George Gibson (1747 - 1791)

Born 10 Oct 1747 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (West) Gibson — married about 1771 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Died 11 Dec 1791 at age 44 in Fort Jefferson, Ohio (Northwest Territory), United States

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Biography

Colonel George Gibson served with 1st Virginia Regiment (1776), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

George Gibson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A044755.

I do not know the reason why Col. George Gibson's parents were removed. Col. George Gibson and his brother, Gen, John Gibson are sons of George Gibson (1704-1761) and Martha Elizabeth Devinez (orl De Vinez) (1710-1793).

It is practically a historical fact that his parents were George Gibson and Martha Devinez. Here are some sources: "Gibson's to America" by Sarah D. Gibson, 1910. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church records in Lancaster. PA. "Memoirs of John Bannister Gibson" by Roberts, 1890. History of Lancaster Co., PA "Narrative of Hugh Gibson" by Engle, 1887. George Gibson's Will written in 1761 where he mentions his wife, Martha, and all their children that include (Gen) John Gibson and (Col) George Gibson.

From the "History of York Co., PA", J. H. Beers & Co., 1907, pg 148:

Col. George Gibson, "a notable figure in the early military life of the country, who emigrated to America from County Derry, Ireland, early in the eighteenth century. In his younger manhood, Col. Gibson had been engaged in the trade to the West Indies, and afterward was a trader with the Indians at Fort Pitt. Returning to the East, he bought a farm and settled at Gibson's Rock, Perry County (then a part of Cumberland) and married Anna West, a descendant of the Wests of Ireland. During the Revolutionary War, he enlisted at Fort Pitt a company of 100 brave men, sharpshooters known as "Gibson's Lambs". He was commissioned colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment, joined Washington before the evacuation of New York, and took part in may of the leading battles of the Revolution. In 1791, he took command of a regiment under Gen. St. Clair, in his campaign in Ohio against the Indians of the Northwest Territory. and lost his life at the Battle of Miami Village, dying at Fort Jefferson, Ohio, Dec. 14, 1791. He left three sons, of whom John Bannister Gibson became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, occupying the bench from 1816 to 1831, and was one of the most distinguished jurists of the State." ^[1]

There are a few errors in the biography of Milton B. Gibson

Obituary of Col George Gibson

CARLISLE, February 29

At Fort Jefferson, on the 11th of December, in the 47th year of his age, of the wound he received in the unfortunate action of the 4th November, died, Col. George Gibson. The sufferings of this brave and gallant officer, from the nature of his wound, and from the situation in a wretched hovel, without a chimney, crowded with the sic, the sounded and the dying, without the assistance of a surgeon, and without even medicine necessary to perform a cure or alleviate the anguish of the wound, must have been great; yet he submitted to them all with that firmness of mind, and patience of disposition, for which, through life, he was so remarkable. During the campaign, from the uniform courtesy and politeness of manners, he had gained the esteem and affection of his brother officers, and, by his humanity and kind attention to the soldiers, he had endeared himself in a particular manner to them. It is but a just tribute to the memory of departed edit to observe that, although the behavior of Col Gibson, on that day, is passed over in silence in the official account, he conducted himself with great bravery and resolution, and received his mortal would at the head of the troops in the last charge."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "History of York Co., PA", J. H. Beers & Co., 1907, pg 148.
2. ↑ "Georgia Historic Newspapers:" The Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle and Gazette of the State; 21 April 1792, p 3, cols 1-2 (usg.edu)

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 24 Mar 2020), "Record of George Gibson", Ancestor # A044755.