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Note: U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 Name: John B Gamble Post Office Location: Buffalo, Carroll, Georgia Appointment Date: 25 Apr 1856 Volume #: 26 Volume Year Range: 1857-1876 --------------------------------- CENSUS DATA: The 1860 federal census, Carroll Co., GA, Laural Hill, 11th Dist., p. 1, taken 13 June 1860 shows John B. Gamble, age 29, born SC and farming. Living with him were Lucy O., wife, age 24, born GA and Mary L., dau., age 4, born GA. Also, living in the household were, ? Johnson, male, age 22, farm laborer; Samuel Dempsy, male, age 22, and farmer.
CENSUS DATA: The 1870 census, Chambers Co., AL, Beat #8, p. 5, taken 3 June 1870 shows J. B. Gamble, age 38, born SC, and a merchant. Living with him is Mary L., female, age 13, born GA and attending school. It appears that J. B. Gamble and his daughter, Mary L., were living in a boarding house headed by Andrew Erwin and wife Mary J. Erwin. Three other boarders appear. No wife shown for J. B. Gamble. COMMENTARY: The 1870 census record is a recent find (2007) and points out my error in thinking that John Bluxford Gamble had perished in the Civil War. ----------------------------- U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Name: John B Gamble Residence: Georgia Enlistment Date: 11 Jun 1861 Rank at enlistment: Private State Served: Georgia ----------------------------- CHAMBERS CO., AL, LAND RECORDS: After locating John Bluxford Gamble in Chambers Co., AL in the 1870 census, further research revealed numerous land sales and purchases found in Chambers County mortage and deed records. Many of the land transactions were made in cooperation with John's brother, Dr. George Marion Gamble. Some of the transactions are dated in the early 1880's. So, it is now known that John B. Gamble lived into the 1880's in and around the Chambers Co., AL area. However, I have not been able to locate him in the 1880 census. ------------------------------------- CHAMBERS CO., AL, RECORDS (See scrapbook pictures) show that John Bluxford Gamble and his brother, George Marion Gamble owned and operated a mercantile and grocery business in LaFayette, AL in the early 1870's. Records show a picture of the store front on the South East Corner of Court House Square in LaFayette ------------------------------------ MILITARY: The American Civil War Soldiers database shows a John B. Gamble, Carroll Co., GA, Enlistment on 11 June 1861; Distinguished Service Commendation; Served in Georgia 359 unit; Enlisted as Private on 11 June 1861, Company F., 19th Infantry Regiment, CSA. LISTED ON MUSTER ROLL OFCOMPANY F, 19th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY OF TENNESSEE, C. S. A., CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA, CARROLL GUARDS ------------------------------------ 1860 CARROLL COUNTY SLAVE SCHEDULE ENUMERATED BY G. W. AWTRY, JUNE THRU AUG.1860 - NOTE: The 1860 slave schedule listed J. B. Gamble, Dist. 11 with 14 slaves, 7 males and 7 females. ------------------------------------ BONNER CEMETERY RECORDS: Bonner Cemetery, Carroll Co., GA, lists graves for Lucy Octavia Bonner w/o J.B. Gamble and three infant graves for her Gamble children buried there. COMMENTARY: Information based on personal visit to cemetery. ASSUMPTION: It seems probable Lucy Bonner Gamble's death may have been related to child birth complications with her last child who died in 1861.
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