Person:Sarah Davis (205)

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Concerning Isaac VAN BIBBER, II: Here is my best guess with the infoavailable:Isaac was only a couple of years old when his father was killed in theBattle of Point Pleasant; Oct 10, 1774. After this he continued to livewith his mother and family. He was the youngest of seven children born ofIsaac VAN BIBBER, I, and Sarah DAVIS. Sarah soon remarried to William GRIFFEY/GRIFFITH. The younger children may have been helped out by theirUncle James DAVIS as far as monetary needs, schooling, and religion. Someof the older children were about old enough by this time to be somewhat selfsupportive. I believe it was Uncle James DAVIS who may have sent my gggggrandfather to school, as he was an educated man and spent his entire adultlife in public service jobs. In 1786 Peter VAN BEBBER, whom I believe wasthe oldest male sibling, went into court and declared himself the guardianof his younger brothers and sisters: Nancy, John, James, Mathew, and Isaac.By this time older sister, Martha, had already married to George YOAKUM, I.Almost immediately after Peter declared himself guardian he removed to lowerSouthwest Virginia to about the present day Dryden and with him George YOAKUM, I. Peter had recently wed his first cousin Eleanor VAN BIBBER andGeorge and Patty (Martha) had been wed long enough by this time to haveabout five or six children. Peter brought along with him his youngersiblings except Isaac and perhaps Mathew. It is not known at present whathappened to Mathew. I believe Isaac stayed with his mother and step father.In 1796 the YOAKUM and VAN BEBBER families moved further down the PowellValley where they lived to the lower part of Powell Valley that fell in thenew state of Tennessee when it was formed in June 1796. At this time it isvery apparent that upon establishing themselves upon their new farms thatSarah DAVIS/VAN BIBBER/GRIFFEY and her husband, William, joined the family.They had been living in the GREENBRIER County area of Virginia. Young Isaachad been well attached to the BOONE family by this time and had worked someat the BOONE trading post. I believe it was at this parting of time ormaybe some time earlier that young Isaac decided not to go to Tennessee withthe rest of the family but to stay with Daniel BOONE's family. This is thebest I have been able to construct with the available data, but I don'tbelieve he was extremely young when he went to live with the BOONE family.

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