FAMILY BIBLE RECORD: Jesse Gibson, 1796 - 1864, Cherokee Co., TX Submitted by: Donald Holcomb Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ********************************************************** Transcribed from a Bible that once belong to James Polk Gibson, son of Jesse Gibson, and former attorney and Cherokee County Judge (1876-1882 and 1900-1904) in Rusk, TX. This Bible was found in a garage sale in Austin, TX, and was sent to me by a most generous individual who saw my genealogy posting on rootsweb.com and contacted me. BIRTHS Jesse Gibson - 20 Oct 1796 Elisabeth Gibson - 29 Oct 1802 Emilia Gibson - 6 Nov 1824 Martha Gibson - 16 Dec 1825 Joseph Thomas Gibson - 1 Mar 1827 Absalom Cleveland Gibson - 8 Sep 1829 George Willis Gibson - 30 Mar 1832 Mahala Elisabeth Gibson - 16 May 1840 Mary Jane Gibson - 19 Feb 1842 James P. Gibson - 25 Jun 1845 George Willis Cannon, son of Benjamin and Emilia Cannon - 10 Aug 1849 MARRIAGES Jesse Gibson and Elisabeth Cook - 1823 in Monroe Co., MS Note: According to Monroe Co., MS, Marriages (1821-1825 and 1834-1850) published by Elizabeth C. Jones, c. 1963, p.2, the date of marriage was 9 Nov 1823, as recorded in Book One, p. 41 of the original county marriage books. DEATHS Jesse Gibson - 16 Mar 1864 Elisabeth Gibson - 16 Sep 1891 Emilia Gibson, wife of Ben Cannon - 29 Nov 1849 Martha Gibson, wife of Jeff Holcomb - 18 Dec 1859 Joseph T. Gibson - 19 Jul 1897 Absalom C. Gibson - 9 Nov 1868 George W. Gibson - 23 Nov 1904 Mary J. Gibson - 19 Mar 1892 George Willis Cannon - 3 Jul 1857 Note: Martha Gibson married William Jefferson Holcomb on 22 Apr 1847 in Cherokee Co., TX, as recorded in Book A, p. 14 of the original county marriage books. They were my 2g-grandparents.