Montgomery County, VA - Biography of Joseph Hiram Gilbert, 1765 Submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Charlie Gilbert USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the CONTRIBUTOR of the file. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ================================================================== Joseph Hiram Gilbert was born on or about the year of 1765 in Montgomery County ,Va. The next record of Joseph reveals that he and Nancy Anne Cheek, widow of William Isaiah Cheek were married May 8,1784. Their first child of five was born in 1786 and his name wasThomas. Shortly there after James , Mary, Joseph and John were born in a period of just nine years. James became a well known Baptist Minister and at death was buried in the Mulberry Gap Baptist Church Cemetry. James had two sons that also became noteable Ministers of the word in the Baptist Church, namely John and Thomas. Through Joseph Hiram and Nancy and their child James, more was done to spread the word of God in the area of southwest Vairginia and northeast Tennessee than an other source.