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Thomas Gibbons
Lee Hwy. (US 11) east of Blevins Road, Rogersville,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
36° 27' 43.439976",
-82° 56' 6.839988"
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Tennessee State Historical Marker |
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Born in Surry (now Sussex) Co., Virginia, in 1734, he settled here in 1778, having been forcibly ejected from a homestead about 12 miles east by one Robert Young. The courts of Spencer County, State of Franklin, met in his house 1785-87. On June 4, 1787, the first county court of Hawkins County, North Carolina, met here. Gibbons died in 1811.
Tennessee Historical Commission
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Thomas Gibbons Historical Marker Location Map, Rogersville, Tennessee Map
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