain at my death after paying Col. Kelley. Also it is my desire that out of the price of the stud known by the name of Shake Seer that there shall be twenty-five pounds of Virginia currency to be paid in cattle and sheep to my daughter Betsy Gragg when she marries for hir own use forever.
Item - I do also bequeath to my beloved sons Thomas Gragg, Henry Gragg, and Samuel Gragg, Benjamin Crow, George Malcom and Joseph McMurtry an equal share of all remains of my estate at my death over and above paying all the legetees otherways mentioned.
Item - I do also bequeath unto my two sons John and William Gragg eatch of them their axes and what books remain at my death to be equelly divided between them except the big Bible and the harrow to go with the little plow these to them and their heirs forever.
I do likways constitute and appoint make and ordain my two beloved sons Samuel and Robert Gragg to be my sole Executors.
I leave the cupper tools to John Gragg and my saddle and bridle to William Gragg.
Item - My desire is that while John and William Gragg live and work together that William Gragg bargain nor traid none but John Gragg to be sole actor for him while they work together but if they separate the Executors is to take William Graggs estate all in their hands and keep it for him till he is one and twenty years and I do hereby dislow revoke and disanul all and every other former testament will, legacies bequeaths and Executors by me in any ways before named willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and as other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whare of I have heare unto set my hand and seal the day and year above writen signed sealed published pronounced delivered by me the said —
IS/ Robert Gragg
Witnesses:
Benjamin Crow
William Wall
Note -
On the backside of the last page of the will was this notation - "Dec'd. May, 1796."
Source: Gragg [1978:89-90].2

Citations

  1. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 78; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.
  2. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: pp. 89-90; unknown film.

Samuel Gregg1

M, #105078, b. 12 December 1757, d. 12 January 1841
FatherRobert Gregg Sr.1 b. c 1732, d. May 1796
MotherLydia Alice Harrison1 b. 3 May 1737, d. 31 Oct 1788
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     Samuel Gregg was born on 12 December 1757 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA.1
Samuel Gregg died on 12 January 1841 at near Fayetteville, Washington Co., Arkansas, USA, at age 83.2
Samuel Gregg was buried after 12 January 1841 at Gehring's Chapel Cemetery, Fayetteville, Washington Co., Arkansas, USA.2
      .1

Samuel Gregg lived circa 1787 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA.3
In Robert Gregg Sr.'s will dated 3 May 1793 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA, Samuel Gregg was named as executor; WILL OF ROBERT GRAGG
Greene County, Tennessee
P 116a - 118
In the name of God Amen, third day of May 1793. I, Robert Gragg of Greene County in Territory of United States South of the River Ohio, being low in boddy but perfict mind of good memory, do ordain this my last will and testament which is as follows.
In the first place, I do give and bequeath my soul to God who gave it to me and as tuching such worldy estates, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with this life, I give and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
That is I do give and bequeath to my two sons John and William Gragg the land I now possess to them and their heirs or asigns forever and that the Executors shall divide the land so as to leave eatch and equal in value the improvement considered and that one shall not dispose of his part without consent of the other. Also I bequeath to my beloved son John Gragg the little sorrel mare and the young boy horse and the old white horse, one grown cow and two young cattle four sheep and half the hogs. I do also bequeath into my beloved son William Gragg the young sorrel mair, the young gray horse one grown cow and two young cattle and half the hogs my rifle gun and the shot gun. The big pot and crock. These to himself or heirs forever.
Item - I bequeath to my son John Gragg the little oven and little pot and crock and one plow to William Gragg one plow these to their heirs or assigns forever.
Item - I do bequeath to my beloved daughter Abegil Gragg the young rone mair one cow and three sheep hir bed and bedding and the half of the dresser to herself hir heirs or asigns forever.
Item - I do bequeath to my beloved daughter Betsy Gragg one bed and bedding to hir, hir heirs or asigns forever.
Item - I bequeath to my son Robert Gragg my big Bible to himself forever.
Item - I bequeath to my beloved son Samuel Gragg my sword to him his heirs or asigns forever.
Item - All that remains at my death over and above paying the legaties above mentioned and what money is coming from Virginia that may remain at my death after paying Col. Kelley. Also it is my desire that out of the price of the stud known by the name of Shake Seer that there shall be twenty-five pounds of Virginia currency to be paid in cattle and sheep to my daughter Betsy Gragg when she marries for hir own use forever.
Item - I do also bequeath to my beloved sons Thomas Gragg, Henry Gragg, and Samuel Gragg, Benjamin Crow, George Malcom and Joseph McMurtry an equal share of all remains of my estate at my death over and above paying all the legetees otherways mentioned.
Item - I do also bequeath unto my two sons John and William Gragg eatch of them their axes and what books remain at my death to be equelly divided between them except the big Bible and the harrow to go with the little plow these to them and their heirs forever.
I do likways constitute and appoint make and ordain my two beloved sons Samuel and Robert Gragg to be my sole Executors.
I leave the cupper tools to John Gragg and my saddle and bridle to William Gragg.
Item - My desire is that while John and William Gragg live and work together that William Gragg bargain nor traid none but John Gragg to be sole actor for him while they work together but if they separate the Executors is to take William Graggs estate all in their hands and keep it for him till he is one and twenty years and I do hereby dislow revoke and disanul all and every other former testament will, legacies bequeaths and Executors by me in any ways before named willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and as other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whare of I have heare unto set my hand and seal the day and year above writen signed sealed published pronounced delivered by me the said —
IS/ Robert Gragg
Witnesses:
Benjamin Crow
William Wall
Note -
On the backside of the last page of the will was this notation - "Dec'd. May, 1796."
Source: Gragg [1978:89-90].4


Samuel Gregg lived circa 1804 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.3

Samuel Gregg lived in 1834 at Missouri, USA.2

Samuel Gregg lived in 1835 at Washington Co., Arkansas, USA.2

Family

Children

Citations

  1. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 78-79; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.
  2. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 80; unknown film.
  3. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: p. 79; unknown film.
  4. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent: pp. 89-90; unknown film.

Elizabeth Gregg1

F, #105079, b. circa 1782
FatherSamuel Gregg1 b. 12 Dec 1757, d. 12 Jan 1841
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     Elizabeth Gregg married John Ellis
; Her 1st of 2 husbands.1 Elizabeth Gregg was born circa 1782 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA.1 She married John S. White circa 1840
; Her 2nd of 2 husbands.1

Family 1

John Ellis

Family 2

John S. White

Citations

  1. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 80; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.

Lydia Gregg1

F, #105082, b. circa 1787
FatherSamuel Gregg1 b. 12 Dec 1757, d. 12 Jan 1841
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     Lydia Gregg was born circa 1787 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA.1 She married William Bigham in 1807.1

Family

William Bigham

Citations

  1. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 80; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.

Jane Gregg1

F, #105084, b. circa 1792
FatherSamuel Gregg1 b. 12 Dec 1757, d. 12 Jan 1841
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     Jane Gregg was born circa 1792 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA.1 She married Robert M. White in 1814.1

Family

Robert M. White

Citations

  1. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 80; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.

Henry C. Gregg1

M, #105086, b. 1793
FatherSamuel Gregg1 b. 12 Dec 1757, d. 12 Jan 1841
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     Henry C. Gregg was born in 1793 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA.1 He married Mary Murrell in 1815.1

Family

Mary Murrell

Citations

  1. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 80; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.

John Gregg1

M, #105088, b. circa 1797, d. 1848
FatherSamuel Gregg1 b. 12 Dec 1757, d. 12 Jan 1841
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     John Gregg married Lucretia (?)
; His 2nd of 2 wives.1 John Gregg was born circa 1797 at Greene Co., Tennessee, USA.1 He married Sarah Bigham in 1818
; His 1st of 2 wives.1
John Gregg died in 1848 at Burleson Co., Texas, USA.1

Family 1

Lucretia (?)

Family 2

Sarah Bigham d. 1841

Citations

  1. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 80; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.

Sarah Bigham1

F, #105089, d. 1841
Last Edited8 Mar 2026
     Sarah Bigham married John Gregg, son of Samuel Gregg, in 1818
; His 1st of 2 wives.1
Sarah Bigham died in 1841;
Per Gragg [1978:80]: "John Gragg was Sheriff of Lawrence County, Alabama. In 1835, he went to Texas, in the cause of independence. After the war, John returned to Alabama to take his family to Texas, in the Spring of 1841. On the way back to Texas, Indians attacked the party, and John's wife Sarah, and son Thaddeus were killed. Their son Ellis, was severely wounded, and son Henry, was carried away by Indians. Ellis died soon after his father. Henry was ransomed and returned to his family."1

Family

John Gregg b. c 1797, d. 1848

Citations

  1. [S6166] Unknown location, Gragg Descent by George Robert Gragg: p. 80; unknown film, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Gragg 1978 - Gragg Descent.