Seeking records of Amelia Gibson

There was a Martha Gibson James, born about 1902 according to her 1955 death certificate.  Her parents were Melton Gibson and Amelia Spencer Gibson.  She and her parents lived in Sumter Co SC.  Is this the family you are looking for?

Melton and Amelia Gibson had a son named Luke born 1886-88,who  lived with his mother at least through 1940

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Population Schedules for the 1890 Census; the Population Schedules for the 1900 Census, and the Population Schedules for the 1910 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1920 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1930 Census, and  the Population Schedules for the 1940 Census in the Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29) that may contain information about Amelia Gibson and her family.   The 1940 Census schedules are digitized and available using the Catalog. For access to the non-digitized schedules, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov. 

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