Valentine GIBSON
- Born: Abt 1723, Hanover County, VA
- Marriage: Elizabeth Frances GARRETT in 1748 in VA 1
- Died: Abt 1800, Stokes County, NC about age 77
Noted events in his life were:
• Timeline: Hanover County formed from New Kent County VA, 1721, Hanover County, VA. St. Peters Parish -> New Kent
St. Pauls Parish -> New Kent -> Hanover
• Related: John Harris deeds, 1723-, Hanover County, VA.
197 John Harris VAPB 11:222 5 Sep 1723 404 acres
241 John Harris VAPB 11:326 20 Feb 1723/24 168a near the ridge between the Northanna & Little
249 John Harris VAPB 12:145 22 Feb 1724/25 250 acres
[http://users.rcn.com/deeds/Hanover.txt]
Louisa County, VA
Book: C, Page: 0, Grantor: John Harris and Hannah his wife, Grantee: Clevers Duke, Date: 13-Jun-1761
William Hix [sic NIX?] wit. to deed 13 Jun 1761 John Harris of Louisa and Hannah his wife to Clevers Duke of Hanover Co.
http://trevilians.com/deeds/deed5.htm
Book: C, Page: 73, Grantor: Samuel Mackgehee, William Pettus, James Mackgehee,, Grantee: John Graves and Mary, his wife, Date: 13-Feb-1761
Samuel Mackgehee, William Pettus, James Mackgehee, John Clift wit. to deed John Graves and Mary, his wife, of St. Martins Parish, Louisa to John Harris. 13 Feb 1761.
http://trevilians.com/deeds/deed6.htm
13 Oct 1766 Road Order: On motion of William Hendrick, ordered that the hands of
Robert Fleming, William Shears, Henry Gresham, Anthony Golson, Charles
Snelson, John Sutton, John Harris, Michael Ailstock, Gideon Harris, James
Johnson, and those of Robert Armistead at his home plantation be added to his
[said Hendrick's road work] gang. ( Louisa County, VA, Court Orders, 3:23)
[http://www.genfiles.com/hendrick/Chronicles1760.pdf]
• Tax List, 1755, Prince Edward County, VA. 1755: Prince Edward Co. Tithe Tables, from Buffalo River to county line:
Edmund Franklin - 1
VALENTINE GIBSON - 1
JAMES LAX - 1
EDWARD NIX - 4
GEORGE NIX (2) 4
• Court: road repair, 1763, Halifax County, VA. Road Surveys-Crew, 1763-1764
MAY Ct. 1763
Peter PERKINS is appointed Surveyor of the Road from Sandy Ck. to the county line, he and his male laboring tithables and those of William BEAN, Gideon MARR, Robert HOOKER, John HARDAMAN, James DENTON, Henry STONE, John CHADWELL, George RUSSELL, Wm. DUNKEN, Edward CAHILL, Issac SWEATON(?), James DUNKEN and Valentine GIBSON, are to clear and keep road in repair.
[http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/halifax/court/court6.txt]
• Land: 404 acres with John Harris, 1765, Halifax County, VA. URL http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=728&last=&g_p=P36&collection=LO Patent
Title Gibson, Valentine.
Publication 5 June 1765.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Halifax County.
Grantee(s): Harris, John and Gibson, Valentine.
Description: 404 acres.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 36, 1764-1767 (v.1 & 2 p.557-1083), p. 728 (Reel 36).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Subject - Personal Gibson, Valentine. grantee.
Harris, John.
Subject - Topical Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Halifax County.
Subject -Geographic Halifax County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
Genre/Form Land grants -- Virginia -- Halifax County.
Added Entry Virginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
Library of Virginia. Archives.
System Number 000758075
George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender
Of the Faith Ye. To all Ye Know ye that for divers[e] good causes & considerations but
More especially for and in consideration of the sum of Forty shillings of good and
Lawful money for our use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our
Colony and dominion of Virginia We have given granted and confirmed and by
These presents for us our Heirs and Successors Do give grants and confirm unto
John Harris and Valentine Gibson one certain Tract and Parcel of Land containing
Four hundred and four acres lying and being in the County of Halifax on both sides
Of Casade Creek and bounded as followeth to wit. Beginning at George Russells
Corner red oak hence new Lines North forty three Degrees West Three hundred
Poles to a red oak crossing three branches north eighty eight Degrees West one
Hundred and forty four Poles to a black oak South thirty five Degrees West
Ninety three Poles to a white oak [?]sing a fork of the said creed south forty three
Degrees East eighty seven Poles to a white oak South Twenty Decrees East one hundred
And fourteen Poles to a white oak [sapling?] South eighty four and an half Degrees East
Two hundred and seventy two Poles to a black oak north twenty nine and an half
Degrees East eleven Poles to Georg[e] Russell's corner white oak thence along his line
North thirty seven Degrees East fifty Poles to the Beginning With all ye To
Have hold ye To be hold ye Yielding & Saying ye Provided
Ye In witness &c ~~~~~ as Witness our Trusty and well loved
Francis Fauquier Esq our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in chief of our
Said Colony and Dominican at Williamsburg under the seal of or said Colony the
Fifth day of June one thousand seven hundred and sixty five in the fifth year of
Our Reign.
Francis Fauquier
• Tax List, 1768, Rowan County, NC. "1768 List of Jacob Laesch (Lash) CRX 244, N.C. State Archives)
Included Town Fork and upper Dan River, Dan River, Abbott's Creek, Belew"s Creek, Yadkin and Muddy River Settlement, Salisbury, the Hallows, Bethabara, and Bethania, the Wachovia land of the Moravians. Total of 419 taxables.Townfork and Upper Dan River (in present counties of Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes & Surry)" List included, "Valentin Gibson...1"
[BOOK: "ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA - TAX LISTS 1757 - 1800"
By Jo White Linn, Page 81
http://homepage.mac.com/wkfisher1/Genealogical_Glean/Gibson.html]
• Legal: petition, 1771, Rowan County, NC. 1771 Rowan County Petition
Attached List. List of Tyths in our Settlement on Dan River peters creek the Great Doble & elk Creek Snow Creel - John Deatherage.
Volantine Gipson, John Gipson
• Tax List, 1774, Surry County, NC. 2 Capt John Deatherage district
Valentine Gibson, son James, son Garret 3
• Tax List: land and tithes, 1784, Surry County, NC. 3 Valentine Gibson 150 1
John Gibson 0 1
James Gibson 200 1
Garrot Gibson 0 1
• Tax List, 1785, Surry County, NC. 4 James Gibson 200 1
Archelaus Gibson 0 1
John Gibson 0 1
Garrett Gibson 0 1
Valentine Gibson 150 1
• Deed: 100 acres, 1793, Stokes County, NC. 160. "Valentine Gibson to William Boyles," 2 Dec 1793, Stokes Deed Book 2, page 66, Stokes County Register of Deeds, Danbury, NC.
1793 Dec 2 - Stokes Co.,NC - Valentine Gibson to William Boyles 190:10:0 for 100 ac part 250 ac made by Joseph Tate, decd. N. side Dan River. JESSE (X) STANLEY and Jonathan Harrold. Signed Valentine (X) Gibson. 160
• Deed: Deed Book: Vol. 1 & 2, 1787 – 1797, 1794, Stokes County, NC.
Page 219 2-Oct-1794 Valentine Gibson to Matthew Moore 63 pds. Va. Money (said Gibson indebted to Matthew Moore as security for his Son James Gibson) 200 acres little Yadkin River place where William Boys now lives
Wit Joel Halbert, Edwd Moore.
http://www.genealogy.com/users/b/e/l/Robin-A-Bell-AL/FILE/0033page.html
Valentine married Elizabeth Frances GARRETT, daughter of John (possibly) GARRETT and Martha (possibly) SCOTT, in 1748 in VA.1 (Elizabeth Frances GARRETT was born about 1721 in Hanover County, VA and died in Stokes County, NC.)
Marriage Notes:
likely Hanover County
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