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44. Guyon Gibson³⁷, born January 07, 1745/46 in County Down Ireland; died July 08, 1793 in Agusta, Georgia. He married 45. Eleanor "Ellen" Kennedy December 08, 1773 in Pendleton District, South Carolina.

45. Eleanor "Ellen" Kennedy³⁷, born 1748 in Ireland; died September 19, 1827 in Lincoln Co., Missouri.

Notes for Guyon Gibson:
Emigrated to America from Ireland in 1766. Served in the Revolutionary War in South Carolina under Captain Thompson. He lost his rifle in the battle at Brier Creek, and two friends gave affidavit later on May 10, 1782, that it was worth 25pounds Old Currency. His National Pension Claim Number is R470 and his South Carolina Audited Accounts and Stub Indent Number is AA 2788. He died of Yellow Fever. After his death, his widow and children went on to Tennessee and Missouri. Four of his sons enlisted in the War of 1812 and were prominent in the settlement of Warren County, Missouri, with Major Thomas Kennedy.

It is said that this family originated in Sweden and this branch emigrated to Ireland.
From "Sitton - Gibson Genealogy Book" page 265. Note from WFT Volume 1 Tree # 3228

Notes for Eleanor "Ellen" Kennedy:
She came to, Warren County, Missouri, in the second wave of people led by her son, Guyon Jr., they arrived at Kennedy's Fort on December 26, 1811.
(Note WFT Volume 1 Tree # 3228)

More About Guyon Gibson and Eleanor Kennedy:
Marriage: December 08, 1773, Pendleton District, South Carolina

Children of Guyon Gibson and Eleanor Kennedy are:

Sarah Gibson, born October 11, 1774 in Pendleton District, South Carolina; died November 11, 1857 in Warren Co., Missouri; married Thomas Kennedy April 09, 1793 in South Carolina; born April 03, 1774 in Bedford Co., Virginia; died August 15, 1823 in Warren Co., Missouri.

More About Thomas Kennedy and Sarah Gibson:
Marriage: April 09, 1793, South Carolina

ii.

Rachel Steel Gibson, born July 18, 1776 in Pendleton District, South Carolina; died March 18, 1824 in Missouri; married Lawrance Bradley Sitton August 22, 1809 in Davidson Co., Tennessee; born December 12, 1783 in South Carolina; died March 07, 1863 in Lincoln Co., Missouri.

More About Lawrance Sitton and Rachel Gibson:
Marriage: August 22, 1809, Davidson Co., Tennessee

	iii.	Eleanor Gibson, born April 11, 1778.
	iv.	Samuel Gibson, born February 12, 1780.
	v.	Joseph Gibson, born July 05, 1782.
	vi.	James Gibson, born August 05, 1784.
	vii.	Guyon "Duck River" Gibson, Jr., born October 07, 1787.
	viii.	Mary Ann Gibson, born 1790.
22	ix.	John Gibson, born December 02, 1792 in Pendleton District, South Carolina; married Polly Mary Ann Hines Sitton October 1818.

      46. John Sitton He married 47. Rhoda Smith.

      47. Rhoda Smith

Child of John Sitton and Rhoda Smith is:

Polly Mary Ann Hines Sitton, born February 20, 1800 in Pendleton District, South Carolina; died October 15, 1856 in Washington Co., Missouri; married John Gibson October 1818.

48. George Whitley, born Abt. 1735. He was the son of 96. George Benjamin Whitley and 97. Sarah Warren.

Notes for George Whitley:
George Whitley lived on Big Bear Creek, in what is now Stanly County, North Carolina.
He was married twice and reared a large family. He and two or three of his sons were soldiers
in the American Revolution.
Of the four sons listed it is believe that the first two were by his first wife and the second two by his second wife.
After his death his second wife, believed to be, Martha Castles married Henry Manuel.

Ancestors listed prior to George were taken from the book, " Whitley Families Of North Carolina 1356 - 1983" I cannot personally attest to their accuracy.

Children of George Whitley are:

George Whitley II, born Abt. 1760.

Notes for George Whitley II:
George Whitley II married twice and had a large family by each marriage. He was a Baptist minister and was a pastor in the Bear Creek Association of Primitive Baptist. He seems to have been pastor of Meadow Creek Baptist Church in Stanly County, North Carolina
The Jacob Whitley papers mention a daughter that was bitten by a dog and died of Rabies and a son, George Whitley, Jr. ( III). Other records relate that a daughter, Fannie Robins, died June 23, 1858.

	ii.	Needham Whitley, born 1762.
	iii.	John Whitley, born Abt. 1772.
24	iv.	William Whitley, born December 1775 in North Carolina; died March 04, 1890 in Stanly County, North Carolina; married Martha Hathcock Abt. 1814 in North Carolina.

50. Benjamin Hathcock, born 1742 in Virginia; died 1857 in Stanly Co., North Carolina.

Children of Benjamin Hathcock are:

	i.	Dempsey Hathcock, born Bet. 1775 - 1785.
25	ii.	Martha Hathcock, born 1776 in North Carolina; died September 24, 1880 in Stanly Co., North Carolina; married William Whitley Abt. 1814 in North Carolina.
	iii.	Jesse Hathcock, born Abt. 1780.
	iv.	Lee Hathcock, born Abt. 1788.
	v.	Sally Hathcock, born Abt. 1790.
	vi.	Young Hathcock, born Abt. 1790.
	vii.	James Hathcock, born Abt. 1792.
	viii.	Benjamin Franklin Hathcock, born Abt. 1800.

      54. Edward "Judge" Brumbelow³⁸, born September 13, 1747 in Richmond County, Virginia; died Aft. 1800 in Probably in Georgia. He was the son of 108. Edward Isaac Brumlow and 109. Mary. He married 55. Elizabeth Abt. 1768 in Virginia.

      55. Elizabeth, born Abt. 1750; died Bef. 1810 in Probably in Anson Co., North Carolina.

Notes for Edward "Judge" Brumbelow:
1790 Anson County, North Carolina Census, listed
Edward Brumbelow
3 males over 16
3 males under 16
4 females

At some point prior to 1790, Edward moved from Chatham Co., North Carolina to Anson County, North Carolina. When the Indian lands opened up in Georgia he moved there. I assume that is where he died.

According to his granddaughter, Susannah Morton Whitley, Edward was suppose to be about 1/2 Cherokee Indian, and he was called "Judge".

LETTER WRITTEN BY SUSANNAH MORTON WHITLEY

Post Marked - Big Lick, North Carolina (date not legible)

To, W.H.A. Whitley
Woodbine
Cook, Co., Texas

Edward Brumbelow was my grandfather he lived in North Carolina Chatham Co. he moved from there to Anson Co there his daughter Betsy married Ezekiel Morton my Father his sister Betsy married John Hi_ _ na _ (may read Hivonaz, Illegible) they had two sons one named Isaac and one Jessie and one James that I remember my grandfather was known by the name Judge Brumbelow and he went to the purchase of Georgia when the Indians inhabited that Country he was said to be about half Indian, Susannah Whitley

More About Edward Brumbelow and Elizabeth:
Marriage: Abt. 1768, Virginia

Children of Edward Brumbelow and Elizabeth are:

	i.	William Brumbeloe, born Abt. 1770.
	ii.	Edward Brumbolo, Jr., born Abt. 1774.
27	iii.	Elizabeth "Betsy" Brumbelow, born Abt. 1775 in Anson County, North Carolina; died March 21, 1856 in North Carolina; married Ezekiel Morton Abt. 1798 in Anson Co., North Carolina.
	iv.	Girl Brumbelow, born Abt. 1779.
	v.	James A. Brumbalo, born Abt. 1781.
	vi.	Another Girl Brumbelow, born Abt. 1785.
	vii.	Isaac Brumbelow, born Abt. 1785.
	viii.	Jessie Brumbelow, born Abt. 1786.

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