There is documented evidence that he fought for the United States in the Revolution. He was paid£10.11.5 plus interest for service in Colonel Brandon's regiment in 1781.
There is also documented evidence that Benjamin's estate was confiscated by the State for action against the United States. He was captured at Ninety-Six and imprisoned at Charleston, S.C. (American General Gazette, 19 November 1779).

There is further evidence that Benjamin's citizenship was reinstated in the South Carolina Private Acts of 1784 (List #3 of Persons Who Are Taken Off The Confiscation List: Benjamin Gregory [representatives]).

A survey of 200 acres was made for Benjamin (1 January 1785) and recorded (4 January 1785). The land was located on the waters of Brown's Creek in Ninety-Six District. The peculiar thing about this plat is that John Gregory, his brother, recorded it for him. This might be an indication that Benjamin was already ill.

In an instrument dated 1787 and recorded 29 July 1789, Isaac, Sr. sells to Margaret, wife of Benjamin "lately deceased, for £50, one-third part of the whole 200 acres received by grant (20 October 1767) under the hand of His Excellency William Tryon, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the said State of North Carolina, being for that purpose appointed, did give and grant unto said Isaac Gregory a plantation or tract of land containing 200 acres situated on the south side of Broad River .." (Book B, p. 288). The deed said the land should go to William at Margaret's death. Further, if he should die without issue, the land should go to her daughter, Sarah.

Sarah; Gordon, ca. 1775-1784; and William, ca. 1780-1808; were the three known children of Benjamin and Margaret Gregory.

SARAH (SALLY) GREGORY was the only daughter of Benjamin and Margaret. A Power-of-Attorney from William Wear (Ware, Weir) to Jeremiah Gregory reveals that Sarah was married to William as of 20 September 1799 (the date the instrument was signed). Jeremiah was named agent to "recover land from the estate of Isaac Gregory, deceased, for Sally Ware, heir to Isaac's estate"
There is a large family of Wares (Weir) in and around the Abbeville area, at least one of which was a William with a wife named Sarah.

GORDON GREGORY, son of Benjamin and Margaret, was born between 1775-1784 (calculated from 1810 and 1820 census records).
Other information gained from census records: In 1810 Gordon lived in Union County. He and his wife, Susannah, had in their household: one male under 10, one male 10-16, two females under 10 and, of course, Gordon and Susannah, between 26 and 45 years (p. 230, Union County).
In 1820 the household had grown to thirteen in number: one male under 10, one male 10-16, one male 10-18, four females under 10, three females 10-16, and, again, Susannah and Gordon between 26 and 45 years (p. 131, Union County). It is unlikely that all these children were offspring of Gordon and Susannah.

Land transactions recorded in Union County include: Purchase of 75 acres from Thomas Pinckney of Charleston (land in Union County) in 1823. Joseph Gist was Pinckney's attorney. (Recorded in Deed Book R, p. 367.)

Three land sales:
(A) 39.25 acres to John B. Glenn. This land was part of a tract granted to Gordon's father, Benjamin. The property was located on the south side of Brown's Creek and adjoined Robert Glenn, Edward Gregory and William McCafferty.
(Recorded in Deed Book S, p. 257, 8 June 1825.)

(B) 11 acres on Neal's Creek to James McCreight. Susannah relinquished dower rights on this deed.
(Recorded in Deed Book S, p. 467, 29 November 1826.)

(C) 222 acres to James McCreight. This land was on Brown's and Neal's Creek. The deed was recorded 28 January 1829 and Susannah relinquished dower rights.

Gordon and his family then disappeared from South Carolina. After 1829, it is suspected they moved west and probably missed the 1830 census due to the move.

WILLLAM GORDON GREGORY (ca. 1780-1808) was the third child of Benjamin and Margaret Gordon Gregory. When he died in 1808, his brother, Gordon, administered his estate. He married Nancy McCreight (1784, Tyrone County, Ireland -1859, Pickens County, Ala.) and they had a daughter, Frances Anna.

A deed (Recorded Union County Deed Book W, p. 272, 9 May 1834.) verifies the name of his wife and daughter. The deed was for the sale of 219.75 acres on both sides of Little Brown's Creek, SW side of the Broad River. The land was bounded on the north by William A. Sims and Robert Glen; on the west by Thomas Moore and James McCreight; on the south by McCreight and Moses Matthews; and on the east by W.A. Sims. The tract was sold to William A. Sims.
The deed provides the information that Anna, wife of William McCafferty, was William's daughter, and Nancy was his widow. The deed also states that this land was made up (in part) of land originally granted to Isaac Gregory (William's grandfather) on 20 October 1767. The deed leads one to believe that Anna was William's only child because no other children were involved in the transaction.

Frances Anna Gregory (6 February 1809, Union District, S.C.-24 January 1885, Carrollton, Pickens County, Ala.) married William McCafferty (17 January 1803-30 October 1880), son of John and Elizabeth Byrd McCafferty, in Union District, South Carolina. They are buried on McCaffertv Hill, South of Carrollton, Alabama. Their issue: Nancy Elliott; Mary; Frances Ann; Robert S.; William; James Valentine; John Cornelius; and Margaret A.

Nancy Elliott McCafferty, (1824, South Carolina and died in Texas) married John R. Williams on 6 January 1842.

Mary McCafferty (182?, South Carolina-1854) married William M. West on 2 November 1846.

Frances Ann McCafferty (17 November 1833-25 January 1911) married William Dabney Puckett.

Robert S. McCafferty (15 December 1836, Ala.-28 December 1906, Pickens County, Ala.) married, first: Clemmie (23 February 1841-18 July 1860); married, second: Mary Jones on 15 August 1865.

William McCafferty (18 April 1839-2 July 1846) is buried on McCafferty Hill.

James Valentine McCafferty (13 February 1842-14 January 1913) married Willie Scott (May 1846-January 1918) on 16 February 1876. He served in the Pickensville Blues, Confederate States of America.

John Cornelius McCafferty (12 March 1845-14 January 1914) married Mary Albertine Weir (1 July 1851-10 April 1922), daughter of James Narvey and Elizabeth Jane Taylor Weir, on 8 July 1872 in Pickens County, Alabama. Both are buried at Union Chapel Cemetery.

Margaret A. McCafferty (19 October 1847-8 October 1893) married John Tyler Hamiter (26 August 1841) on 7 November 1865.

Additional material on the William Gordon Gregory family was submitted by Mel Meek, M.D., Lawton, Oklahoma, as furnished by Mrs. Mary A. Elmore, great granddaughter of John Cornelius of Gordo, Alabama.