Major
Richard
Bibb
Born about in Goochland County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of John Bibb
and Susanna (Bigger) Bibb
Brother of
William Bibb, Susanna (Bibb) Bigger, Elizabeth (Bibb) Farrar, John Bibb, James Bibb and Thomas Bibb
Husband of
Lucy (Booker) Bibb
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Jackson) Bibb
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
George Mortimer Bibb, Richard Bibb Jr., Mary (Bibb) Lewis, Lucy Booker Bibb, John B. Bibb and Susannah Elizabeth (Bibb) Roberts
Died about
at about age 86
in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Major Richard Bibb served with Goochland County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.
Richard Bibb is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A009848.
Richard Bibb was born April 12, 1752, in Goochland County, Virginia.[1] He was the son of John Bibb and Susannah Bigger.[2]
Richard married Lucy Booker, the stepdaughter of his brother, William.[3][4]
Richard was a college student studying for the Episcopal Ministry when the Revolution came.[3]
Richard served in the American Revolution as a Major of the Goochland County, Virginia, Militia.[5]
After the Revolution, tradition says, one of the slaves of Major Bibb caused him to change his views and he became a Methodist minister.[3]
From 1783 to 1787, Major Bibb was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.[3]
Major Bibb went to Kentucky in 1799 and lived in Russellville, Logan County. He was reputed to be the wealthiest man in Western Kentucky. He was the owner of a large number of slaves.
In 1839, when he died, he granted freedom to his slaves, furnishing them with the means for acquiring farms or homes of their own. Colonel John Bibb was the administrator who carried out the Will of his father to the letter.[3]
Richard married Mary Ann Jackson, as his second wife.[3][6]
Major Richard Bibb died January 25, 1839, in Russellville.[7]
Census Records
1830 - household of Richard Bibb Senior in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky[8]
- 1 Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79 - Richard Bibb
- 1 Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59 - wife
- 32 enslaved people These are the 32 he emancipated through the American Colonization Society. They are listed on the rolls of the Brig Ajax’s Company, which arrived at Monrovia July 11, 1833.
Slaves
Please see Slaves of Richard Bibb, Kentucky for an accounting of the enslaved he held and also emancipated.
Sources
- ↑ DAR Birth: 4-13-1752 GOOCHLAND CO VIRGINIA
- ↑ Bibb Page 66 says Goochland or Prince Edward County.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Bibb Page 66.
- ↑ DAR SPOUSE: 1) LUCY BOOKER
- ↑ DAR Service Description: 1) ALSO CAPT, GOOCHLAND CO MILITIA
- ↑ DAR SPOUSE: 2) MARY ANN JACKSON
- ↑ DAR Death: 1-25-1839 RUSSELLVILLE LOGAN CO KENTUCKY
- ↑ Year: 1830; Census Place: Russellville, Logan, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 39; Page: 38; Family History Library Film: 0007818
- Bibb, Charles William. The Bibb family in America, 1640-1940, Baltimore, Maryland, 1941. On Archive.org
- DAR: DAR Website, Ancestor #: A009848 Richard Bibb Service Source: GWATHMEY, VA IN THE REV, P 63
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 December 2020), memorial page for Rev Richard Bibb Sr. (13 Apr 1752–25 Jan 1839),Find A Grave: Memorial #60728430, citing Lewis-Bibb Cemetery, Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Gwen Taylor (contributor 46883791) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Erin Cole
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-FT247407, FTDNA kit #B489532
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~0.78%
Ralph Turner :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Erin Cole :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A779796 [compare]
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~0.78%
Martha Bibb :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FF2953056 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Susanne (Orr) O'Brien :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CL8813344 [compare]
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Charles Knight
Major or Rev. Richard Bibb lived the latter half of his life in Russellville, KY. Today (2023), the SEEK Museum in Russellville maintains Bibb's old mansion as one of several museum spaces. The museum's co-founder and historian has extensively researched White and Black descendants of Richard Bibb. Contact: http://www.seekmuseum.org/
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