Overview

Location

Paulding Co., GA (The area the Gibson Family lived later became Polk County, GA)

Date Constructed/ Founded

ca. 1842

Associated Surnames

Gibson, Janes, Lampton

Historical notes

From the entries in his estate records it seems that Henry A. Gibson was quite a successful farmer. He seems also to have been involved in Blacksmithing and Cotton Ginning.

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

• Henry A. Gibson (b.c.1822-d.September 1849) - Apparently the son of Springer Gibson. He died of Typhoid Fever.
• Sarah J. Janes (b.1825-d.1877) - After the death of Henry A. Gibson she remarried to William M. Lampton (b.ca.1813-d.aft.1870).
• William T. Gibson (b.ca.1844-d.?) - Son of Henry A. Gibson and Sarah J. Janes

Associated Enslaved Persons

1849 Slaves Henry A. Gibson hired to William F. Gibson

From the Estate Papers of Henry A. Gibson

• Jesse - “boy”
• Alfred - “boy”

1850 Appraisal of Henry A. Gibson Estate

January 8, 1850, From the Estate Papers of Henry A. Gibson

• Eve - and child
• Caroline - and child
• Daniel - “man”
• Black - Harry
• Sandy
• Sam
• Yellow Harry
• Peter
• Mary - and child
• Betty - “Old”
• Melvina - “Sickly”
• Lucy - and child
• Richard - “boy”
• Evaline - “girl”
• Harreit
• Raford - "boy"
• Alsey - "girl"
• Beckey
• Ann
• Sebly
• Ben - "boy"
• Spencer
• Jim

1851 Negroes of Henry A. Gibson

hired out on January 20, 1851, From the Estate Papers of Henry A. Gibson

• Hal - to Mrs. Gibson
• Peter - to Jesse Wood
• Sandy - to J. O. Griggs
• Harry - to E. Lyons
• Sam - to E. H. Richardson
• Daniel - to J. O. Griggs
• Caroline - and family to W. F. Gibson
• Sibley - “girl” to J. C. Battle
• Beccy - to J. T. Gibson
• Eve - to O. J. Pollard
• Melvina - to Henry Mccomack
• Alsey - to James O. Griggs
• Ann - to J. Pollard
• “woman and family” - to B. Watts
• Lucy - to J. M. Wood

1851 Distribution of Estate of Henry A. Gibson

To William T. Gibson (son of Henry A. Gibson)

• Caroline - and child
• Richard - “boy”
• Eveline - “girl”
• Henrietta - “girl”
• Mary - “woman”
• Harriet - “girl”
• John - “boy”
• Edna - “girl”
• Daniel - “man”
• Hal - “man”
• Sandy - “man”
• Ann - “girl”
• Betty - “woman”

To Sarah J. T. Lampton (widow of Henry A. Gibson)

• Lucy - and child
• Selby - “girl”
• Spencer - “boy”
• Eve - and child
• Lawson - “boy”
• Sam - “man”
• Rebecca - “girl”
• Peter - “man”
• Henry - “man”
• Alsey - “woman”
• Melvina - “woman”

1852 Negroes of Henry A. Gibson

hired out in 1852

• “boy” - to W. F. Gibson
• Peter - to Robert Jones
• Harry - to C. C. Marion
• Melvina - to Mr. Bright
• Eve - and family to Mr. Lampton
• Becky - to J. J. Morrison
• Daniel - to W. Morgan
• Hol - to William M. Lampton
• Caroline - to William M. Lampton
• Sandy - to Robert Jones
• “woman” - to N. M. Bird
• “girl” - Hiram Mccomach

1852 Henry A. Gibson Estate

• Harry - “man” died in 1852

1850 Slave Schedule, Jane Gibson

Paulding County, Georgia

• 1 Black Female 50
• 1 Black Male 45
• 1 Mulatto Male 40
• 1 Mulatto Female 36
• 1 Black Male 27
• 1 Black Male 26
• 1 Black Female 26
• 1 Black Male 24
• 1 Black Female 23
• 1 Black Female 22
• 1 Black Male 18
• 1 Black Female 30
• 1 Black Female 14
• 1 Black Female 13
• 1 Black Female 13
• 1 Black Female 11
• 1 Black Male 9
• 1 Black Male 9
• 1 Black Male 7
• 1 Black Female 6
• 1 Black Male 4
• 1 Black Female 4
• 1 Black Female 3
• 1 Black Male 3
• 1 Black Male 3
• 1 Black Male 1
• 1 Black Female 1
• 1 Black Male 1
• 1 Black Female 1

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

• Estate Papers of Henry A. Gibson, Paulding County, Georgia.
• 1850 U.S. Slave Schedule, Paulding County, Georgia

Users Researching This Workplace

• Jason Lee Edwards