 The settlement founded by Gideon has, as far as is known, always been called Morristown.No known records exist demonstrating land grants in the area to anyone aside from Gideon and his extended family.Jefferson County, located southwest of Hamblen County, possesses a record in the Jefferson County Court House of the results of the execution of Gideon Morris' will, which includes property deeded to John Morris in 1817 for a tract of land originally granted to Gideon by the state of North Carolina, and presumably comprising only a portion of the original grant due to the known size of the Morris family at that time.