Isaac Gregory
US Colonial Brigadier General
Isaac Gregory (c. 1737–1800) was a politician, Senator in the North Carolina General Assembly, and Brigadier General in the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution.
Early life
Isaac was born in about 1737 in Pasquotank County, Province of North Carolina. He was the son of William Gregory and Judith Morgan. He held positions in Pasquotank County as Justice in 1765 and Collector of Public Debts in 1769-1770, and Sheriff (1770, 1773). He represented Pasquotank County in the last Province of North Carolina House of Burgesses General in 1775. He was a delegate to the North Carolina Provincial Congresses in 1775 and 1776 when the North Carolina constitution was written. He served as a member of the Edenton District Committee of Safety. In July 1777, the General Assembly named him to a committee to establish a courthouse and other public building for the newly created Camden County (created in 1777 from portions of northern Pasquotank County), where many of Isaac's land holdings were located. He represented Camden County in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1780-1781.
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