Gibson County is located in West Tennessee, one of the
state’s Three Grand Divisions. It is approximately halfway between Nashville and
Memphis. The Tennessee General Assembly created Gibson County on 21 October 1823 from the 19 October 1818
Great Chickasaw Cession. It was named in honor of
Colonel John H. Gibson, who served under Andrew Jackson in the Natchez campaign, the Creek Wars,
and the New Orleans campaign. Originally named Gibsonport, the name of the county seat was officially
changed to Trenton in February, 1826.
Table of Contents
Queries & a Mailing List
Post and View Gibson County Queries (Our
Message Board)
Gibson County Mailing List
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Gibson County History &c.
Goodspeed’s Gibson County History (90k)
Goodspeed’s Gibson County Biographies (Soon)
Henry Rutherford, Early Tennessee Surveyor (new, 18 Dec 2006)
Gibson County Photo Album
Gibson County in the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
Useful Maps
Gibson County Map, 1888 (200k)
Northern West Tennessee, 1834 (184k)
Modern County Map from Tennessee Department of
Transportation
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TNGenWeb Project
Tennessee County Select Page
Tennessee Special History Projects
TNGenWeb Home Page
USGenWeb Archives, &c.
USGenWeb Archives, Gibson County,
Search
USGenWeb Archives, Gibson County, FTP
Directories
USGenWeb Archives, Tennessee
USGenWeb Archives
USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
Censuses
USGenWeb Census Project
Tennessee State Library & Archives
Available Gibson County Microfilms, part I
Available Gibson County Microfilms, part II
Tennessee Historical Society
Gibson County History
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