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Peter moved down with his brother Daniel from Ohio to Alabama. Daniel went to Greene and Tuscaloosa Counties, Peter to Monroe Co., Mississippi, which later became Lamar Co., Alabama. Peter was a potter as was Daniel and their ancestors. Peter was the postmaster of Military Springs, Lamar Co., Alabama from Feb. 24, 1851 to June 29, 1854. His salary was $16.57 for the year 1853. His daughter, Martha Amy, succeeded him as postmaster, serving until Feb. 5, 1856. Her salary for 1855 was $20.31. Quoting excerpts from THE TRADITIONAL POTTER OF ALABAMA, page 38: "The Cribbs brothers, from Ohio, made salt-glazed stoneware and are known to have marked their pieces. The Cribbs families became prosperous in their respective communities [Peter in Lamar Co., and Daniel in Tuscaloosa Co.]...Although the Cribbs were from Ohio, they adopted a Southern style of life; Peter Cribbs lived in a log dogtrot house in Bedford and owned slaves, two of which, Captain and Major, made pottery. [See notes on Anna Bell Cribbs, his daughter] During the War Between the States, the white Cribbs men joined the Confederate army. The second generation of Alabama Cribbs continued making potter. Flem (Fleming) Cribbs, a son of Peter, was making pottery in Sulligent in 1900. Harvey H. [Daniel's son] was still making pottery in Tuscaloosa at this same time. Also, in 1900, the black Cribbs were continuing to make pottery on the old rural homestead of Peter Cribbs in Bedford. There seems to have been no continuation of pottery-making among the black Cribbs after Major and Captain. Captain died in Lamar county and Major went off to seek his fortune in Arkansas...The Loyds and the Cribbs established an antebellum salt-glazing tradition in West Alabama." |
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