Funny that you should find that. That was our first reference to the spring that got us going on the research. I should have posted it for information. Thank you, Mike Flannigan > Subject: [MOGreene] Wilderness Road - Edwards Spring Branch > Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 00:46:04 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > During a recent exchange, subscribers were inquiring about the Edwards Spring > on the Wilderness Road. Below is the text of an 1876 petition that gives the > site of the spring and the identity of the owner, William B. Edwards, a > resident of the Wilson's Creek battlefield until just before the conflict, an > owner of the Riverdale Mill and son of John Edwards who came to Greene Co. c. > 1840. > > The Wilderness Road, 1876 > transcribed by Linda Myers-Phinney > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > "May the 1st AD 1876 snip