Stories from Gus Adams, published in Tifton Gazette, Tift Co. GA
Gibbs Family
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J. E. (Edd) Dorminey edorminey@dishmail.net
Around the "turn of the Century" (1912) there was a man by the name of
Gus Adams (friends called him "Pat") who lived near Chula, Tift County,
GA with several families. First with William and Louisa Jane Branch and
then at the home of some of their grown children. After a while he moved
in with the D.H. Hogan family. Gus was from Brooklyn, New York and came
to Georgia about 1878 where he followed his occupation as a painter and
decorator. While residing and working around the Chula area, he went from
home to home and knew all the old residents of this section and visited
with them. He attended family reunions, annual meetings and celebrations,
and his writings of these gatherings were an interesting feature of the
"Tifton Gazette" in Tifton Georgia for many years. Gus died in 1933.
These stories live on to tell some very interesting histories of the
different families of the area. Look especially at the "Whiddon" write
up as it is very interesting in relation to the Dorminy family and
where they originated.
SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION
Bob Morrell was editor of the Tifton Gazette 30 years ago when he and his
wife Betty discovered and salvaged these genealogies from some old Tifton
Gazette papers that were crumbling and falling apart from being exposed to
age, dust, South Georgia heat and humidity. Betty took these old papers and
copied the Gus Adams genealogies onto "teletype" paper on her typewriter.
She said that during the process the act of turning the pages would tear the
brittle newsprint and she had to have something placed under them to turn
them or they would crumble in her hands. If she hadn^t saved these family
histories, they would have been lost forever as no other source has been
found that has copies of these articles except the one on the Paulk^s and
part of the one on the Dorminy family which we obtained from another source
CAUTION!!! Please be aware that Mr. Adams did not have the benefit of
a computer to cross check his information. He has a LOT of mistakes in
these histories but if you use them, and are aware of this fact, you
can benefit by having a starting point. Do not use this information as
your final reference . I know for a fact that a lot of Dorminy
information as well as other information is partially WRONG so to be
forwarned is to be forarmed.
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Tifton Gazette
March 22, 1912
Vol. XXI No. 46
THE GIBB'S
James Gibbs married Mahala Paulk and settled near Little River four
miles from where Ty Ty is now located. They raised a family and moved
to the old Jake Clements place, where both died and were buried at
Hickory Spring cemetery.
Ty Ty was named at Ty Ty creek and was the property of William
Mitchell, father of Billy Mitchell. There was a large field on the
present site of Ty Ty before James Gibbs and J.L. Thigpen operated a
turpentine still there. Saunders Jelks was the first Merchant in Ty
Ty. Then Coon Brady, the Williams, Fords and others built up the town.
James Gibbs and his wife lived to a ripe old age and were blessed with
a good family. Their children were: James, Allen, John, Jacob (who
died), Ellen, Martha, Kate and Frankie. James, son of old James,
entered the ministry and became Presiding Elder of Hickory Springs
Primitive Baptist Church. He married Polly Warren, daughter of George
Warren. She died, leaving James who married Kitty Peeples of Florida;
Warren, who married Thoney Peeples of Florida; William who married
Vera Willis; she died. He then married Bessie Partridge; Henry married
Ruby Partridge; Wright married Hattie Patrick; Mahala married John
Willis, son of George; Nancy married William Willis, son of Henry;
Millie married James Patrick; Sarah married J. Wiley Taylor. Rev.
James Gibbs next married Mrs. Mary Paulk, widow of Hon. George Paulk.
Allen, son of James, married Sally Warren, daughter of George; she
died, leaving Jacob, who married Deena Branch, daughter of
"Poplarstick Bill"; George, who married Mrs. Brown of Ashburn; John,
who married Mamie McMillan, daughter of Tom; Becky, married Robert
Land, son of Calvin Land; Sykes and Bobby, single. Allen married
Martha Brown the second time, they have a large family of small
children.
Saunders, son of Richard Gibbs, married Mary Jane Bowen. Their
children: Ollie married Sallie Fletcher; she died; Warren married
Carrie McCranie; Lula and Ira, single.
Sidney and Dan, sons of old Richard, single.
Becky, daughter of old Richard, married Jesse Taylor.
Milly, daughter of old Richard, married Dan McMillan. She died,
leaving a son, Allen. Reason Gibbs, married Becky Barton. Their
children; Ida, Mack, E.R., W.S.,J.C., Mahala, Jane, Kate, Sidney N.,
Alvis C. and Gordon.
Jim Gibbs, son of old Richard, married Sophia Alexander. Their
children were: Alice, Ava Jane, Allen, Albert and Alder. Alice married
Wilburn Alexander, son of John. Ava Jane married Miles Mock. Allen
married Molly Stone, daughter of Murdock Stone. Albert and Alder are
single.
Hezekiah married Becky Hall. Their children were: Joseph, Jim, George,
Tom, Hezekiah, Dan, Martha, Betsy and Julian. Tom died in the war.
John, son of old James Gibbs, married Sally Willis. He died, leaving
Laney who married Tom Cottle; Silas, Edgar, Milner, Earnest, Carl and
Earl, all single. Martha, daughter of James Gibbs, married Jim Warren.
Kate, daughter of James Gibbs married W.E. Williams of Ty Ty. Their
children were: Flora, married Albert Nelson; Lizzie married George
Godard; E.J., or Capt. Zeke, married Myrtle Pound; Tom V. and Dr.
Frank, of Vienna are single.
Frankie, daughter of James Gibbs, married Sophronia Land. They settled
near Turner Church. Their children were; John, Reason, Saunders, Jim,
Fred, Sidney, Dan, Becky and Millie.
John, son of old Richard, married Becky Paulk. She died, leaving Sarah
who married Warren Fletcher; Ida married Carl Preston. Alice and
Oliver, single. Fred, son of Richard married Susie Walker.
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Please take note that this information came from long ago and has not
been corrected for accuracy. Many of these sketches have names
transposed or just plain wrong information so use this as a starting
point, not the final end to your research. THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL
DOCUMENT. It is a summary of the genealogical findings of one man, Gus
Adams, which were unsubstantiated and should be used as such.
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