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| John Gibbs claimed the governorship after Governor
Seth Sothel was deposed in 1689 and apparently served in that
office until the arrival of Phillip Ludwell with a commission
and instructions from the Lords Proprietors. In 1689, the county
of Albemarle was disestablished and for the next decade or so
the Carolana colony was simply called, "Ye Lands North and
East of Cape Feare" - referring to North Carolina, and "Ye
Lands South and West of Cape Feare" - referrring to South
Carolina. A discussion of John Gibbs's claim for the governorship and his armed revolt against Governor Ludwell in 1690 can be found in Parker, Higher-Court Records, lix-lxi, and in the same work, on pages 452-453, a transcript is printed of a deed dated January 7, 1689, from Thomas Price by which he sold "...Unto John Gibbs Governor of the Said North Carolina all My Plantation, I now live on in Pascotank River...." See also Saunders, Colonial Records, I, 363-365, for a transcription of Gibbs's claim dated June 2, 1690, and Ludwell's response dated July 19, 1690. |
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