Butler County, Alabama

Butler County Pioneer Family Project

Family of Webster Gilbert

Submitted by Charles Stuart
January 2010

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Generation No. 1
1. WEBSTER GILBERT was born in Georgia in 1783. He was the son of DANIEL GILBERT and REBECCA STEELE. He married MARY L. VINES on November 8, 1818, in Madison Co., Georgia. MARY L. VINES was born in 1794, the daughter of ISIAH VINES and SARAH ATTAWAY . Webster Gilbert and his family were one of the founding settlers who arrived with the first wagon train from South Carolina and Georgia on January 14, 1819, and helped settle Greenville, Alabama. Webster Gilbert died in September, 1868, in Butler Co., Alabama. He was 85 years old. 
Children of WEBSTER GILBERT and MARY L. VINES are:

          i.    ELIZA CAROLINE GILBERT,  b. 1819  d. bef 1869
         ii.    MARY ELLEN GILBERT,  b. 1821  d. aft 1870
        iii.    Unknown male GILBERT,  b. 1823  d. bef 1869
         iv.    MARTHA P. GILBERT,  b. 1825  d. aft 1870
          v.    JOHN A. GILBERT,  b. 1827  d. aft 1869
  2      vi.    JAMES H. GILBERT,  b. 1829  d. 1888
        vii.    SUSAN A. GILBERT,  b. 1831  d. aft 1870
       viii.    PLEASANT D. GILBERT,  b. 1832  d. 1862
         ix.    JOSEPH A. GILBERT,  b. 1834  d. aft 1869
          x.    NANCY P. GILBERT,  b. 1837  d. aft 1870
Generation No. 2
2. JAMES H. GILBERT was born in 1829 in Butler Co., Alabama, and died in 1888. He married LUCINDA CAMPBELL in about 1852. She was born in 1835, and is the daughter of DAVID and FLORA CAMPBELL. Lucinda Gilbert died in Butler Co. on February 2, 1908. They are both buried in Damascus Cemetery, Butler Co., Alabama. 
Children of JAMES H. GILBERT and LUCINDA CAMPBELL are:

          i.    ANNA JANE GILBERT,  b. 1855  d. aft 1910
         ii.    JOHN H. GILBERT,  b. 1857
        iii.    MARTHA MALINDA GILBERT,  b. 1859
  3      iv.    OPHELIA HASELTIN GILBERT,  b. 27 Jul 1862  d. 27 May 1942
          v.    SARAH MELVINA GILBERT,  b. 1869  d. 1956
         vi.    Unknown GILBERT
Generation No. 3
3. OPHELIA HASELTIN GILBERT was born on July 27, 1862, in Butler Co., Alabama, and died on May 27, 1942. She married GEORGE ELIAS POUNCY on December 16, 1880, in Butler Co. GEORGE E. POUNCY was born on June 8, 1860, and died on August 11, 1947. He is the son of CALVIN B. POUNCY and K. MARY BARRETT. They are both buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Florala, Alabama. 
Children of OPHELIA HASELTIN GILBERT and GEORGE ELIAS POUNCY are:

          i.    ROBERT H. POUNCY,  b. May 1882
         ii.    CESAR L. POUNCY,  b. Feb 1884
        iii.    BEULAH M. POUNCY,  b. Jul 1888
         iv.    VIOLA POUNCY,  b. Mar 1890
  4       v.    GEORGIA PERILEE POUNCY,  b. Feb 1892  d. 10 Jul 1972
         vi.    JOHN O. POUNCY,  b. Mar 1893
        vii.    CALVIN R. POUNCY,  b. Mar 1895
       viii.    LAURA E. POUNCY,  b. Feb 1899
Generation No. 4
4. GEORGIA PERILEE POUNCY was born on May 12, 1891, in Butler Co., Alabama, and died on July 10, 1972, in Columbus, Georgia. She married BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STUART on October 31, 1906, in Butler Co. He was born on June 1, 1883, and died on October 15, 1950. He is the son of LEWIS CARNES STUART and SARAH ANN PARKER. They are both buried at Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia. 
Children of GEORGIA PERILEE POUNCY and BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STUART are:

          i.    GLENN STUART,  b. 5 Sep 1907  d. 25 Oct 1911
         ii.    PAULINE STUART,  b. 23 Sep 1909  d. 8 Jul 1987
        iii.    HORTENSE STUART,  b. 24 Dec 1911  d. 3 Nov 1994
         iv.    OPAL STUART,  b. 8 Oct 1914  d. 8 Aug 1915
          v.    CHARLES FRANKLIN STUART,  b. 14 Jun 1919  d. 8 Feb 1986

Resources:
1830 US Census, Butler Co., Alabama
1840 US Census, Butler Co., Alabama
1850 US Census, Butler Co., Alabama
1860 US Census, Butler Co., Alabama
1870 US Census, Butler Co., Alabama
1880 US Census, Butler Co., Alabama
1900 US Census, Butler Co., Alabama
1910 US Census, Butler Co., Alabama
1920 US Census, Butler Co., Alabama
Harrell, Helen O., James Stuart and Mary Matthews of Wilcox County, Alabama, 1998.
Information from correspondence with Sara S. Dunn, Lufkin, Texas
Head, Ronald A., Descendants of John B. Pounc(e)y, March 2007.
Information from correspondence with Judy Taylor, Greenville, Alabama
State of Alabama Department of Public Health Records

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