John Julius Gibbs

DAR Ancestor #: A044648

John Julius Gibbs was a Revolutionary War solider. His first wife Aggy Davis bore him two children and died circa 1782. Thereafter - about December 2, 1785 he married Catherine Gale (possibly first married to a man named Herndon). She bore him seven children.

He and his wife Caty were among the 16 founders of the Great Crossing Baptist Church just west of Georgetown, Kentucky in 1785. They occupied a home now on Ironworks Road in southern Scott County, Kentucky. The home still stands (2001) and has an historical marker in the front yard. They lived there from about 1792 until Julius' death in 1834.

Married (1) Aggie Davis, who died about 1782

• Davis Gibbs
• one other child Married (2) 1785 Catherine Gayle
• James Lawrence Gibbs 1786
• John Gibbs 1787
• Mary Ellen Gibbs 1791
• Robert Foster Gibbs c1794
• Churchill Julius Gibbs 1797
• Samuel Christy Gibbs 1800
• Judith C. Gibbs 1802
• Emigration: Circa 1781 - Scott Co, Kentucky

Sources

• http://genforum.genealogy.com/gale/messages/579.html
• http://genforum.genealogy.com/gale/messages/580.html
• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: May 4 2017, 22:17:20 UTC
• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: May 4 2017, 22:19:09 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 15 2016, 15:56:53 UTC