Books containing Gregg History

• QUAKER GREGGS by Hazel May Middleton Kendall Published 1944. An excellent book on the origins and history of the Greggs who are descendants of William Gregg, immigrant to Delaware, with linages to Pennsylana, Virginia, and North Carolina.
  Go here for an article on the book by J.K. Gregg.

• THE ANCESTORS OF GREGG LIVINGSTON NEEL by Gregg Livingston Neel copyright 1973. Includes his Scottish heritage through Early Delaware Quakers and his family roots in Pennsylvania.

• UNDER THE CHINABERRY TREE by Dwight A. Collier and Martha Dingler Moore. Copyright 1985. Included are Greggs from South Carolina and Alabama.

• "A CRANE'S FOOT"- or Pedigree of the Gregg, Stuart, Robertson, Dobbs and Allied Families: by E. Stuart Gregg, Jr., publ. by the R.L. Bryan Co., Columbia, SC 1975. It is in many historical and research libraries throughout the U.S. ( Library of Congress Card No. 75-30434.) E. Stuart Gregg's line traced is through a John Gregg who was b. ante 1730 in or near Belfast, Ireland and emigrated to Charleston, SC prior to 1750, settling in the Pee Dee section of SC.

• FOOTPRINTS: THE STORY OF THE GREGGS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. A compilation by Louise Miller McCarty 1951.

• HOCKESSIN, a pictoral history (2nd edition)by Joseph R. Lake Jr. 1997. This book, written for the friends of Hoskessin Library, covers a period between 1688-1997 including history of early Delaware families of the Hockessin Valley.

• JOSIAH GREGG AND HIS VISION OF THE WEST by Paul Horgan.

• DIARY & LETTERS OF JOSIAH GREGG edited by Maurice Garland Fulton copyright 1941 Norman University of Oklahoma. Practically all the material involved relates to the 1840's. The intention was to make more explicit Gregg's movements and enterprises as well as his method and mind.

• WILLIAM GREGG; Factory Master of the Old South by Broadus Mitchell. First edition 1928, The University of North Carolina Press. Reprinted 1966 by Octaon Books, Inc.

  Books with Gregg authors

  • THE COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES by Josiah Gregg. originally Published in 1844. Journal of a Santa Fe Trader during expeditions across the western praries.

  • Gregg Shorthand Pub. 1929 by John Robert Gregg.

    MacGregor History Books

    • ROB ROY MACGREGOR His Life and Times, 1982 by W. M. Murray. This is the book the recent movie was based on. Read this article by J.K. Gregg about the book. "A letter about Rob Roy"

    • ROB ROY MACGREGOR, ROGUE OR ROMANTIC HERO ? by Gilbert J. Summers 1984.

    • THE MACGREGOR TRILOGY by Nigel Tranter:
      McGregors Gathering, The Clansman, and Gold for Price Charlie.

    • "Rob Roy and Heart of Midlothian" by Sir Walter Scott.

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