Person:Benjamin Gibbs (22)

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Col. Benjamin Erastus Gibbs
b.1752 Virginia
d.1831 Washington County, Kentucky
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m. 1775
  1. William Purnell Gibbs1781 - 1835
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  • H.  Col. Benjamin Erastus Gibbs1752 - 1831
  • W.  Mary EwingEst 1742 -
m. 18 Apr 1790
  1. Benjamin Gibbs1791 -
  2. Sophronia GibbsAbt 1795 -
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Name Col. Benjamin Erastus Gibbs
Gender Male
Birth? 1752 Virginia
Marriage 1775 to Amanda Zyporah Purnell
Marriage 18 Apr 1790 Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentuckyto Mary Ewing
Death? 1831 Washington County, Kentucky
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DAR Application Papers
DAR file 335352
Benjamin Erastus Gibbs served during the entire war of the Revolution and from 1775 to 1777 was Treasurer of Washington's military household; later he commanded Virginia state troops
During the war he carried a sword inherited from his father and which he bequeathed to his oldest grandson, and from him it has descended to this branch of the family. It was originally captured by his father at the Battle of Quebec.
Vol. 6 p. 236 DAR Lineage Book, Verified by Natl. #211685

[Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBBS/2007-05/1179317824

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