Gregg, Hugh

Born: 1813-XX-XX South Carolina

Died: 1869-XX-XX Harrisburg, Illinois

Flourished: Hamilton County, Illinois

Hugh Gregg was a farmer and state legislator. Gregg emigrated with his father as a youth to Hamilton County, Illinois. In 1836 and 1837, he acquired 120 acres of public land in southeast Hamilton County near Rectorville. In 1850, Gregg was living and farming in Hamilton County and owned real property valued at $600. In June 1852, Gregg represented his district in the Illinois Senate, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Jeduthan P. Hardy. In 1854, he purchased 120 acres of public land in Saline County near his land in Hamilton County. Gregg won election, as a Democrat, to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1854, serving in that body from January to February 1855. Gregg was a staunch supporter of Stephen A. Douglas, and he represented Hamilton County at a convention of Douglas supporters held in April 1858. By 1860, Gregg owned real property valued at $3,000 and had a personal estate of $1,200. In 1861, Gregg returned to the Illinois Senate, serving in that body from January 1861 to December 1864. He moved to Williamson County in 1863. Gregg married three times and had thirteen children.

History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois (Chicago: Goodspeed, 1887), 620-21; Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Hamilton County, 110:48, 98; Saline County, SWP:27, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Gallatin County, 1 February 1846, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Illinois Daily Journal (Springfield), 9 June 1852, 2:1, 2 January 1855, 2:3; Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 22 April 1858, 2:4; John Clayton, comp., The Illinois Fact Book and Historical Almanac, 1673-1968 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970), 217, 220, 223, 225; List of Members of the Illinois Legislature in 1855; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Hamilton County, IL, 232; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Hamilton County, IL, 8; Gravestone, Douglass Cemetery, Eldorado, IL.