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100. Mary "Polly" Gibbs: (Married: Henry Albright (#99) Circa 1784, probably in Orange County, North Carolina (about 1783 in Orange County, North Carolina) Red information on this page was obtained from ancestry.com or LDS and needs to be verified.

Born: Circa 1766 (about 1760) in Orange County, North Carolina of Johann Nickel "Nicholas"Gibbs. Jr, (#199) & Mary Efland (Ephland) (#200) of Orange County, N.C . (The source of the green is e-mail from Maria Bruce 2005 (mBruce9681@aol.com) [Source for the gray information is research done by Michael Cavenaugh (Glass family genealogist denoted on the Guilford County Genealogy Association Website)

Died: 18 August 1837 in Orange now Alamance County, North Carolina at the age of 71. She is buried at Old Stoner’s Cemetery, Alamance County, North Carolina. Her tombstone is shown at the bottom of this web page.

 

[Her siblings include:

a) Elizabeth Gibbs: (Married: John Snotherly) Born: Circa 1765 in Orange County, North Carolina. Died: After 1850 Census in Lost Creek, Campbell County, Tennessee;

b) Sarah “Sallie” Gibbs: (Married: Caswell “Conrad” Sharp) Born: Circa 1767-68 in Orange County, North Carolina. Died: December 1826 in Campbell County, Tennessee;

c) John Gibbs: (Married: Mary Ann Howard) Born: 1769 in Orange County, North Carolina. Died: 13 August 1840 in Anderson County, Tennessee;

d) Catherine Gibbs:(Married: John Holmes) Born: 17 January 1771 in Orange County. Died: 17 January 1857 in Orange County, North Carolina;

e) Nicholas Gibbs Jr. III: (Married: Rebecca (Rachael) “Sarah” Doyle) Born: About 1772 (1777) in Orange County, North Carolina. Died: 14 March 1814 in Horseshoe Bend, Alabama;

f) David Gibbs:(Married: Sarah M. Tillman) Born: 18 September 1774 in Orange County, North Carolina. Died: 4 June 1847 in Knox County, Tennessee;

g) Jacob Gibbs: (Married: Huldah Reed) Born: About 1776 in Orange County, North Carolina. Died: 28 August 1852 in Knox County, Tennessee;

h) Silphenia “Phoebe” Gibbs: (Married: Jesse Martin) Born: About 1779 in Orange County, North Carolina. Died: Between 1830-1850 in Knox County, Tennessee;

i) George Washington Gibbs: (Married: Lee Anna Dibrell) Born: 3 October 1786 in Orange County, North Carolina. Died: 3 May 1870 in Union County, Tennessee;

j) Daniel Gibbs: (Married: Sarah “Sallie” Sharp) Born: 20 May 1786 in Orange County, North Carolina. Died: 6 January 1852 in Knox County, Tennessee;

k) Barbara Gibbs: (Married: Beriah Frazier, Dr.) Born: 18 April 1789 in Orange County, North Carolina. Died: 8 July 1866 in Rhea County, Tennessee;

l) Sophia Gibbs: (Married: Napoleon Bonaparte Beard) Born: About 1790 in Orange County, North Carolina. Died: Before 1810.] [The source of the blue information about her siblings is from Nicholas Gibbs and his descendants, 1733-1977 by Nicholas Gibbs Historical Society, 1977, Ohio Historical Society Library.] [Note: More of this information can be checked if more time is devoted to the above source.]

 

Miscellaneous:

Mary married Henry Albright ca 1784. Henry had been British prisoner-of-war from his capture on September 12, 1781 until July 1782 th. Much of that time, Henry was on a prison ship. It is unknown when Mary met Henry.

According to Nicholas Gibbs and his descendants, 1733-1977 by Nicholas Gibbs Historical Society, 1977, Ohio Historical Society Library, "In 1800, Orange County, North Carolina Census, page 498 Henry Albright was listed with a family consisting of himself, wife, 3 sons and 2 daughters." The 1800 Census is linked here.

Henry is listed in the 1820 North Carolina Federal Census Index, p. 364. In this census, he is listed as the head of the household. In the household there is one free white male of forty five and upwards, one free white female of ten and under sixteen, one free white female of forty five and upwards, three foreigners not naturalized, and two slaves (one a male of fourteen under twenty-six and the other a female of fourteen and under twenty-six). According to church records, in 1820, Henry would have been 61. Mary would have been ~ 60.

In the 1830 North Carolina Federal Census Index, p. 291, Henry is listed as the head of his family. His home has one free white male of seventy and under eighty, and one female of sixty and under seventy. According to church records in 1830, he would have been 71. Mary would have been ~70.There were 5 slaves in the household. 1 male 24-35, 3 females under 10, and one female 10 thru 23

Mary "Polly" and her husband, Henry, had 6 children: Jacob, Catherine, Elizabeth (#50), Joseph, Mary, and Nicholas.

On April 26, 2006 Norman Sharpe (Great-Great-Great-Grandson), Helen Leach (#4) (Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter) and Sandra Henson, Mary Lue Finch, and Susan Snyder (#2)... all Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaughters... visited Stoners Church Cemetery located in a pasture on Rufus J. Dale's farm in Alamance County on Bellemont-Kimesville Rd. near the village of Belmont (near Graham) just off highway 49. While referring to a map that showed the location of tombstones in the cemetery, Mary's small stone was found buried in the earth and broken. (The map that was used was in the document Investigations at Historic Stoner's Cemetery (31 AM 174,174***), June 21, 1998 by Dr. Linda France Stine, PO Box 268, Julian, NC 27283 and Prepared for Stoner's Cemetery Preservation Fund Board, PO Box 2191, Burlington, NC 27216-2191.)

Below: Although the stone was difficult to read, her name "Mary Albright" was discernible. Blue chalk was applied to the stone to help make the reading of the stone easier.

 

Lifetime Events Summary for Mary Gibbs:

Event	Date	Mary's age
Birth	~ 1760	0
Revolutionary War	1775 - 1783	~15 - 23
Marriage	~ 1784	~ 24
Birth of Daughter Elizabeth (#50)	1792	~32
War of 1812	1812 - 1815	~52 - 55
Death of Father	1817	~57
Death of Mother	1834	~74
Death	1837	~77

The webmaster's DNA has matched no less than 28 other members in a Mary Gibbs DNA Circle at ancestry.com.

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