John Gibson, of Blooming Creek

• Not the same as John Gibson, of Lexington District
• Also seen as son of Gideon Gibson, the Regulator

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The children of Gibeon ‘Gibb’ Gibson and his second wife Martha ‘Mary’ Gibson, born at Prince Frederick Parish, South Carolina, called Craven County at the time, were:

A-111 John Gibson, of Blooming Creek (b. c. 1743/4 - d. 14 July 1791) John Gibson, of Blooming Creek m. c. 1767 to Agnes (Adair) Gibson, daughter of James Adair of Bladen County.

The first Gibson found in Wilkes County was John Gibson, son of Gideon Gibson of the Pee Dee Settlement in South Carolina. John was probably born around 1740 and married by 1767 to Agnes Adair, daughter of James Adair, Indian trader and author of "History of the American Indians" published in 1775

John reportedly died near Nashville on 14 Jun 1791. His widow Agnes soon removed with her children to Claiborne County, Mississippi. According to the gravestone of son James Gibson (d 28 Feb 1824) he had resided in Mississippi for 30 years at the time of his death, dating Agnes’ migration about 1794.

Family

For the children of John Gibson, of Blooming Creek & his wife, Agnes Gibson, I have John Adair Gibson, James Stephen Gibson and Clarke Gibson, named after Agnes' mother CLARKE Hobson Adair.

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https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~valvz/genealogy/gibson_of_pee_dee.html

She and John had 4 known children:

1. A-1111 Martha Ann Gibson, bc 1770; m Moses Armstrong, bc 1768
2. A-1112 James Stephen, b 1777 near Nashville, TN; probably the one d 28 Feb 1824 Claiborne Co., MS; poss m1) Ann Clarke “Nellie” Gibson, reported by some as a dau of Samuel Gibson -if true- likely the Samuel Gibson (d bef Jun 1828) heir of Gadi Gibson (d 1812); m2) c 1801 Elizabeth James; by others said to have m Elizabeth McGinty 1810 Concordia Parish, LA: possibly the James Gibson (next door to John A. Gibson): males: 2 -10, 1 16-25 (b1785/94); females 4 -10, 1 26-44 (b1766-1785); slaves 9. [Note: VVZ: Errors are made on censuses ... the census taker could have marked the wrong column for James' age or perhaps when these figures were transcribed an error could have occurred regarding James’ age.]
   1. 1820 Claiborne Co., MS: prob the James Gibson (next door to John A. Gibson): males: 1 -10, 1 26-45 (this is consistent with a with the age at death on gravestone, b 1777); females: 1-10, 1 16-26, 1 26-45 (b1775/94); slaves 16.
   2. James Gibson, left a Claiborne Co. Will, dated 3 Oct 1822: mentions wife Elizabeth Gibson; children: Levi, Clarke, Nancy; Tersea Caroline McGinty (niece of my wife and dau of Reuben McGinty); Exrs: Joseph Punly, John A. Gibson, Levi Gibson; wits: Samuel Gibson, Randol Gibson and John A. Gibson. [no probate date]
3. A-1113 Clarke, (female), bc 1781
4. A-1114 John Adair, b 25 Sep 1787 near Nashville, TN; d 2 Feb 1863 “The Avenue”, Claiborne Co., MS; poss m1) Susannah Smith; m2?) 5 Oct 1809 Mary “Polly” Lum

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Notes

Neither Gideon Gibson died in Louisa Co Va., and yes there were two living on Pee Dee at the same time. One was shot and killed by Maurice Murfee in 1781 and the other with sons Randle, Tobias and David moved to Natchez Mississippi where he died in 1792, his son John m. Agnes Adair, he was killed by Indians in Nashville and the family from Natchez went to Nashville to move Agnes and children to Natchez. From family letters.

https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/adair-james-robert

..."There are many records in both states, however, concerning James ADAIR, his daughters, and their descendants. Among these records are three in South Carolina Miscellaneous Records, Volume 00, at the South Carolina Archives, which show that by 1768 ADAIR'S youngest daughter, Agnes, had married John GIBSON, son of Gideon GIBSON, gentleman, of Craven County, South Carolina. James ADAIR at the time was "of Dobbs County in the Province of North Carolina."

From http://www.historical-melungeons.com/jgibson.html

Most internet trees and genealogy pages have the above John Gibson killed on June 14, 1791 near Mayfield's Stations. I believe the evidence below shows that John Gibson, son of Gideon and husband of Agnes Adair died in 1790 and owned land on Blooming Creek Clearly the John Gibson killed on June 14, 1791 was a second John Gibson, likely from Louisa County.

From http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/adair/4272/

According to GREGG, Gideon GIBSON (brother of Jordan GIBSON) was one of the wealthiest men at Sandy Bluff.

(Perhaps John Gibson was wealthy in his own right and that may be why James Adair left them little inheritance) ?

From http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/adair/4834/

In some South Carolina records 1736-1774 Gideon Gibson is noted as of Craven Co with property on or near the Pee Dee.He is described as of Great Pedee or of Craven County 1767. This whole series involve that Gideon and James Adair, and basically revolve around the marriage of his son John Gibson to Agnes Adair, James daughter or the welfare of James Adair's other two daughters.

John Gibson died in 1791 at present day Nashville, TN and had at least one son, John Adair Gibson, born 1787.

21 Mar 1767 James Adair in Dobbs Co., NC, do hereby revoke and dis-anull all former powers and letters of attorney, and appoint my trusty friend Gidion [sic] Gibson in Craven Co., SC, Gent., my true & Lawfull attorney to recover of Benjamin Street the sum of L514 s8 besides interest in proclamation money due to me by two judgment bonds and articles of agreement dated in the month of Mar 1767 and also the sd Gidion Gibson may permit my two loving daughters in sd county and province Suran Macktyr and Elizabeth Hobson Cade to my daughter Saraann McTyre to allow her use, labour, benefit and hire of my four negroes named Phillip, Achilles, Hannah and Little Nell: to my daughter Elizabeth Hobson Cade, to permit her hire of my three Negroes, Old Nell, Judith Nell and Jacob, shall not permit my two daughters to be without some one of the sd negroes to be always doing their House work to each of them to keep a negro in the house that is able & sufficient to do the house labor. Wit: John Cade, Saraann McTyer, Elizabeth Hobson Cade.

[SC Miscellaneous Records Volume OO 1767-1771, pp. 82-86]

21 July 1767 James Adair of Dobbs County, NC, for natural love and affection to my daughter Agnes Adair now wife to John Gibson of Cravenn County, and for twenty shillings paid by Gidion Gibson, my trustee, SC four negroes named Lucy, Candie, Frank and Sampson. James Adair (LS), Wit: Elizabeth Hobson Cade, John Cade, Saraann McTyer.

Proved before John Alran, J.P. for Craven County, by the oath of John Cade 3 Sep 1769.

[SC Miscellaneous Records Volume OO 1767-1771, pp. 89-91]

20 Aug 1767 Gideon Gibson, Gentl., of Great Pedee (Quankey Creek, Great Pee Dee, North Carolina ?? not South Carolina ?? )in Craven County, SC for L700 current money, to James Adair of Dobbs County, NC, negroes viz Lucey, Kilis, Pleasant, Candice, Hannah, Nell and Judith.... Gideon Gibson (Seal), Wit: John Cade, John Gibson, Saraan [sic] McTyer. Proved before John Alran, J.P. for Craven Co. by the oath of John Cade 3 Sept 1767. Rcd

[1 Aug 1769 Miscellaneous Records Volume OO 1767-1771, p. 136]

Aug 21 1767 : Craven Co. Gidion Gibson for love and affection to my son John Gibson of Craven Co, SC, and in order to make some provision for my said son, and for 20 shillings paid by James Adair, my trustee, three negroes named Achillis, Pleasant and Peasant’s young daughter named Judith. Gidion Gibson (LS), Wit: Elizabeth Hobson Cade, John Cade, Saraanne McTyer. Proved before John Alran, J.P. for Craven Co., by the oath of John Cade 3 Sep 1767. Rcd’d 16 June 1769. [Misc. Records Vol. OO 1767-1771, pp. 91-92]

In other records 1761-1768 Gideon Gibson is described as merchant or as merchant of St. Marks Parish

https://dnaconsultants.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Shalom.pdf page 12

Notice the harsh treatment Adair accords his daughter Agnes, leaving her and her husband John Gibson the nominal sum of only one shilling (if he had left her nothing, she could have protested to the probate court that he simply forgot her). John was one of the “mulatto” Gibsons of the Great Pee Dee river valley region. Gideon Gibson stands large on the pages of history for his role in the so-called Regulators Revolt. The Gideon Glass Antiques Store today pays testimony to the “richest man in South Carolina” of his time. When members of the Gibson family first moved to the state in 1731, representatives in the House of Assembly complained “several free colored men with their white wives had immigrated from Virginia.” Governor Robert Johnson summoned Gibson and his family and reported:

I have had them before me in Council and upon Examination find that they are not Negroes nor Slaves but Free people, That the Father of them here is named Gideon Gibson and his Father was also free, I have been informed by a person who has lived in Virginia that this Gibson has lived there Several Years in good Repute and by his papers that he has produced before me that his transactions there have been very regular. That he has for several years paid Taxes for two tracts of Land and had several Negroes of his own, That he is a Carpenter by Trade and is come hither for the support of his Family [Box 2, bundle: S.C. Minutes of House of Burgesses (1730-35), 9, Parish Transcripts, N.Y. Hist. Soc. By Jordan, White over Black, 172.]

The Gibsons are discussed as Melungeons in Brent Kennedy and as true-to-form Sephardic Jews in Hirschman. Melungeon Gibsons derive their origins from the Chavis family, one of the oldest Portuguese-Jewish names in America (from chavris, “friend [of the Nation],” modern slang “shaver”). If they are Jewish, it is ironic—and probably funnier than any Fanny Brice skit—that historians trot them forth as shining examples of non-slave African American colonials owning land and marrying white women.

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References

• https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/adair-james-robert
• http://www.historical-melungeons.com/jgibson.html
• https://dnaconsultants.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Shalom.pdf page 12
• https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clinardj...
• http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/adair/4272
• Van Zee, Valentine (2012) GIBSON FAMILY OF PEE DEE, (CRAVEN → LIBERTY → MARION CO. < link >; (document attached) shows as son of Gideon Gibson, the Regulator