Reference
Materials on
Gibson County, Tennessee
Besides the Census records and the Court and Vital records of Gibson County, there are
a number of reference materials, primarily books and microfilm, that may be of interest to
you when searching for your ancestors. The reference material below is not meant to be an
exhaustive list; however, if you know of additional materials that would be of interest to
others, please contact .
If you are interested in this material, check your local library. If they don't have it,
have them contact the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) for a possible
library-to-library loan. The TSLA
can be contacted via the web.
"The Honor Roll, Gibson County, Tennessee, USA,
1917-1918-1919" by Mrs. G. B. Hargrove of Eaton, TN, 1920 (LCCN: 21-400).
Also titled "With the Colors From Gibson Co. 1917-18-19".
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"A History of Skullbone (Old North Gibson), Tennessee"
by Ernest Ray Pounds, 1980 (LCCN: 83-114470).
"A Pictorial History of Kimball, Later to Become Known As
Bradford, Tennessee" by Ernest Ray Pounds, 1981.
"Gibson County, Tennessee (Illustrated)"
published
by the Business People of Gibson County in 1901.
"Gibson County, Tennessee: A Pictorial History"
1994 (LCCN: 94-61036)
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"Families and History of Gibson County, Tennessee to 1989"
by Lee-Davis U.D.C. Historical Society, 1989 (LCCN: 89-51254).
"Gibson County Past and Present" by Frederick M.
Culp and Mrs. Robert E. Ross, 1961.
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"A History of Old Gibson Primitive Baptist Church"
by Frederick M. Culp, 1956.
"Good Times, Good People, Goodluck. Including Lynn Point"
by Linda Bobo Davis
"Seventh Census of the United States, 1850: Gibson County,
Tennessee Free Population Schedules" Transcribed by Mrs. V. K. Carpenter, 1970
(LCCN: 78-22123).
"North Carolina Land Grants in the Western District
(Tennessee), Most Particularly Gibson and Surrounding Counties" by Emily B.
Walker (Two Volumes) 1987 (LCCN: 88-127168).
"Cemetery Records of Northern Gibson County, Tennessee" by
Emily B. Walker (Two Volumes) 1985.
"Gibson County, Tennessee Vital Statistics" by
Emily B. Walker (Births & Marriages around 1881), 1987.
"Gibson County, Tennessee Tax Lists" by Emily B.
Walker 1988 (LCCN: 89-136123).
"Gibson County, Tennessee Landowners, 1877"
compiled and indexed by Emily B. Walker, 1986 (LCCN: 13-281100).
"Gibson County, Tennessee, Bond and Will Books 1824-1841"
by Emily B. Walker, 1986 (LCCN: 86-151507).
"Gibson County, Tennessee Minutes of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions" by Emily B. Walker, 1987.
"Gibson County, Tennessee, Newspaper Historical and
Genealogical Extracts" by Emily B. Walker, 1986 (LCCN: 86-151495).
"Gibson County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1860-1888"
by M. L. Gossum and Emily B. Walker, 1984 (LCCN: 84-195897)
"Marriages of Gibson County, Tennessee, 1824-1860"
compiled by Edythe Rucker Whitley, 1982 (LCCN: 82-80150).
"1877 Gibson County, Land Ownership Maps" (2 on
Microfiche) Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
"Gibson-Crockett, A Joint Heritage" by Tony Hays,
1986.
"Gibson County Death Records" Compiled by Tony
Hays, 1987.
"Gibson County Records, 1824-1846" compiled by Tony
Hays, 1986.
"Humboldt Industrial Survey" by Humboldt Chamber of
Commerce, 1938
"Four Score and Four: Life in Tennessee" by Charles
C. Alexander, 1994
"Rose Hill Cemetery in Humboldt, Tennessee" by
Clement-Scott Chapter, DAR, 1976
"Laws and Ordinances of the Town of Humboldt, Gibson County,
Tenn." Arthur S. Jessop, Printer, 1892.
"Humboldt, Past Present and Future" by Charles
Wesley Rooks and the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce (Pamphlet handed out as a souvenir for
visitors to the Sept 12th, 1925 "Humboldt Day" celebration), 1925.
"Rutherford Revisited" available at Rutherford City
Hall, P.O. Box E, Rutherford, TN 38369. (901)-665-7166
"Index and Analysis of the Register of Colored Marriages
Performed at the Freedman's Bureau in Trenton (Gibson County) Tennessee, 1865-1866"
by Sandra G. Craighead, 1995. (on line)
"Dyer Co., Gibson Co., Lake Co., Obion Co., Weakley Co.,
Tennessee: Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-One Years of Age and Upward -
1891" compiled and indexed by Sue S. Reed, 1990.
"Genesis in Virginia - Volume 2" by Christine
Rogers Rice, 1994. Family History of ROGERS, CREWS, WILLIAMS and MEALS families.
"The Family of Liberty Anderson Noel & Elizabeth Grissom
Noel, Gibson County, Tennessee" by Betty Key, 1978. Family History of NOELS
and allied families of KEY, ALFORD, SHUMATE, FELTS, THOMPSON, MEALER, RAGSDALE, CARPENTER,
McGUIRE, COTHRAN, BROWN, BRIDGES, MITCHELL, RHODES, REED, DUNEGAN, WALLS, NEAL,
HALLIBURTON, DODD, COWELL, & FOSHEE.
"Alvin King, His Ancestors And Descendants, 1630-1996"
by Allene Hill and Juanita Lowrance, 1996. Allied names include, but not limited to:
ALEXANDER, BARRON, BECTON, BELL, BOYETTE, CALLOWAY, CARROLL, CASEY, CLARK, COOPER, CORLEY,
CROSS, CROUSE, CROWDER, DICKSON, DREWRY, FLOWERS, GARRETT, HALL, HANKS, HOUSTON, HOWELL,
JACKSON, LANNOM, LOWE, MONTGOMERY, MORGAN, OATES, PROCTOR, REYNOLDS, SMITH, SNELL, STROUD,
TAYLOR, TINKLE, WARREN, WHITLEY, WHITNEY, WILLIAMS, WRIGHT & WYATT.
"Nutt/McNutt - Decendants of David Nutt of Orange County, North
Carolina" by Robert H. and Christine Damon, 1994. Allied names include:
COOPER, GARNERS, HARPOOL, HENKLE, HONEYCUTT, HOPPING, KING, LANDERS, LOONEY, MACY, MARTIN,
NICHOLS, OWENS, RISNER, ROBINSON, RUSSELL, SMITH & TRIMBLE.
"Letters From 'Verdant Plain' and Yorkville"
(1829-1900) by Margaret Morrison McCorkle, 1984.
"The Luckey Family of Tennessee" by Ann Colvin
Luckey, 1987.
"The Fabulous David Crockett: His Life and Times in Gibson
County" by Ernest T. Thompson, 1956.
"Gibson County Sesquicentennial, 1823-1973" by the
Gibson County Sesquicentennial Celebration Inc., 1973.
"Family Letters: Home Life in Carroll and Gibson Counties,
Tennessee, 1868." by Mary U. Rothrock, West Tennessee Historical Society
Papers 25 (1971): 107-34.
"Family Letters: Home Life in Gibson County, Tennessee,
January-June, 1869." by Mary U. Rothrock, West Tennessee Historical Society
Papers 26 (1972): 94-130.