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From: "Bill" <>
Subject: Re: [WASH] Washington Co. and (West) Virginia connections and the GIBSON family
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:58:13 -0400
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More Gibson in Greene Co...Hennen Cemetery records:
Buried in Clarksville Cemetery, Morgan Township, Clarksville, Pa:
Gibson, Annie B. b. 11-25-1829 d. 10-14-1877
wife of Rev. J.S. Gibson
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From: "E. J. Richards" <>
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Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 3:26 PM
Subject: [WASH] Washington Co. and (West) Virginia connections and the
GIBSON family
> Could some kind souls out there give me a hint or two about where I need
to
> look in (West) Virginia for cross-border connections to Washington Co.?
My
> Archer ancestors were in Washington Co. in the late 18th and early 19th
> centuries, and my Gibsons, to whom they were related (two Archer sisters
> married two Gibson brothers ca. 1810), seem to have come from what became
> West Virginia. The Archers in Washington Co. have been traced back fairly
> clearly. The Gibsons are a mystery. Here is what I know about my 3rd
> g-grandfather John Gibson:
> 1810 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington Co., Hopewell Twp., p. 52
> John Gibson: 1 - - 1-/- - 1 - - - -
> This would seem to indicate that John Gibson, the father, was between 26
and
> 45 in 1810, that his first son was under ten, and that his wife Sarah
Archer
> was between 16 and 26. He died in 1819. His will turns up.
>
> Here is the will information I have been given by other kind souls out
> there:
> Washington Co., PA Deeds BK 2-Z, pp.369-370
> Sarah Gibson, relict, widow of John Gibson, deceased; David Archer and
wife
> Jane; John B. Garret and wife, Nancy, heirs of John Gibson, deceased all
> of Washington Co. to John Gibson and Samuel Gibson of Washington CO,
$4000,
> land in Hopewell Twp, Washington Co, bounded by David Bucanan, James
Welch,
> John Keenan, Samuel McCarty, John Adams, 229A.
> Signed Sarah (her mark) Gibson, David Archer, Jane F. Archer, John
> B.Garrett, Nancy A. Garrett
> Wit: James McFaden
> Dower interview: 3 Apr 1840
> Recorded: 30 Mar 1841
> From: "Washington County, Penn- An Abstract of Will Book #7",
> Citizens Library, Washington, PA, 1975-1984, p. 39
>
> Will Book Bk 7, p. 123
> Dated 13 Oct 1850
> Probated 9 Dec 1850
> Sarah Gibson, Cross Creek
> 1. Nancy Garrett
> 2. Jane Archer
> 3. Samuel Gibson
> 4. John Deed
> Executor: John Garrett & Samuel Gibson
>
> Samuel Gibson here had a daughter named after his sister, Nancy Garrett
> Gibson, who was my great-grandmother and she died in 1928 -- I just have
had
> a new grave marker put up for her and her husband.
>
> All of these ancestors were members of the Independence Twp - Mt. Hope
> United Presbyterian Church which I don't think exists any more.
(Correction
> needed if I'm wrong, please.)
>
> An obscure family legend claims the Gibson line was a "First Family of
> Virginia", but instead of mint juleps out on the veranda, I guess these
> Gibsons were of the poor kind. OK, I can live with that -- I just would
> like to trace the Gibson line (and not only because they have a really
neat
> tartan -- Old Buchanan, and one of the main streets in Edinburg is Gibson
> Street).
>
> For any help, I'd be very grateful.
>
> Jeff Richards
> Muenster, Germany
>
>
>
>
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