Hiram Gibbs (1785-1844)

My great times three grandfather...whose birth anniversary was actually August 30.

Here's a partial repost of:

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Graves of James Gibbs (1740-1794) and Anne Barnett Johnson Gibbs (1740-1831)

Gibbs Cemetery

Union County, SC,
It's about 2 hours drive from where I live to Union, SC the town.

The private cemetery has my grandfather's grandmother's grandparents buried there: George Rogers' grandmother was Lucinda Benson Gibbs Rogers, whose grandfather was James Gibbs and grandmother was Anne Barnett Gibbs, whose tombs are seen in the photo above.

Both the city of Union and Union County received their names from the old Union Church that stood a short distance from the Monarch Mill. When it was first founded, the city of Union was known as Unionville; later the name was shortened to Union. The county's first white settlers came from Virginia in 1749. Union County's population grew the fastest between 1762 and the start of the Revolutionary War. Settlers built log cabins and cultivated tobacco, flax, corn and wheat. Union was one of the first towns settled in the area and was untouched during the Civil War because the Broad River flooded and turned Sherman’s troops away from the town.  (Wikipedia)

The will of James Gibbs (see below) leaves his plantation to Hiram, his son...but Hiram left for Mississippi with Lucinda and the Rogers around 1850.  Lucinda and the Rogers kept going (after a while) to Louisiana then Texas. So Hiram is buried in Mississippi, but his wife, Sabra Wilbourn Gibbs  made it all the way to Huntsville, TX.

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Will of Col. James Gibbs

His estate papers were found in Box 1, package 55. Zacharias Gibbs was the executor. His will was signed 8 Aug 1793. Recorded in Will Book A, p.19-20. An estate sale was held Nov 1794 and another in Oct 1795. Sale papers filed 4 Jan 1796.

The will stated his land was to be divided among the 3 youngest boys- Hiram to have the plantation. Daughter Agatha to have 1 shilling sterling. Mr. Jesse Connell and son Zacharias to manage the estate with his wife. Wife to receive 1/3 of estate, after debts paid. He desired to be buried in his own garden. The Negroes were not to be sold but rather kept on the place until the 3 youngest children were raised. Children all to have an equal part of the property, but Agatha. Oldest son Zacharias to have the cool spring land in Spartinburgh. Son John should have his negro Joe after the death of James' wife and Hiram comes of age. Daughter Susanah to have young negro June. Zacharias was to make title to all the land James had sold in Georgia.
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Gibbs Cemetery
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.68970, Longitude: -81.72690
 go to :
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=crMap&CRid=70116

  there are 12 internments in this private cemetery.

Gibbs, Anne "Ann" Barnett b. Nov. 30, 1740 d. May 23, 1831	Gibbs Cemetery Union County South Carolina, USA
Gibbs, James 98812066 b. 1740 d. Aug. 7, 1794	Gibbs Cemetery Union County South Carolina, USA
Gibbs, James 100852451 b. Feb. 11, 1812 d. Sep. 19, 1842	Gibbs Cemetery Union County South Carolina, USA
Gibbs, Rev John 100849211 b. May 16, 1810 d. Aug. 23, 1880	Gibbs Cemetery Union County South Carolina, USA
Gibbs, S 112593185 b. unknown d. 1816	Gibbs Cemetery Union County South Carolina, USA
Gibbs, Zachariah100842912 b. May 24, 1772 d. Dec. 6, 1814	Gibbs Cemetery Union County South Carolina, USA
Gregory, Infant 112593260 b. Sep. 14, 1853 d. Sep. 14, 1853	Gibbs Cemetery Union County South Carolina, USA
Robinson, Berry F 112593308 b. Jan. 15, 1836 d. Jan. 18, 1836	Gibbs Cemetery Union County South Carolina, USA
Robinson, M Priscilla Gibbs100848210 b. 1806 d. Aug. 9, 1836	Gibbs Cemetery Union County South Carolina, USA
Robinson, Sarah A100854727 b. 1826 d. Sep. 19, 1830	Gibbs Cemetery Union County South Carolina, USA
Sparks, James Franklin100855076 b. Jul., 1842 d. Apr. 4, 1858	Gibbs Cemetery Union County South Carolina, USA
Sparks, Mary Mayberry Gibbs 100852922 b. Jun. 25, 1814 d. Mar. 1, 1884

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father of Sabra Ann Wilbourn Gibbs, (w. of Hiram Gibbs, she died in Huntsville TX.)

Elijah Wilbourne (Wilburn) b. 1763, Sandy Creek, Randolph County, NC
d. 1819 Union Union County, SC

fantastic early photos of mills and Baptist ch in Sandy Creek, NC...maybe something to do with the Wilbournes.
http://randolphhistory.wordpress.com/tag/sandy-creek/

An edited repost of 

Wednesday, May 28, 2014:

The Gibbs connection

 Hiram Gibbs (1785 - 1844) married
 Sabra Ann Wilbourn Gibbs (1792 - 1864)

Birth:	1792 Union County South Carolina, USA
Death:	Jun. 26, 1864 Walker County Texas, USA
Sabra married Hiram Gibbs in Union County South Carolina in 1809. Her Father was Elijah Wilbourn

They were the parents of:
Jasper Gibbs (1810 - 1877)**
Thomas Gibbs (1812 - 1872)*
  Mary Ann Gibbs Canfield (1814 - 1864)*
  Lucinda (Luci) Benson Gibbs Rogers (1818 - 1884)
  Sandford Gibbs (1819 - 1886)**
  Angeline Gibbs (1822 - 1846)*
  Hiram Gibbs (1829 - 1869)*
Father of Hiram Gibbs: James Gibbs

Birth:	1740 Orange County Virginia, USA
Death:	Aug. 7, 1794 Union County South Carolina, USA
James married Anne "Ann' Johnson Barnett, on July 8, 1771, in Orange Co VA. She married a William Johnson in 1770, who must have died that first years of their marriage. 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 liviing children in the Will. 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. I've documented the lives of Hiram Gibbs children in other posts.
I'm including some links to various Union County historic sites. I've enjoyed looking at them, so you might also. The Battle of Blackstock's Historic Site, Cedar Bluff, Central Graded School, Corinth Baptist Church, Culp House, Judge Thomas Dawkins House, East Main Street-Douglass Heights Historic District, Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Fair Forest Hotel, Herndon Terrace, Gov. Thomas B. Jeter House, Meng House, Merridun, Pinckneyville, Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site, South Street-South Church Street Historic District, Union Community Hospital, Union County Jail, Union Downtown Historic District, Union High School-Main Street Grammar School, and Nathaniel Gist House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.