His wife Barbara was the first to be buried in the Groce Cemetery in 1835. He followed in 1839.

He served in the Revolutionary War and was wounded in his right arm at the battle of Hanging Rock in

South Carolina, after a week in hospital he went back to the fight.∼Early Times in Clinton Co., Vol. I, Jack Ferguson, p. 130...Theobald Gross was known variously as Ewald, Dewald, and in Clinton county, as Duvll Groce and Tywalt Groce.

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Moravian Church Records of births -

Moravian Archives

Drawer M. Wiston-Salem North Carolina.

Wachovia Church Book - Gross Baptisms:

Catharine b. December 29, 1773. Parents Dewald and Barbara Gross

Anna Margretha b. November 27, 1785. Parents Dewalt and Barbara Gross

Christina b. June 9,1794. Parents Theowald Gross and Barbara m.n. Edlemann. Sponsors Simon and

Maria Magdalena Gross

Jacob b. January 12 1797 Parents Dewald and Barbar m.n. Edlemann Gross. Sponsors Heinrich Schor

and Catharina m.n. Wagner

Bethabara Church Book - Gross Baptisms

Johannes b. February 5, 1776. Parents Ewald and Barbara Gross. Sponsors Simon and ________Gross

David b. 1781 (bpt. April 7 1782) Parents Dewald and Barbara Gross. Sponsors the parents

Simon b. May 7, 1783. Parents Dewald and Barbara Gross. Sponsors the parents.

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Surry County, North Carolina 1800 Census

Tevault Gross 1 male under 10; 3 males 10-16; 1 male 45 over; 1 female under 10; 1 female 10-16; 1 female 45 over.

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Cumberland County Kentucky 1810 Census

Tywelt Gross 1 male 10-16; 2 male 16-26; 1 male 45 over; 1 female 10-16; 1 female 16-26; 1 female 45 over.

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Surry County Deeds, Book G. Page 33 6 Feb 1797

Simon Gross to Devalt (sic) Gross . . . . . .containing on the whole 150 acres . . . . more of less it being part of 238 acres of land conveyed by Frederic Shore by a conveyance bearing the date 4th day of Aug 1769 to Simon Gross. . . . . signed "Simon Gross" (that looks like the same handwriting as the deed itself) Witnesses: H. Speer, John Miller and John Joiner.

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York's Fentress County Tennessee.

Buried in Groce Cemetery,Clinton co. Ky.

Wife was Barbara Eddleman, b.1752,in Germany,

d. 1835, Clinton Co., Ky,

Issue listed,

Henry, b. 1777-?

Simon, b. 5-7-1783, Surry N.C.

Christina, b. 6-9-1794

Jacob, b. 1-12-1797, N.C.