Lafayette Gregg

Lafayette S. Gregg (February 6, 1825 – November 1, 1891) was an Arkansas politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1868 to 1874.[1][2]

Lafayette S. Gregg was born February 6, 1825,[3] in Moulton, Lawrence County, Alabama. He was the son of Henry Gragg and Mary Murrell.[4][5] Lafayette married Mary A. Shreve 21 Dec 1852, in Washington County, Arkansas.[6][7][8][9][10] Colonel Lafayette S. Gregg served in Company S, Arkansas 4th Cavalry Regiment from 16 Oct 1864, until 30 Jun 1865 during the US Civil War.[11][12] Lafayette S. Gregg died November 1, 1891[13] in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas.

Gregg relocated to northwest Arkansas from Moulton, Alabama as a child in 1835. After growing up on a Washington County farm, Gregg read law in Fayetteville, Arkansas and passed the bar exam, rising to become a prominent attorney in town. During the Civil War, Gregg was in charge of the 4th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment He was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives after the war, later becoming the prosecutor for the Fourth Circuit, Chancellor of the Pulaski Chancery Court, and an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. Gregg also secured support for locating the Arkansas Industrial University in Fayetteville (now known as the University of Arkansas). Following its founding in 1871, Gregg was elected to the board of trustees. Gregg also became president of the Bank of Fayetteville and was defeated in a gubernatorial bid by Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. Following his death in 1891, courts, businesses, banks, and the university all closed on the day of Gregg's funeral. He is buried in nearby Evergreen Cemetery with several other influential Fayetteville residents.[14]

The Gregg House in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is named for him.

References

1. https://www.arcourts.gov/sites/default/files/tree/website_Arkansas%20Lawyer%20profiles%2020160106.pdf
2. https://librariesblog.uark.edu/judge-greggs-191st-birthday/
3. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gregg-1493-1
4. 1850; Census Place: Prairie, Washington, Arkansas; Roll: M432_31; Page: 385A; Image: 178
5. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZCZ-SZ?i=6&cc=1401638
6. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gregg-1493-4
7. 1870; Census Place: Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas; Roll: M593_66; Page: 229A; Family History Library Film: 545565
8. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68G7-QD9?i=2&cc=1438024
9. 1880; Census Place: Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas; Roll: 59; Page: 676A; Enumeration District: 215
10. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWT-C1B : 12 August 2017), Lafayette Gregg, Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 215, sheet 676A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0059; FHL microfilm 1,254,059.
11. National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine>, acquired 2007.
12. "Arkansas Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZV8-2HP : 27 November 2014), Lafayette Gregg, 1864; from "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M399 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1963), roll 36.
13. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gregg-1493-1
14. Wilhelm, James N. (April 2, 2010). "Lafayette Gregg (1825–1891)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved May 30, 2013.