John D. Gregory (son of William Gregory and Mary "Polly" Epperson Gregory) was born in 1808. In 1861 he enlisted in Nashville, Tn. as a private in Company B 18th Tennessee Confederate Infantry which was composed of Sumner Co. men and he trained at Camp Trousdale. According to his military records he died in the Confederate Camp at Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1861. His records state that he was in a hospital before he died. In a 1955 newspaper article written by Cal Gregory of Smith County, Tennessee family legend states that John was accidentally scalded to death. When soldiers died at this camp if they were claimed their bodies were sent home and if not they were buried in Bowling Green in several different locations. We do not know exactly what happened to John but with the help of Mr. Stephen Lynn King of the Bowling Green Sons Of Confederate Veterans a memorial marker was set up for John at the unknown Confederate section of the Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky in June of 2003.

John and Sarah had 12 children:

1. William Alexander Gregory was born on January 31, 1837. He was a private in Company E 24th Tennessee Confederate Infantry. He was shot in the left foot at the Battle of Perryville, Ky. and carried off the field by Sumner Co. comrade, T.J.Moncrief. He served the remainder of the war as a hospital nurse meeting trains full of wounded soldiers. After the war his leg and foot perished away and he died in Westmoreland, Tn. on August 25, 1904. He is buried in the Gregory Cem. in Westmoreland, Tn. He married Nancy Elizabeth Day on Nov. 11, 1854 in Sumner Co. For more information see William Gregory.

2. Margaret Gregory born in 1838.

3. Nancy E. Gregory born 1840.

4. Mary Ann Gregory was born in 1842. She married Jeremiah Belt who was born in 1851. The two had no children. They adopted Mary Ann's sister, Sarah W. Gregory Carter's, daughter Lucy Carter whom they renamed Lucy Belt.

5. John B. Gregory born March 26, 1844. He married Harriet Ellen Odell of Simpson Co., Ky. on January 30, 1868 at the house of the bride's father with the ceremony performed by Rev. Carter. John served as a Confederate in the Civil War (I believe the 6th Kentucky Infantry). They had five sons: Graham, Henry, Neely, Shelby, and Irvin. John died and was buried in Robertson County, Tn. He died on Dec. 29, 1916.

6. James K. Polk Gregory born 1845 and died in 1932 in the Sumner Co. poor house.

7. George Moses Dallas Gregory born June 30, 1846. He married Mary Ann Eunice Hughes. He died on March 20, 1926. They are buried in the old cemetery in Gallatin, Tn.
   For more information see George Gregory and Mary Hughes.

8. Marcus L. Gregory born in 1849. He married Isabell Ramsey.

9. Sarah W. Gregory born in 1851 married Landon Carter. She died on June 25, 1889 and he in September of 1887. They had two daughters: Cintha Carter who married Davis Gregory. They are buried in the Neale Cemetery in the Sametown Comm. of Sumner Co. Cintha gave consent for her sister, Lucy Carter who was born in Sept. of 1886, to be adopted by their aunt and uncle, Jeremiah and Mary Ann (Gregory) Belt. Lucy's surname was changed from Carter to Belt.

10. Thomas Jefferson Gregory was born in May of 1850 and died Dec. 10, 1924. He married Louise Margaret Saterfield who was born in 1855 and also died before 1926. They are buried in the Hopewell Bapt. Church in Sumner Co.

11. Louisa Gregory born in 1856.

12. Andrew Jackson Gregory was born on January 27, 1857 and died on January 21, 1930. He was married to Sarah Ellen Bevels who was born on Dec. 25, 1859 and died on July 8, 1930. The two married on May 26, 1878.