Mrs. Cornelia Manning Gregg, consort of Col. Ja's. Gregg dec'd, died n Col'a So. Ca, Aug. 2, 1862, at an advanced age. She was the daughter of Rev'd Jonathan Maxcy, the early President of the So. Ca. College, and mother of Brig. Gen'l Maxcy Gregg, now in the Confederate Army. A lady, esteemed and beloved, by all who knew her.
Major James Jones Gregg died in Augusta Geo. Apl. 21, 1876, from wounds received at the hands of one Robert McEvoy in Graniteville So. Ca. on thursday 19th April 1876. The deceased citizen was a native of So. Ca. and was at the time of his decease actively engaged in his business in Graniteville, of which he was a large proprietor.... A notice of the deceased is hereunto attached from the Charleston News & Courier. [clipping] "Major James Jones Gregg, who was brutally and wantonly shot by Robert McEvoy, at Graniteville, on [p.198] Thursday, died at his residence in Augusta, at half-past 1 o'clock yesterday. Major Gregg was the son of the late William Gregg, of Charleston, the founder of Graniteville, and spent most of his early life in this city...."
William Gregg Esqr. an energetic and successful mechanic and manufacturer, died at Graniteville So. Ca. Sep'r 11, 1867, from a severe cold, contracted by exposure and undue exertions, in superintending the rebuilding of dams &c, which were connected with the Graniteville works, of the manufactory at that place. Mr. Gregg was a man of great energy, and practical knowledge. He gave the first impetus to the manufacture of cotton on a large scale in South Carolina; but in obtaining his first charter for the establishment of a factory in Charleston, he had to contend against the Aristocratic opposition of such Patriots as the Pickens, Middletons, Rhetts, Desaussures, and the like ilk, who were vehemently opposed to such industrial pursuits, as innovations on that time laziness and inaction, as so very distinguished a people, had the honor of supporting and sustaining. Lack-aday-, for such patriots!! Mr. Gregg persevered, succeeded, and the manufacturing mills at Graniteville are monuments of his genius, industry, perseverance, and character.
Mr. Gregg was a man from the North, had settled and resided in Columbia So. Ca. for many years, whence he removed to Charleston, and was successful in conducting a large jewelry and watch establishment. Thence to Graniteville in the rearing and building that village, and preparing for a very extensive manufacture of cotton, in which, he was eminently successful; and thence to his grave, very highly respected by his fellow citizens, and mourned by his immediate family.
Gregg, William (?? - 11 SEP 1867)
William Gregg was one of the signers of The Ordinance of Secession