Posted on: Chowan County NC. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Chowan?read=746 Surname: clarkson ------------------------- I have recently posted to the Chowan county message board concerning my paternal grandfaher, Alexander Wilson Clarkson. In the 1880 federal census for Macon county (Decatur), Illinois, it was recorded that he was born in North Carolina and there is the name Gibaratta shown. This word had defied all of my efforts to locate it in North Carolina, South Carolina, Scotland,and Ireland. I am posting this query in case there is someone who can identify it. It is very likely something other than a community name. I have also considered whether it might be a misspelling or phonetic spelling of another more commonly known word..but still no solution..Enjoy a challenge? This is mine. Thanks.