Gregory Family Notes and Notebook

Collection

Identifier: MSS 1973-012

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The notebook is a small book consisting of 33 leaves (6 blank) and 7 partial leaves. The major portion of the notebook contains business transactions between Lewis Gregory and various other persons whose names are mentioned and whose names or family names are found in early Gadsden County history. The business entries date from 1837 to 1861 and deal with beef, pork, mutton, sugar, peas, corn, tobacco, cotton, butter, etc. Near the back of the notebook are found eleven pages of family records dating from 1781 to 1885.

Includes Gregory family notes found among the papers of the late W.G. Fletcher. Many family names are mentioned. The accession number of the Gregory Family notebook was 76-1 and the notes 1-12.

Online Copy Available

The Gregory Family Notebook has been digitized and is available through the FSU Digital Library.

Dates

created: 1781-1885
Other: Gregory Family Notebook NOS since 2013

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical or Historical Information

Miss Agnes Gregory (donor) is the great great granddaughter of Jason Gregory whose ante-bellum mansion built in 1834 stands in Torreya State Park. The Gregory family was part of early Gadsden County history and in Florida history. The notebook has the name William S. Gregory in several places but most of the notations mention Lewis Gregory.