Col. James Gibbs In the Revolutionary War somewhere in the south

Col. James Gibbs

1740–1794

Birth 1740 • Virginia

Death 7 AUG 1794 • Union District, South Carolina, USA

My fourth great-grandfather on the George Rogers Family Tree.

Some of Col. James Gibbs' descendents visiting his and his wife's graves, now in a cow pasture near Spartanburg, SC

"James was a Revolutionary War Veteran, having served a total of 481 days in; 1778, 1779, 1780, he is also listed as serving 10 days in 1782. This was in the SC Archives No. 79, 1006/8, Bk 26, DAR Patriot Index, Vol II p.82. I have not determined a Unit Name he served with, however, most of the Union Co Patriots were in Col Thomas Branhon's unit." (note in Ancestry by Patricia Rogers Seliger)

The American Genealogical Biographical Index has two entries for his name...but I'm not certain that they are both/either speaking of his service.  One names James Lewin Gibbs as a LT.  The other has him as a "seaman."

See record info below:

Name	James Lewin Gibbs
Birth Date	1740
Birthplace	Virginia,
Volume	62
Page number	156
Biographical Info	lt.
Reference	Historical reg. Of Virginians in the Rev., soldiers, saliors and marines, 1775-1783. Ed. By John H. Gwathmey. Richmond, Va. 1938

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Name	James Gibbs
Birth Date	1740
Birthplace	Virginia,
Volume	62
Page number	155
Biographical Info	seaman
Reference	Historical reg. Of Virginians in the Rev., soldiers, saliors and marines, 1775-1783. Ed. By John H. Gwathmey. Richmond, Va. 1938

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So though the records at ancestry call him Col. James Gibbs, here he had a rank of LT...Lieutenant. 

And he is also listed as a "seaman." There is also a record of a James Lewin Gibbs born in 1850 to James and Ann Gibbs in Maryland, which wouldn't be my ancestor in all likelihood, since the birth date is 1850 instead of 1840.

A more recent memorial stone

My cousin Patricia Rogers Seliger did some research with the DAR records, and also says this about him:

James married Anne "Ann' Johnson Barnett, on July 8, 1771, in Orange Co VA...

They are buried in their old family garden, at the Gibbs Cemetery. Today, this place is known as the "C. T. S. Wilburn home place", Mrs Wilburn was the Gr-Gr Grand daughter of James Gibbs.

James & Ann had 9 known children:

Zachariah, John, Ambrose, James, Hiram, Agatha, Susan, Mary and Anna. Some are buried at the Gibbs Cemetery.

He was the son of John Gibbs Esq. of Middlesex Co VA, and Susanne Phillipe. It has been said, that his father died in 1770 in Charleston SC, his mother died in Spartanburg Co SC about 1786.

James moved from VA to NC and SC, they arrived in Union Co SC, then Old 96th district, before the Revolutionary War, building their first home near the Lower Fairforest Baptist Church. His father had recieved a land grant of 500 acres on Fairforest Creek in 1768. James received a grant of 640 acres on the Fairforest in 1772.

James left a will SPT Book 1, p.34, book 2, p.43 and book C, p.251. He left his son Zachariah as administrator, and names his living children in the Will.

This will is also availble through Ancestry.  The 2 hand written pages are legible, for slow careful readers, and there's also a typed a version of it, again for slow careful readers.

The location of where the Gibbs land was, near Lower Fairforest Baptist Church

I plan to post about Col. Gibb's wife, Anne Barnett Johnson Gibbs Nov. 29 2017 though her birthday is Nov. 30.

Today's Quote:

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

William Arthur Ward