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    1. [KYJacksonPurchase-L] Old Chestnut Tree
    2. James Thompson
    3. My parents and Great grandparents, at least, were married at the Old Chestnut Tree, Henry County Tenn. The site is located on the Old Murray and Paris Road at the Tennessee State Line. Of course there is no longer a "Chestnut tree" since the Chestnut blight killed all of them. To get to the location, go east from Hazel on the State Line Road. At the first stop sign out of Hazel (about 2 miles) turn right on the Old Murray and Paris Road. The state line, and the location of the "Old Chestnut Tree" is a few hundred yards south, on the east side of the road. My parents were married there. It was raining and the preacher drove from Paris and met them. Mom and Dad sat in their car, the preacher in his, and performed the Wedding. Just like a drive in wedding chapel. I don't know why the Chestnut tree was such a popular marring spot, but I had always assumed there was on "waiting period" in Tennessee for a license. Jim Thompson

    09/16/1999 06:29:07