{"id":2651,"date":"2023-05-25T21:25:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T21:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/?p=2651"},"modified":"2023-06-14T21:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:35:21","slug":"bibb-surname-in-black-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/bibb-surname-in-black-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibb As An African American Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2010 U.S. Census recorded 906 black Americans with Bibb as their last name. That represented 24% of the total of 3,796 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article tracks their numbers in the census since the Civil War. We also look at historic African American people named Bibb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We end with a review of early records of black military service in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/bibb-surname-in-black-history\/#After_The_Civil_War\" title=\"After The Civil War\">After The Civil War<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/bibb-surname-in-black-history\/#Bibb_In_The_1900_And_1940_Census\" title=\"Bibb In The 1900 And 1940 Census\">Bibb In The 1900 And 1940 Census<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/bibb-surname-in-black-history\/#Historic_Black_Figures_With_The_Bibb_Surname\" title=\"Historic Black Figures With The Bibb Surname\">Historic Black Figures With The Bibb Surname<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/bibb-surname-in-black-history\/#Henry_Bibb\" title=\"Henry Bibb\">Henry Bibb<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/bibb-surname-in-black-history\/#Eloise_Bibb\" title=\"Eloise Bibb\">Eloise Bibb<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/bibb-surname-in-black-history\/#Bibb_In_Black_Military_Records\" title=\"Bibb In Black Military Records\">Bibb In Black Military Records<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/bibb-surname-in-black-history\/#Buffalo_Soldiers\" title=\"Buffalo Soldiers\">Buffalo Soldiers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/bibb-surname-in-black-history\/#Tuskegee_Airmen\" title=\"Tuskegee Airmen\">Tuskegee Airmen<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"After_The_Civil_War\"><\/span>After The Civil War<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/civil-war-silhouette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/civil-war-silhouette.jpg 800w, https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/civil-war-silhouette-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/civil-war-silhouette-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1870 census was the first survey after the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1850 and 1860, only free African Americans were recorded in the census. The many enslaved were omitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 1870 onward, all black Americans were included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>890 people named Bibb were recorded in the 1870 census as black and 152 as mixed.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a total of 1,964 people with the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bibb_In_The_1900_And_1940_Census\"><\/span>Bibb In The 1900 And 1940 Census<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The mixed category was dropped from the census in 1900, so we just need to look at the black numbers this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>The 1900 census recorded 986 people with the last name Bibb as black within a total of 2,357 that year.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, the mixed category returned in the 1910 and 1920 censuses. It was dropped again in 1930, but replaced with extra categories for colored and non-white in a way that seems confusing now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This changed again in 1940 and we can simply focus on one black category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>The 1940 census recorded 612 people named Bibb as black within a total of 2,535.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Historic_Black_Figures_With_The_Bibb_Surname\"><\/span>Historic Black Figures With The Bibb Surname<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bibb-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bibb-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bibb-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bibb-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bibb.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some notable African Americans in history with Bibb as their last name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Henry_Bibb\"><\/span>Henry Bibb<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Born: 1815<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From: Shelby County, Mississippi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Died: 1854<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry Bibb was born into slavery. He escaped and was re-captured multiple times until he was able to settle in Detroit in 1842.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bibb became an operator on the Underground Railroad and assisted many fugitives to escape. To avoid the dangers of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, he moved with his family to Canada where he founded the first black newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bibb published his autobiography in 1849: &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/docsouth.unc.edu\/neh\/bibb\/bibb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave<\/a><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Slave Narratives<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The account of Bibb&#8217;s life is considered to be part of the genre of slave narratives. Here are some more: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/hawkins-surname-in-black-history\/#Walter_Hawkins\">Walter Hawkins<\/a> who became a Bishop in Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/henry-surname-in-black-history\/#George_Henry\">George Henry<\/a> who became a seafaring captain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/douglass-surname-in-black-history\/#Frederick_Douglass\">Frederick Douglass<\/a>, the great abolitionist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eloise_Bibb\"><\/span>Eloise Bibb<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Eloise-Bibb-Thompson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Eloise-Bibb-Thompson.jpg 400w, https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Eloise-Bibb-Thompson-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Born: 1876<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From: New Orleans, Louisiana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Died: 1928<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Eloise Bibb published her first book of poems in 1895. She studied at Howard University where she graduated in 1907. She married Noah Davis Thompson, a newspaper editor, in 1911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eloise wrote for the Los Angeles Tribune amongst other newspapers. She also wrote plays, including a life of Marcus Garvey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Early Black Poets<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some other notable African American poets who were born in the nineteenth century:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/harper-surname-in-black-history\/#Frances_Harper\">Frances Harper<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/nelson-surname-in-black-history\/#Alice_Nelson\">Alice Dunbar Nelson<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/shaw-surname-in-black-history\/#Esther_Popel_Shaw\">Esther Popel Shaw<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/spencer-surname-in-black-history\/#Anne_Bannister_Spencer\">Anne Bannister Spencer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bibb_In_Black_Military_Records\"><\/span>Bibb In Black Military Records<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Military records are a rich resource of for family history research. Here are examples of the Bibb surname from different military services:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Buffalo soldiers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black civil war sailors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuskegee airmen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Buffalo_Soldiers\"><\/span>Buffalo Soldiers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Buffalo-Soldiers-Illinois.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Buffalo-Soldiers-Illinois.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Buffalo-Soldiers-Illinois-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Five regiments for black soldiers were formed during the Civil War. They were known as the Buffalo Soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their records are part of the national archive of military monthly returns. The information includes the year and place of birth, where they enlisted, their occupation, and their height.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the earliest military entries for Bibb was in December 1914. Virgil B Bibb was a Private in the U.S. Tenth Cavalry. He was stationed in December 1914 at .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tuskegee_Airmen\"><\/span>Tuskegee Airmen<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Tuskegee-Plane.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Tuskegee-Plane.jpg 700w, https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Tuskegee-Plane-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Tuskegee Airmen were military personnel who served at the Tuskegee Army Airfield or related programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly one thousand black pilots graduated from the Tuskegee Institute. They flew single-engine fighter planes or twin-engine bombers. 352 fought in combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>William Bibb graduated from the Tuskegee Institute in November 1945. He qualified as a bomber pilot. William was from Ottumwa, Iowa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2010 U.S. Census recorded 906 black Americans with Bibb as their last name. That represented 24% of the total of 3,796 entries. This article tracks their numbers in the census since the Civil War. We also look at historic African American people named Bibb. We end with a review of early records of black &#8230; <a title=\"Bibb As An African American Last Name\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/bibb-surname-in-black-history\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bibb As An African American Last Name\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2651"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3111,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651\/revisions\/3111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}