Person:Robert Gragg (1)

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Robert Gragg, of Greene Co., TN
d.Bef 3 May 1796 Greene County, Tennessee
m. Bef 1715
  1. Thomas Gragg, of Augusta Co., VAAbt 1715 - Bef 1773
  2. John GraggEst 1725 - 1784
  3. Robert Gragg, of Greene Co., TN1732 - Bef 1796
  4. Margaret GraggEst 1732 -
  5. William Gragg1735 - 1789
  • HRobert Gragg, of Greene Co., TN1732 - Bef 1796
  • WLydia HarrisonAbt 1737 - Abt 1788
m. 1755
  1. Henry Gragg1755 - 1824
  2. Robert Gragg, Jr.1756 - 1796
  3. Samuel Gragg1757 - 1841
  4. Nancy Ann Gragg1759 - 1827
  5. Thomas Gragg, Sr., of Greene Co., TN1761 - Abt 1827
  6. Dinah GraggAbt 1761 - Bef 1796
  7. Rosannah GraggAbt 1763 - Bef 1796
  8. John Gragg1765 - Bef 1847
  9. Abigail Gragg1773 - Aft 1841
  10. William Gragg1775 - Aft 1817
  11. Elizabeth "Betsy" Gregg1777 - 1851
Facts and Events
Name Robert Gragg, of Greene Co., TN
Alt Name Robert Gregg
Gender Male
Birth? 1732 Northern Ireland
Marriage 1755 Augusta County, Virginiato Lydia Harrison
Death? Bef 3 May 1796 Greene County, Tennessee

Robert Gragg was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Land

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:

  • Page 166.--16th February, 1763. William Wilson and Agness to Robt. Gragg, £20, 200 acres, part of 400 acres on North Fork of North River of Shanandoe patented to William, 25th March, 1752; David Williams' land. Delivered: Frederick Michael, 7th March, 1792.
  • Page 258.--19th May, 1767. William Shannon and Jean ( ) to Robert Gragg, £35, 100 acres, part of 400 patented to William Humphrey, 25th June, 1747, and by him conveyed to Henry Smith, and by him to Wm. Shannon, on North River Shanando, white oak on Castle Hill. Teste: Samuel McFeeters, Moses Hall, John ( ) Cozby. Delivered: Frederick Michael, 7th March, 1792.

Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:

  • Page 332.--31st October, 1788. Robert Gragg to Frederick Michel, of Rockingham, 513 acres patented to Robert, 6th April, 1769; 70 acres on Nores Run of North River of Shanidore, patented to Robert, 10th April, 1781; 400 acres patented to Robert, 1st June, 1782; near Castle Hill.

Will Transcript

Third day of May 1796. The Will of Robert Gragg Being low in body, but in perfect mind, and of good memory, I make this my last will and testament.
I do give and bequeath to my two Beloved sons John and William, the land I now possess to them and their heirs forever. And the executors shall so divide the land so as to have each an equal in value and improvements considered and that one shall not dispose of his part without the consent of the other.
I give to John my sorrel horse, bay mare, old cattle, four sheep and half the hogs. To William, the young sorrel mare, gray horse, one grown cow, two young cattle, four sheep and half the hogs, my wifes gun, the big pot and crook. To John the little oven and little pot and crook and one plow to William.
I do bequeath to my beloved daughter Abigail Gregg the young rone mare, one cow, three sheep, her bed and bedding and half the dresser.
To my Beloved daughter Betsy Gregg one bed and bedding.
To my Beloved son Robert Gragg, my big Bible.
To my Beloved son Samuel Gragg, my sword. All that remains at my death over and above paying legatees above mentioned and what money is coming from Virginia that may remain at my death, after paying Col. Kelley, also it is my desire that out of the price of the Steed named Shakespeare that there shall be 25 lbs Virginia currency to be paid to my daughter Betsy when she marries.
I do bequeath to my sons Thomas Gragg, Henry Gragg, Samuel Gragg, and Robert Gragg, Benjamin Crow, George Malcolm, and Joseph McMurtry an equal share of what remains after paying legatees above.
I do bequeath to my sons John and William each of them their axes, and what books remain at my death except the Bible and the harrow, to be equally divided.
I do likewise constitute and appoint, make and ordain my two beloved sons Samuel and Robert to be my sole executors. My desire is that John and William live and work together. That William trade none, but John be sole actor for him while they work together, but if they separate the executors is to take William's estate all in their hands and keep it till he is twenty-one years old. I ratify this to be my last will and hereby revoke all others.
[Signed] Robert Gregg
Benjamin Crow, Jurat William Wall
Citation: Wikitree.com

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

  • Page 519.--Patent to Alex. Brownlee, 20th June, 1749, on north side of the southermost branch of the North River. Delivered: Robert and Samuel Gragg.
  • Page 341.--1st June, 1756. Silas Hart, gent., and Jane to John Smith, Jr., 230 acres, part of 400 acres patented to Jno. McClure, 15th December, 1749, and conveyed by McClure to Hart, on South Fork of North River of Shannandore. Teste: Jno. Malkem, Alexander Herring, Robert Gragg. Recorded on motion of Daniel Smith on behalf of John. Delivered: Henry Smith, 28th July, 1764.
  • Page 423.--20th May, 1765. Walter Trimble and Rosanna ( ) to their son, Robert Trimble, £95, 370 acres on Free Mason's Run, a branch of North River Shanandore. Teste: George Moffet, William Shanan, Robert Gragg.
  • Page 417.--18th August, 1767. Edwad Erwin to William Shannon, release deed for 400 acres mortgaged by grantee to grantor, 20th March, 1765. Moses Hall, Samuel McFeeters, Robert Gragg. Delivered: Col. Abraham Smith, 25th October, 1768.
  • Page 325.--19th September, 1780. Edward Erwin (Irvine) and Mary, to Benj. Crow. of Rockingham, part of 400 acres patented to Alex. Brownlee, 12th June, 1749. Teste: James Gauy (Guy), Francis Mara, Robert ( ) Gregg.
  • Page 280.--Patent to David Hogshead, 1st June, 1782. Teste: Robert Gragg, John Davis, Jas. Hogshead.
  • Page 117.--26th March, 1785. Arthur Edwards and Jane ( ) to Thos. Gragg. Teste: Robert Gragg. Sr., John Hair. Robert Gragg, Jr.
  • Page 76.--On Thorn Branch, patented to Robert Gragg, Jr. Teste: Thomas Greene, Wm. McKemy, Richard ( ) Cain.

Notes

From "The Gregg Family History Project Website":

Robert Gragg lived in Augusta County, Virginia, approximately 38 years and all of his known children were born there. As nearly as can be determined, he moved into the county with his father's family, about the year 1750. According to historians, the country now embraced in Augusta County was not entered by white men until the year 1716. The area was originally inhabited by Shawnee Indians. The first permanent settlement by white people in this section of Virginia was in 1726, on the Shenandoah River, a few miles below the present town of Port Republic. Although some were of German and English decent, the early settlers were almost exclusively of the Scotch-Irish race, natives of the north of Ireland, but of Scottish ancestry. Many had first settled in the south-central part of Pennsylvania, then migrated farther to the south and west to the Shenandoah Valley. Most of those early immigrants were dissenters from the Church of England - they were Presbyterian faith and victims of religious persecution in their native land. They were generally a profoundly religious people, bringing the Bible with them and as soon as possible erected log meeting houses in which to assemble for the worship of God. The Church of England was established by law throughout the colony but while a spirit of intolerance and inseparation from such a system prevailed in other parts of Virginia, the dissenters of the Valley had very little to complain about. The first Presbyterian minister in the Valley was the Rev. John Craig, born 1709, in County Antrim, Ireland. He was educated at Edinburg, was licensed to preach in 1737, and came to Augusta County in 1740. Augusta County was formed from Orange County in 1738. The new county consisted of all that portion of the Colony of Virginia, which lay west of the Blue Ridge Mountains; bounded on the north by the boundaries of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the Rappahannock River on the west its territory embraced all of the land claimed by the British, without limit or extent and on the south by the Carolina line. Augusta County was named in honor of Princess Augusta, wife of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, the father of George

III. After about 35 years of pioneering and living in Augusta County, Robert sold his land and buildings and moved to Holston Country (Tennessee). Augusta County court records show, "22 October 1788, Robert Gragg about to move to the frontier of North Carolina." The records also reveal that Robert sold his 513 acres of land to Frederick Michel of Rockingham County, Virginia.


3. Robert Gragg (son of John Gragg). See book written by George Robert Gragg -- "Gragg Descent."

Source: http://www.colonialgreggs.gfhp.co.uk/

References
  1.   Find A Grave.

    Robert Gregg Sr.
    Birth 1732
    Ireland
    Death 5 May 1796 (aged 63–64)
    Greene County, Tennessee, USA
    Burial Gregg Family Farm Cemetery
    Greene County, Tennessee, USA

    Robert Gragg Sr was born about 1732, born in Northern Ireland, and emigrated from Ireland to America in the early 1740s with his parents John Gregg and Nancy Wood, to America with his brothers Thomas, John, William, and sister Margaret.

    Robert married Lydia Alice Harrison in 1754,in Augusta County, Virginia

    The family lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, for a period of years, then migrated southwest through the Shenandoah Valley, to Augusta County, Virginia* , in the early 1750s.

    Robert sold his Virginia Farm, and removed to Greene County, Tennessee (Nolichucky Settlement) to develop a new 500 acre farm out of the Tennessee forest.

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160077987/robert_gregg

  2.   Bates, Lucy Womack; Daughters of the American Revolution (Tennessee); and Helen C. (Helen Crawford) Marsh. Roster of soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution buried in Tennessee. (Brentwood, Tennessee: Tennessee Society, NSDAR, c1979).

    Image:Robert Gragg in Roster of Soldiers in American Revolution living in Tennessee.jpg


    Note: the spouses of children Samuel and Elizabeth appear to be incorrect based upon other records.