Thomas Gilbert was born 1773 in Newberry Co., SC to Caleb Gilbert and his wife Ann whose last name is not yet known. Sometime prior to the birth of his eldest known child Cary in 1793, Thomas married Rebecca Gaunt, daughter of Israel and Hannah Gaunt. Rebecca and Thomas would have another son David in 1796, and he is the only other known child of the couple.
Rebecca died in 1816 , and in 1818 Thomas married her widowed sister, Mary Gaunt Coate. The marriage took place in Newberry County per court records. In June of 1826, Thomas purchased land in Limestone County, Alabama and shortly thereafter they moved there. His eldest son Cary moved to Giles Co., TN about the same time, and his youngest son David moved to Limestone Co. shortly thereafter.
Thomas is believed to have owned the land in Giles County on which the Gilbert Cemetery sits, and he is believed to have been the first burial there. The cemetery includes burials of numerous family and friends of the Gilbert family, as well as Gilbert slaves and their descendants, which was highly unusual at the time.
Per an article in the Pulaski Citizen newspaper in 1872, "old Tom Gilbert" ran a little grocery an what is now knows as the community of Gourdsville. It is so named because one of the products he sold was whiskey, and his customers would carry it away in gourds.
Rebecca died in 1816 , and in 1818 Thomas married her widowed sister, Mary Gaunt Coate. The marriage took place in Newberry County per court records. In June of 1826, Thomas purchased land in Limestone County, Alabama and shortly thereafter they moved there. His eldest son Cary moved to Giles Co., TN about the same time, and his youngest son David moved to Limestone Co. shortly thereafter.
Thomas is believed to have owned the land in Giles County on which the Gilbert Cemetery sits, and he is believed to have been the first burial there. The cemetery includes burials of numerous family and friends of the Gilbert family, as well as Gilbert slaves and their descendants, which was highly unusual at the time.
Per an article in the Pulaski Citizen newspaper in 1872, "old Tom Gilbert" ran a little grocery an what is now knows as the community of Gourdsville. It is so named because one of the products he sold was whiskey, and his customers would carry it away in gourds.
Thomas Gilbert was born 1773 in Newberry Co., SC to Caleb Gilbert and his wife Ann whose last name is not yet known. Sometime prior to the birth of his eldest known child Cary in 1793, Thomas married Rebecca Gaunt, daughter of Israel and Hannah Gaunt. Rebecca and Thomas would have another son David in 1796, and he is the only other known child of the couple.
Rebecca died in 1816 , and in 1818 Thomas married her widowed sister, Mary Gaunt Coate. The marriage took place in Newberry County per court records. In June of 1826, Thomas purchased land in Limestone County, Alabama and shortly thereafter they moved there. His eldest son Cary moved to Giles Co., TN about the same time, and his youngest son David moved to Limestone Co. shortly thereafter.
Thomas is believed to have owned the land in Giles County on which the Gilbert Cemetery sits, and he is believed to have been the first burial there. The cemetery includes burials of numerous family and friends of the Gilbert family, as well as Gilbert slaves and their descendants, which was highly unusual at the time.
Per an article in the Pulaski Citizen newspaper in 1872, "old Tom Gilbert" ran a little grocery an what is now knows as the community of Gourdsville. It is so named because one of the products he sold was whiskey, and his customers would carry it away in gourds.
Rebecca died in 1816 , and in 1818 Thomas married her widowed sister, Mary Gaunt Coate. The marriage took place in Newberry County per court records. In June of 1826, Thomas purchased land in Limestone County, Alabama and shortly thereafter they moved there. His eldest son Cary moved to Giles Co., TN about the same time, and his youngest son David moved to Limestone Co. shortly thereafter.
Thomas is believed to have owned the land in Giles County on which the Gilbert Cemetery sits, and he is believed to have been the first burial there. The cemetery includes burials of numerous family and friends of the Gilbert family, as well as Gilbert slaves and their descendants, which was highly unusual at the time.
Per an article in the Pulaski Citizen newspaper in 1872, "old Tom Gilbert" ran a little grocery an what is now knows as the community of Gourdsville. It is so named because one of the products he sold was whiskey, and his customers would carry it away in gourds.
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