Hi, all. I love and read a lot about the history of Gibson County, and then promptly forget what I read.:0) With that in mind I referenced "In and Around Rutherford, A History" by the Rutherford Heritage Committee for Homecoming 1996, for a little gibson Co. train history. The first charter for a train in TN was in 1831, but it seems this was just a good idea, since it did not get built. In W. TN, the Mobile and Ohio started surveying a line in 1851. This line was completed in 1857/8. So if your folks traveled in Gibson County before 1857/8 is was by river, wagon, foot or horseback. If any have an interest I will do lookups in the Rutherford History. It is not indexed by names so its a hunt and read type lookup. Milton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Volunteer of "Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness" at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/index.htm