Frederick Gilbert (abt. 1793 - abt. 1870)

Born about 1793 in Patrick, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Sharp) Gilbert — married 9 Feb 1819 in Patrick Co., Virginia

Husband of Nellie (Goins) Gilbert — married about 1850 in Patrick, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died about 1870 at about age 77 in Stokes, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Frederick was the son of John Gilbert and Hannah Fitzgerald.

Frederick married Jane Sharp, the daughter of Robert Sharp and Peney Shelton She is identified as Frederick's wife and the daughter of Robert Sharp and Philipina Shelton in the Chancery Court case of 1829-1833. Jane died before 1850. Her birth date is based on her marriage to Frederick, and her death date on the appearance of Frederick alone in the 1850 Census.

Census 1850 Patrick, Virginia,^[1]

Frederic Gilbert Age 48 years Birth Year (Estimated) 1802

Other People on This Record

William Gilbert M 28 years Virginia

Sally Gilbert F 20 years Virginia

L Dow Gilbert M 14 years Virginia

Census 1860 North District, Patrick, Virginia. Frederick age 68, no other persons in household. Real Estate $4500, Personal Property $10,000^[2]

Frederick formed a relationship with his slave Nelly sometime around 1850 (based on the birth year of Mary Ann Gilbert.) Nellie is recorded as mulatto in census records.^{[citation needed]}

On 18 January 1870, only a few weeks before he died, Frederick Gilbert deeded land to Nelly and her younger children. (See Stokes County Deeds, 11 January 1870.)

"This Indenture made and entered into this 18th day of January AD 1870 between Frederickk (sic.) Gilbert of the County of Stokes and the State of North Carolina of the first part and Nellie Gilbert, John Gilbert, Ellen Gilbert, Charles Gilbert, William Gilbert and Dearmon Monroe Gilbert all colored of the second part all of the County and State afore said witnesseth it that for and in consideration of the said feelings I have for the above named parties of the second part I do hereby give grant and convey and by these presents doth give grant and convey to the said parties of the second part the following tract piece or parcel of land⁠ ……"

Slaves

Nelly

Possibly as many as nine children were fathered by Frederick and Nelly. See note under Nelly.

Frederick died in Stokes County in February 1870, but was buried at a cemetery on his property in Patrick County. As he owned property in both Virginia and North Carolina there were two probate cases, one in each state. ^{[citation needed]}See possible research links below

Virginia: http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/

North Carolina: http://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1911121

Research notes

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DJ-JVK : Tue Oct 03 10:02:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Frederic Gilbert and William Gilbert, 1850.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41T-Q95 : Thu Oct 05 09:49:55 UTC 2023), Entry for Frederic Gilbert, 1860.

• 1850 U.S. Census. Virginia. Patrick Co., South Dist., p. 44. 5 Sep 1850.
• 1860 U.S. Census. Virginia. Patrick Co., South Dist., Ararat, p. 42. 13 Jul 1860.
• *The Heritage of Surry County, Volume II. Dobson, North Carolina: Surry County Genealogical Association, 1994, p. 136.
• Findagrave Memorial No. 247824132.