1793- Nicholas Gibbs House

The Nicholas Gibbs House was built in 1793.

Location: 7633 E. Emory Road, Knoxville

The historic marker in front of the house reads:

"Nicholas Gibbs Homestead

Nicholas Gibbs, prominent Knox County pioneer, homesteaded 450 acres here in 1792 and built this hewed log house approximately one year later. It remained in the Gibbs family until 1971. The Nicholas Gibbs Historical Society purchased the house in 1986. It is the boyhood home of three War of 1812 Soldiers, one of whom, Capt. Nicholas Gibbs, Jr., gave his life at Horseshoe Bend."

About half a mile to the west of the house is the small family cemetery where Nicholas Gibbs is buried. On Emory Road, near the cemetery, there is another historic marker, this one for Nicholas Gibbs himself, and it reads:

"Nicholas Gibbs

Born in Germany in 1733, he served in the French and Indian War, later in the Revolution. He took up a homestead of 450 acres here in 1792 and built the log cabin which stands about ½ mile east. A member of Knox County’s first court, he died in 1817, and is buried on the hill 50 yards north."

The Knox County Two Centuries Photograph Collection, which is part of the Knox County Public Library's Calvin McClung Historical Collection, has three 1910 photos of the Nicholas Gibbs house. They can be seen here, here and here.