Onslow County NcArchives Photo Tombstone.....Gregory, Lot 
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File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Bill Gibson bgibson@uncfsu.edu October 2, 2006, 1:44 am

Cemetery:           Montford Point Federal Cemetery
Name:               Lot Gregory

Date Of Photograph: October 1, 2006
Photo can be seen at:
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In Memory of Lot Gregory
Born June 7, 1829.
Died Dec. 16, 1890.

An amiable father
here lies at rest as
ever god with his
image blest
The friend of man.
The friend of truth.
The friend of age the
guide of youth.


Additional Comments:
Lott Gregory, the son of Lott and Mary Gregory.  Husband of Martha Caroline 
Barber, daughter of Micah Barber and Elizabeth Brinson.

According to "Onslow County Heritage", he was a prosperous plantation owner, 
who sold his plantation after the Civil War because could not make it work 
without slaves.  They moved to Marines, NC (where the USMC Camp Lejeune Base 
is now located)and he made money in fisheries and oystering on the Lower New 
River.

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