The Sibert Family of South Carolina and Alabama

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I-A. JOHN WESLEY SIBERT (1822 – 1868), son of David Sibert² (John David¹)

John Wesley Sibert was born on 1 February 1822 in South Carolina, and he died on 10 May 1868. [1] He married Nancy Parker. She was probably born about 1826 in Tennessee.

Nancy's last name is from her daughter Malissa's death certificate.

An excerpt from a letter from Hamilton P. Sibert, written 6 November 1959, says

I found the old David Sibert bible. IT IS NOT FOR SALE OR TRANSFER. It is not written in German. It is an American bible printed in 1825. It has written in large ink letters in the front and in the back, "DAVID SIBERT. HIS BIBLE." There is listed therein the birth dates and dates of death of all of the children that died before David did. Someone entered his date of death. Also date of his wife. Also that David was 79 Yrs 9 mos. old. … The name on this bible is spelled "SIBERT". ... I have been asking you about John Wilmore Sibert, first child of David, born 2-1-1822. [Beeson] says died in Ark 5-10-1868 leaving a small family. This death date is in the above bible, but does not show where he died. Wonder how Beeson got the Ark reference? The David Sibert bible lists the first born on that date, 2-1-1822, as John Wesley Sibert in the first birth date column. In the 2nd column on the same page he is listed as John W and on the death column page he is listed as John W. Wonder how Beeson got the Wilmore? All of the other names tally in succession as now shown in the book. Your "Grannys" name is spelled in two places as "Martha Jain".

According to the census, in 1850 John, aged 28 and born in South Carolina, and Nancy, aged 24 and born in Tennessee, lived in Division 25, DeKalb County, Alabama with Elizabeth M., aged three, and Malissa J., aged two. John was a farmer with real estate worth 2,000 dollars. [2][3]

On 1 December 1852, John W. bought 40 acres in section 1 of Huntsville, Etowah County. He bought 40 acres in section 2 on 15 July 1854 and 3 October 1854. [4]

According to the census, in 1860 John, aged 38 and born in South Carolina, and Nancy, aged 34, lived in Lebanon, DeKalb County with Elizabeth M., aged 13, Malissa J., aged 12, William J., aged 9, two farm laborers, and an apprentice. John was a farmer with a personal estate of 4,200 dollars and real estate worth 6,000 dollars. He owned two slaves. [2] In 1860 he owned 280 acres of land; he had two horses, one mule, three milk cows, four working oxen, eight other cattle, three sheep, and 30 pigs; he grew wheat, corn, tobacco, and cotton. [5]

John was commissioned Justice of the Peace in DeKalb County on 10 June 1856. [6]

John was a Confederate soldier. [1][7] He was a private in the Ninth Regiment, Alabama Cavalry (Malone's). [8] He was a private in Company E of the 12th Regiment of the Alabama Infantry. He enlisted on 20 July 1861 for a period of 12 months, but was discharged on 7 October 1861 for disability due to rheumatism. He described himself as 5'10" with a dark complexion, blue eyes and black hair. [9]

John owned Sibert’s Mill, the first mill in DeKalb County, Alabama. [1]

Children of John Wesley Sibert and Nancy Unknown:

I-A-1. Elizabeth M. Sibert was born about 1847 in Alabama.

I-A-2. Malissa J. Sibert was born on 29 March 1848 in Alabama. She died on 10 July 1921 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. She married Martin Luther Allen.

I-A-3. William J. Sibert was born about 1851 in Alabama. He is probably the William J. Sibert, a single farmer born in Alabama, who died in May 1880, age 30, in Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas. [10]

Endnotes:

1. J. Luther Beeson, The Sibert Family of South Carolina and Alabama (n.p.: the author, 1928). Beeson calls John "John Wilmore Sibert" and says he was born in Alabama and died in Arkansas, leaving a small family.

2. "U.S. Federal Census Collection," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/usfedcen) >

1850 > AL > DeKalb > Division 25, image 51, lines 24–27, entry for John Sybert.
1860 > AL > DeKalb > Division 2, image 6, lines 13–20, entry for John W. Sibert; slave schedule, image 1.

3. According to the Alabama state census, in 1850 J. W. Sibert was living in DeKalb County. His household consisted of six (white) people: two males under 21, one male between 21 and 45, two white females under 21 and one white female over 21. "Alabama, U.S., State Census, 1820–1866," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1576) > 1850 > DeKalb, Image 11.

4. "General Land Records," database with images, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior (https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx), Acc. Nos., AL3250__.039, MW-0570-351, AL3270__.123.

5. "U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850–1860," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276)> AL > Agriculture > 1860 > DeKalb > Division 2, image 3, line 6, entry for John W. Sibert.

6. "Alabama Civil Appointments, 1818–1939," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60923) > M881666, image 3011, entry for John W. Sebert.

7. Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical (Birmingham: Smith and Deland, 1888), 369–70.

8. Historical Data Systems, "Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861–1865," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1555), entry for John W. Sibert.

9. "Civil War Service Records," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com) > Confederate > AL > Twelfth infantry > S > Sibert, John.

10. "U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850–1880," database with images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8756) > AK > Boone, image 4.

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