Gibbons, William, 1726-1800

William Gibbons (April 8, 1726 – September 27, 1800) was an American lawyer and revolutionary from Georgia.

Born at Bears Bluff in Charleston County in the Province of South Carolina, Gibbons studied law in Charleston, South Carolina, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Savannah, Georgia. A member of the colonial assembly from 1760 to 1762, he joined the Sons of Liberty in 1774, and on May 11, 1775, was one of the party that broke open the magazine in Savannah and removed 600 pounds of the King's powder. A delegate to the Provincial Congress of July 1775, Gibbons was chosen a member of the committee of safety on December 11, 1775. He later served as a member of the executive council between 1777 and 1781 and as associate justice of Chatham County, Georgia in 1781 and 1782. Gibbons served as a member of the Continental Congress in 1784 and as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1783, from 1785 to 1789, and from 1791 to 1793, serving as Speaker in 1783, 1786, and 1787. President of the State constitutional convention in 1789, Gibbons served as justice of the inferior court of Chatham County between 1790 and 1792. He died in Savannah, Georgia and was interred in Colonial Park Cemetery there.