MY GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES FROM AFRICA. MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER, HENRY GIBBS WHICH WAS CHARLES' SON DID AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WROTE THE SLAVE NARRATIVES. IN THAT INTERVIEW, HENRY SAID HIS DADDY WAS FROM SALISBURY, NC AND THE SLAVE MASTER LAST NAME WAS GIBBS AND THAT IS HOW IS DADDY'S LAST NAME WAS GIBBS.
CHARLES WAS BROUGHT TO COLUMBUS, MS AND SOLD TO A PLANTATION OWNER COTTRELL WHICH HAD A PLANTATION IN CLAY COUNTY, WEST POINT, MS. THE WAVERLY GOLF COURSE IS LOCATED IN THE SAME TOWN AND ON THE SAME ROAD MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER, HENRY GIBBS OWNS LAND AND WAS BORN IN 1836 IN THE SAME COUNTY.
WHICH PLANTATION DID THE GIBBS FAMILY OWN & THE NAMES OF THE SLAVES?
HOW DID CHARLES GIBBS GET TO SALISBURY, NC?