John Gilbert (1812 - abt. 1891)

Born 22 Nov 1812 in Lee, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Orpha (Baker) Gilbert — married about 1835 in Tennessee, United States

Husband of Sarah Lydia (Baker) Gilbert — married about 1852 in Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died about 30 Mar 1891 at about age 78 in Hancock, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.

The Reverend John Gilbert, the second son of Elder James Gilbert, was born in Lee County, Virginia, on November 26, 1812; He died March 20, 1891, in Tennessee and is buried in Mulberry Gap Baptist Church Cemetery Sneedville, Hancock, Tennessee.^[1]

In his twenty-third year (ca 1835), he was married, to Orpha Baker (abt. 1818-d. bef 1852), a kinswoman of Dr. Jesse Baker; and

in 1852 , at age 40, he married another of the Baker family, 17 year old Sarah Lydia Baker (b. c. 1835) a daughter of Jackson Baker.

The issue of the first marriage was eight children, and to the second marriage were born nine children.

1. Mary Ann Jane (Gilbert) Beeler (abt.1837-abt.1900), She was married to John TUCKER and they had one child:
   1. Thomas Elbert TUCKER (1858-1927)
2. Elizabeth June Gilbert (c. 1839)
3. James Gilbert (1840-1892)
4. Margaret Gilbert (c. 1843)
5. William M. Gilbert b. 1846
6. Martha Gilbert b. 1850
7. Nancy Gilbert (c. 1850)
8. Andrew J. Gilbert (b. 1845 in Shawnee, Tennessee near Cumberland Gap d. June 11, 1911), m. Elizabeth Gollahon (no dates for her) the child of George Gollahon, Jr. (1820-1875) and Nancy Rogers (1818-1910).
9. Thomas Calvin Gilbert (1854-1929) was the first child of the second wife Lydia Baker
10. John Gilbert c.1856 Tennessee
11. Orpha (Gilbert) Marion (1856-1922)
12. Sarah (Gilbert) Hopkins (1861-1924)
13. Joel (?Joseph) C Gilbert c. 1862 Tennessee
14. Josephine Gilbert c. 1864 Tennessee
15. Louisa Gilbert c. 1867 Tennessee

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John Converted to Christianity at the age of 17, he united with the Mulberry Gap Church, Hancock County, TN. John Gilbert was ordained to the ministry at the age of 24 (ca 1836) and was for 54 years a preacher of the gospel. He was a pastor of Mulberry Gap, Thompson Settlement, Beech Grove, Sneedville; in fact, most of the churches in Hancock County and within the bounds of the Mulberry Gap Association. He was a missionary and Moderator of that body for a number of years.

The responsibility of providing for two large families made it necessary for him to work hard and live hard - if he gave much time to preaching. A good deal of the time he was away from home in meetings. When at home he worked on the farm and in the tanyard, five days in the week, giving his Saturdays and Sundays to the churches.

Elder Gilbert had only an "old-field" school education, but he was a great power among the churches. He possessed all the attributes of a good man. His heart was always overflowing with the love of God, and his zeal for the cause of religion never tired. He baptized 2,800 people." As to his temperamental make-up and disposition, I have been told, he "was a Woodson Taylor sort of man, smooth and conciliatory exactly the opposite of his brother Thomas:" Both were powerful preachers, in their way. In his last sickness, he selected as a text for his funeral Paul's triumphant words, "I have fought the good fight," etc., with the request that "Brother Tom preach his funeral." His end was peace. His body was laid to rest in the graveyard of the Mulberry Gap Church, where it awaits the Resurrection Morning. His praise and the savory influence of his life are in all the churches.

Census

1850 Census Hancock, Tennessee, ^[2]

• John Gilbert 38
• Orpha Gilbert F 28 Tennessee
• Mary Jane Gilbert F 12 Tennessee
• Elizabeth June Gilbert F 11 Tennessee
• James Gilbert M 9 Tennessee
• Margaret Gilbert F 7 Tennessee
• Andrew J Gilbert M 5 Tennessee
• William Gilbert M 3 Tennessee
• Marthy Gilbert M 0 Tennessee
• Nancy Gilbert F 0 Tennessee

1870 Jonesville, Lee, Virginia'", ^[3]

• John Gilbert, 57
• Lydia Gilbert 35 Tennessee
• Elizabeth Gilbert 31 Tennessee
• William Gilbert 23 Tennessee
• Orphy Gilbert F 15 Tennessee
• Sarah Gilbert F 13 Tennessee
• John Gilbert 14 Tennessee
• Joel C Gilbert 8 Tennessee
• Josephine Gilbert 6 Tennessee
• Louisa Gilbert 3 Tennessee

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #96932937
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDF-NMS : 23 December 2020), John Gilbert, Hancock, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFG2-K8N : 29 May 2021)

• Burnett, J .J. Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers] Nashville, Tenn., Press of Marshall and Bruce Company, 1919. [http://www.knoxcotn.org/old_site/tnbaptists/index.html

• "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9BX-TY1 : 25 May 2014), John Gilbert in the entry for Orpha Marien, 17 Jul 1922; citing Cemetery, Hancock, Tennessee, v 19 cn 346, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,299,743.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDF-NMS : 12 April 2016), John Gilbert, Hancock county, Hancock, Tennessee, United States; citing family 564, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).