Thomas Bibb (1783 - 1839)

Born 8 May 1783 in Amelia, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Son of William Bibb and Sally Smith (Wyatt) Barnett

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1839 at age 56 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama

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Preceded by
William Wyatt Bibb

2nd Governor of Alabama
1820 - 1821

Succeeded by
Israel Pickens

Biography

Thomas Bibb is Notable.

Thomas Bibb lived in Virginia.

Thomas Bibb was an Alabamian.

Thomas Bibb was the second governor of the U.S. State of Alabama and served from 1820 to 1821. He was president of the Alabama Senate when Governor Wiilliam Wyatt Bibb died, and so became governor upon his death.

Thomas died on September 20, 1839, and is buried at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama.^[1]

THOMAS BIBB was born in Amelia County, Virginia, and later moved to Georgia with his family. He became a merchant and planter in 1811 when he migrated to the Tennessee River area of the Mississippi Territory. Bibb moved to Huntsville, Alabama, in 1816. He became a member of the Constitutional Convention (1819), and a member of the Alabama State Senate (1819). He was president of the Alabama Senate, when his brother, Governor William Wyatt Bibb died in office on July 10, 1820. Thomas assumed the office of governor on July 15, 1820, as specified by the new state constitution. During his term, the state government was formally moved to Cahaba, and the general assembly convened for the first time in Cahaba on November 6, 1820. Numerous acts were passed concerning the local municipal government, a state bank was authorized, the University of Alabama was chartered, and a patrol system was implemented to help prevent the escape of slaves. Bibb did not run for reelection, but he urged the general assembly to begin setting up the state bank, and he stayed active in politics serving in the general assembly. He moved to Belle Mina Plantation which he had built starting in 1826.

Marriage and Children

He was the son of William Bibb and Sally Wyatt. He married Parmelia Thompson and they had the following known children:

1. Adaline (Bibb) Bradley
2. Emily Julia (Bibb) Pleasants
3. Thomas Bibb Jr
4. William Dandridge Bibb
5. David Porter Bibb
6. Robert Thompkins Bibb
7. Sarah Almira (Bibb) Mills
8. Eliza Pamelia (Bibb) Hopkins

Thomas Bibb was enumerated in 1830 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama.^[2]

Slaves

For the slaves of Thomas Bibb, see Belle Mina Plantation

DNA

• Erin Cole and two other cousins share a triangulated aDNA match, inherited from John Bibb (abt.1703-) or Susanna (Bigger) Bibb (abt.1711-abt.1786). The Mary line descends from the first wife of William Bibb (abt.1735-bef.1796) and the other two, this Thomas line and the John line, descend from William's second wife, which means that the shared aDNA must have come from one of William's parents.

Sources

1. ↑ Sobel, Robert Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States (Meckler Books, Westport, Connecticut, 1978), Volume 1
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1830", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:XHPH-SH2 : Fri Jun 02 19:13:50 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Bibb, 1830.

   Race	Age	Number
   Free White
   Male
   	5-10	1
   	10-15	1
   	20-30	2
   	30-40	1
   	50-60	1
   Female
   	<5	2
   	5-10	1
   	20-30	2
   	40-50	1
   Slaves
   Male
   	10-24	1
   Female
   	<10	3
   	24-36	2
   Free Black
   Male
   	36-55	1

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of William Bibb", Ancestor # A009851. Service Source: GWATHMEY, HIST REG OF VA IN REV, P 63; FORCE, AMERICAN ARCH, 4TH SER, VOL 3, P 367; WM & MARY QTRLY, VOL 5, P 247
• "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970", Volume: 212 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2204 #515123 (accessed 24 April 2022) Name: Thomas Bibb; Birth Date: 1783; Death Date: 1839; SAR Membership: 42305; Role: Ancestor; Application Date: 19 May 1927; Father: William Bibb; Mother: Sally Wyatt; Spouse: Permelia Watkins; Children: Porter Bibb.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #7418818
• Thomas Bibb on Wikipedia
• National Governors Association Biography
• Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the State and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy and Illustrious Families and Individuals, p. 730.