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.

Mary Wilkes, daughter of William and Lydia (Clark) Wilkes, was born near Baton Rouge, Chester County, South Carolina about 1805. She died at Brickeys, Arkansas in 1867 and was buried there. Mary Wilkes married Ferdinand DeGraffenreid Scaife (born in Chester County about 1805) about 1825. Mr. Scaife, after the death of his mother, who was a Terry from Virginia, went to live with his older brother, Charner Terry Scaife, at what is now Wilkesburg in Chester County. For a while after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Scaife lived near Baton Rouge and Mr. Scaife, with Thomas Wilkes, operated a general store under the name of Scaife and Wilkes. Later, Mr. Scaife sold his interest in the store and moved to Union County, South Carolina, where he bought a large plantation near Broad River that he operated with the help of many slaves. He also operated a general store in Union. It is said that, as soon as his sons were large enough they were permitted to clerk in the store and were given instructions to extend credit to anyone in Union County except one person.

With the outbreak of the War Between the States, Mr. Scaife raised a regiment of local soldiers and became Colonel Scaife. While he was in command of his regiment at Petersburg, Virginia, he received word that his daughter, Sarah Scaife Seymour, was seriously ill and that he should come home at once if he was to again see her alive. He reached home just before Sarah's death. While he was home, according to family tradition, his regiment was almost wiped out when their stronghold at Petersburg was blown up by mines planted in tunnels made by the Union forces. All of Colonel Scaife's six sons saw active service with the Confederate forces in the war and were fortunate to return home safely at the conclusion of the war.

Before the War Between the States, Colonel Scaife was one of the wealthiest persons in Union County. He owned much land and many slaves. The 1860 United States census lists Colonel Scaife with $70,000 in real estate and $100,000 in personal property. At the conclusion of the War Between the States, Colonel Scaife returned to Union County to find his farms neglected and much of his farm land grown up in weeds and brush. The slaves had been freed, and the old plantation life of the South was a thing of the past. Where once the Scaife plantation had grown many bales of cotton that was taken by the sons to Charleston via Broad and Congaree rivers, the future in farming in Union County seemed doomed. The family discussed the situation fully and decided, except for Hazel Furman, to move to Phillips County, Arkansas, where Colonel Scaife had bought before the war several thousand acres of land near the Mississippi River. Sons, Thomas, James, Jackson, and Charner Terry, filled many wagons with supplies--food, seed, tools, farming equipment, household furniture and equipment-- and with about 200 of the better ex-slaves, who wanted to go along, drove to Brickeys, near Helena on the Mississippi River, where they settled.

Some of the wives and children went by train, but Margaret (Gregory) drove her own team, carrying her four children, nurse and herself. In other wagons were household furniture, supplies and food. Immediately after arrival, the men began clearing land, building houses, and making preparations for farming in this rich delta land. Colonel Scaife and his wife and daughter Alice arrived a little later, making over 25 of the Scaife family present. The trek of the Scaife caravan was not without incident. One Negro broke out with small pox. Charner Terry kept one wagon with supplies and some dependable Negroes and sent the other on their way. The ill man was put in a dilapidated house, or shack, and the others lived in the open. People nearby brought food for sale. They would stop nearby, but never get close to the shack. Soon the man was well and the journey was completed. Strange to say no others took the dread disease, and where this man caught it was a puzzle.

Colonel and Mrs. Scaife had the following children: Margaret Scaife; James Scaife; William Jackson Scaife; Nary Wilkes Scaife; Sarah Scaife; Lydie Scaife; Thomas J. Scaife; Hazel Furman Scaife; Charner Terry Scaife; Nartha Scaife, who died young; Lannie Scaife, born 1843; died 3 April 1862, unmarried; Robert Scaife; Alice Scaife.

(Excerpt from Wilkes Family History and Genealogy.)

Margaret Scaife, the daughter of Ferdinand DeGraffenreid and Mary (Wilkes) Scaife, was born in Chester County, South Carolina in 1826. She and Aswin Starks Gregory married in Union county in 1846. They lived in Union County, where Aswan Starks Gregory was a farmer. He died in the early 1860s and was buried in Union County.

After the War Between the States was over and the Scaife men had returned home and decided to move to Arkansas, the widow Gregory took her four children and her colored nurse in her carriage and moved to Arkansas. In the 1880 U. S. census of Phillips County, Arkansas, she is listed as head of household and 54 years of age. Three of her sons were living with her at that time.

(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.

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.