George Gibson, born in Cork County, Ireland, in 1732, came to America with his parents, Robert and Isabelle Gibson. They were among the army of Scots-Irish Presbyterians who immigrated to America before 1743. They settled in Augusta County ,Virginia, where George married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Zachariah Smith, about 1776. They had eleven children. George died April 3, 1819, Gibson Station, Virginia. Elizabeth died March 2, 1826, Gibson Station, Virginia. They are buried near the site of the old fort on a knoll at the foot of the Cumberland Mountains.

Young George served as Lieutenant at the battle of Point Pleasant, under Captain George Matthews, in the Southern Division of Lord Dunmore's army. He was commissioned as Captain, February 2, 1777. He served with distinction in Scott's Brigade the terrible winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge.

Migrating to Washington County after the Revolution, he then settled in Lee County about 1800. He purchased land at twenty-five cents an acre, and built Gibson Fort near Cumberland Gap, a pass in the mountains used by all going west. Today some of his descendants live in a remodeled part of the fort.

Mrs. Frank Kincaid (Elizabeth Ball) and her daughter, Mrs. Nannie Lee Kincaid Stickley (Ross), of Ewing, Virginia, became interested in honoring their distinguished ancestor, Major George Gibson. They decided to organize a DAR chapter. Other cousins became interested in DAR and on July 25, 1917, twelve cousins met. They organized the chapter and named it for their mutual ancestor, Major George Gibson, with its location at Gibson Station, Virginia.

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