Alabama Governor William Wyatt Bibb^[1]

1781 - 1820  (38 years)

• Name	William Wyatt Bibb
  Title	Alabama Governor
  Born	2 Oct 1781	Amelia County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jul 1820	Elmore Co., Alabama
  	(internal injuries after a fall from his horse)
  Buried	Bibb Family Cemetery Elmore County, Alabama   [2]
  Person ID	I730	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Captain William Crawford Bibb,   b. 1 Oct 1735, Hanover Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 20 Mar 1796, Wilkes [now Elbert Co] Georgia  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Sarah Smith 'Sally' Wyatt,   b. Abt 1759, Prob. Amelia County, Virginia ,   d. Jan 1826, Charlotte Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Family ID	F7178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Freeman,   b. 9 Mar 1788, Wilkes Co., Georgia ,   d. 29 Apr 1856, Elmore Co., Alabama  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2017
  Family ID	F7179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  William Wyatt Bibb pI730WmWyattBibb.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  Bibb Newspaper Article by William G. Stanard, Esq. Bibb-BlowData TheTimesDispatch Oct11,1914.jpg

  
  

  Histories		William Wyatt Bibb-Governor of Alabama The Columbia Recorder Feb 12, 1885
  		William Wyatt Bibb-Bio The Piedmont Post Jun 5, 1885

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/William-Wyatt-Bibb-Governor-U-S-Senator/6000000014969693100. Governor, U.S. Senator William Wyatt Bibb, Gov. Mary Ann Bibb (Freeman) Birthdate: March 9, 1788 (68) Birthplace: Wilkes County, Georgia Death: April 29, 1856 Elmore County, Alabama Place of Burial: Bibb Family Cemetery, Elmore County, AL Daughter of Holman J. Freeman and Peninah Freeman (nee Walton) Wife of William Wyatt Bibb, Governor, U.S. Senator Mother of Mary William Scott and George Bailey Bibb Sister of Fleming Freeman and John Walton Freeman [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=bibb&GSfn=william&GSmn=w&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1820&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=10634663&df=all&. William Wyatt Bibb Birth 2 Oct 1781 Amelia County, Virginia Death 10 Jul 1820 (aged 38) Coosada, Elmore County, Alabama Burial: Bibb Family Cemetery Coosada, Elmore County, Alabama Parents William Bibb, 1735?1796 Sallie Wyatt Bibb Barnett, 1759?1826 Spouse Mary Ann Freeman Bibb, 1788?1856 (m. 1803) Siblings Thomas Bibb, 1782?1839 Peyton Bibb, 1784?1840 Children George Bailey Bibb, 1804?1866 Mary William Bibb Scott, 1809?1837 U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, Alabama Governor. He attended William and Mary College, graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a medical degree in 1801 and proceeded to practice medicine in Petersburg, Georgia. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, (1803-05). In 1807, he was elected as a Democratic Republican to the Ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas Spalding and reelected to the Tenth and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1813. He was then elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William H. Crawford, serving (1813-16). After his term, he moved to Alabama Territory in 1817 and President Monroe appointed him the first Territorial Governor of Alabama, serving until his death suffered in fall from a horse at age 38. His brother Thomas Bibb, was president of the Alabama Senate and was elected Alabama Governor. The Bibb counties in Alabama and Georgia are named for William Wyatt Bibb.