Major Gibson

  MAJOR GIBSON.

Major Gibson is first found in Orange Co., NC tax list with Thomas Gibson, George, and Charles Gibson. By 1765 the Regulator movement had started up and Gibsons along with other families started leaving the area. Major Gibson is found on Potters Creek in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia off the Pigg River, the John Justice family that has DNA that matches these Gibson lived near as did John Gibson who had land in 1749 on Snow Creek.

1747 – Mar. 1, Isham Randolph Gent; 2800 acres both sides of Snow Creek. William Hunter, Robert Hooker, William Snuggs, Lambert Dodson, Abraham Little and John Gibson, were purchasers of land during 1747-8. Thomas Day, took up 320, acres on Stanton River, in 1748

DESCENDANTS OF EPHRIAM OSBORNE, SR EPHRIAM OSBORNE SR b 8/23/1723 d 1786 m 1741 Elizabeth "Betsy" Howard Was in the service of Christopher Gist on the Yadkin River in North Carolina, he settled North of the Yadkin in 1745. In 1751 he went to Snow Creek Virginia and to Staunton, Augusta Co Virginia and was able to visit relatives and families of James Watson and George Gibson. In 1757 or 1761 he moved from Rowan Co North Carolina to Grayson Co Virginia and lived there until he died.

• Abraham Fulkerson married to Sarah Gibson in Rowan County, NC 1766, bond by George Gibson.

• Lambeth Dodson patented 400 acres on the main fork of Mayo River which he transferred to George Gibson

In 1765 besides George Gibson and Ephraim Osborne living in Rowan County we find Gilbert Gibson Jr, and stepson Gibson Jones and David Gibson, sons of Gilbert Gibson Sr., of Louisa County. Gilbert and Gibson Jones sold this land situated on the TRADING PATH and Deep River, about this time, see the "Regulator Movement" in Orange County, this same time Samuel Collins, Moses Riddle, and Major Gibson left and are found in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.  

The first tax of Randolph County after it was split from Guilford [Guilford split from Orange] 1779 Major Gibson is living on Back Creek with David Gibson - George Gibson is on Jackson Creek.  Thomas Gibson in in the Revolution as is Wilburn Gibson both born 1763 in Randolph Co., enlisted in Revolution from Guilford County - Stephen has land on Jackson Creek. George and Thomas are sons of David Gibson and Hannah Brookshire. 

Page 99 of Burke County Census lists

Isom Gibson, Major Gibson and Wilburn Gibson, this land appears to end up in Alexander County later.  Isom is very likely the husband of Millie Gibson who made a Wilkes County deed to her son David/Drury to hold land for his brother Isom, they are later found in Claiborne County, Tennessee and Owsley County, Ky., where Millie died.  Her death record indicates she was a JONES.  Wilburn Gibson abandoned his son, Hezekiah, married a lady named Rebecca and went to Ohio then Indiana.  

On page 98 in the 8th Company we find Stephen Gibson  next door to James Reed. Hezekiah, son of Wilburn Gibson was bound to James Reed,  also same page is Joseph Gibson, he was born about 1770 as record shows he wasn't of age in 1790.  

The neighbors of Joseph;  James and William Dockery, John and Edward Teague, John Price, Absolum Brown, Christian Keller, [these three on Catawba River] are found in the History of Alexander County with Major Gibson and Merriman McGee.  

Begins on Boyd's corner, near the Mineral Springs, and runs down Lower Little River to Samuel Oxford line, near the Catawba River. It then skirts several tracts that lie along the river, by metes and bounds, until it crosses Middle River, and then crosses the Catawba twice and calls for Absalom Pennington's grant, then turns north various courses around the north end of Barrett's Mountain to the beginning. The tracts of land belonging to the following named persons inside the boundary are excepted to wit: Martin Kellar, Christine Kellar, John Teague, Gen. McDowell , Jesse Perkins, Luke White, Wm. Yokely, Philip Price, James Pressly, John Yates, John Bradburn, John W. M. Dockery, Joseph Dickson, Wm. Fullerton, Major Gibson, John Price, Absalom Brown, Clisby Cobb and Edward Teague.

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Stephen purchased 200 acres in Burke Co in 1780 from John Edger, Major Gipson was PR for this land sale.  John Edger married Elizabeth Cummins and removed to Abbeville South Carolina, he does not appear to be related to Gibsons. 

Stephen was a Personal Representative for John Gipson,  from the same John Edger in 1780. Stephen had land listings in Randolph and Burke Counties in the 1790's. They moved to Wayne Co, Kentuck  in 1804. They were farmers and members of the Baptist Church. He married Grace Smith in 1812 and his bondsman was Stephen Gibson.