Gibson County TN Genealogy & History Records

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Location:: Gibson County, TN

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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.

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*Gibson County TN Genealogy & History*

Bible Records	Juror Tickets 1869
Biographies	Letters
Books On Line	Libraries, Newspapers & Funeral Homes
Bonds	Lookup Volunteers
Business Directories (1872-1876)	Maps
Cemeteries	Marriages
Census	Migration
Churches	Newspapers

Circuit Court 1876-1878	Obituaries
Civil Districts	Pensions
County Courthouse	Reference Books
Death Certificates & Mortality Schedules	Surnames
Deeds	Tax Lists
Events	Towns & Communities
Family	US House of Reps Journal
Goodspeed 1887	War & Gibson Co.
Historical Sites	Wills
History	Yearbooks

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

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County Courthouse - Register's Office
Gibson Co. TN
Trenton, TN 38382
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