LITTLE HICKMAN NEIGHBORHOOD, submitted to "Jessamine County, Ky 1798-1993", by Dorothy Dean Hager In the late 1800's and early 1900's a post office known as Little Hickman was located on the Sugar Creek Pike in the store owned and operated by John W. Overstreet. He was the postmaster there. Mr. Overstreet's father, Capt. Samuel R. Overstreet, had the store there after buying it from Hardin Knight, who operated a store there earlier. John W. Overstreet, who was also a carpenter, was known as the "coffin maker" since he made pine boxes which were used for coffins. This store building is still standing but is closed. It was operated as a store in the 1920's by Ernest May who sold it to Forest Canter. Mr. Canter operated it as a store for many years before selling it to Elgan Bruner who later sold it to Ira and Lotella Bruner, who also operated the store for several years. Mrs. Bruner sold it after her husband's death and it ceased to be a store. Other store owners unknown. There were two one-room country schools in the neighborhood, namely, Oak Hill and Sweet Home, both on the Sugar Creek Road. Sweet Home was about 1 1/2 miles south of Oak Hill on Cream Ridge. These schools operated for many years until they were consolidated with other county schools. Sageser's Mill, known earlier as Potts Mill, was located about a mile north of the Little Hickman Post Office and was on "Big Hickman Creek". William N. Potts operated the mill in the early 1800s and later Greenberry Sageser operated it. The Greenberry Sageser family lived in the house across the Sugar Creek Road from the mill. The A.G. Canter family now own and live in the house. An old covered bridge crossed the creek at the mill until Aug. 1932, when it washed away along with the old mill building during a severe flood. There were several churches in the Little HIckman neighborhood. A Baptist church is listed on the 1861 Jessamine County map on the ground where the old Oak Hill School was located. Little is known about this church. Mt. Zion Methodist Church was located south of the Baptist Church, a short distance and following the Civil War, it was a Southern Methodist Church. A very short distance farther south, Wesley Chapel Methodist Church, a northern church, was organized and in 1922, Wesley Chapel bought the Mt. Zion Church property. Mt. Zion no longer existed and only Wesley Chapel Church was active. Services are still held at Wesley Chapel today. For several years after Wesley Chapel was organized, it was a Northern Methodist Church. An election was held in the LIttle Hickman precinct at the house of S. R. Overstreet, former residence of David Foster, on the first Monday and Tuesday in May, 1850, to vote on the constitution. Judges were Andrew Hamilton and William Mays and clerk was Aaron Blakeman. There was another country store located about 1/2 mile north of the Overstreet's store. Earlier owners and operators unknown. Theodore Bruner had this store about 1917 and Ullie Jennette later operated it for many years. According to a story passed down, Abraham Grant, a resident of the community, was a Confederate sympathizer during the Civil War. As he was sitting by the window of his home in front of the fireplace one night, someone shot him through the window and killed him. His murderer was never found, but it was believed a Union sympathizer committed this act. This story was told to the writer of this article by her aunt, Mrs. Arkie Dean Carter, who lived and owned for many years later, the house where Abraham was killed. This community is heavily populated and has many good roads.