Capt. Aaron Gregg

1776 - 1841  (64 years)

• Headstones		Capt. Aaron Gregg (d. 1841)
  		Aaron Gregg and Polly DeMoss pillar
  		Gregg Cemetery #2, Bracken Co., Kentucky

  
  

• Name	Aaron Gregg  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	3 Jul 1776  [5]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Listed in JL Jr.'s SAR application as a Revolutionary War soldier, but the date of his birth precludes that. His father and father-in-law served, however. There was an Aaron Gregg who was in the Revolution (in the "Legion of the United States," under Anthony Wayne), but he couldn't be this one. He was in the War of 1812, a Captain in the 16th Regiment (Porter's) of the Kentucky Volunteer Militia. According to Kendall, "He was a Captain 16th Regiment Kentucky Militia War 1812-14 in Canada. [According to his GG Grandaughter Mary Gregg McCollum,] ‘When he returned home from war his Mother Sarah treated him to a dish of baked apples. That may mean his mother was saving but it might also have meant that Aaron loved baked apples and he did not get any in the army.' Immediately after his marriage he placed his bride beside him on a horse, a feather bed in front of him, and rode to his mother's home at ‘the old pear tree' in Bracken County to live." See in: Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812, index, p. 395.  [2, 6]
  Died	30 May 1841	Bracken Co., Kentucky
  Buried	Gregg Cemetery #2, Bracken Co., Kentucky   [7, 8, 9]
  	http:/​/​www​.findagrave​.com/​cgi-bin/​fg​.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63247796
  Notes	His father's family descends from immigrant ancestor Samuel Gregg. His mother's family descends from immigrant ancestor William Gregg (of the so-called "Quaker Greggs"). From John Gregg Fee's autobiography: ". . . Sarah Gregg, was a Quakeress from Pennsylvania. Her eldest son, Aaron Gregg, my wife's [Matilda Hamilton's] grandfather, was an industrious free laborer, an ardent lover of liberty, and very outspoken in his denunciations of slavery. This opposition to slavery and his love of liberty passed to his children and children's children, almost without exception." His will names his wife as Sarah Gregg, and chilidren as John, Hiram, and Samuel. It was dated 7 Jan. 1841. [4, 10]
  Person ID	I6051	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	John Gregg           b. 15 Oct 1747, Loudoun Co., Virginia           d. 7 Oct 1799, Bracken Co., Kentucky  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Sarah Gregg           b. 6 Aug 1753, Loudoun Co., Virginia           d. 31 Jul 1833, Bracken Co., Kentucky  (Age 79 years)
  Married	25 Sep 1773	Loudoun Co., Virginia
  Family ID	F4276	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Mary "Polly" Demoss           b. 18 Sep 1780, Berkeley Co., Virginia           d. 15 Jan 1853  (Age 72 years)
  Married	26 Nov 1801  [5]
  Children	+ 1. John Demoss Gregg           b. 20 Aug 1802           d. 11 Mar 1876, Genoa, Ottawa Co., Ohio  (Age 73 years) + 2. Elizabeth S. Gregg           b. 11 Apr 1804, Kentucky           d. 27 Mar 1872, Bracken Co., Kentucky  (Age 67 years) 3. Hiram Demoss Gregg           b. 16 Sep 1805           d. 17 Feb 1891  (Age 85 years)   4. Samuel Gregg           b. 27 Apr 1807           d. 18 Dec 1854  (Age 47 years) + 5. Rebecca Gregg           b. 15 Aug 1809           d. 21 Aug 1881  (Age 72 years) 6. Eliza Gregg           b. 17 Feb 1811, Bracken Co., Kentucky           d. 3 Jul 1883, Peru, Miami Co., Indiana  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2007
  Family ID	F4275	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Died - 30 May 1841 - Bracken Co., Kentucky  Buried - - Gregg Cemetery #2, Bracken Co., Kentucky   = Link to Google Earth
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  "Capt. Aaron Gregg". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?tng_extras=1&personID=I6051&tree=1sttree (accessed March 28, 2020).