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Josiah Jonathan "J J Banty" Gregory

Male 1870 - 1933  (62 years)


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  1. 1.  Josiah Jonathan "J J Banty" Gregory was born 5 Oct 1870 (son of Ebenezer A. Gregory and Matilda "Tilda" Shields); died 12 Jan 1933; was buried Methodist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Josiah — Susan Elvira Feezell. Susan (daughter of John Henry Feezell and Harriet Emily Greer) was born 16 Aug 1871, Tennessee; died 26 Mar 1943; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Vertie C. Gregory was born 4 Dec 1893; died 17 Feb 1973, Knox County, Tennessee.
    2. Joseph Earl Gregory was born 21 Dec 1901; died 6 Dec 1965; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Virgil C. Gregory was born 7 Apr 1909, Tennessee; died 9 Jul 1994; was buried Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ebenezer A. Gregory was born 1847 (son of Drewry Gregory and Leah Reagan); died 25 Oct 1901; was buried Prague Cemetery, Prague, Lincoln County, Oklahoma.

    Ebenezer — Matilda "Tilda" Shields. Matilda (daughter of Henry Frederick Shields and Mary "Polly" Oliver) was born 4 Jul 1842, Tennessee; died 23 Jan 1924; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Matilda "Tilda" Shields was born 4 Jul 1842, Tennessee (daughter of Henry Frederick Shields and Mary "Polly" Oliver); died 23 Jan 1924; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, District 16, Blount County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. 1. Josiah Jonathan "J J Banty" Gregory was born 5 Oct 1870; died 12 Jan 1933; was buried Methodist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Drewry Gregory was born 7 Sep 1818 (son of Russell Gregory and Susan Hill); died 17 Jan 1875; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Drewry — Leah Reagan. Leah was born 1815; died 20 Jun 1848; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Leah Reagan was born 1815; died 20 Jun 1848; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. James Houston Gregory was born 12 Aug 1843; died 9 Jul 1910; was buried Lambdin Cemetery, Lincoln County, Oklahoma.
    2. Nancy Keen Gregory was born Oct 1844, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1920, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Dec 1920, Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. 2. Ebenezer A. Gregory was born 1847; died 25 Oct 1901; was buried Prague Cemetery, Prague, Lincoln County, Oklahoma.

  3. 6.  Henry Frederick Shields was born 25 Jul 1813, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Robert Shields and Margaret Emert); died 21 Jan 1885; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, District 16, Blount County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 59.
    Blount County Marriages, Brenda Jordan Raymond.

    Henry married Mary "Polly" Oliver 25 Oct 1838, , Blount County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of John Oliver and Lurena Frazier) was born 18 Jul 1817, Carter County, Tennessee; died 31 May 1892; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary "Polly" Oliver was born 18 Jul 1817, Carter County, Tennessee (daughter of John Oliver and Lurena Frazier); died 31 May 1892; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, District 16, Blount County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Brenda Raymond lists given name as May.
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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 59.
    Blount County Marriages, Brenda Jordan Raymond.

    Children:
    1. Martha L. Shields was born Abt 1841, Tennessee.
    2. 3. Matilda "Tilda" Shields was born 4 Jul 1842, Tennessee; died 23 Jan 1924; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Zachariah Shields was born 1846, Tennessee; died 1902; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. Elijah R. "Lige" Shields was born 1849, Blount County, Tennessee; died 1890; was buried Myers Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    5. Mary Susan Shields was born 14 Nov 1850, Tennessee; died 10 Jan 1925, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 11 Jan 1925, Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    6. Lazrus George Snyder "George" Shields was born 14 Nov 1850, Tennessee; died 8 May 1925; was buried Woods Chapel Cemetery, Greene County, Arkansas.
    7. Ephrim Shields was born 14 Nov 1850; died INFANT.
    8. Frederick David Daniel Foute Shields was born 4 Jul 1852, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1931; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    9. Ruth Shields was born 28 Dec 1852, Blount County, Tennessee; died 11 Jun 1927, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 12 Jun 1927, Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    10. Margaret "Maggie" Shields was born 22 Sep 1856, Blount County, Tennessee; died 6 Nov 1940; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    11. William Henry Shields was born 23 Jan 1859, Tennessee; died 20 May 1902; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    12. Andrew Jackson "Andy" Shields was born 23 Jun 1863, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1926; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Russell Gregory was born 1795; died Dec 1864; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Russell — Susan Hill. Susan was born 1796; died 1880; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Susan Hill was born 1796; died 1880; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. Mary M. Gregory was born 1811; died 1904; was buried Burchfield-Wilson Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    2. 4. Drewry Gregory was born 7 Sep 1818; died 17 Jan 1875; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Charles Garrison Gregory was born 30 May 1823; died 16 May 1900; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. Walter Gregory was born 1828, Tennessee; died 12 May 1862; was buried Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky.

  3. 12.  Robert Shields was born 13 Oct 1784, Blount County, Tennessee (son of Richard Shields); died 1 Jan 1850; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: MC7V-0P

    Notes:

    Robert was a wealthy farmer in Cade's Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Christine Brown lists death as 11 January 1850.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
    "Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 18.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 59.

    Robert married Margaret Emert 1805. Margaret (daughter of Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig) was born 9 Mar 1788; died 1862. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Margaret Emert was born 9 Mar 1788 (daughter of Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig); died 1862.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: MC7V-1V

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 59.

    Children:
    1. Matilda "Tildia" Shields was born 5 Sep 1809; died 24 Oct 1889; was buried Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia.
    2. 6. Henry Frederick Shields was born 25 Jul 1813, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Jan 1885; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Oliver Hazard Perry Shields was born 14 Sep 1815; died 5 Feb 1886; was buried Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina.
    4. Joshua Shields
    5. Jackson Shields
    6. Henry Harrison Shields was born 20 Apr 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Feb 1891, Cade's Cove, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Anne Shields
    8. Rebecca Shields
    9. George Washington Shields was born Abt 1825, Tennessee; died 1862, Texas.
    10. Arnett Shields died 1915.
    11. Robert Shields

  5. 14.  John Oliver was born 1793 (son of John Oliver and Mary); died 1864; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 261.

    John — Lurena Frazier. Lurena was born 1795; died 24 Nov 1888; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Lurena Frazier was born 1795; died 24 Nov 1888; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 7. Mary "Polly" Oliver was born 18 Jul 1817, Carter County, Tennessee; died 31 May 1892; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    2. Martha Jane Oliver was born 28 Jul 1819, Blount County, Tennessee; died 18 Oct 1864; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Elizabeth Oliver was born 15 Jan 1822; died 2 Dec 1912; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. Lazarus Oliver was born 1827, , Blount County, Tennessee; died 1902, , Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    5. Elijah Oliver was born 20 Mar 1829, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 1905; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    6. Ruth Oliver was born 16 Jun 1833, Tennessee; died 24 Sep 1891; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. William Thomas Oliver was born 6 Sep 1837; died 2 Aug 1901; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    8. George M. Oliver was born 1824; died 1824; was buried Davis Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.