John Gibbes (Carolina)

John Gibbes (21 June 1696 – 18 December 1764) was an English military officer and colonial leader in the Province of Carolina. He was the son of governor Robert Gibbes. John Gibbes was a colonel, a wealthy plantation owner, a member of the Royal Assembly and Council, and a deputy Lord proprietor. In 1719 he married Mary Woodward, a granddaughter of Henry Woodward, the first white settler of Carolina.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman, Remembering Old Charleston: A Peek Behind Parlor Doors, 2008
^ Stephen B. Barnwell, The story of an American family, p. 28, 1969

[1] Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman, Remembering Old Charleston: A Peek Behind Parlor Doors, 2008

[2] Stephen B. Barnwell, The story of an American family, p. 28, 1969

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