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- 1767 Pittsylsvania CO VA tax list of Hugh Innes-
John, Peter and Isaac Van Bibber listed. Next to Peter and Isaac Van Bibber are Veath Dillingham with negro Jeany 2 taxables;
James Rentfro Sr. & Joseph Rentfro and Peter Rentfro 3 taxables
James Rentfro Jr. also listed.
John Calloway negroes- Flemen, Asher, Nan and Nell.
William and Joshua Dillingham 2 taxables.
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(terrye lambert in rootsweb)
Customers at the Greenbrier trading post of Sampson & George Matthews included: Isaac Van Bibber 6-1771 & 10-1772.
Those who paid with deerskins were Isaac Van Bibber, who killed the most deer, & Joseph & james Davis. Van Bibber selling at least 230 deerskins. Davis' sold more than 100 deerskins.
In 1774, Isaac Van Bibber, an Old Side Baptist Minister, served in the Southern Division of General Andrew Lewis, under command of Colonel Charles Lewis. Isaac was wounded in the Battle of Point Pleasant, on October 10, 1774, he died about 30 hours later, making his actual death date as October 11, 1774. He was buried beside Colonel Charles Lewis, & later moved, along with others, that were killed in the battle, to a nearby resting place.
An inventory of his possessions is found in Botetourt County, Virginia, his widoe, Sarah (Davis) Van Bibber, administrator.
Journal of the Greenbrier County Historical Society, Volume 4, No. 4. L. C. Draper's MMs, Volume 5, The Boone Papers, Letter of the Van Bibbers. History of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, Otis Rice, page 102.
--Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Volume 3, No. 7, May 1999. (August 24, 2001)
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