Thomas Gregory was born in Camden or Currituck County about 1842 to Samuel Gregory and his wife Chloe Gregory. (His CSA Army record states he was born in Camden County.) When the War Between the State began, he enlisted in Captain G.G. Luke’s Independent Company on July 15, 1861 at Shiloh in Camden County  for twelve months. Thomas, along with most of this company, was captured at Fort Hatteras on North Carolina’s Outer Banks on August 29, 1861. he was sent to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor and while imprisoned there was assigned to Company H, 32nd Regiment, NC Troops. He was paroled at Fort Warren on January 30, 1862 and transferred to Fort Monroe, Virginia for exchange. When this company was disbanded on April 2, 1862. Thomas enlisted in Company A, 56th Regiment on May 1, 1862 for the war. He was captured at the Second Battle of Gum Swamp, NC on May 22, 1863, was sent  to New Bern, NC and then to Fort Monroe Virginia for exchange. He was shown present or accounted for from July-August 1863 until his capture at Fort Stedman, near Petersburg, Virginia on March 25, 1865. He was transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland where he was confined until his release on June 27, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance.

After his release he returned to the Camden/Currituck County area. where he worked as a farmer/farm laborer. On October 3, 1870 in Currituck County he married Josephine Forbes, daughter of Tilmon Forbes and his wife Mary Dozier Forbes of Camden County. Thomas and Josephine had seven children all of whom lived to adulthood. In the 1880 census, Thomas and his family were living in Camden County. According to family information, Thomas died about 1883 and is buried in an unmarked grave somewhere along Maple Road in Currituck County.  

Contributed by Bob Stokley