Individual Details
Gregory C. Doyel
(19 Dec 1766 - 1846)
Gregory was one of the earliest settlers of present Edmonson County. He served as an Ensign of the 25th Regiment, Warren County militia in 1802, and later helped in establishing the county seat of Brownsville in 1825 by buying town lots. However, first and foremost Gregory was a farmer; his will mentions cotton, turnips, wheat, apples, peaches, and "sugar" among crops; and horses, cows, hogs and sheep among livestock. He was also a slave owner. His religious affiliation was Cumberland Presbyterian.
Gregory and Martha had nine children. The first six children were born in North Carolina before migrating into Kentucky. Their children were: 1) Samuel (1786-c. 1870), married twice and father to 18 children. He lived in the Little Jordan / Ugly Creek area; 2) Margaret (1788- ?), married Daniel J. Smith and had eight children; 3) Mary "Polly" (1790-1835), married George McLean, one of the first justices of the peace in Hart County and an early owner, along with his brothers, of Mammoth Cave. This family migrated to Illinois; 4) Elizabeth (1792- ? ); 5) Richard Gott (1794-c. 1865), married 1) Sarah Garrison and 2) a widow, Elizabeth J. Furlong. Richard was a Baptist minister and early Edmonson Co. justice of the peace as well as farmer; 6) John (1797c.1835), married Nancy and had 6 children before his early death; 7) Martha (1799 ? ); 8) Hannah (1801-c. 1825), married Matthew Garrison and had six children before her early death; 9) Cassandra (1803-c.1840) married Jesse Garrison. This family migrated to Green Co., IL, and raised six children.
Gregory's wife Martha died about 1840, and he then married Drusilla Estes who was almost 50 years his junior. Gregory died about 1846 and is buried in what is today known as the Holton Cemetery in Mammoth Cave National Park. This cemetery was the original family cemetery on the land Gregory settled. Gregory's will, recorded in the Edmonson County Will Book, reveals a great deal about his family's lifestyle. It also reveals that Gregory had little liking for one of his sons-in-law to whom he left "one dollar and no more."
Events
Families
Spouse | Martha Gott ( - ) |
Child | Samuel Doyel (1786 - 1870) |
Child | Margaret Doyel (1788 - ) |
Child | Mary "Polly" Doyel (1790 - 1835) |
Child | Elizabeth Doyel (1792 - ) |
Child | Richard Gott Doyel (1794 - 1864) |
Child | John Doyel (1797 - 1835) |
Child | Martha Doyel (1799 - ) |
Child | Hannah Doyel (1801 - 1826) |
Child | Cassandra Doyel (1803 - 1838) |
Notes
Census (family)
249 22 Doyel Gregory . 1 2 1 1 2 1 . . 1 . .1 male 1-16
2 males 16-26
1 male 26-44
1 male 45+
2 females under 16
1 female 16-26
1 female 45+
Endnotes
1. The Family Of Abraham Meredith & Minisa Jane Crouch, Phil Ragland online [http://u4eah.home.mindspring.com/WC_TOC.HTM], accessed Aug 2006.
2. E-family tree.net, Rob Salzman online [http://www.e-familytree.net/F120/F120506.htm], accessed Aug 2006.
3. The Family Of Abraham Meredith & Minisa Jane Crouch, Phil Ragland online [http://u4eah.home.mindspring.com/WC_TOC.HTM], accessed Aug 2006, Norman Warnell, Mammoth Cave - Forgotten Stories of It's People..
4. , 1810 US Federal, Warren Co., Kentucky,; USGenWeb Census Project..
5. The Family Of Abraham Meredith & Minisa Jane Crouch, Phil Ragland online [http://u4eah.home.mindspring.com/WC_TOC.HTM], accessed Aug 2006.
6. The Family Of Abraham Meredith & Minisa Jane Crouch, Phil Ragland online [http://u4eah.home.mindspring.com/WC_TOC.HTM], accessed Aug 2006, Norman Warnell, Mammoth Cave - Forgotten Stories of It's People..