The Sibert Family of South Carolina and Alabama

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II. GEORGE SIBERT (1798 – 1865), son of John David Sibert

George Sibert was probably born in 1798 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. [1] He died there on 15 July 1865. [1] He married Adaline Lasseter in 1823. [1] Adaline was the daughter of Isaac and Faithy Lasseter. [1] She was born in 1808 and died in May 1889. [1]

In his will, probated on 25 June 1834 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, Isaac Lasseter left his substantial property to his wife Faithy and his children, except for Adaline. He said [2]

I give to my son in law George Seybert husband of my daughter Edaline the sum of five dollars to be by my executors paid to him or his heirs if demanded he having been by me heretofore apportioned.

Beeson says [1]

[George] married Adeline Lasseter when she was fifteen years of age against the wishes of her parents who gave her no property. She was from a prominent wealthy family … He began life a poor man cultivating his father’s farm but by industry and good management he amassed a fortune and became one of the wealthiest and most influential men in that part of the state.

In 1830 George lived in Abbeville and was listed in the census immediately after Isaac Lasseter. His household consisted of one (free white) male and one female between 30 and 39, one male and two females under five, and two females between 20 and 29. He owned nine slaves. In 1840 he lived in Abbeville. His household consisted of two males under five, one male and three females between five and nine, one female between 30 and 39, and one male between 40 and 49. He owned 14 slaves. [3]

In 1850 George and Adaline Sibert lived in the Savannah River Regiment in Abbeville with Isaac, aged 18, Elizabeth, aged 16, John, aged 14, George, age ten, Louisa, age nine, Sarah, age seven, Martha, age five, Isabella, age three, Wesley, age two, and Mary, age 18. George owned 31 slaves. [3] He owned 697 acres with a value of 3,000 dollars. He had eight horses, one mule, eight milch cows, 16 other cattle, seven sheep, and 100 pigs; he grew wheat, corn, and oats. [4]

In 1860 George and Adaline ("Ann") lived in Indian Hill, Abbeville with Elizabeth, Jas. H., Geo. M., Louisa, Sarah, Martha, Isabella, Wesley and Victoria. George was a farmer with a personal estate of 8,960 dollars and real estate worth 68,205[?] dollars. He owned 43 slaves. [3] He owned 600 acres of improved land, 680 acres of unimproved land, five horses, 11 mules, ten milch cows, four working oxen, 11 (or 31) other cattle, and 81 swine. He grew wheat, corn, oats, cotton, peas and beans, potatoes, sweet pototoes, and hay. [4]

Adaline Sibert petitioned the court for a partition of her deceased husband's land. Pursuant to its order, she announced that George's land would be auctioned off on 5 November 1866. It consisted of a home tract of 700 acres and the Sullivan Place—600 acres on Hard Labor Creek. [5, see the newspaper clipping]

In 1880 Adaline was living with her daughters Lizzie and Vickie in Indian Hill. [3]

Children of George Sibert and Adaline Lasseter:

II-A. Isaac Lasseter Sibert was born on 12 November 1826 in South Carolina. He died on 12 May 1913. He married Sarah Patterson Lyon.

II-B. Caroline "Carrie" Rachel Sibert was born 20 January 1830 in South Carolina. She died on 12 September 1882. She married Reverend Anthony G. Harmon.

II-C. Elizabeth ("Lizzie") W. Sibert was born in 1833 in South Carolina and she died in 1904. [1][6] She is buried with her sister Vickie in the Mount Vernon Methodist Church Cemetery in McCormick County, South Carolina. [6] She apparently never married. [1][6]

II-D John Henry Sibert was born on 14 August 1836 in South Carolina. He died on 14 July 1917 in Bradley, Greenwood county, South Carolina. He married Laura A. Lyon.

II-E. George Moore Sibert was born on 11 December 1839 in Abbeville. He died on 11 October 1918 in Bordeaux, Abbeville. He married Margaret Lyon.

II-F. Louise Sibert was born in 1841 in South Carolina. She died in 1878 or 1879. She married Lawrence Pembroke ("Pem") Guffin.

II-G. Sarah "Sallie" L. Sibert was born on 13 February 1843 in Abbeville county. She died on 3 December 1923 in Charleston. She married Lemuel Guffin.

II-H. Susan Isabelle Sibert was born on 28 June 1846 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. She died on 29 December 1939 in Bordeaux. She married first William Andrew Pennal. She married second Charles Oscar Mayson.

II-I. David Wesley Sibert was born on 11 February 1848 in South Carolina. He died on 25 January 1917. He married Mary Elizabeth Ferguson.

II.J. Martha "Mattie" Lavania Sibert was born on 23 August 1850 in South Carolina. She died on 6 November 1934 in Greenwood county. She married Colonel James Harrison Mason.

II-K. Victoria "Vickie" Sibert was born in 1850 in South Carolina. She died in 1886. She married John Kelly Harrison.

Endnotes:

1. J. Luther Beeson, The Sibert Family of South Carolina and Alabama (n.p.: the author, 1928).

2. "South Carolina Wills and Probate Records" > Edgefield County > Wills Vol A-B, 1787-1818; Wills, Vol C, 1818-1836, image 432; Index and Will, Vol 1-2, Book C, 1817-1835, images 629–630 (transcript), entries for Isaac Lasseter.

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

1830 > South Carolina > Abbeville > Not Stated, image 47, entry for George Sybert.
1840 > South Carolina > Abbeville > Not Stated, image 89, entry for G. Sibert.
1850 > South Carolina > Abbeville > Savannah River Regiment, image 17, entry for George Sibert; slave schedule, images 59–60.
1860 > South Carolina > Abbeville > Not Stated, images 85–86, entry for Geo. Sibert; slave schedule, image 72.
1880 > South Carolina > Abbeville > Indian Hill > 004, image 13, entry for Adiline Sibert.

4. "U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850–1860," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276) >

SC > Agriculture > 1850 > Abbeville > Savannah, images 3–4, line 10, entry for George Sibert.
SC > Agriculture > 1860 > Abbeville > Indian Hill, images 2–3, line 35, entry for George Sibert.

5. Notice, Abbeville Press and Banner, 19 October 1866, p. 3, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-abbeville-press-and-banner/143005877).

6. Find a Grave, database with images, FindaGrave (accessed March 9, 2024), memorial page for Elizabeth Sibert (1833–1904), Memorial ID 110784091, citing Mount Vernon Methodist Church, McCormick County, SC; Maintained by Record Hunter (contributor 47130288).

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