1. Overview
    1. Location
    2. Date Constructed/ Founded
    3. Associated Surnames
    4. Historical notes
    5. Associated Slave Workplaces
  2. Associated Free Persons
  3. Associated Enslaved Persons
  4. Research Leads and Plantation Records
  5. Miscellaneous Information
  6. References
  7. Users Researching This Workplace

Overview

Location

Paulding Co., GA (The area the Gibson Family lived later became Polk County, GA)

Date Constructed/ Founded

ca. 1842

Associated Surnames

Gibson, Janes, Lampton

Historical notes

From the entries in his estate records it seems that Henry A. Gibson was quite a successful farmer. He seems also to have been involved in Blacksmithing and Cotton Ginning.

Associated Slave Workplaces

none


Associated Free Persons

  • Henry A. Gibson (b.c.1822-d.September 1849) - Apparently the son of Springer Gibson. He died of Typhoid Fever.
  • Sarah J. Janes (b.1825-d.1877) - After the death of Henry A. Gibson she remarried to William M. Lampton (b.ca.1813-d.aft.1870).
  • William T. Gibson (b.ca.1844-d.?) - Son of Henry A. Gibson and Sarah J. Janes

Associated Enslaved Persons

1849 Slaves Henry A. Gibson hired to William F. Gibson
From the Estate Papers of Henry A. Gibson

  • Jesse - “boy”
  • Alfred - “boy”
1850 Appraisal of Henry A. Gibson Estate
January 8, 1850, From the Estate Papers of Henry A. Gibson
  • Eve - and child
  • Caroline - and child
  • Daniel - “man”
  • Black - Harry
  • Sandy
  • Sam
  • Yellow Harry
  • Peter
  • Mary - and child
  • Betty - “Old”
  • Melvina - “Sickly”
  • Lucy - and child
  • Richard - “boy”
  • Evaline - “girl”
  • Harreit
  • Raford - "boy"
  • Alsey - "girl"
  • Beckey
  • Ann
  • Sebly
  • Ben - "boy"
  • Spencer
  • Jim
1851 Negroes of Henry A. Gibson
hired out on January 20, 1851, From the Estate Papers of Henry A. Gibson
  • Hal - to Mrs. Gibson
  • Peter - to Jesse Wood
  • Sandy - to J. O. Griggs
  • Harry - to E. Lyons
  • Sam - to E. H. Richardson
  • Daniel - to J. O. Griggs
  • Caroline - and family to W. F. Gibson
  • Sibley - “girl” to J. C. Battle
  • Beccy - to J. T. Gibson
  • Eve - to O. J. Pollard
  • Melvina - to Henry Mccomack
  • Alsey - to James O. Griggs
  • Ann - to J. Pollard
  • “woman and family” - to B. Watts
  • Lucy - to J. M. Wood
1851 Distribution of Estate of Henry A. Gibson

To William T. Gibson (son of Henry A. Gibson)

  • Caroline - and child
  • Richard - “boy”
  • Eveline - “girl”
  • Henrietta - “girl”
  • Mary - “woman”
  • Harriet - “girl”
  • John - “boy”
  • Edna - “girl”
  • Daniel - “man”
  • Hal - “man”
  • Sandy - “man”
  • Ann - “girl”
  • Betty - “woman”
To Sarah J. T. Lampton (widow of Henry A. Gibson)
  • Lucy - and child
  • Selby - “girl”
  • Spencer - “boy”
  • Eve - and child
  • Lawson - “boy”
  • Sam - “man”
  • Rebecca - “girl”
  • Peter - “man”
  • Henry - “man”
  • Alsey - “woman”
  • Melvina - “woman”
1852 Negroes of Henry A. Gibson
hired out in 1852
  • “boy” - to W. F. Gibson
  • Peter - to Robert Jones
  • Harry - to C. C. Marion
  • Melvina - to Mr. Bright
  • Eve - and family to Mr. Lampton
  • Becky - to J. J. Morrison
  • Daniel - to W. Morgan
  • Hol - to William M. Lampton
  • Caroline - to William M. Lampton
  • Sandy - to Robert Jones
  • “woman” - to N. M. Bird
  • “girl” - Hiram Mccomach
1852 Henry A. Gibson Estate
  • Harry - “man” died in 1852
1850 Slave Schedule, Jane Gibson
Paulding County, Georgia
  • 1 Black Female 50
  • 1 Black Male 45
  • 1 Mulatto Male 40
  • 1 Mulatto Female 36
  • 1 Black Male 27
  • 1 Black Male 26
  • 1 Black Female 26
  • 1 Black Male 24
  • 1 Black Female 23
  • 1 Black Female 22
  • 1 Black Male 18
  • 1 Black Female 30
  • 1 Black Female 14
  • 1 Black Female 13
  • 1 Black Female 13
  • 1 Black Female 11
  • 1 Black Male 9
  • 1 Black Male 9
  • 1 Black Male 7
  • 1 Black Female 6
  • 1 Black Male 4
  • 1 Black Female 4
  • 1 Black Female 3
  • 1 Black Male 3
  • 1 Black Male 3
  • 1 Black Male 1
  • 1 Black Female 1
  • 1 Black Male 1
  • 1 Black Female 1

Research Leads and Plantation Records

  • none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

  • none

References

  • Estate Papers of Henry A. Gibson, Paulding County, Georgia.
  • 1850 U.S. Slave Schedule, Paulding County, Georgia

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