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Guide to '''Gibson County, Tennessee ancestry, genealogy and family history''', birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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|organized= October 21, 1823
|county seat= Trenton
|parent county= Chickasaws land from Jackson Purchase <ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
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|county1= [[Carroll County, Tennessee Genealogy|Carroll]]
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== County Information ==

=== Description ===
The County was named for John H. Gibson, a soldier of the Natchez Expedition and the Creek War. The County is located in the northwest area of the state.
<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Gibson, Tennessee" in ''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_County,_Tennessee'' accessed 18 Dec 2018 </ref>

=== County Courthouse ===
{{TN Courthouse Intro|Gibson}}
'''Gibson County Courthouse'''<br>PO Box 228<br>1 Court Square<br>Trenton, TN 38382<br>[https://gibsoncounty-tn.com/ Gibson County Courthouse] Phone: 731-855-7639,  731-855-7642<br>
[https://gibsoncounty-tn.com/county-courts/sub-item Chancery Court Clerk] Phone: 731- 855-7639<br>
[https://gibsoncounty-tn.com/county-courts/circuit Circuit Court Clerk] Phone: 731-855-7615<br>
[https://gibsoncounty-tn.com/county-government/register-of-deeds Register of Deeds] Phone: 731-855-7627<br>
[https://gibsoncounty-tn.com/county-government/county-court-clerk County Clerk] Phone: 731-855-7642<br><br>
County Clerk has marriage records from 1824 and probate records 1824-1981. <br>Register of Deeds has land records. <ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref><br>
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'''''County Pronunciation'''''<br>
#[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TNGibsonWeller.ogg Hear it spoken]<ref>Voice of Lynnae Weller, Kingsport, Tenn. (2010).</ref> (female)
#[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TNGibson.ogg Hear it spoken]<ref>Voice of Gene Black, FamilySearch employee, former resident of Bristol, Tenn. (2010).</ref> (male)<br><br>
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=== Gibson County, Tennessee Record Dates  ===
{{TN Record Dates Intro|Gibson}}
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
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| bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | <center>'''Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records'''<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref></center>
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| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Gibson County, Tennessee Genealogy#Birth|Birth*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Gibson County, Tennessee Genealogy#Marriage|Marriage]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Gibson County, Tennessee Genealogy#Death|Death*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Gibson County, Tennessee Genealogy#Court Records|Court]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Gibson County, Tennessee Genealogy#Land and Property Records|Land]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Gibson County, Tennessee Genealogy#Probate Records|Probate]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Gibson County, Tennessee Genealogy#Census Records|Census]]'''
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| width="14.2%" align="center" |1881
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1824
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1909
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1824
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1819
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1824
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1810
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| colspan="7"| <center>*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1914. General compliance by 1927.</center>
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=== Record Loss ===
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'''1941'''   There was a fire at the Gibson County courthouse in 1941, but records are complete.<ref name="null">Robert M. McBride, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/tennessee-county-data-for-historical-and-genealogical-research/oclc Tennessee County Data]'' (Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee States Library and Archives, 1966), 23.</ref><br><br>
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=== Boundary Changes ===
{{TN Boundary Changes Intro|Gibson}}
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*'''County seat:''' Trenton<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref><br>

For animated maps illustrating Tennessee county boundary changes, [http://www.mapofus.org/tennessee/ "Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps"] (1777-1985) may be viewed at the MapofUS.org website.

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=== Populated Places ===

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [https://tennessee.hometownlocator.com/counties/cities,cfips,053,c,gibson.cfm HomeTown Locator]. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Gibson County, Tennessee," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_County%2C_Tennessee, accessed 14 November 2019.</ref> 

{{Populated places
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyer,_Tennessee Dyer]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt,_Tennessee Humboldt]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina,_Tennessee Medina]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan,_Tennessee Milan]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_Tennessee Trenton]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkville,_Tennessee Yorkville]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford,_Tennessee Bradford]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson,_Tennessee Gibson]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenton,_Tennessee Kenton]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford,_Tennessee Rutherford]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil,_Tennessee Brazil]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton,_Tennessee Eaton]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_Jump,_Gibson_County,_Tennessee Frog Jump]
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*Fruitland
*Goat City
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graball,_Gibson_County,_Tennessee Graball]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell,_Gibson_County,_Tennessee Hopewell]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idlewild,_Tennessee Idlewild]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skullbone,_Tennessee Skullbone]
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=== History Timeline ===
{{TN Historical Timeline Intro|Gibson}}

*'''1823''' October 21. The Tennessee General Assembly created Gibson County out of lands ceded by the Chickasaws in the Jackson Purchase.<ref>''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed''. (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), 639. ({{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry].</ref> It was named in honor of John H. Gibson, who served with distinction under Andrew Jackson in the Natchez Expedition and in the Creek Wars. 
*'''1819''' Thomas Fite built the first cabin in Gibson County, which was then part of Carroll County. Luke Biggs, Davy Crockett, and others followed. Settlement progressed rapidly, and residents soon petitioned the general assembly for the formation of a new county, citing the difficulty of getting to the courts of Carroll County. 
*'''1824''' Commissioners appointed by the general assembly selected a county seat site near the center of the county where Thomas Gibson, a brother of John Gibson, operated a trading post. Initially called Gibson-Port, the name was soon changed to Trenton. 
*'''1824''' January. County government was organized, when the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions met at Biggs's residence. Following terms of the court met in the residence of William C. Love.
*'''1825''' April. The first term of court met in a temporary courthouse made of hewn logs. 

For a more extensive history see [http://www.tngenweb.org/goodspeed/gibson/ Goodspeeds History of Gibson County.]

'''Additional Information'''<br>
West Tennessee county. Established 1823.

== Resources ==
{{TN Resources Intro|Gibson}}

=== Bible Records ===
{{TN Bible Intro|Gibson}}

=== Biographies  ===
{{TN Biographies Intro|Gibson}}

*Douthat, James L. ''Gibson County, Tennessee Biographies''. 1887; reprint, Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. Free Surname Index and purchase details at [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/tn/details/gibson.html Mountain Press] website.
*[http://www.mygenealogyhound.com/tennessee-counties/gibson-county-tennessee-genealogy-biographies.asp Family Biographies from The History of Gibson County, Tennessee] (1887) published by Goodspeed are available on the My Genealogy Hound website.<br>

=== Business, Commerce, and Occupations ===
{{TN Business Records Intro|Gibson}}

*Miller, Alan N. ''West Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1821 to 1889''. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006. {{FHL|1369643|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2man}}. Purchase at [http://www.genealogical.com/products/West%20Tennessees%20Forgotten%20Children%20Apprentices%201821%201889/9982.html Genealogical.com]. [Includes Gibson County.]

=== Cemeteries ===
{{TN Cemeteries Intro|Gibson}}

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| colspan="2" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black"| <center>'''Cemeteries of Gibson County, Tennessee''' online and in print</center>
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" | <center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''</center>
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* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=&middlename=&lastname=&birthyear=&birthyearfilter=&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&location=Gibson+County%2C+Tennessee%2C+United+States+of+America&locationId=county_2451&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby= Findagrave.com]
* [http://tngenweb.org/gibson/records-data/ TNGenWeb]
* [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/gibson/cemetery.html TNGenWeb Archives]
* [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/tennessee/gibson.html Tombstone Project]
* [http://www.tngenweb.org/cemeteries/#!co=gibson TNGenWeb Cemeteries]
* [https://billiongraves.com/search/results?cemetery_country=United%20States&cemetery_state=Tennessee&cemetery_county=Gibson&year_range=5&size=15 BillionGraves]
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" | <center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions in Print''' [[The Value of Cemetery Records in Print |(Often more complete)]]</center>
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* {{FHL|643242|subject-id|disp=Family History Library}}
* [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3ACemetery+Gibson+Tennessee&qt=advanced&dblist=638 WorldCat]
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''List of Cemeteries in the County'''</center>
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* [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Tennessee/Gibson-County?id=county_2451 Findagrave.com]
* [http://tennesseegravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=27 Gravestones]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| See [[Tennessee Cemeteries|Tennessee Cemeteries]] for more information.
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*Daughters of the American Revolution - Clement-Scott Chapter (Humboldt, Tennessee) ''Rose Hill Cemetery in Humboldt, Tennessee: a listing of all marked graves, 1868-1974''. 1976 - Epitaphs [https://books.google.com/books/about/Rose_Hill_Cemetery_in_Humboldt_Tennessee.html?id=fK6gtgAACAAJ Google Books]$

=== Census Records ===
{{TN Census Intro|Gibson}}

{{Historical populations
|type = USA
|heading = Census
|footnote = Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_County,_Tennessee#Demographics "Wikipedia.org".]     		  	  				 	 	 	
|1830 |5801		 
|1840 |13689    		  	  		 	    
|1850 |19548       			      
|1860 |21777         		 	      
|1870 |25666               
|1880 |32685             
|1890 |33859             
|1900 |39408             
|1910 |41630 		 		           		 		 	 
|1920 |43388		 	  		 	 		    		 	      
|1930 |46528    		 	 			  		 			  		 	 		 		   
|1940 |44835        		     
|1950 |48132             
|1960 |44699              
|1970 |47871             		 
|1980 |49467            
|1990 |46315               
|2000 |48152             
|2010 |49683             
}}

1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 federal population censuses of Gibson County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see [[Tennessee Census|Tennessee Census]]. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide online indexes.

See [[Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book]] for more information about statewide printed indexes.

See [http://www.us-census.org/states/tennessee/g-tn.htm#Gibson Gibson County, TN census assignments], including links to transcribed files. [http://www.us-census.org/ The USGenWeb Census Project<sup>®]

'''1810-1891'''<br>

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3574 Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry] ($)

'''1830'''<br>

*''Census, 1830, Gibson County, Tennessee.'' [S.I. s.n., 1830?]. {{FHL|573470|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.823 X2}}

'''1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners'''<br>

*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. {{FHL|282860|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL US/CAN Film 2321}}. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google books] ''et. al''. See Tennessee, Western District, Gibson County on page 159.

'''1850'''<br>

*''Seventh census of the United States, 1850, Gibson County, Tennessee,population schedules'' Huntsville, Arkansas Century Enterprises Genealogical Services, 1970 {{FHL|324879|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.823 X2}}

'''1860'''<br>

*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/gibson/census/1860/ Scanned census images] in the USGenWeb Archives.

'''1880'''<br>

*Sistler, Barbara ''1880 census Gibson County, Tennessee'' Nashville, Tennessee Byron Sistler and Associates, 2002 {{FHL|1045451|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.823 X2}}

'''1890''' Lost, but substitutes are available:<br>

*Reed, Sue S. ''Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891, as Provided for by an Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, Passed January 15, 1891, and Approved January 22, 1891.'' 8 vols. Houston, Texas: S.S. Reed, 1989. {{FHL|461479|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2r v. 3 1891}}. Gibson County is included in Vol. 3.
*Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. ''1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee.'' Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978. {{FHL|114935|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1890}}.

'''1891 Male Voters'''<br>

*1891 [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2884 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry] ($)

=== Church Records ===
{{TN Church Intro|Gibson}}

=== Court Records ===
{{TN Court Intro|Gibson}}

*Hays, Tony ''Gibson County (Tennessee) records, 1824-1846'' [S.I. Kitchen Table Press, 1986. {{FHL|506957|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.823 P2h}}
*Historical Records Survey ''Chancery Court minutes, 1834-1847, Gibson County, Tennessee'' Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1939. {{FHL|263202|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 24650}}
*Historical Records Project (Tennessee) and Tennessee Circuit Court (Gibson County) ''Circuit Court Minutes, 1824-1832, Gibson County, Tennessee'' Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1939. {{FHL|234015|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 24652 item 2}}
*Historical Records Survey, Gibson County, Tennessee County Court and Gibson County, Tennessee Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions ''County Court Minutes, 1824-1828, Gibson County, Tennessee'' Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1942. {{FHL|263590|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 24651 items 1-2}}
*Walker, Emily B. ''Gibson County, Tennessee, court minutes'' Includes index. South Fulton, Tennessee E.B. Walker, 1987. {{FHL|679446|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.823 P2w}}

'''''Law and Legislation'''''<br>
*Tennessee State Library and Archives, ''Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850: Index to Names.'' January 25, 2005. In addition to creating new laws, legislative acts were often required to obtain a divorce, grant legitimacy to a child, or for appointments to or grant payments for public service. The [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] has created an index to names that appear in these acts covering the years 1796 to 1850. To read more about this valuable resource [http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/acts-tennessee-1796-1850-index-names Click here]. The searchable index is available at the [http://share.tn.gov/tsla/history/misc/actsintro.htm TSLA]; another version is available at [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=usa_tn_acts World Vital Records].

=== Directories ===
{{TN Directories Intro|Gibson}}

=== Emigration and Immigration  ===
{{TN Emigration Intro|Gibson}}

=== Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups ===
{{TN Ethnic Groups Intro|Gibson}}

'''''African Americans'''''<br>
*[http://www.ccharity.com/contents/various-census-transcriptions/gibson/ Free African Americans Enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 Gibson County, Tennessee Census], available online, courtesy: [http://www.ccharity.com/ Christine's Genealogy Website: Who are Your People?]
*Craighead, Sandra G. ''Index and Analysis of the Register of Colored Marriages Performed at the Freedmen's Bureau in Trenton (Gibson County) Tennessee, 1865-1866.'' S.G. Craighead, 1995. Free digital version at [http://www.tngenweb.org/tncolor/gibsonma.htm TNGenWeb].
*Smith, Jonathan Kennon Thompson ''Tombstone Inscriptions from black cemeteries in Gibson County, Tennessee''. Jackson City, Tennessee: J.K.T. Smith, 1999. {{FHL|833997|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.823 V3s}}

=== Funeral Homes  ===
{{TN Funeral Homes Intro|Gibson}}

=== Genealogies  ===
{{TN Genealogies Intro|Gibson}}

'''''DNA'''''
*'''Brown''' - Multiple descendants of John Brown, b. 1824 ?Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, resident of Gibson County, Tennessee in 1850, d. 1858 ?Missouri. Y-DNA 25 and 37 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 64730, 64731). Genetic signatures available [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/groups40thru49.htm online] (labeled Group No. 46), genealogical description available [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/earliestancestorsGroupsOnethru50.htm online], courtesy: [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/overview.htm Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study]. Matches have been found.

'''''Family Histories'''''<br>

'''''General'''''<br>

As of August 2010, a query for [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=Gibson+Tennessee&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search persons born in Gibson, Tennessee] at ''[[World Connect|World Connect]]'', results in more than 44,000 entries.

*''Families and History of Gibson County, Tennessee to 1989''. Milan, Tenn.: Lee-Davis United Daughters of the Confederacy Historical Society, 1989. {{FHL|430783|title-id|disp=FHL Book 976.823 H2L}}.

'''''Bibliography'''''<br>

*'''Burress''' - Burress, Charles G. ''The Family of William Burress (ca. 1799-1850?) of Tennessee.'' Phoenix, Ariz.?: unknown, 1971. Available at [http://familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F33896&hash=rh2%2B403z7n4WII67nHOFMh25nvE%3D FHL US/CAN Film 962162]; [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29035 Ancestry] ($); and [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh46543821%3B-1%3B-1%3B Heritage Quest Online] ($).
*'''Jennings''' - Jennings, Virginia L. and Robert B. Jennings. ''William Crunk Jennings and Allied Families''. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: V.L. Jennings, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J449j.
*'''King''' - Hill, Ailene King and Lowrance, Juantia King ''Alvin King His Ancestors and Descendants 1630-1996'' [1996] Available at the Family History Library {{FSbook|80045}}; {{FHL|675976|title-id|disp=FHL book 929.273 K58ha}}
*'''Luckey''' - Luckey, Ann Colvin and Elizabeth Luckey Bennett. ''The Luckey Family of Tennessee: A Genealogical History of the John Henry Luckey, William Franklin Luckey and Samuel Joseph Luckey of Gibson/Madison Counties, Tennessee Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1732-1987''. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath, 1987. {{FHL|483827|title-id|disp=FHL HIST;Book 929.273 L964L}}.
*'''Wade''' - Beadles, Zada Wade. ''The Wades the history of a family, dealing with the kith and kin of Zachary and Mary Hatton Wade, their descendants and related lines, male and female, in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and other states.'' Cairo, IL: Published for the author, Mrs. Jesse Asa Beadles, 1963. Available at [http://familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F437932&hash=rh2%2B403z7n4WII67nHOFMh25nvE%3D FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W119c]; digital version at [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh427637767%3B-1%3B-1%3B Heritage Quest Online] ($).

=== Guardianship ===
{{TN Guardianship Intro|Gibson}}

=== Land and Property Records ===
{{TN Land Intro|Gibson}}

Gibson County Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1823 and is located at the Courthouse, Trenton, Tennessee , P.O. Box 228, Trenton, TN 38382-0228; Telephone: (731) 855-7642. Land and property records include transfer of real estate or personal property, mortgages, leases, surveys, and entries

''Online Records and Indexes''<br>
*'''1819-1929''' [http://www.copies1918.com/gibson-a.html Deed Book A: 1819-1829] - Index only
*'''1819-1901''' Gibson County Register of Deeds ''Deed records, 1819-1890; index to deeds, 1819-1901''Nashville, Tennessee:State Library and Archives, 1976{{FHL|410028|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 1008149-178 and 1007807-10}}

''Book Abstracts and Indexes''<br>
*Crumpton, Barbara ''Gibson County, Tennessee [deed books]'' Duncan, Oklahoma Creative Copies, c2000. {{FHL|994440|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.823 R2c v. 1-2}}
*Smith, Jonathan Kennon Thompson ''Genealogical abstracts from early land, chancery and other records of Gibson County, Tennessee'' Jackson, Tennessee J.K.T. Smith, c1998 {{FHL|730892|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.823 R28s}}
*Walker, Emily B. ''Gibson County, Tennessee, landowners, 1877'' South Fulton, Tennessee E.B. Walker, c1986 {{FHL|477621|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 A1 no.99}}
*Walker, Emily B. ''North Carolina land grants in the Western District (Tennessee), most particularly Gibson and surrounding counties: volumes A-B, 1788-1796'' E.B. Walker, 1987. [http://books.google.com/books?id=-3raGAAACAAJ&dq=north+carolina+land+grants+in+the+western+district&hl=en&ei=7jxTTKXuBpD2tgOT4dnZAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA googlebooks] $

=== Local Histories ===
{{TN Histories Intro|Gibson}}

*[http://books.google.com/books?id=H1atGwAACAAJ&dq=Families+and+History+of+Gibson+County,+Tennessee+to+1989&ei=v4SLScPpNaaGzgTZgYG6BQ ''Families and History of Gibson County, Tennessee to 1989 ''](Lee-Davis U.D.C. Historical Society, 1989) - Surname index.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=CfgTAAAAYAAJ&dq=Gibson+County,+Past+and+Present+:+The+First+General+History+of+one+of+West+Tennessee%27s+Pivotal+Counties&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1_1&pgis=1 ''Gibson County, Past and Present The First General History of one of West Tennessee's Pivotal Counties''] (Culp &amp; Ross, 1996) [name index]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=keHDHAAACAAJ&dq=Gibson+County+Sesquicentennial,+1823-1973+:+Celebrating+its+150th+Anniversary&ei=goaLSf-yE5vWzAS-s_y5BQ ''Gibson County Sesquicentennial, 1823-1973 Celebrating its 150th Anniversary''] (1973)
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=846LGwAACAAJ&dq=Gibson+County,+Tennessee+(illustrated)+A+Series+of+Pen+and+Picture+Sketches&ei=BoeLSdi0C5acyAT_nsm6BQ ''Gibson County, Tennessee (illustrated) A Series of Pen and Picture Sketches''] (Greene, 1901) - Partial index.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=iytdq7crztQC ''Gibson County, Tennessee A Pictorial History''] (1994)
*Hays, Tony and Jackson, Janice S. ''Gibson-Crockett a joint heritage'' (S.I.): Kitchen Table Press, 1986. {{FHL|506961|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 P2h}}
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=k6pmGwAACAAJ&dq=History+of+Skullbone+(Old+North+Gibson),+Tennessee&ei=yIeLSZaPLILeyASg3qm6BQ ''History of Skullbone (Old North Gibson), Tennessee''] (Pounds, 1980)
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=VAZAGwAACAAJ&dq=History+of+Tennessee+From+the+Earliest+Times+to+the+Present&ei=-YeLSZqrFoquywTh3a26BQ ''History of Tennessee From the Earliest Times to the Present '']: Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley and Lake Counties (Goodspeed, 1978) - Name index.
*''Humboldt, Tennessee A Pictorial History ''(Harris, Fisher and Pyron)
*''Neboville, Riverside, Hooten, Midway community and family history'' 2 vols. (Putnam, 2000?) - Name index.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ea1NHAAACAAJ&dq=Tennessee,+Gibson+County+:+Capt.+King%27s+Diary,+1865&ei=nIiLSYGlFKGayAS0-vzOCw ''Tennessee, Gibson County Capt. King's Diary, 1865''] (WPA, 1938) - Name index.
*Gibson County, Tennessee, Carole Wiggins, Thomas W. Graham, M. Elizabeth McCroskey, University of Tennessee (System), County Technical Assistance Service. ''Private acts of Gibson County, Tennessee'' County Technical Assistance Service, University of Tennessee, Institute for Public Service, 1994. [http://books.google.com/books?id=cVIGHQAACAAJ&dq=private+acts+of+gibson+county&hl=en&ei=iTtTTK-uAZSisQPAq5DaAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA googlebooks] $
*''Tennessee's Last Kingdom, Skullbone, Tennessee, Celebrating 100 years, 1898-1998 ''(Pounds, 1998)<br><br>Additional county and community histories can be found at the [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] [http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/bibliography-tennessee-local-history-sources-gibson-county Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Gibson County. ]<br>

=== Maps and Gazetteers ===
{{TN Maps Intro|Gibson}}

{{TN Neighboring Counties Intro|county={{TN Gibson County}}}}

*[http://www.mapofus.org/tennessee/ Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)]
*Tennessee Department of Transportation Gibson County Map [http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/Maps/county/co27.pdf pdf].
*[http://www.mygenealogyhound.com/maps/tennessee-maps/tn-gibson-county-tennessee-1888-map.html Map of 1888 Gibson County, Tennessee] with numerous small settlements. (My Genealogy Hound)<br>

=== Migration ===
{{TN Migration Intro|Gibson}}

=== Military Records ===
{{TN Military Intro|Gibson}}

'''''Revolutionary War'''''<br>
The following Gibson County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb:

*[http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ 1835 Pension Roll]
*[http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions]

Additional resources include:

*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. {{FHL|282860|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL US/CAN Film 2321}}. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google books] ''et. al''. See Tennessee, Western District, Gibson County on page 159.

'''''War of 1812'''''<br>
*Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," ''Ansearchin' News'', Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr. 1960):40-45. {{FHL|44514|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 7 (1960)}}; digital version at [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1960-2 journal website]. Includes Gibson County pensioners (pp. 44-45).

'''''Civil War'''''<br>

''Online Records''<br>
*'''1861-1865''' - {{RecordSearch|1932378|Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1861-1865''' - {{RecordSearch|1932422|Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1861-1865''' -  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2322 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry]
*'''1861-1865''' -  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2344 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry]
*'''1891-1965''' - {{RecordSearch|1874474|Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/military/cwrd/main.aspx Civil War Research Database] 
*[https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htmsoldiers.cfm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]

{{TN Civil War Regiments|Gibson}}<br>

'''''Confederate Soldiers'''''<br>

*[[4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Neely's) (Confederate)|4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Neely's)]] - CSA - Company F.
*[[12th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Green's)|12th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Green's)]] - CSA - Companies 2nd G and 2nd H.
*[[12th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry|12th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry]] - CSA - Companies B, C, D, E, E (2), F, G, H, I, and K.
*[[12th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry|12th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry]] - CSA - Company D.
*[[13th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry|13th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry]] - CSA - Company D.
*[[14th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Neely's)|14th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Neely's)]] - CSA - Company B.
*[[15th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Stewart's)|15th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Stewart's)]] - CSA
*[[16th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Logwood's)|16th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Logwood's)]] - CSA
*[[19th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's)|19th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's)]] - CSA - Company K.
*[[20th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Russell's)|20th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Russell's)]] - CSA - Companies A, C, and D.
*[[22nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Barteau's)|22nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Barteau's)]] - CSA-2nd Company H and Company I.
*[[22nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry|22nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry]] - CSA - Companies F and H.
*[[22nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Freeman's)|22nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Freeman's)]] - CSA - Company F and Company H (formerly I).
*[[31st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (A. H. Bradford's)|31st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (A. H. Bradford's)]] - CSA - Company E.
*[[47th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry|47th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry]] - CSA - Companies B, F, G, H and K.
*[[55th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Brown's)|55th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Brown's)]] - CSA - Companies D and G.

'''''Union Soldiers'''''<br>

*[[1st Regiment, West Tennessee Cavalry (Union)|1st Regiment, West Tennessee Cavalry]] - William Carroll Holt's company
*[[6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Union)|6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry]] - Company M.
*[[7th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Union)|7th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry]] - Company B.

'''''Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Gibson County:'''''<br>

*USGenWeb Archives, [http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/gibson/military.html Gibson County Tennessee Archives]. Civil War Records.
*Tennessee State Library and Archives, [http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/pension127.htm Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Gibson County]. Includes soldier's name, county, pension #, unit or widow.
*United States Pension Bureau, [http://www.archive.org/stream/listpensionerso02buregoog#page/n352/mode/1up List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883: Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for ...] (Washington Printing Office; 1883), (accessed 30 Jan 2012). Online at Internet Archive. Gibson County, page 334.
*[http://home.olemiss.edu/~cmprice/cavalry/rosters.html 20th Tennessee Cavalry, CSA], Rosters &amp; Company Information.
*Tennesseans in the Civil War, [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa47.html 47th Tennessee Infantry Regiment]. The 47th Regiment was a West Tennessee organization, organized at Camp Trenton, Gibson County, December 16, 1861, from 10 companies which had been enrolled during November and December.

'''''World War I'''''<br>
*[http://tn-roots.com/tngibson/COLORS/Colors.htm ''With the Colors''] written in 1920 by Mrs. Gordon Brame Hargrove. It is described by Mrs. Hargrove as an "Honor Roll containing a pictorial history of Gibson County Tennessee, USA, Specially honoring Those that Served in the Great World War, 1917-1918 - 1919."In most instances it gives the name, date of birth, parents names, enlistment date, where served and muster out date of the soldiers that fought in World War I from Gibson County Tennessee.<br>
*General Books ''The Honor Roll, Gibson County, Tennessee, U.S.A., 1917-1918-1919'' General Books, LLC, 2010. - [http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6631339M/The_Honor_Roll_Gibson_County_Tennessee_U._S._A._1917-1918-1919. freely available at the Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=_UkzQwAACAAJ&dq=honor+roll+gibson+county&hl=en&ei=7jpTTJLjNYT0tgO72bTaAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ googlebooks] $

=== Naturalization and Citizenship ===
{{TN Naturalization Intro|Gibson}}

=== Newspapers ===
{{TN Newspapers Intro|Gibson}}

*Walker, Emily Basham ''Gibson County, Tennessee, newspaper extracts'' South Fulton, Tennessee E.B. Walker, 1986. {{FHL|477630|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.823 B3w Volumes 1-5}}
*Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at the [http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/newspapers-microfilm-tennessee-state-library-and-archives TSLA]. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee, although there are some newspapers which are not available in or outside of Tennessee. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies and newspapers not available for interlibrary loan click [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/mailill.htm#newspapers here]. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Gibson County click on the following cities or towns:

:*[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/newspapers-microfilm-tennessee-state-library-and-archives-b#Bradford Bradford]
:*[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/newspapers-microfilm-tennessee-state-library-and-archives-d#Dyer Dyer]
:*[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/newspapers-microfilm-tennessee-state-library-and-archives-h#Humboldt Humboldt]
:*[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/newspapers-microfilm-tennessee-state-library-and-archives-m#Milan Milan]
:*[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/newspapers-microfilm-tennessee-state-library-and-archives-r#Rutherford Rutherford]
:*[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/newspapers-microfilm-tennessee-state-library-and-archives-t#Trenton Trenton]

For deaths of Methodists in Gibson County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try the following resources:

*Smith, Jonathan K.T. ''Genealogical Abstracts from Reported Deaths, the Nashville Christian Advocate''. (1847-1914) 10 vols. Jackson, Tenn.: J.K.T. Smith, 1997-2003. {{FHL|789366|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Books 976.855/N1 V48s 1847-1851}} ff; digital versions at [http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/index.html David Donahue Memorial: Tennessee Records Repository]. Website expands upon the publications and includes deaths from the 1830s, 1840s, 1910s and 1920s.

=== Obituaries ===
{{TN Obituaries Intro|Gibson}}

=== Other Records ===
{{TN Other Records Intro|Gibson}}

===== Prisons =====
*'''1831-1850''' - [http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/inmates-tennessee-state-penitentiary-1831-1850 Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850] at [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla Tennessee State Library and Archives]<br>
*'''1851-1870''' - [http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/inmates-tennessee-state-penitentiary-1851-1870 Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870] at [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla Tennessee State Library and Archives]

=== Periodicals ===
{{TN Periodicals Intro|Gibson}}

*''Ansearchin' News'': Quarterly magazine of the [http://www.tngs.org/ Tennessee Genealogical Society]. For a keyword search, go to the [http://www.tngs.org/Ansearchn-News county index]. Read previous issues on their [http://www.tngs.org/Ansearchn-News website]; {{FHL|44514|item|disp=FHL Book 976.8 B2a.}}
*''Family Findings'': Quarterly of the [https://mwtgs.wordpress.com/ Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society]. For tables of contents and online access to issues, see [https://www.tngenweb.org/family-findings-newsletters.php TNGenWeb Project]. Also try this [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us&q=site%3Awww.tngenweb.org+%22Family+Findings%22+%22Carroll+County%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= specialized Google search]. {{FHL|40026|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.8 B2f}}.

::*[http://tngenweb.org/madison/family-findings-index-1-10/ Volumes 1-10 (1969-1978)]
::*[http://tngenweb.org/madison/family-findings-index-xi-xx/ Volumes 11-20 (1979-1988)]
::*[http://tngenweb.org/madison/family-findings-index-xxi-xxiv/ Volumes 21-24 (1989-1992)]
::*[http://tngenweb.org/madison/family-findings-index-xxxii-xxxv/ Volumes 32-35 (2000-2003)]

*''West Tennessee Historical Society Papers'': Occasional publication of the [https://wths-tn.org/ West Tennessee Historical Society]. {{FHL|233239|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.81 B5w}}. To view Table of Contents and complete articles from 1947 - 2005 see [http://register.shelby.tn.us/wths/ Shelby County Register of Deeds]

=== Probate Records ===
{{TN Probate Intro|Gibson}}

The County Court and Probate Court have responsibility for the probate records of Gibson County.

''Online Records''<br>

*'''1779-2008''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9176 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] ($)
*'''1824-1922''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=M6QS-YNP%3A179636701%3Fcc%3D1909088 Gibson County] portion of {{RecordSearch|1909088|Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee Probate Court Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes.


''Book Abstracts and Indexes''<br>

*'''1825-1861''' - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. ''Index to Tennessee Wills &amp; Administrations 1779-1861''. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler &amp; Associates, Inc., 1990. {{FHL|615022|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.8 P22s}}. Includes an index to this county's probate records.<br>
*'''1824-1846''' - Walker, Emily B. ''Gibson County, Tennessee, Bond and Will Books A,B and C, 1824-1846'' South Fulton, Tenn.: E.B. Walker, 1986. {{FHL|477625|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 A1 no. 98}}

=== School Records ===
{{TN Schools Intro|Gibson}}

=== Social Security Records ===

*'''1935-2014''' {{RecordSearch|1202535|United States Social Security Death Index}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] - [[United States Social Security Death Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]]; index. ''Also at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3693/ Ancestry], [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/social-security-death-index findmypast], [https://www.fold3.com/title/830/ Fold3], [https://www.genealogybank.com/explore/ssdi/all GenealogyBank], [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10002/us-social-security-death-index-ssdi?s=270606331 MyHeritage], and [https://stevemorse.org/ssdi/ssdi.html Steve Morse].'' [[United States Social Security Administration Records#Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Click here for more information]].

*'''1936-2007''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007] at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/ Ancestry] ($) — index, [[United States Social Security Administration Records#Social Security Applications and Claims Index|click here for more information]].

=== Tax Records ===
{{TN Tax Intro|Gibson}}

''Book Abstracts and Indexes''<br>

*'''1824-1832''' - Walker, Emily B. ''Gibson County, Tennessee, Tax Lists, with Map''. 2 vols. [1824-1832] South Fulton, Tenn.: E.B. Walker, 1988. {{FHL|399890|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.823 R4w}} ff.
*'''1830''' - "Gibson County, Tennessee 1830 List of Inhabitants," ''Ansearchin' News,'' Vol. 41, No. 3 (Fall 1994):99-102; Vol. 41, No. 4 (Winter 1994):169-171. For access, see [[Tennessee Periodicals|Periodicals]].
*'''1830''' Cox, Jere and Vicki Shaffer. "1830 Sheriff's List" [2 parts], available [http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/gibson/taxlists.html online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
*'''1830''' Cox, Jere and Vicki Shaffer. "1830 2nd Sheriff's List," available [http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/gibson/census/1830/sheriff-2nd.txt online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
*'''1833''' Tucker, Rick. "1833 Gibson Co. Tax List," available [http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/gibson/census/taxlists/1833.txt online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
*'''1834''' Tucker, Rick. "1834 Gibson Co. Tax List," available [http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/gibson/census/taxlists/1834.txt online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
*'''1834''' Tucker, Rick. "1834 Sheriff's Tax List," available [http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/gibson/census/taxlists/1834-sheriff.txt online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
*'''1834''' Tucker, Rick. "1834 Tax Rates," available [http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/gibson/census/taxlists/1834rates.txt online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
*'''1835''' Tucker, Rick. "1835 Sheriff's Tax List," available [http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/gibson/census/taxlists/1835-sheriff-tax.txt online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
*'''1835''' Tucker, Rick<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1279233664404_154"></span>. "1835 Tax List &amp; Rates," available [http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/gibson/census/taxlists/1835.txt online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
*'''1836''' - Hollis, Jane. "Gibson County, Tennessee Tax List-1836," ''Ansearchin' News,'' Vol. 25, No. 2 (Summer 1978):65-70; Vol. 25, No. 3 (Fall 1978):124-129, 144. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see [[Gibson County, Tennessee Genealogy|Gibson]].

=== Vital Records ===
{{TN Vital Intro|Gibson}}

==== Birth ====
{{TN Birth Intro|Gibson}}

*'''1828-1939''' - {{RecordSearch|1681012|Tennessee Births and Christenings 1828-1939}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee Births and Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1869-1909''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2282 Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry] ($)
*'''1881-1882''' - Gibson County Birth Index 1881-1882. Batch {{IGI|C710441}} in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index] at FamilySearch<ref>Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at [[Media:Igitennesseef.pdf|https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/d/d3/Igitennesseef.pdf]].</ref>
*'''1881-1883''' - Walker, Emily Basham. ''Gibson County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics 1881-1883: Marriages, 1881-1883; Births, 1881''. South Fulton, Tennessee: E.B. Walker, 1987. {{FHL|477637|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.823 V2web}}. Includes index.
*'''1908-1912''' - {{RecordSearch|2515873|Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee, Birth Records, Enumerator Record Series - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]

==== Marriage ====
'''''Online Indexes and Records'''''
*'''1625-1966''' - [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=tennessee%2ctn Tennessee, United States Marriages] at [http://findmypast.com/ FindMyPast] ($)
*'''1780-2002''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169 Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry] ($)
*'''1780-2002''' - {{RecordSearch|1936414|Tennessee State Marriage Index 1780-2002}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee State Marriage Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1790-1962''' - {{RecordSearch|1619127|Tennessee County Marriages, 1790-1950}} [1790-1962] at [https://www.FamilySearch.org/search FamilySearch]- [[Tennessee County Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]. Covers all counties in Tennessee.
*'''1796-1950''' - {{RecordSearch|1681022|Tennessee Marriages 1796-1950}} (Indexes only) at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1827-1895''' - Gibson County Marriage Index 1827-1895 in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index] at FamilySearch<ref>Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at [[Media:Igitennesseef.pdf|https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/d/d3/Igitennesseef.pdf]].</ref>
*'''1838-1888''' - {{RecordSearch|2559093|Tennessee Civil Marriages, 1838-1888}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee Civil Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1851-1900''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4125 Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry] ($)
*'''1861-1869''' - [http://freedmensbureau.com/tennessee/marriages/tennmarra.htm Freedman's Bureau Marriage Certificates] (1861-1869) 
*'''1980-2014''' - [https://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php?go=TNmarriageRecords&title=Marriage%20Records%20Index%201980-2014 Marriage Records Index 1980-2014] at [https://register.shelby.tn.us/?page_id=2965 Shelby County Register of Deeds] - index

'''''Book Abstracts and Indexes'''''
*'''1824-1860''' - ''Marriages of Gibson County, Tennessee, 1824-1860'' {{FHL|371039|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.823 V2}} ff.
*'''1824-1870''' - ''Early West Tennessee Marriages''. 2 vols. {{FHL|450678|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 V2sb v. 1 v. 2}} ff.
*'''1860-1870''' - ''Gibson County, Tennessee, marriage records, volume A June 1860-November, 1870 '' {{FHL|340399|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.823 V2g}} ff.

==== Death ====
{{TN Death Intro|Gibson}}
''Online Records''
*'''1874-1955''' - {{RecordSearch|1681020|Tennessee Deaths and Burials 1874-1955}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1908-1933''' - [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10076/tennessee-deaths-1908-1933?s=275764761 Tennessee Deaths, 1908 - 1933] at MyHeritage ($) — index
*'''1908-1958''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2376 Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1958] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry] ($)
*'''1908-1912''' - [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/death-records-database-name/tennessee-death-records-1908-1912 Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912] at [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/ Tennessee State Library & Archives] - index
*'''1914-1933''' - [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/death-records-database-name/tennessee-death-records-1914-1933 Tennessee Death Records 1914-1933] at [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/ Tennessee State Library & Archives] - index
*'''1914-1966''' - {{RecordSearch|1417505|Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee Death Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1949-2014''' - [https://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php?go=TNdeathRecords&title=Death%20Records%20Index%201949-2014 Death Records Index 1949-2014] at [https://register.shelby.tn.us/?page_id=2965 Shelby County Register of Deeds] - index
''Online Titles''
*Hays, Tony ''Gibson County Death Records'' Kitchen Table Press, 1987 [http://books.google.com/books?id=rACtGwAACAAJ&dq=gibson+county+death+records&hl=en&ei=1ylTTL3KGMb_nQferPyfAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA googlebooks]

==== Divorce ====
{{TN Divorce Intro|Gibson}}
''Online Records''
*'''1796 - 1850''' - [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/database-tn-research/acts-tennessee-1796-1850 Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850] at [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/ Tennessee State Library & Archives] - index
*'''1980-2014''' - [https://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php?go=TNdivorceRecords&title=Divorce%20Records%20Index%201980-2014 Divorce Records Index 1980-2014] at [https://register.shelby.tn.us/?page_id=2965 Shelby County Register of Deeds] - index
''Online Titles''
*W.P.A. ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee''. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/110760-guide-to-public-vital-statistics-in-tennessee?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]; {{FHL|230329|title=id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 A3gp}} - Inventory stating where divorce records are housed.

== Research Facilities ==
{{TN Research Facilities Intro|Gibson}}

=== Archives ===
{{TN Archives Intro|Gibson}}

=== Family History Centers ===
{{Family History Centers Intro}}

*[[Trenton Tennessee Family History Center]]

=== Libraries ===
{{TN Libraries Intro|Gibson}}


'''Gibson County Memorial Library''' <br>303 High St <br>Trenton, TN 38382 <br>731-855-1991 <br>[https://sites.google.com/site/gibsontnlibrary/ Website]<br>

'''Humboldt Public Library''' <br>115 S 16th Ave <br>Humboldt, TN 38343 <br>731-784-2383 <br>[http://www.humboldtpublic.org/ Website]
::The Anne Laurie James Genealogy Room holds newspapers as well as other genealogical materials. <br><br>

'''Mildred G. Fields Memorial Library''' <br>1075A E Van Hook St <br>Milan, TN 38358 <br> 731-686-8268 <br>E-mail: [mailto:librarymilan@bellsouth.net librarymilan@bellsouth.net] <br>[http://www.cityofmilantn.com/library Website] <br><br>

'''West Tennessee Heritage Study Center''' <br>[http://www.utm.edu/library.php Paul Meek Library] <br>[http://www.utm.edu/ University of Tennessee at Martin] <br>Phone: 731-881-7060 <br>[http://www.utm.edu/departments/special_collections/wthsc.php Website]
::The Heritage Study Center holds a variety of genealogical resources including materials relating to the following counties in Tennessee: [[Benton County, Tennessee Genealogy|Benton]], [[Carroll County, Tennessee Genealogy|Carroll]], [[Chester County, Tennessee Genealogy|Chester]], [[Crockett County, Tennessee Genealogy|Crockett]], [[Decatur County, Tennessee Genealogy|Decatur]], [[Dyer County, Tennessee Genealogy|Dyer]], [[Fayette County, Tennessee Genealogy|Fayette]], [[Gibson County, Tennessee Genealogy|Gibson]], [[Hardin County, Tennessee Genealogy|Hardin]], [[Haywood County, Tennessee Genealogy|Haywood]], [[Henderson County, Tennessee Genealogy|Henderson]], [[Henry County, Tennessee Genealogy|Henry]], [[Houston County, Tennessee Genealogy|Houston]], [[Humphreys County, Tennessee Genealogy|Humphreys]], [[Lake County, Tennessee Genealogy|Lake]], [[Lauderdale County, Tennessee Genealogy|Lauderdale]], [[Madison County, Tennessee Genealogy|Madison]], [[McNairy County, Tennessee Genealogy|McNairy]], [[Obion County, Tennessee Genealogy|Obion]], [[Perry County, Tennessee Genealogy|Perry]], [[Shelby County, Tennessee Genealogy|Shelby]], [[Stewart County, Tennessee Genealogy|Stewart]], [[Tipton County, Tennessee Genealogy|Tipton]], [[Wayne County, Tennessee Genealogy|Wayne]], [[Weakley County, Tennessee Genealogy|Weakley]] and [[Carlisle County, Kentucky Genealogy|Carlisle (KY)]], [[Fulton County, Kentucky Genealogy|Fulton (KY)]], and [[Hickman County, Kentucky Genealogy|Hickman (KY)]] counties in Kentucky.<br>

=== Museums ===
{{TN Museums Intro|Gibson}}

== Societies ==
{{TN Societies Intro|Gibson}}
'''West Tennessee Historical Society'''<br>P.O. Box 111046<br>Memphis, TN 38111<br>901-475-6608<br>E-mail: [mailto:efrank@memphis.edu efrank@memphis.edu]<br>[https://wths-tn.org/ Website]

== Websites ==
{{TN Websites Intro|Gibson}}

*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/TN/Gibson-County.htm Gibson County TN Genealogy] 
*[http://tngenweb.org/gibson/ Gibson County, TNGenWeb] (USGenWeb) 
*{{FHL Place IDNum|194867|Tennessee|Gibson}} – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use [https://familysearch.org/search/ Historical Records] to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

== Research Guides ==
{{TN Research Guides Intro|Gibson}}

*[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-tennessee-counties-gibson-county Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Gibson County], courtesy: [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/ TSLA]. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)

== References ==
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