By: W.P. Greene, Pub. 1901, Reprinted 2019, 152 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-882-X Gibson County was created in 1823 out of Indian lands that were ceded from the Chicasaw Nation. It sits in the western portion of the state. This book is filled with just over 100 small biographees /biographical sketches of these early citizens of the county.