John Gibbes (21 June 1696 – 18 December 1764) was an English military officer and colonial leader in the Province of Carolina.
He was the son of governor Robert Gibbes.
John Gibbes was a colonel, a wealthy plantation owner, a member of the Royal Assembly and Council, and a deputy Lord proprietor.
In 1719 he married Mary Woodward, a granddaughter of Henry Woodward, the first white settler of Carolina.
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