Sarah Gibson

He and Sarah joined the Cumberland River Baptist Church. Their membership was recorded: " Ist Saturday May 1809-Received Andrew Evans and Sarah his wife and James Gibson and Sarah, his wife and Elizabeth Pritchard by Ietter." They are on the List of Members of the First Baptist Church. The male and female members in two columns.James is #8 and Sarah is #18.

Again, there is not enough proof to name for certain the children of James & Sarah Gibson. It is with hesitancy the following are listed. They are only listed with the hopes that someone might come up with the proof needed. We only know that they had eight children in the 1790 Census in Stokes Co., N. C. - 5 boys and 3 girls and they probably had more children after 1790.

Origins

• Some researchers believe James Gibson's wife, Sarah's maiden name was Roark or O'Roark. One researcher stated that James was appointed to administer the estate of Barnabas Roark and the appointment was later changed to Sarah Gibson. James Owens was security for Sarah Roark when she contested the right of James Gibson to administer the estate of Barnabas Roark. It is not known when this event took place or where. The record containing the estate of Barnabas Roark with James Owens as security for Sarah Roark has not been located by Dorothy Tuttle, the compiler in NC. or Tn. However, a land record in Surry Co., NC was located for Barney Roark, Sr. for 300 A located on both sides of Bigg Creek in 1778. Barnabas Rowark or Roark appeared in Court records of Surry Co., NC in 1781 & 1783. Barn. Rowark appeared in the State Census of North Carolina 1784-1787 and does not appear in the 1790 Census of N.C. A Barnabas Roark appeared in the 1790 census for Greenville Co., S.C. and lists 3 males under 16; 2 males over 16 and 5 females over 16. Perhaps they are the same person. The Greenville Co., S.C. records were checked at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Ut. for information about Barnabas Roark without much success. He was listed in the Index to Land Grants for 1790 as Barnaby Roark.
• A letter dated 6 Mar 1992 was received from G. Faye Roark Johnson of Connersville, In. Barnabus Roark from Greenvffle Co., SSC is her ancestor. Faye wrote that Barnabus died in 1811. His survivors were listed as John Roark, Nancy Roark & her husband, Jesse Vaugh & Lucinda Roark who was probably the wife of Barnabus. More children than this was reported in the 1790 census. The International Genealogical Index of the L.D.S. Church was checked for Roarks. A David Roark b 1788 md Elizabeth Miller 14 June 1814 in Claibome Co., Tn. and d 15 Dec 1857 was listed as the son of Barnabas Roark.
• Another reseacher thought Sarah, wife of James Gibson's maiden name was Sumner. On 5 Jun 1809 it was ordered that James Gibson be appointed surveyor of a road leading from the dividing ridge between the waters of Lynn Camp Creek and Richland Creek to the cropping of Big Robinson Creek in the room of William Sneed and he together with all the male laboring formerly allocated to said Sneed to keep and repair the road as the law directs.

Links

• http://highlandhomepage.danmohn.net/getperson.php?personID=I71859&t...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gibson-1716
• http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5682360/person/312442814