Is this the family you have? 1860 Jefferson County, IL Census ALBERT GIBBS 40, KY Mary A. 44, TN Sarah 14, TN George H. 11, TN William 20, TN GIBBS, ALBERT DUNAWAY, MARY ANN 1853-10-10 JEFFERSON CO., IL ( Marriage) 1870 Jefferson County, IL Census ALBERT GIBBS 51, KY Elizabeth 35, TN George 23, TN Charles 5, IL Elvira 3, IL Eudora 7/12, IL GIBBS, ALBERT ROGERS, ELIZABETH 1862-12-24 FRANKLIN (Marriage) (Is this him or a different one?) 1850 Montgomery County, TN ALBERT GIBBS 35, Miss Sarah 36, NC John J. 15, TN William H. 9, TN George H. 2, TN Mary C. 11, TN Nancy J. 6, TN Sarah E. 4, TN If so, the obituary of George H. GIBBS says that he was born in Henderson County, TN and came to Illinois in 1853 and spent most of his life in Jefferson Co. His wife was Mary E. DUNCAN. Here are two abstract companies in Mt. Vernon, IL. Jefferson County Title Company 716 Main St. Mt. Vernon, IL 618-242-3212 The other one is associated with the Sharp Law Offices 1115 Harrison Mt. Vernon, IL 618-242-0246 800-769-7000 Mary ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <ILJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] GIBBS/BRADEN Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 19:07:37 -0000 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: algibbs129 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.jefferson/3186.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Patricia, You have been so good in helping me. I am going on 71. I had hoped to find information on my gt. grandparents Albert and Elizabeth Jane Drew before my death. I have been working on this off and on since 1959. Question: Since they owned several purchases of land and no one can find deeds, wills, sales - etc. - would Jefferson County have title abstracts? I know owners of property receive these when they purchase property here. Usually it has records of death, guardianship papers and letter of administration and it probably would have deed where my grandfather Albert transferred land to one of his sisters. Am I right? Can someone get a title checked (I have copies of deeds of their land purchases_ - and about how much do you think something like this might run? I have tried everything, as I said, even hiring a genealogist Linda Clark in Jefferson and haven't found anything in Franklin or Jefferson (family lived in Spring Garden township and shopped I think in Benton. Iknow there is a little Gibbs history in one of the books put out either in Jefferson or Franklin- but it basically consists of my own research which I let a family member in Jefferson have and they in turn wouldn't share anything. Al Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. Visit the Jefferson County ILGenWeb site at: www.jefferson.ilgenweb.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ Dermatologists Hate Her Local Mom Reveals $5 Trick to Erase Wrinkles. Shocking Results Exposed http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4ddc40805ebda5bbf2st05duc