From: Birmingham City Directory, 1883-84. Birmingham Public Library. Gazetteer of Principal Points in Jefferson County. Page 291 BROCKS GAP Situated in the southeast corner of the county, 12 miles from Birmingham, on the Louisville & Nashville Railway. The location is remarkable for health, a salubrious climate, and fruit growing on the elevated montain ridges. G M Urie, P M, fruit grower and dealer in general merchadise. Julius I Russell, fruit grower. Geo. E Rogers, M. D., fruit grower. H. M. Thomasson, fruit grower. R. M. Pilgrim, grocer. P. C. Curren, mfr furnace hearths, (fine quarry fire proof) Owen Coward, school teacher. R. P. Hall, M. D. & D. D. Cotwold & Eagan, saw mill, lath. Farmers receiving their mail here: J W Sorrell, Willis Sorrell, T Hall, R Jones, S Jones, B A Warren, T Winfield, R Rocket, W Rocket, John Shaw, S Shaw, Alex Ross, Alex Caldwell, Geo. Coward, Jacob Crotwell, John Boozer, P. Boozer, Wm. Crotwell, Jim Crotwell, John Houston, J E Byars, I. Nabers, Frank Nabers, J. Nabers, Joe Goodwin, H. Goodwin, L. Goodwin, E. Colwell, D. Hill, T. Avery, F. Washington, John Coward, T. Green, J. A. Ray, R. Ray, J. Ray, Sr., S. Elkins, E. W. Smith, George Smith, F. Farley, John Farley, P. Hardy, J. Abernathy, J. Armstrong, J. Armstrong, Sr., Mack Crotwell, Richard Norton, Wm. Joiner.