Gibson Grove Community Documents (Cabin John, MD)

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Located along what is now a stretch of lower Seven Locks Road between River Road and MacArthur Boulevard, the former African American community of Gibson Grove is unique in Montgomery County’s history for establishing in 1885 the first documented Order of Moses benevolent society and cemetery in the county. Also associated with the community is the Gibson Grove AME Zion Church. Materials in this collection outline the history and significance of this historic Montgomery County community and its residents, past and present. Please also refer to the related collection: Morningstar Tabernacle No. 88 of the Ancient United Order of Sons & Daughters, Brothers & Sisters of Moses: Minutes Book, 1904-1914 which contains meeting minutes from the Order of Moses benevolent society associated with the Gibson Grove community.

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For more information on this community and the current efforts to save the historic Morningstar Moses Hall and Cemetery site from destruction, visit the Friends of Moses Hall website.

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Interviews with the African American Members of the Cabin John Community about Gibson Grove AME Zion Church and [Morningstar] Moses Hall
(2009) Jones, Alexandra
As part of her doctoral dissertation in 2009, Dr. Alexandra Jones conducted archaeological studies in the Gibson Grove community of Cabin John and also interviewed six residents of the community: Sadie Harris Higgley, Ernest Harris, Vera Johnson, Ada Clark, Judi Bankhead, and Pastor Edgar S. Bankhead. Interviewees discuss their experiences growing up in Gibson Grove, memories of places and people, and daily life. These interviews were transcribed by Dr. Jones and donated to Montgomery History as part of the Oral History collection.
Founder's Day Celebration: Gibson Grove African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
(Gibson Grove AME Zion Church, 1976-06-17)
This booklet from the Gibson Grove AME Zion Church's Founder's Day Bicentennial Celebration in 1976 contains a program of events for June 17-18, a history of the community; biographies of pastors and honorees; photographs of trustees, ushers, choir members, missionaries, and parishioners; lists of deceased members and donors; and advertisements.
The History of the Gibson Grove Community and the Gibson Grove AMEZ Church, Cabin John School and Morningstar Tabernacle No. 88 Moses Hall and Cemetery
(Friends of Moses Hall, 2021-01) Whitley, L. Paige
This paper summarizes the history of the African American community of Gibson Grove and details the pillars of church, school and benevolent society which sustained it. Appendix A provides a review of early Gibson Grove source materials including the three documents from which much early information on Gibson Grove’s early landowners, school and founders was originally based. Appendix B lists death and/or burial information for the estimated more than eighty persons buried in the Morningstar Moses Cemetery

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