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Gibson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,683.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47053.html )〕 Its county seat is Trenton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was formed in 1823 and named for John H. Gibson, a soldier of the Natchez Expedition and the Creek War.〔Fred Culp, "(Gibson County )," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Retrieved: 28 June 2013.〕 ==History== Gibson County is located in what was known as "Indian Land": territory that was legally occupied by Chickasaw Native American people. The Chickasaw Cession, proclaimed on January 7, 1819, eliminated those rights and opened the region for settlement and exploitation by white settlers and speculators.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TNGenWeb: Text of the Chickasaw Cession )〕 Soon after the Chickasaw Cession, the first log cabin in what was to become Gibson County had been built by Thomas Fite about eight miles (13 km) east of present day Trenton. From 1819 the area was part of Carroll County but, as settlement progressed, citizens petitioned for the formation of a new county. The county was established by private act on October 21, 1823 and was named in honor of Colonel John H. Gibson〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tennessee State Archives: Formation of Gibson County )〕 who had died earlier that year. Gibson was a native of Bedford County, Tennessee who was commissioned Lieutenant in the Tennessee Militia; he took part in the War of 1812, the campaign to Natchez of 1813, and fought in the Creek Wars of 1813.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TNroots: Gibson County Genealogy: John H. Gibson )〕 In its early years, Gibson County grew rapidly, chiefly because the land had less dense forest growth than some adjacent areas and was therefore more easily prepared to farm cotton and corn. By the end of 1824, the county had of taxable land. The county's first cotton gin was built in 1826.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= TNGenWeb: ''Goodspeed's History of Tennessee'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gibson County, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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