William Harrison Gregory (ca. 1813-17 March 1874), eldest son of Benjamin J. and Elizabeth C. Jeter Gregory, was born in Union County, South Carolina and died in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, where he had moved after his father's death. He was thrice married.

His first wife, Sarah -?- (12 March 1818-21 June 1842), died apparently in or as a result of childbirth (tombstone inscription follows). She is buried in the Gregory Family Cemetery on a hill behind the A. Starks Gregory house near Santuc. Nothing further is known about the child referred to.

His second wife was Emily -?-. She appears with him on the 1850 census of Union County, aged 22 years. She, too, must have died because William married his third wife in 1856.

The third wife, Margaret Wilson Bedel (19 November 1829-3 July 1872), was the widow of B.G. Bedell. They were married 18 November 1856 at the home of Austin Wilson in Union County. Margaret was the daughter of Clinton Wilson. It is within his estate packet in Union County (Box 43, Pkg. 29, filed in 1860) that her first husband is mentioned. Margaret rests with William at Friendship Church Cemetery in Van Vleet, Chickasaw County. As with the two previous marriages, no issue is known.

Andrew Jackson Gregory, brother of William Harrison, allowed his brother and his brother's wife, Margaret, to care for - as their own daughter - his child, Sarah E. Gregory (17 June 1862-28 August 1868). It was apparently a custom of the era to give a child to a childless relative as a token of love and family bond. Sarah is buried with William and Margaret.

Another estate located in Union County (Box 65, Pkg. 10) filed in 1877 with Charles Bolt as administrator, references the residence of the late W. Harrison Gregory. The record refers to an undivided interest in the estate of Clinton Wilson.

Aswin Starks Gregory (ca. 1815-1862), second son of Benjamin J. and Elizabeth Crosby Jeter Gregory, and his wife, Margaret T. Scaife (ca. 1826-5 February 1885), were both natives of Union County. She was the daughter of Ferdinand DeGraffenreid and Mary Wilkes Scaife. He was a wealthy planter and a Colonel in the Confederate Army. (See account in Wilkes Family History and Genealogy.) Starks and Margaret, married about 1842, were the parents of eleven children.

One of the more affluent of Benjamin J.'s sons, Starks reported a $15,000 real estate value and a $40,000 personal property value in the 1850 census. Starks' farm consisted of 800 acres. The beautiful house was his home in Santuc, South Carolina.

Margaret asked that his estate be partitioned in 1866, and it is believed that the move to Arkansas occurred shortly thereafter. Little is known of this family after the move.

In the 1880 census of Phillips County, Arkansas, Margaret is listed as Head of Household and age 54. Three of her sons were living with her.

The children of Starks and Margaret were:

Adrian R. Gregory (1843-1862) was a Private in Bonham's Brigade, First South Carolina Volunteers, Company E. He enlisted at age 18. According to the CSA Pension Registration of 25 February 1902, he died after the War.

Elizabeth Mary Gregory was born in 1844.

William Harrison Gregory was born in 1847.

Sarah (Sally) Gregory was born in 1849.

James F. Gregory was born ca. 1851.

Ida T. Gregory (December/January 1853-17 September 1853), is buried in the Gregory Family Cemetery. Her tombstone lists her age at death as nine months.

Brooks H. Gregory was born ca. 1854.

Benjamin F. Gregory was born ca. 1855.

Alice Gregory was born ca. 1858.

Margaret Susan Gregory was born ca. 1860.

A. Starks Gregory was born post 1860 and died in 1937.

James Thompson (Thompson) Gregory (21 October 1816-6 November 1869) was the third son of Benjamin J. and Elizabeth Crosby Jeter Gregory. He married Paulina Sartor (ca. 1820-ca. September 1873), daughter of Thomas Andrew and Anna Glenn Coleman Sartor. Paulina was also a Union County native. The couple probably married around 1838. This year was derived from the birth year of their first child, James M. (1840).

The family moved to Monroe County, Mississippi before 1858, the birth year of their eighth child, Virginia Eugenia. Paulina's parents and several of their children also moved to Monroe County about the same time. Her father, Thomas Andrew, died there in 1858 and her mother, Anna Glenn, died in 1866. They are buried in the Sartor Cemetery as is Thompson. It is believed that Paulina rests there as well, though no tombstone has been found.

Neva Jones relates that two of James Thompson's daughers, "Aunt Lula" and "Aunt Genie" visited her grandfather, Clarence Eugene Crump, and his brothers and sisters at regular intervals. Her mother, who remembered them fondly, said they last visited in the 1920's and felt that they must have died during that time span.

James Thompson's estate was not settled until 1877. Though Thompson died in 1869, Q.O. Eckford did not file for administration until 13 September 1873. This, and the fact that Paulina was not named guardian of the younger children, leads us to believe that she died before this date. George W. Gregory, an older brother, was appointed guardian for Eugenia, Josephine, Loula, Benjamin and David Gregory. The estate was finally settled, 4 May 1877. Listed heirs were: Mary; Elvira; Benjamin; Eugenia; Amelia; Dave; and George, P.M. and Loula.

Thompson and Paulina were the parents of 14 known children. They were: James M.; E.A.E.; Mary; George Washington; S. Elvira; Thomas; E.C.; Aurelia; Benjamin P; David Simpson; Virginia Eugenia; E.J.; Josephine; and Loula.

James M. Gregory (1840-13 June 1841) is buried at Cane Creek Quaker Cemetery, Union County. His birth year was calculated from his tombstone, which lists his death date and his age as one year.

E.A.E. Gregory (ca. 1842-26 May 1845), a daughter, died at age three. She is also buried at Cane Creek Quaker Cemetery.

Mary Gregory (1844-?) married W.J. Crump in Monroe County, Mississippi in 1863. No further information is available.

George Washington Gregory (1846-?) served in the Confederate Army from Monroe County, Mississippi, and was in Clay County, Mississippi in 1877. No further information is available.