Eliza GIBSON

1824 - 1906  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Eliza GIBSON
  Born	Nov 1824  [1]
  	Birth date reported by Findagrave.com as Nov 8 1820, but 1900 Census shows it as Nov 1824.
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	Louisa Co, VA
  Census	1860	Gilmer Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870, 1900	Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
  Died	25 Mar 1906	Conings, Gilmer Co, WV   [2]
  	Findagrave reports death date as Mar 25 1904.
  Buried	Brannon Cemetery, Rush Run, Gilmer Co, WV   [3]
  Person ID	I54283	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	3 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Nathan GIBSON,   b. CA 1793
  Mother	Lucy SHEPHERD,   b. CA 1788, Virginia
  Family ID	F49964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pinkard BRANNON,   b. 18 Sep 1827, Louisa Co, VA ,   d. 4 Jan 1915, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV  (Age 87 years)  [4, 5]
  Married	20 Nov 1847	Louisa Co, VA   [1, 6]
  Notes	BRANNON, Pinkard (M) changed his name to Brannon from Pinkard Bramham and Pinkard Napper, when he migrated in the 1850s with his wife Eliza Gibson from Louisa Co., VA to Gilmer/Doddridge Counties, WV. The Branham (Brannon) and Napper families were free colored people since the early 1700s in Virginia. 1850 Census, Louisa Co, Virginia, enumerated on Oct 3 1850: Pinkard Napper, 25; Eliza, 22; Malinda, 2, Infant (male), 11 months. All born in Virginia. The race of all indicated as mulatto. NOTE 1: The unnamed male infant was son Henry, later known as Henry Brannon, whose birth date was consistently reported as 15 Aug 1850. His age thus would have been about 1 month rather than 11 months. NOTE 2: A nearby household was that of James & Mahala (unable to read/write) Knighton and their children. Also in the Knighton household was Mal. [Malachi] Bramham, 76, mulatto, laborer. 1860 Census, Gilmer Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), Post Office Coxs Mills, enumerated on Jun 2 1860: Pinkard Brannon, 33, farmer, value of real estate $700, value of personal estate $275; Eliza, 38; Malinda, 12; Henry, 9; Almira, 8; Sophia, 6; Lucy Ann, 3; Mary Jane, 7 months. All born in Louisa County, Virginia, except Lucy and Mary, born in Gilmer County. The race of all indicated as white. 1870 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy Twp), enumerated on Jul 20 1870: Pinkard Brannon, 43, farmer, value of real estate $1,500, value of personal estate $700; Eliza, 47; Henry, 19, farm laborer; Elmira, 17; Sophia, 15; Lucy, 13; Mary, 10; Winfield S, 8; Louisa, 5; John, 3. All born in Va/WVa. The race of all indicated as white. 1880 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jun 10/11 1880: Pinkard Brannon, farmer; wife Eliza, 56; dau Malinda, 28, single, cannot write; dau Lucy, 21, single; dau Mary, 19, single; son W. Scott, 17, farm laborer; dau Louiza, 15; son John W, farm laborer; Henry M. Brannon (relationship not stated), 27, farm laborer, married; wife Dovey, 18; dau "Not named," age 6 months, birth month December. All born in Va/WVa. The race of all indicated as white. NOTE: Records pertaining to daughter Claudia V. Brannon consistently show her birth as February 1880. 1900 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900: Pinkard Brannon, 66, b. Sep 1832, farmer, married 52 yrs; wife Liza Brannon, 75, b. Nov 1824, mother of 9 children (8 still living); dau Malinda Brannon, 50, b. Oct 1849, single; dau Lucy A. Brannon, 44, b. Jun 1855, single; son-in-law Elmer Burton, 56, b. Mar 1843, farm laborer, widowed; grandson Hedgyman Burton, 24, b. Jun 1875, single; grandson Walter Burton, 23, b. Jun 1876, single; grandson Pinkney Burton, 20, b. Jul 1879, single; granddau Bird Burton, 18, b. May 1882, single; grandson Earl Burton, 15, b. Apr 1885; granddau Annie Burton, 9, b. Jan 1891. 1910 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Apr 29 1910: Pinkard Brannon, 85, widowed, living on own income; dau Melinda Boyce, 61, divorced, no occupation, mother of 2 children (1 still living). NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of Pinkard's son John, his wife Martha and their four children. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BRANHAM/2000-12/0977337511 https://books.google.com/books?id=mQtCAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA514&ots=YzfJi1v3iX&dq=barnett%20committee%20vs.%20greathouse&pg=PA514#v=onepage&q=barnett%20committee%20vs.%20greathouse&f=false [7]
  Children	1. Malinda BRANNON,   b. Oct 1849, Louisa Co, VA ,   d. 1933, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV  (Age ~ 83 years) + 2. Henry BRANNON,   b. 15 Aug 1850, Louisa Co, VA ,   d. 14 Feb 1942, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV  (Age 91 years) + 3. Almyra BRANNON,   b. 23 Jan 1853, Louisa Co, VA ,   d. 26 Nov 1938, Weston, Lewis Co, WV  (Age 85 years) + 4. Sophia BRANNON,   b. 9 Nov 1855, Louisa Co, VA ,   d. 28 Nov 1895  (Age 40 years)   5. Lucy Ann BRANNON,   b. 16 Jun 1857,   d. 10 Aug 1905  (Age 48 years) + 6. Mary Jane BRANNON,   b. 5 Oct 1859,   d. 21 Nov 1941, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 82 years) + 7. Scott Winfield BRANNON,   b. 24 Apr 1862, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV ,   d. 23 Nov 1941, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV  (Age 79 years)   8. Louisa BRANNON,   b. 30 May 1866, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 5 Jun 1942, Enterprise, Wirt Co, WV  (Age 76 years) + 9. John Wesley BRANNON,   b. 9 Mar 1867, Gilmer Co, WV ,   d. 30 Jul 1953, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 86 years)
  Documents		54282_BRANNON_Pinkard_1900Census_GilmerCoWV_TroyDist_12Jun1900.jpg
  Family ID	F22434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2086] 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). [S1846] Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV, DR : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=523579&Type=Death. [S934] Findagrave.com. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter. [S1590] Death record of daughter. [S2748] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S2013] Dee Dovey's Genealogy, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosadove/DeeDovey'sPage/).