**G I B S O N C O U N T Y**

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*A list of Gibson County TN Veterans. Click HERE to make sure your relative is on the list!
To add to this list email Catherine Edwards. Catherine is compiling a list of all Gibson Veterans for a War Memorial at Oakland Cemetery.

Gibson County is located in West Tennessee, one of the state's three "grand divisions," and was created in 1823 from the Chickasaw Indian Cession, and is named in honor of
John H. Gibson. The county seat is Trenton.

The first white settlement was made in 1819 by Thomas Fite and his brother-in-law John Spencer and James F. Randolph. They built the first house on the Little North Fork of the Forked Deer, about 8 miles east of Trenton. Luke Biggs located about four miles northeast of Trenton. In the spring, David Crockett settled a short distance northeast of Rutherford. Population within the region reached 500 in 1823; Congressman David Crockett introduced the bill to form Gibson County.

**Historical Records**
Census 1830 Sheriff's List Tax Lists Cemeteries 1872 Trenton City Directory 1873 Humboldt Bus. Dir. Milan City Dir. 1875-76 Juror Tickets 1869 Circuit Court 1876-1878 Bible Records 1876-1878 Biographies Death Certificates & Mortality Schedules	Military Records Marriages Deeds Obituaries Wills Bonds Pensions Newspapers Old Letters Old School Yearbooks US House of Reps Journal

Neighboring TN Counties
Lake Obion Weakley Dyer Carroll Lauderdale Crockett Madison
Giles
Shelby

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County (click train)

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For county records write:
County Courthouse - Register's Office
Gibson Co. TN
Trenton, TN 38382
ATTN: Hilda Patterson

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