Whitton GIBSON

   Another name for Whitton was Whitten GIBSON.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Birth, Jan 1849, Hancock County, TN.

• Note: Groshe & Rev. Taylor papers : Hancock County, TN. In the Appendix A # 20
Notes on Whitten Gibson
#20. Lucas and Tilman Collins and Whitten Gibson were is an election day fight on Mulberry Gap ? About 1900? Lucas and Tilman were killed, Whitten died of his wounds later. Tilman and a man named Lamb, seemed to have killed each other. Wiley Brewer and Will Brewer were tried for this killing but were cleared. Some of the Collins folks from Mulberry Gap way laid the Brewer boys and shot them down. Wiley got well but Will Brewer died. Ardell and Pettybone Collins served time in the pen for this killing.

Whitten Gibson, who died of Wounds or hurt in the election day had a fight with Noah Collins, son of Batie & Cynthia.(notes states) when he was a boy, "Aunt Cynthia" Noah's mother was angry got a pot-leg for a slug and Shot Whitton Gibson. Afterwards she felt sorry and nursed Whitten carefully till he got well.

Another set notes on this in the Groshe Taylor papers.Batie "ran" a still for many years, but was pardoned about 1885-90. Aunt Cynthia, his wife, shot Revenue Officer Whitten Gibson, in the leg with a Pot-Leg for a slug, She nursed him tho, after he was sick. Later Whitten was killed in a Election fight on Mulberry Gap.

There is other notes that I have also on Whitten he was said to have has a Wooden leg as a result of this shot. Also the Election daya fight, he went to a house and the they opened fire on the house it was said that no one in the house lived.???? Another part of the Groshe papers.If this is true on my last notes here the whole house was shot up and no one lived it is possible Alabama was killed then also.

On Batey Collins
U.S. District Court, Knoxville Tenn. Us vs Batey Collins Violation of
Internal Revenue Laws. #3550 1-21-1875 - $100.00 fine. #4303- cost 1-1882;
#6138 7-1882 costs; 7-1885 B5 p126 -cost


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Whitton married Hila Ann JOHNSON, daughter of James JOHNSON and Lydia BIRD. (Hila Ann JOHNSON died before 1889.)

Whitton next married Alabama GIBSON, daughter of Larkin GIBSON and Martha "Patsy" COLLINS, on 18 Dec 1889 in Lee County, VA. (Alabama GIBSON was born about 20 Dec 1870 and died in Nov 1900.)

  Marriage Notes:

book 2 pages 70 line 43