thanks Ricky, I will pass it on to Lou Brownfield tomorrow. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Ricky T Allen <rtallen@shawneelink.com> To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com <ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [ILPOPE-L] Brownfield >Bob Erickson wrote: >> >> There is a small town or community called Brownfield in Pope Co., I am told. >> Does anyone have any information as to who the town is named after. I am >> asking for a friend by the name of Brownfield, who traced some of his family >> to Pope Co. and is interested to see if the town was named after his >> Brownfield descendant. >> He would also be interested in any other history of this town. >> >> Thank You >> bobBrownfield was actually after named after a man named John Brown who ran >a hotel there in the 1800s. > >Rick Allen