Thanks for all the information Diannah but I also needs placenames for all these events. Where were they born? Where did they die? Where did they live in 1920 or 1900 or 1870?

Town, County and State if you know it.
Thanks.

It seems to me I saw all of those names in a listing of the Jackson Cemetery in Franklin County. That is where my great, great grandmother Harriet Jackson is buried

It seems to me I saw all of those names in a listing of the Jackson Cemetery in Franklin County. That is where my great, great grandmother Harriet Jackson is buried

My nameis Ron Edwards I am attempting to locate living relatives of my mother. She passed away when I was 7 and I have never known any family. I just recently obtained enough information to find her surname Gilbreath. This is what I have thus far.
Blanche Juanita Gilbreath Edwards B.2/19/1932 in Alabama
D: 10/24/1959 in Portland oregon
Spouse Patrick Arthur Edwards
Blanche's father was John Wesley Gilbreath B:in alabama
D:In Portland Oregon wasmarried 8/9/1929 to Ivaleen Williamson
Also have Malenda Adaline Gilbreath as my great grandmother B: alabamaany information would be great!

For those of you who are interested in the answer to Pat's question the parents of Elizabeth Gilbreath were James Gilbreath Sr. and Jean Walker. I have the will of James Gilbreath Sr see below:
The information on the Hopkins Co. Texas application is as follows:
Hopkins Co. TX Probate book E, pages 143-150- LDS microfilm #1298843The Application of Jane Russell and Esther Whitson heirs of James Gilbreath
The undersigned Jane Russell & Esther Whitson, the former a resident of the county of Hopkins and the latter a resident of Wise Co in the state aforesaid would most respectfully petition your honorable court and state that in 1855 James Gilbreath (Sr.) departed this life intestate in the county of Hopkins and that he died seized and possessed of considerable personal property.........{this goes on and on}
........your petitioners were two of his children and have been married and are now feme soles and are each entitled to a distrubutive share of the estate. James Gilbreath a resident of Hunt Co. Tx is also a child...the children of Betty Ivy deceased who was a child of the deceased is entitled to a distributive share of the estate. Their names and residence are as follows: Lavina Hutson wife of Wade Hutson who resides in the county of Wise. Nancy Mitchell wife of Preston Mitchell who resides in the county of Wise. Hugh Ivey who resides in the county of Wise, and Elizabeth Tindell wife of John Tindell who resides in the state of AR.
The children of John Gilbreath deceased who was a son of the deceased: Betsy and Melinda who are of age and reside in the state of AR.
The children of Peggy Boyd deceased who was a child of the deceased: Martha J. who married Thomas Boyd, Marinda C. and Sary J all of who are of age and reside beyond the limits of TX {in Ar}
Oliver Gilbrath deceased a child of the deceased: Hugh Janes and Andrew Gilbreath all of whom are minors and reside in TX abd a girl name unknown.
16 April, 1856
signed Jane Russell ............Esther Whitson

Hope this helps someones search. If we connect please email me at paulaj@crcom.net

Sorry yes they lived in Franklin County Arkansas off and on. I know they were there in 1850.

Paula, I'm slowing extracting the probate and circuit court minutes for Franklin County. Franklin was formed Dec 1837 out of Crawford. James Gilbreath Sr was a bigwig of sorts being one of the assistant? circuit court judges. I'm not really sure what this means, I think he assisted the judge, I don't think he was a judge himself.

The Whitson family were early pioneers in Crawford, one Whitson, possibly a brother to the one we know better, was murdered following a dispute in which the county seat of Crawford was located to Whitson's store in an area called "Whitsonville". Creative huh?

At any rate, the Gilbreath and Whitson family appear several times in the records. I've been adding notes my tree online in WorldConnect as I come across interesting things. Like Esther Whitson having to file for her dower about five times before she evidently finally got it. And the fight over guardianship of the children.

Thanks Will I will check out your notes and see if I have anything new to share with you.
Paula

I am researching the Gilbreath family line, This is what I have so far. My Mother was Blanche J. Gilbreath Edwards Born cullman Alabama 2/19/1932 She died 10/24/1959 at the age of 27 when I was only 7 and I have just recently learned what her madien name was I had two sisters Debbie and Sandra and a brother Dewayne all younger than me that were adopted and I have no way of knowing where they are, so finding family is very important to me. Her Father was John Wesley Gilbreath Born in Alabama 10/15/1907 Died in Portland Oregon July 8,1989 Her Mother was Ivaleen Williamson not sure on the spelling of the first name. Any information would be Great! My mother died at the hand of her husband.

Are you looking for descendents or ancestors? If ancestors, then your next step would be to get the death certificate and obituary of your grandfather that you mentioned. Typically obits tell you where his brothers and sisters are living at the time of his death, death certificates tell you who his parents were and possibly where they were born.

Also you should obtain his Social Security Card application file which will confirm some of this info, or give it to you in another way, and also confirm his birthplace. Let us know how you proceed.