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Robert Gragg Jr.

Birth
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Death
1800 (aged 44–45)
Greene County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
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Robert Gregg Jr. was born in 1755 in Augusta County, Virginia, British Colonial America. His parents were

Robert Gragg Sr. and Lydia Alice Harrison. He married Ellender Dinah Harlen.  And the brother of Thomas Gragg (b-1761, d-bef. Nov. 1827) and Ann Gragg-Crow (b-1761, d-aft. 1805). Robert Gregg Jr. passed away around or after 1800 in Greene County, Tennessee. According to "Gragg Descent" (~ George Robert Gragg 1978, pp 78) he was killed by Indians.


Robert was named as one of the executors of his father's will (Robert Sr.), dated in 1793. The War of 1812 records show a l l of Robert's brothers, with the exception of William, enlisted in the East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry - but not Robert. A conjecture i s, that Robert, J r., was killed by Indians" (From the Book "Gragg Descent" by George Robert Gragg 1978)


Robert, Jr. , was first mentioned in Augusta County court records as a tax payer in 1782. His name i s mentioned several times in court procedures, as a witness, land transactions, etc., untile 1786, and the Tax List of that year shows - "Robert Gragg, J r . , moved to Holston (Tennessee).(From the Book "Gragg Descent" by George Robert Gragg 1978)


The War of 1812 records show all of Robert's brothers, with the exception of William, enlisted in the East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry - but not Robert. A conjecture is, that Robert, Jr., was killed by Indians" (From the Book "Gragg Descent" by George Robert Gragg 1978), but this has not been proven by any sources or records.


Robert Gregg Jr. was born in 1755 in Augusta County, Virginia, British Colonial America. His parents were

Robert Gragg Sr. and Lydia Alice Harrison. He married Ellender Dinah Harlen.  And the brother of Thomas Gragg (b-1761, d-bef. Nov. 1827) and Ann Gragg-Crow (b-1761, d-aft. 1805). Robert Gregg Jr. passed away around or after 1800 in Greene County, Tennessee. According to "Gragg Descent" (~ George Robert Gragg 1978, pp 78) he was killed by Indians.


Robert was named as one of the executors of his father's will (Robert Sr.), dated in 1793. The War of 1812 records show a l l of Robert's brothers, with the exception of William, enlisted in the East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry - but not Robert. A conjecture i s, that Robert, J r., was killed by Indians" (From the Book "Gragg Descent" by George Robert Gragg 1978)


Robert, Jr. , was first mentioned in Augusta County court records as a tax payer in 1782. His name i s mentioned several times in court procedures, as a witness, land transactions, etc., untile 1786, and the Tax List of that year shows - "Robert Gragg, J r . , moved to Holston (Tennessee).(From the Book "Gragg Descent" by George Robert Gragg 1978)


The War of 1812 records show all of Robert's brothers, with the exception of William, enlisted in the East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry - but not Robert. A conjecture is, that Robert, Jr., was killed by Indians" (From the Book "Gragg Descent" by George Robert Gragg 1978), but this has not been proven by any sources or records.




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