Humboldt Herald---Humboldt,TN---July 8,1876 Married--In the Dry Good Store of Stewart & Olivar in Jackson,on the 4th of July,by Rev.M.E.Senter;Mr.Pony Shelton & Mrs.McFarland,all of Gibson County. Died-In this city,on the 27th,Jimmie,infant son of John C. & Bettie Glenn,of brain fever. The Grange Herald---Humboldt,TN---July 28,1876 Died-On Saturday,July 22nd,near Pickettsville;Leonard Burnett,aged 66 years.He emigrated from Davidson Co. in 1860. The Weekly Messenger---Humboldt,Tn---March 13,1886 Mr.W.Hamilton is the proud father of a new baby girl. Dr.T.A.Clark,a former citizen of Humboldt,last week shot one of his neighbors near Denmark in Madison Co.The man died in a few days.Clark made his escape. The Courier-Chronicle---Humboldt,TN---Jan.31,1913 Mr.Hill,the miller at Crockett Mills,died Monday of pneumonia. Mrs.Nanny Raspberry,of Johnson's Grove,shot her half-brother,Dick Fuller,inflicking a scalp wound and also accidently shot old man Hillary Hughes,who was trying to make peace.The old man is said to be in a precarious condition. DR.A.M.Tullas of Gadsden,reported a death from meningitis near Gadsden,a little son of Bud Thomas,who lives south of Gadsden. Mrs.Tennie McDougald died at her home in Brazil,Monday,after a long illness.Services were held at Zion Church Teuesday.She was 65,and is survived by nine children,two of whom,Mrs.C.S.Lane and Mr.Will McDougald reside in Trenton. Mrs.E.S.McKibben died at the family house on Dixon Street Monday of tuberculosis.Deceased was a member of the Presbyterian Church,leaves her husband and several small children,the remains were buried in Rose Hill Cem. Mrs.Martha Baird died at the home of her son,W.W.Baird,Thursday night.She was 85 years of age.The remains were taken to Newbern for burial. A clipping from a Los Angeles Newspaper announcing the death of Mrs.Mary Jane Tyler,formerly from Humboldt,died January 19th,the mother of Mrs.Mrs.Minnie Tyler Bennett,grandmother of Tyler & Pearl Bennett and Mrs.Bee Bennett Bobbins and Greatgrandmother of Mary Frances Bobbins.She was in her 69th year. Robert Newton Lemonds,3&1/2months old infant son of Mr.& Mrs.E.L.Lemonds died Monday at home in Gadsden.

The Soldier's Budget Humboldt,TN August 23,1862 Company H ---Died-Neils Nelson,Obion Co.TN-June 25th. Soldier's Death Roll:DARNEL-died at the Regimental hospital August 22nd;Corporal Elias Darnel of Co.I,12th R.W.V.,aged 24 years. HUMBOLDT JOURNAL HUMBOLTD,TN April 25th,1873 Mrs.Edith Layman of Crockett Co.,TN,died last month at the age of 115 years. Miss McPherson of Lauderdale County,TN was killed by a discharge from a gun which a lad of ten years was handling too carelessly. HUMBOLDT JOURNAL HUMBOLDT,TN June 19,1874 We learn that a colored man named Henry Lindsey,living on the farm of Mr.Bell,near Bells'Station,was shot by a mob Thursday night of last week.It is thought that he was shot by a mob of negroes,with whom he had previously had a difficulty.Seventeen shots took effect. MARRIED-At the residence of the bride's father,near Union City,on the 18th,by the Rev.Mr.Norton,Mr.S.F.M.Day of Humboldt and Miss Virginia Jackson

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dustin Simmons" <simmonsd@iswt.com> To: "Milton Webb" <mwebb@iswt.com> Cc: <tngibson-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 9:58 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: An Explanation of the Civil Districts > I am really hoping to find boundaries for current districts at the > courthouse, but I do know of a certain map of Gibson County made by DeBeers > in 1877 of which a copy is on display at both Gibson County High School and > the Gibson County Library. DeBeers also made maps of many other counties at > that time. The maps are really good, and they show corporate boundaries, > districts, roads, and properties with the owners' names noted. The maps > also contained a lot of useful census information, including numbers of > people, broken down into various categories, and listings of businesses. > The maps are astoundingly accurate, especially for the time period. Some > rivers in remote areas are a little stylized, but the roads and property > locations are so exact that every little bend in the roadbed can still be > found with the map where it still exists today. It's ironic to note that > Dyer actually had a bypass long before there was ever a main highway through > town. > > When I get a chance, though, I am going to try to visit the State Archives > and copy area maps from the 1820s to the 1950s. I am really interested in > the evolution of transportation in the area from the building of the > Trenton-Dresden Road, which still exists today, to the beginning of the new > four-lane constructions on the US 45's, and hoping to catch along the way > the realinement of Highway 77 from Dyer to Newbern, the construction of > Highway 41 from Trenton to Kenton, the origins of Baseline Road, what > happened to the missing link of the Jackson-Hickman Turnpike between Trenton > and Tyson Store, and, among many other things, the proposed routes of the > Dyer bypass in 1971 that was never built and proposed routes of a > centralized US 45 that was also never built through the middle of the > separate routes we know today. >

Dustin, The boundaries are laid out by geographical features such as streams and rivers. I believe they were to encompass a geographical area with a certain number of folks in them. The communities lay as follows today; 1 *Medina,Sitka,Goat City 2 (district between Humboldt and Medina) 3 *Humboldt 4 Gibson Wells 5 Brazil 6 Central, Eaton 7 *Trenton, New Hope, Georgetown 8 *Yorkville, Neboville 9 *Rutherford 10 *Kenton 11 Laneview, Barrons Corner 12 Concorde, Moores Chapel, Vaughns Grove 13 *Milan, Cades, Graball, Sitka 14 *Bradford 15 Whiteway 16 Hickory Grove 17 Skullbone 18 *Gibson, New Enterprise 19 Walnut Grove 20 Edison, Fruitland 21 *Dyer 22 Idlewild 23 Goodluck, China Grove 24 Cool Springs 25 Frog Jump an * indicates an incorporated city As far as I can tell there are no maps at the courthouse that show the old civil districts. Milton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See my WEBB line at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mwebb/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Dustin Simmons <simmonsd@iswt.com> To: <mwebb@iswt.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 12:06 AM Subject: Re: An Explanation of the Civil Districts > I read your explanation at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson/districts.htm, > and I was wondering, where do the Civil Districts stand now? I was looking > for townships and districts in a geographical database and only found the > following names in Gibson County: > > Bradford > Brazil-Gibson Wells > China Grove > Dyer > Gibson > Humboldt > Medina > Milan > Rutherford > Trenton North > Trenton South > Yorkville > > Am I confused or is this a list of something else? My original intent was > to find out where our townships were and what purpose they served since no > one down here in the South seems to know what they are, and that's where I > came across the list above, but I haven't found any boundaries for them. I > am stopping by the county courthouse in the morning to find maps. Thanx in > advance for any help! > > Dustin Simmons - J-Car Historian > http://members.xoom.com/cavawagon > 1987 Cavalier RS convertible > 1990 Cavalier Z24 sport coupe > 1992 Cavalier RS wagon "Polar Bear" > >

Hello! Does anyone have any marriage records for Tennessee? I'm looking for Ira Marvin PARKS. He married Florence Hazel ????. I know that he was married sometime before 1921. Thanks in advance! Jason Felton

----- Original Message ----- From: <admin@SEE.MESSAGE.FOR.ADDRESS> To: <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 8:40 AM Subject: New Gibson Co. Tn Query Forum Post > Gibson Co. Tn Query Forum > A new message, "Dickey," was posted by Robert Harris on Tue, 15 Feb 2000 > > Surname: Dickey > > > > --- > NAME: Robert Harris > EMAIL: bharris@rivnet.net > DATE: Feb 15 2000 > URL: http:// > QRYTEXT: I am researching D.C. Dickey born in gibson county 1827 became a doctor and fought in the confederate war any information is greatly appreciated believ to have died 1916 > I believe his first name was David Clinton but went by D.C.. > > > This is an automatically-generated notice. > > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tn/Gibson?admin> > >

Hello everyone, I was at Mom's yesterday looking through some old photos and family treasures and found a Wednesday , November 4, 1936 edition of "The Daily Bulletin" Gibson County's only daily newspaper, published by The Herald-Democrat Publishing Co. Trenton, TN. Headline reads: Roosevelt Re-elected In Landslide Vote. Gibson County Goes Almost 6 to 1 for Pres. Roosevelt. Trenton Gives Roosevelt 495; Landon Only 75. Below are some of the articles: Peabody P.T.A. Meeting Thursday Mrs R.H.Harwood, president of the Parent-Teachers Association, especially urges a large attendance at the meeting of the P.T,A. Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Peabody auditorium. At this time the report on the campaign for new members will be made. This campaign is in the form of a contest with Mrs B.Frank Jones and Mrs C.B. Singleton as captains of the two sides. Members of Miss Hunt's Home Econimics Class will present a short play. J.H.Becton of Dyer was a business visitor in Trenton Wednesday. Kernodle Sale Postponed To Next Monday, Nov. 9 The public sale on the S.L.Kernodle farm which was to have been held November, 4, has been postponed until November 9, next Monday. The Kernodle place is located three and a half miles north of Trenton and six miles southeast of Dyer in the Laneview community. The sale is being held to dispose of a quanity of farm machinery, some live stock, a quantity of corn and hay; also household goods, including a good organ. Trenton Rotary Is 100 Percent In Attendance Mrs Mozelle Harper Entertains Members With Musical Readings The Trenton Rotary Club registered 100 per cent attendance and four guests at Tuesday's meeting in the private dining room of the Davy Crockett Hotel. Mrs Mozelle Harper, teacher of expression and dancing at Peabody, entertained the Rotarians with a number of musical readings. Son Taylor led the singing and Miss Clara Collins presided at the piano. W.C.Duncan of Memphis was the guest of P.D.Crim and other guests were Lieutenant Wilson of Camp Cole Foster, Bill Hardy and George Townsend of Jackson. I will post more later, Rick

Can anyone on the list tell me if there is a Belleview Cemetery in Gibson Co. Looking for a Albert Frazier d.1922 in Trenton and according to the death certificate buried there. Thanks, Milton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See my WEBB line at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mwebb/

> Hi Everyone, Just a note - if anyone is interested in all known copies of the Rutherford Register - they have been scanned in (very excellent detail) and are available on about 14 or 15 CDs. If you are interested in obtaining these valuable CDs, goto the website www.digital-antiquities.com and look for them there. I forgot the exact price of the CDs but I do know that the CDs are cheaper than the microfilm and its far easier to read. Just thought one or two of you would like to know. Take care everyone, Eddy G. Clark

Hello! Can anyone do a lookup for me in the 1880 census? I am looking for Samuel Parks. b. about 1807. I found him in the 1870 census in District 3. He was married to Mary ----, and had these children: Samuel, David, Benjamin F., and John. I'm also looking for Sam's son Samuel(he would be 28 in 1880). He was born in 1852 and married Katherine Elizabath ----. Their children were Ira Marvin and possibly Samuel. Thanks in advance! Jason Felton

-----Original Message----- From: Alice King <king@hcol.net> Subject: Rutherford Register Fellow Listers.... The Rutherford Register did begin publication in the 1880's but not all of those issues are available on microfilm. As I recall, there was only one issue (year 1899) on microfilm for those earliest years, and most of the issues are missing until the year 1907. They are pretty consistent then until sometime in the year of 1935. Even during those years, sometimes an issue would be missing or unreadable, and at least part of that time they did not publish an issue for a week or two at Christmas time. The Tennessee State Library and Archives should have listed at their website just which issues are available. Checking there might save researchers some time if they are looking for a particular time frame within the years of its publication. Alice King

In response to the question of the earliest newspaper on file at the Tenn Library and Archives, I believe it to be the Rutherford Register which has readable copies from the mid 1880's to about 1935 David Dycus

Madelon, You can find a list of Tennessee newspapers on microfilm at the Tennessee State Library and Archives on the following page of their WWW site: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/tn-paper.htm They will loan newspapers on microfilm to other libraries in Tennessee, but do not loan newspaper microfilms to libraries outside of the state. Their interlibrary loan policies and procedures can be found on their website at: http://www.state.tn.us./sos/statelib/pubsvs/mailill.htm The newspapers and dates included are listed by towns, I believe, with the county the town is located in enclosed in parentheses after the name of the town or city. The index lists the towns or cities alphabetically. Hope this helps. Alice King -----Original Message----- From: madlee <madlee99@bellsouth.net> To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 13, 2000 6:45 PM Subject: [TNGIBSON] Newspaper? >Does anyone know what is the earliest news paper in Gibson Co. that has >exisitng copies? Thanks, Madelon >

Does anyone know what is the earliest news paper in Gibson Co. that has exisitng copies? Thanks, Madelon

Does anyone have any information on the Grayar family. My great grandfather was James Grayar Wells. In the 1870's he was the editor of the Trenton News. His father was Jesse Iverson Wells who ran a foundry in Trenton. His mother was Sarah Meriwether Grayar. I have been able to find almost no information at all about the Grayar family. Sarah's parents were probably James Grayar and Charlotte Hassel. But that is all I have. The name may have been spelled several ways. Our family bible (originally the Bible of the wife of James Grayar Wells, Mary Ada Currey Wells) has it spelled Grayar and Grayer. Another possible spelling may have been Greer??? If anyone has any clues regarding the Grayar or the Hassel family I would appreciate the help. The family Bible also had several funeral notices pressed in its pages these include: * Mrs. Emma M. Grigsby. Services at the Presbyterian Church, Trenton, Tenn., by the Rev. J. T. Rothrock, June, 8, 1880 * Willie Myers and infant son of Prof. J. C. Myers at the residence of Mrs. A. E. Brown by the Rev. J. W. Anderson, Trenton, Tenn., August 6, 1879 * Mrs. John W. Cox at the Episcopal Church, Trenton, Tenn. By the Rev. C.F. Collins, January 16, 1890 * Infant son of A. G. and Nannie McDearmon by Rev. J. M. Scott, August 3, 1877. * Irma Howard daughter of Mr. And Mrs. S. H. Howard. Services by the Rev. Joseph R. Gray, January 3, 1878. * Mrs. Maybelle Hays wife of R. C. Hayes. Services by Rev. David Leith, January 20, 1889, Trenton, Tenn. * Robert I. Chester at the First Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Hu. Calvin Smith, Brownsville, Tenn. Interred at the Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn., January 16, 1892. Kenneth Richardson Wells Orlando, Florida

Hello List: I received some nice comments about the Hunt Paper, so I added the other three pages to my family page. The link is below. There are quite a few Gibson county people's names, and also some 1941 news. I also added some more unknown pictures of the Weaver/Harrison family. If anyone has any information on them,,would love to hear from you. You also might like to look at the Mississippi Title for a 1923 Ford Roadster, that my Uncle, John Franklin Anthony, bought in 1928. He moved to Gibson County not long after that,, and probably drove that 22 horsepower machine to Humboldt. Take care,,,,Red Anthony http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/n/t/L-E-Anthony/

A happy researcher! Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Sue Wright" <nwright@arkansas.net> To: <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 12:35 PM Subject: Great Web Page! > February 12, 2000 > > Thank you so much for the great web page you have put together for > Gibson County. I appreciate the many files of transcriptions, cemetery > records, etc. that have been made available. The Pin Point search engine > is a wonderful tool for searching the pages. > > Sincerely, > Sue Wright > swright@iocc.com > >

I'm looking for anyone with Peacock surname in 1860 Gibson Co. Census. When I used the search engine of the Gibson site for PEACOCK it came up with "1860 Census of Gibson County, TN p.394B" but when I clicked to get to that page, no PEACOCK listed. Would someone have access to the 1860 census and be able to look this up for me - Thanks - Ray _______________________________ Ray and Joyce Horton and family "Horton Family" <sunray@erie.net> 2720 Ellsworth Ave. Erie, PA 16508 814-454-7191 (work) 814-864-2958 (home)

My Gibson County connection is my GG Grandfather Dr. Rufus Wilie PEACOCK m Mary Jane WOODSON (b25 Mar 1832) m on 4 Aug. 1852 in Gibson County. Mary Jane daughter of James P. WOODSON and Nancy GOODWIN. Rufus was in the 1850 Henry County Census. They had a son, James W. Peacock, b. either 1853 or 1864 and buried in the New Hope Cemetery (Milan Arsenal). I tend to believe the earlier date, since by 1860 Mary Jane apparently had died and Rufus remarried Martha Davie in Haywood County. Looking for death dates of Mary Jane and her son James W. Peacock. Also, did James Peacock grow up, marry and have children? Thanks for any input - Ray _______________________________ Ray and Joyce Horton and family "Horton Family" <sunray@erie.net> 2720 Ellsworth Ave. Erie, PA 16508 814-454-7191 (work) 814-864-2958 (home)

The Milan 1875 city directory is on line. Jere Cox submitted it and Barry Crocker did an excellent job of transcribing it as well as page design. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson/towns/milan.htm The Trenton 1872 city directory is on line. Eddy Clark transcribed and posted. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson/miscdocs/trenton-directory.txt I need to put a link to the Trenton directory on the main page. Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bessie Turley" <turley@usit.net> To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 12:36 AM Subject: [TNGIBSON] Looking For info(1950-now) > Hi, > Are there any city directories for any of the cities in Gibson county? > Looking for info on Mrs Ethel L. Banks mother of Shirley Banks Baxter. > Also looking for info on a Linda Davidson from Bradford,all I know is that > her mothers last name was Allen at the time. Also looking for any Baxters in > Gibson county,same time period.Any help would be very much appreciated. > > Bessie > turley@usit.net > >