Hi Raymond, I called dad (Alton Bohannon) who was born at Bear Creek (on birth certificate) and asked him where Bear Creek was. Dad & my grandfather E. I. Bohannon took me to where the Bear Creek post office was and dad couldn't recall the exact location either. This was maybe 40 years ago and the old post office was still there and a rock wall also. The best that dad could recall is it was near where Mert Bohannon, Riley Harness & William Cooper lived. Dad said the post office might have even been on the Cooper property. The location is as you are going south on hwy. 27 where it starts up the mountain is where the post office was. Now if I haven't totally confused everyone on the list maybe someone else will step forward and get us all straightened out. Raymond, dad says that your Griffin family lived at Snowball which was referred to as lower Bear Creek and the Bohannon's lived at upper Bear Creek because that's where it starts up the mountain. Grandpa used to tell of delivering mail to the post offices wish I knew how to find out what years this was. I know it was on horseback. He picked it up at a main post office (maybe Marshall) and delivered it to little post offices like Bear Creek. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: Raymond Savage <rcsavage@intplsrv.net> To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 4:25 PM Subject: [ARSEARCY] Bear Creek > Does anyone know where Bear Creek was located? This would have > been a populated place and not the creek itself. My grandfather, Eli > Griffin, was born there. Thanks. Raymond > >