Joseph Gibson (abt. 1749 - 1846)

Born about 1749 in England

Husband of Jemima (brown) Brown — married 1783 in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1846 at about age 97 in North Carolina

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Biography

Arrived in Colonial America in 1796

Joseph served in the United States Revolutionary War, from North Carolina. He received a pension from 1831-1846.^[1]

Served in the War of 1812

Research Notes

Joseph married Mary McCree or McCrae in 1789. However, I can't find enough other information about her to add her to the profile.^[2]

The Joseph Gibson who married Mary McCree may not be the right Joseph Gibson for two reasons: (1) J. S. Smiley has Samuel Baxter Gibson's parents as Joseph and Gemima.^[3] and the line of descent used on an application for a Sons of the American Revolution membership includes people that are not a part of the Joseph/Gemima family line. It does include Mary McCree.

The information above creates puzzles, as well. If Joseph arrived in the United States in 1791, he could not have fought in the Revolution which ended in 1783 or married Mary McCree in North Carolina in 1789. It seems there are two Joseph Gibsons:

First, a Joseph Gibson who arrived in 1791, married Gemima, and fathered Samuel Baxter Gibson.

Second, a Joseph Gibson who was here much earlier, fought in the Revolution, and married Mary McCree in 1789.

These need to be detangled.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WB-3RV6?cc=2069831&wc=MXMQ-5PD%3A355664901 : 22 September 2016), 8-vol H Revolutionary War pensioners > image 342 of 456; citing NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962).
2. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21B-VRVZ : 21 July 2021), Joseph Gibson and Mary Mccree, 16 Dec 1789; citing Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ Smiley, John Sadoc. History of Tennessee River Baptist Association, North Carolina, from the year 1830 to the year 1892, including Twenty-Four Life Sketches, Published in Bryson City, NC, 1893, reprinted by Forgotten Books, 2018., p.86