Bazel WOOD married Penelope GIBSON 6/30/1832 in Calloway, KY. She was born about 1816 in Tenn. to William GIBSON and Nancy.

On 1850 census Bazel has died and Penelope is living with her mother Nancy in Marshall co. The names of their children were:
Ambrose
Granville
John
Jane
Matilda
Thomas

Bazel Wood bought 160 acres of land west of the Tenn. River. Anyone researching this family?

LuAna Drake Craig

Hello,

My name is Don Howell and i've been digging on the Western KY Gibson's for a few years.

Do you have any idea where William Gibson was from?

Also how does Cassie H. Gibson b. 1789 (married Jesse Gatlin) tie in to William's family? She married Jesse in Christian County, KY on November 05, 1817.

Then she ends up next to William Gibson's Family in Calloway & Marshall Counties:

1840 Calloway Co., KY

Gatlin, Cassa

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next door:

Gipson, John

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1850 Marshall Co., KY

Gatlin, Granville J. ....25..m..farmer...125...KY
.........., Cassey...........60..f..........................NC
.........., Mary...............21..f..........................KY
.........., Susan ............19..f..........................KY

next door:

Gipson, John J. ........36..m...farmer...1000...Tenn.
..........., Cassey.........20..f.............................KY
..........., James W......11..m...........................KY
..........., Granville S.....2..m...........................KY
..........., Mary J...........10..f............................KY
..........., Eliza A.............7..f............................KY
..........., Zerilda.............5..f............................KY

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1860 Marshall Co., KY

G.J. Gatlin ..........35 1824 Kentucky Male
R C Gatlin.......... 36 1823 Kentucky Female
C Gatlin............. 70 1789 North Carolina Female
Enor Gatlin ..........1 1858 Kentucky Female
N C Gatlin ............6 1853 Kentucky Male
M J Gatlin ............5 1854 Kentucky Female
J L Gatlin ............4 1855 Kentucky Male
S A Gatlin............ 2 1857 Kentucky Female
C E Gatlin ............3.12 Kentucky Female

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Any ideas? My Gibson Family was from the Christian & Todd County area also and they moved to Marshall & Graves Counties about the same time. I maybe wrong but i believe they are related. My oldest Gibson Ancestor is John Gibson who died in Christian County in 1803. His son Henry Gibson is my line. Henry's son and daughter (Johnson & Melissa Gibson ) both married and moved to Graves & Calloway/Marshall Counties. Johnson married Rebecca Edwards & Melissa married Thomas P. Chapman i'm told first then was the third wife of Newit Edwards her brother-in-law (brother of Rebecca). Newit's first wife was their cousin Ann Gibson and his second was Jane Collie-Grubbs.

Talk to ya later,

Don Howell

I'm so sorry but I'm not knowledgeable on the Gibson line. My line is WOOD and hoping to connect Bazel Wood as a brother of my GG-Grandfather Thomas Wood and his brother William Wood. What date range were your Gibson(s) in Marshall, Calloway, and Graves counties, KY? My Wood line was there from before 1849.
LuAna Drake Craig

My Gibson's moved from Todd Co. to Graves Co. in the 1830's as far as i can tell. Some of their cousins moved over into Western KY between 1820 -1830 into Calloway.

Sorry to say i don't know anything about the Wood family though.

Don Howell

Don,
Replying to your 2005 post in 2009 - a little late! Found it while searching Gibsons in Graves Co, Ky and surrounding counties. I noticed your question about William Gibson of Marshall Co, Ky, and I have a theory about him. Perhaps you have already solved this by now and can straighten me out if I'm wrong. I've been looking at William as possible father of my Gibson ancestor,Thomas (Granville?) Gibson-1798-NC, and in the process found a William ca 1770? whose sister was Cassandra Gibson, b 1775. William and Cassandra and other siblings (John, Daniel, Lewy, Isaac) were from Onslow Co, NC, children of William (died 1814) and Mary Ann Gibson. Cassandra married John Tallman and settled in Ga or Ala, so she wouldn't be this Cassie, but your mention of the name stood out, and fits in with my theories that William and perhaps brothers came to Ky between 1810-1820. I suspect the Cassie who married Jesse Gatlin could be William's or one of his brother's daughter, named after their sister. A William Gibson is in Caldwell co, Ky 1820 census, then Wm connected with a land purchase in Hopkins co, Ky in 1819. William and Thomas are only Gibsons I find in that area, at one time part of Christian county. Thomas married in Hopkins co, Ky, 1817, to Mary Polly Griffith, about the same time as Cassie married Jesse Gatlin in Christian county. [A little explanation about the name "Granville": Mary Polly's Griffith family records say she married "Granville Gibson," and marriage record, "Thomas Gibson," thus, Thomas (Granville?) Gibson.] Thomas is found later in Calloway Co, Ky in 1830, and Graves Co 1840 and 1850. My Gibson ancestor is Rachael Gibson, born 1830-prob Calloway, Ky and probably daughter of Thomas (Granville?) Gibson, ca 1798-NC,and Mary Polly Griffith. I don't know if these are related to your Gibsons. However, I suspect this is possibly the William who died later in Marshall Co, Ky 1825. Onslow Co, NC, marriage record: William Gibson,Jr, married Nancy Ball, 14 Jan 1794. A head of the family, Nancy Gibson located in Calloway Co, in 1830, along with Thomas. I could go on, but this is getting long enough...

LOL...i'm still out here, no real updates here. Only thing i see is the Granville Gibson Mary Griffith marriage.
I have Granville Gibson b. November 24, 1809 d. aft. 1870 married October 31, 1830 in Calloway County, KY to Mary Griffith b. 1812 d. aft 1870. They were in Dallas County, Arkansas in 1850 & 1860 and in Marshall County, KY in 1870.

Home in 1850: Jackson, Dallas, Arkansas

Granvill Gibson........ 40 ....TN
Mary Gibson ............37 ....KY
Lelbourn Gibson ......13 .....KY

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Home in 1860: Jackson, Dallas, Arkansas

Granville Gibson ....50 ...TN
Mary Gibson .........47 ....KY
Lilbern Gibson .....21 ....KY

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Home in 1870: District 5, Marshall, Kentucky

Grandvill Gipson .......60 ....TN
Mary Gipson ............58.......KY
Avilly Ogden ...........24.......KY
Susan Ogden ............20......KY

has a Avilly Ogden age 24 and Susan Ogden age 20 living with him in 1870

In the marriage records i found this:
GIBSON, BALSOM H.
OGDEN, ALVILDA J.
13 Jan 1875 in Marshall Co., KY

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Then i see the entry you spoke of:

Gibson, Thomas Griffith, Polly 10 Nov 1817 Kentucky
Hopkins County

As far as i could tell Granville is a son of old William & Nancy but i have no solid proof just leads from the family names. So Thomas was his brother?

Don A. Howell
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Thanks for your input, Don.
I see the discrepancy and after researching further, realize these are two Mary Polly Griffiths. I should have known with a name like Mary Polly that there would be more than one in the area. The Mary Polly that married Granville was probably daughter of Alexander Griffith and Rachel Hodge. My Polly (1799-VA) was possibly sister of Alexander, daughter of George Griffith and Nancy Byrd.

It is possible that my Thomas Gibson is brother of Granville. Here are notes lending themselves to that theory:
1) William and Thomas seem to be only Gibsons in Hopkins county near the time of his marriage (1817).

Wm Gibson, 160 acres on Drake Creek, Hopkins Co, Ky, 8/27/1819 - from Ky Land Grants, Book 26, Vol I, Part I, Chap IV Grants south of Green River.

Thomas and Polly married 10 Nov 1817, Hopkins Co, KY

Home 1820 for Thomas and Polly:
Hopkins Co, Ky
Thomas 1794-1804
Polly 1794-1804
2 sons 1810-1820
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Home 1820 for Wm Gipson
Caldwell Co, Ky [neighboring Hopkins co and Christian]
William - before 1775
Wife - 1776-1794
1 male 1804-1810 - Granville?
1 male 1810-1820 - John Jackson?
2 females 1794-1804 -
1 female 1804-1810 -
1 female 1810-1820
Wm and Nancy's daughters are reportedly, Eliz-1807, Telitha-1811, Matilda-1812, Penelope-1816, and possibly an older Nancy. Weak point of this theory: Girls' birth years don't fit the census.
(Thomas is married and out of home)
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2) Contemporaries to members of associated families:

On the 1820 Caldwell Co, Ky US census noted above, next door practically are family members of both Mary Polly Griffiths: George Griffith, Bird Griffith, Gipson Gray [married Rachel Hodge Griffith after Alexander Griffith died], and other Grays.
Further up the page, John Entrekin family. This latter was reportedly William and Nancy's co-in-laws - father-in-law to daughter Elizabeth Gibson,b 1807 (married Asa Entrekin).
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3) Thomas and (mother?) Nancy, only adult Gibson/Gipson heads of family in Calloway, KY:
William not found [died 1825?]
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Home in 1830:
Calloway Co, Ky
Thomas Gipson - 1790-1800
Polly - 1790-1800
John - 1815-1820 [born 1818]
2 males 1820-1825
1 female 1820-1825 (Jane Holland Gibson, 1823?)
2 females 1825-1830 (Susan-1829 and Rachael-1830)
Cebert (Siebert) Griffith family same page - possibly brother to Polly.

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Next page on 1830 US Census - Calloway Co, KY
Nancy Gibson, 1770-1780
1 female 1815-1820 (Penelope?)
1 male - 1800-1810 (Granville?)
1 male 1810-1815 (John Jackson?)

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(On same page)
Rachel Gray [Mary Polly's mother - widowed after 2nd marr to Gipson Gray]
2 females 1810-1815 [probably the Mary Polly who married Granville]
etc...

So, is that about as clear as mud, or what? Maybe the 1820 Caldwell Co William is the William who died in Marshall Co, Ky 1825. If so, he lived for awhile in Tenn, according to places of birth for the children - up to 1816. Or could be he came directly to Marshall co after 1820. Then, there's a William Gibson in Butler Co, in 1810 which also could fit William of Caldwell Co-1820.
And then we have Cassie/Casey Gibson you mentioned and her possible connection to Cassandra Gibson, sister to the William of Onslow Co, NC.
If you see anything that connects to my Thomas Gibson, ca 1798-NC, please get in touch. Again, he is found most clearly in 1850 US Census, Graves Co, Ky. I have not found Thomas or Polly in the area after that date. Male children are: John (1818), Martin (1835), Thomas, Jr (1838) Female children: Jane (1823), Susan (1829), Rachael (1830), Elizabeth (1842). Related families: Whitis, Griffith. He was active member/Elder of Mt Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church in Graves Co as of 1834. 1820-Hopkins, 1830-Calloway, 1834, 1840 and 1850- Graves, Ky.

I had previously looked at Elijah Gibson, of Graves Co, Ky, as possible father to Thomas. I am now seriously questioning that. Although he also can be traced back to Onslow co, NC. Do you know anything about Elijah?

Any information or advice is welcome.
~Kathryn

I am a descendant of and named for Cassie J Woods, daughter of Penelope Gibson, etc...I am very interested to find out which of these people had Cherokee Blood, I have a picture of Cassie J. Woods/Angle and she looks like a full blood or close. Just wondering if anyone has any information about the Indian aspects of the family. Any information would be appreciated.

I'm not sure on Cassie, but i had a DNA test done on my Great-Uncle Kenneth Gibson and it came back stating we were considered part of the "Melungeon" Clan.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melungeon

Melungeon (pronounced /məˈlʌndʒən/) is a term traditionally applied to one of a number of "tri-racial isolate" groups of the Southeastern United States, mainly in the Cumberland Gap area of central Appalachia: East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and East Kentucky. Tri-racial describes populations thought to be of mixed European, sub-Saharan African, and Native American ancestry.


My Gibson Line is like what you said about Cassie as for looks, and i believe them to be part of the same bunch. My ancestor Johnson Gibson moved from Christian/Todd County, KY to Graves County & married in Marshall Co.

William Gibson b. abt 1775 was Penelope Gibson's father i think. and possible brother or cousin to Johnson's father Henry Gibson. I know Henry's route to Western, KY was VA.-N.C.-S.C. and then Christian Co.,KY and alway close by was a Jordan,George,John, & William Gibson who where either brothers or cousins because all appear about the same age range. Then i found your William in Calloway along with Henry's kids at the same time. So it's a possiblity.

I'd love to see the photo if you don't mind,

Don A. Howell
West Kentucky Genealogy
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