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From: "Bill" <>
Subject: Fw: [WASH] Washington Co. and (West) Virginia connections and the GIBSON family
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 19:21:17 -0400


Monday, September 01, 2003 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [WASH] Washington Co. and (West) Virginia connections and the
GIBSON family


> Using the Hennen Cemetery records of Greene County, Pa., which also
contains
> Tax and Census records of the county, I find:
> Under the 1798 Direct Tax List Richhill Twonship, Greene Co....under the
> listing of "Surveys":
> Gibson, John
> Gibson, Edward
> And in "Additional Names in 1810 Census of Richhill Township:
> Gibson, Daniel
>
> Just the listing of the three names and no additional information on the.
> Will post this info and look for more.
> Bill D
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E. J. Richards" <>
> To: <>
> 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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> > For more information on Washington County: check
> http://www.pa-roots.com/~washington/
> >
> >
>


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