John Shackleford GIBSON1
M, b. circa 1837
- Relationship
- 2nd great-granduncle of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
John Shackleford GIBSON, son of Col. Jonathan Catlett GIBSON and Mary Williams SHACKELFORD, was born circa 1837 in Virginia. He never married.
John Shackleford GIBSON appeared on a census, enumerated 30 July 1850, in the household of his mother Mary Williams GIBSON in Culpeper County, Virginia. He was 15 years old.2
John began military service on 6 December 1861 in Sperryville, Virginia, as a private in the "Sperryville Rifles", Company K of the 49th Virginia Infantry Regiment of which his older brothers Jonathan and Eustace were captain and lieutenant. He had transferred to company from Crenshaw's Battery, Virginia Light Artillery. He was elected 2nd Corporal April 3, 1862 and appointed Ordnance Sergeant November 8, 1862. He was wounded and captured at Cedar Creek. Admitted to West Buildings, General Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, October 24, 1864; sent to Fort McHenry for exchange.3,4
John Shackleford GIBSON appeared on a census, enumerated 30 July 1850, in the household of his mother Mary Williams GIBSON in Culpeper County, Virginia. He was 15 years old.2
John began military service on 6 December 1861 in Sperryville, Virginia, as a private in the "Sperryville Rifles", Company K of the 49th Virginia Infantry Regiment of which his older brothers Jonathan and Eustace were captain and lieutenant. He had transferred to company from Crenshaw's Battery, Virginia Light Artillery. He was elected 2nd Corporal April 3, 1862 and appointed Ordnance Sergeant November 8, 1862. He was wounded and captured at Cedar Creek. Admitted to West Buildings, General Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, October 24, 1864; sent to Fort McHenry for exchange.3,4
Last Edited=21 Mar 2021
Citations
- [S375] O. D. and Penny Linder, The Gibsons, pg. 242.
- [S486] 1850 U. S. Census, Culpeper County, Virginia, Mary W. Gibson household No. 95, pg. 221-B.
- [S525] 49th Virginia Infantry Regiment, online http://49thvirginiainfantry.com, Roster of Company K, accessed 12 Mar 2004.
- [S917] Julie Bushong, "Mrs. Gibson's Boys."
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