GREGSTON FAMILY
1. William1 Gregston b ca 1774 m 14 Mar 1790 Orange Co., NC1
Nancy Baker. Children:
2. (i) George Washington2 Gregston, b ca 1790-1800 NC m
Kathryn "Katie" Duncan b 12 Mar 1809 d 9 Dec 18952 dau of John
Duncan3.
3. (ii) Baker2 Gregston b ca 1802 NC m 18 Nov 1822 Orange Co., NC Rebecca
Stevens.4
2. George Washington2 Gregston, b ca 1790-1800 NC m Kathryn "Katie"
Duncan b 12 Mar 1809 d 9 Dec 18952 dau of John
Duncan3. As seen below George
is listed two times in 1830 Smith Co., TN census. George appears to have had a relationship with two women at the same
time. Both Frankie Mason and Brunette Jones tell the story that George left home
to go to the store to buy some articles, and after several years he returned
with the articles. He stayed five years and then left again. He appears to have
had two different families in Smith Co., TN, and it appears that family new more
about this than has been revealed. Frankie Mason says her grandfather, George W.
Gregston, Jr., while soldier for South in Civil War met a Union soldier, William Gregston and they discovered they were half
brothers. Another letter in Frankie Mason’s possession was one dated July
19,1865 from Armatha Gregston in Texas. Armatha was writing George W. Gregston
Jr to help collect a debt owed by Yancy Malone. It appears that Armatha father,
James B. Gregston, was a brother of George W. Gregston Jr. Another story told by
Frankie Mason and Brunette Jones is that George W. Gregston went to East
Tennessee and had another family. I have not been able to find Ishmael, Rhoda,
Martha, George W. Jr or Pairlee in any of 1850 Tennessee Census’. It
appears that all of the children of George W. Gregston have not been
identified. In the 1830 Smith Co., TN census both George W. Gregston who
married Katie Duncan and the George W. Gregston who married Rachel Holmes are
listed. They in my opinion were two different individuals. Children:
4. (i) James Baker3 Gregston b ca 1823 TN m1st Armantha Fisher.
5. (ii) Nancy3 Gregston b ca 1829 TN m 22 July 1849 Smith Co., TN Riley
Houston Fisher b ca 1828.
6. (iii) Ishmael3 Gregston b ca 1830 Smith Co., TN m Mahala J. ______.
7. (iv) Rhoda3 Gregston b ca 1832 Smith Co., TN m 14 Sep 1851 David Kelley.
8. (v) Martha3 Gregston b ca 1833 Smith Co., TN m 25 May 1851 Smith Co., TN
Logan Gay Fisher b ca 1830 TN.
9. (vi) George Washington3 Gregston Jr. b 2 Mar 1836 Smith Co., TN d 24 Feb
1912 DeKalb Co., TN m 4 Nov 1866 Martha "Patsy" Tubb.
10. (vii) Frances Paralee3 Gregston b 10 Jan 1837 Smith Co., TN d 23 Jun 1920
DeKalb Co., TN m 27 Aug 1857 Smith Co., TN George Sullivan Jones.
Notes: 1830 Census Smith Co., TN
1801-George Gregston 1m 30-40-1790-1800
1f 20-30 1800-1810
2mu5 1825-1830
3fu5 1825-1830
Census order 1793 Marshall Duncan, 1794, 1795-George Duncan, 1796-Joel Harper,
1797-David Goodall, 1798-Lee A Hughes, 1799-Sarah Greer, 1800-Samuel Britton,
1801-George Gregston, 1802-Daniel James, 1803-Neal Fisher, 1804-E.D. Cheatman,
1805-M. M. Martin, 1806-Samuel Walker, 1807-William Allen, 1808-Elijah Durham.
1816-Charles Smith, 1817-George Smith, 1818-Andrew Smith,
2258-George Gregston 1m 30-40 1790-1800
1f 20-30 1800-1810
2m 5-10 1820-1830
2mu5 1825-1830
1fu5 1825-1830
Census order 2251 Matthew Wood or Ward, 2252-George Baker, 2253-Jane Linch,
2254-Bluford Oliver, 2255-Sarah Bishop, duplicate numbers 2254-Thomas Bailiff,
2255-John Thurston, 2256-John Lancaster, 2257-Joseph Bush, 2258-George Gregston,
2259-William Raferty, 2260-James Shepherd, 2261-Littleton Darnell, 2262-Ezekiel
Love, 2263-John Bailiff, 2264-John Buckner, 2265-Guy Lee.
1840 Smith Co., TN Census p 36.
George Gregston 1m40-50 1790-1800
1f 30-40 1800-1810
3m 10-15 1825-1830
2f 10-15 1825-1830
1m 5-10 1830-1840
1mu5 1835-1840
1fu5 1835-1840
1850-Smith Co., TN Census
627-Fisher, R. H. 21 TN
Nancy 20 TN
1860 Polk Co., TN census
George Grigston 64
Elizabeth 38
Elihu Thraikill 30.
1860 Putnam Co., TN Census Dist 13 (Buffalo Valley across hill from Wolf
Creek Laurel Hill area in Old 16th District of DeKalb Co., TN)
0971-Gragsden, J. B. 36 M TN
Aramaty 31 F TN
Nancy 13 F TN
Susanah C 12 F TN
Aramaty 7 F TN
Cornelia E 2 F TN
Mary A 11 mos F TN
Hays, Robt 64 M NC
1860 DeKalb Co., TN Census District 9 Smithville area
931-919-Bratten, Samuel H. 39 M Grocer TN
Sarah
F.
28 F TN
Amanda
8 F TN
Mary
6 F TN
Lemuel
5 M TN
Horace
4 M TN
Riley
3 M TN
Eleanor
1 F TN
George Gregston 25 M Wagoner TN
Dist 15 (Bordered Dist 16)
1435-1423-Fisher, John 56 M Farmer SC
Mary A. 26 F TN
James 23 M TN
Fisher, William J. 26 M Laborer TN
Sarah
E. 6 F TN
John R. 4 M TN
1435-1424-Fisher, Logan G. 32 M Farmer TN
Martha 27 F TN Gregston m 25 May 1851
Amanda 7 F TN
Alice 4
F TN
Isabell 2 F TN
1439-1427-Lewis, Randolph 45 M Farmer MO
Nancy 30
F TN
William T. 18 M TN
Warner J. 4/12 TN
Fisher, John B. 9 M TN
Columbus A 5 M TN
Sophronia 3 F TN
District 16 Fishers also in this district.
District 17 Walkers Creek
1632-1620-Kelley, David 30 M Farmer TN
Rhoda 27 F TN Gregston m 14 Sep 1851
Nancy 7 F TN
William 5 M TN
Buchanan 2 M TN
Haggard, Lucinda J. 15 F TN
1647-1635-Gregston, Ishmael 30 M
Laborer TN
Mahala J 25
F
TN
Elizabeth M 4
F
TN
George M 1
M
TN
Manerva Robinson 33 F Old Maid TN
1628-1615 is William P Kelley and 1628-1616 is James Fisher.
END NOTES
1. Marriage Records of Orange Co., NC.
2. Interviews with Brunette "Aunt Bee" Jones, granddau of George W.
Gregston and Frankie Mason great great granddaughter of
George W. Gregston in 1960’s. Dates from Bible of Frankie Mason.
3. Chancery Court Records, Smith Co., TN Box 1, #728, 1840, Smith County
Historical and Genealogical Society, Fall 1998, Vo. X, No 4, p 130.
4. Marriage Records of Orange Co., NC. Letter April 15, 1864 from Cousin Amy,
Charlotte, NC to G. W. Gregston, Amy’s father was Baker Gregston. Letter in
possession of Frankie Mason.
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