Henry County VA - will of Thomas Gibson, 1780

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WILL OF THOMAS GIBSON

HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Will Book ? pp30-31

Dated 3 January 1780
Probated 23 March 1780

To my loving wife Marey Gibson and my daughter Cuzziah Gibson my whole
estate.

Zackeriah King, Joel Gibson and Lambert Dotson executors.

                                Thomas (x) Gibson

wit:
Charles (x) More,
Joseph (x) Nicols,
William (x) More.

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23 March 1780.  Exhibited by Joel Gibson who gave bond with Lambeth Dodson
and Champain Gibson as his securities.

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>From Lin: This will draws some sort of link between (1) this bondsman
Champain Gibson (is he the Champ Gibson [1746-1820] of Rockingham Co NC
whose land was divided among 10 named children after his death?), (2) this
executor Joel Gibson (is he the Joel Gibson of the 18th-century Caswell Co
NC tax lists?) and (3) this testator Thomas Gibson, who is a namesake for
my younger Thomas Gibson (b c1797 in Rockingham Co NC but lived most of his
life in Caswell Co NC). Henry Co VA, as you may know, is adjacent to
Rockingham Co NC, which is adjacent to Caswell Co NC, so we are talking
about the right geographical area here.
All these people, whether related or not, lived near each other.

Speculation: I infer (but welcome your observations) that the testator HAD
NO SONS - hence, he left his estate to his wife and daughter. He seems to
have had only one child, "Cuzziah" (was she a Keziah?) Gibson. Her age
isn't revealed, but she seems not to have married yet so may be at the
oldest a very young woman. This testator Thomas Gibson, then, seems to me
to be a relatively young man himself, dying before he had time to leave a
large family; therefore, he would seem more likely to be a brother than to
be the father of Champ Gibson and/or Joel Gibson.

In any case, I think this is enough to encourage any descendants of
Champain Gibson, Joel Gibson and Thomas Gibson to turn our
search engines on Henry Co VA, don't you? Are any of you list members
familiar with this county or with this testator?

Full credit and thanks to my newly found cousin Linda Lepow of Virginia
Beach, Virginia, who found this will for us!

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Lin Van Buren (veeb@uk.pipeline.com

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