I am also researching the GIBSON Family. My third great-grandfather was John P. (some say the middle initial stood for "Pate", some say "Pittman"...) Gibson. His wife was Margaret J. Williams Gibson. John Gibson was born approx. 1799 in SC and moved to MS after 1820. Margaret J(ane) Williams Gibson was b. approx. 1820 and married John in 1843 in Monroe Co., MS. Joseph Gibson of Aberdeen (Monroe Co.) was a witness at the ceremony. Joseph Gibson left records of land ownership in Monroe Co., but I am unable to determine what relation John was to Joseph. Also, I have located John and Margaret Gibson and their family on 1860 and 1870 U.S. Census Records....1860 in Calhoun Co., near Cherry Hill and 1870 in Calhoun Co. (now Carroll Co.) near Duck Hill. John and Margaret had several children: Francis, Asberry, Sarah, Mary, Martha, Rebecca, and Malverda (aka Melverda, Melvertie). Melvertie (called "Vertie" ) was my great-great-grandmother. She had two children by "Will" or "Wilds" Merriweather, who according to family legend, left Melvertie with the two children when they were young. One of those children, Margaret Sue Merriweather, was my great-grandmother, and I knew her in my lifetime. Melvertie later remarried Newell Autry Felts in Tallahatchie Co. about 1890. I have run into many "dead ends" or "brick walls" when searching for the Merriweather, Gibson, and Williams families in the counties mentioned above. Maybe Franklin County has some information. Thanks. Janice Branch Bivens Bedford, TX > > > Henry Gibson and his sisters Susan Gibson and Georgia Gibson owned land > in Franklin County before 1900. The plot was bought by Mr. Louis McGehee > in 1963. I'm looking for the names of Henry Gibson's parents or any other > information about my great-grandfather. > > > >