Kingsley Beatty Gibbs

When Kingsley died in 1843, Gibbs, became an executor of the former's will. He also inherited in St. Johns County, the books from Kingsley's library, Kingsley's weapons, the schooner "North Carolina", and one twelfth of Kingsley's estate, including slaves. Gibbs was also named guardian of Kingsley's minor children. In 1851, giving his address as Mayport Mills, Duval County, he advertised the products of the United States Mutual Insurance Company.

In 1852, he sold the plantation and moved to St. Augustine, where he was again an alderman on the city council from 1854 to 1856.

Personal life In 1833, Gibbs married Ana Eduarda Teresa Hernández, but she died after three years, with no children. He later married Laura Williams, and they had two children.