-if any of u people are needing anything about prsent day geography in the watauga, hc and north eadst tenn area feel free to write. i sam living near jonesboro, tn the washington county seat. my great. grandparents were from gap creek in carter county and some of their relatives still live in elk park which is the southern part of the original watauga county. their names are Jeff and Amanda Fields. I am Jim Johnson by the way, the overmountain march started at sycamore shoals in elizabethton, tn. they commemorate the occasion every year at revolutionary era fort and museum thre state has built on the side of U.S. RTE 19 and 321. call the elizabethton chamber of commmerce or the sycmore shoals state museum and they will tell u more about it ---- Original Message Follows ----- From: "Elaine Steere" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] RE: Shelving Rock Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 18:49:32 -0400 > I believe the Roaring Creek associated with the > OverMountain March starts at the top of the Yellow Mtn Gap > and flows down into the North Toe River in what is today > Avery County. In 1780 it was Burke . The trail was known > as Bright's Trace and was used to go from Morganton (the > county seat) to the Watauga Settlement between > Elizabethton and Johnson City. (Now TN but then NC) > > From: "D E Miller" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 4:45 PM > Subject: RE: [NCWATAUG] RE: Shelving Rock > > > > I found Shelving Rock to be near to Roan Mountain and I > looked Roan Mtn. up > > on Map Quest. It is located at the intersection of 19 > > and 143 in SE TN 7 miles from NC Border. The Doe River > runs parallel to rte 19. > > > Roaring Creek appears to be West of Crabtree and runs > > into the Doe, Then comes Georges Creek, a little to the > > East and it also runs into the Doe. Then Bucks Creek is > between Roan Mountain and Evergreen. > > > Was this area old Rowan County in 1780-1790? > > > > D Miller > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry and Sharon [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:15 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] RE: Shelving Rock > > > > The section of the book preceding your quote tells us > > that the "Shelving Rock" is probably on the TN side. > > It states that Dr. Draper failed to visit the actual > > site and goes on to explain where it probably is. > > > > > > "Even Homer and Dr. Draper Sometimes Nod.-- > > Notwithstanding all the pains Dr. Draper took to get the > > facts for his excellent "Kings Mountain and its Heroes," > his failure to visit > > > Page 58 > > > > the actual scenes along the route of the King's Mountain > > men is responsible for the error in the statement that > > the Big Doe River, flowing hard by, afforded the campers > > , etd., abundance of pure and refreshing water." The > > nearest point from the Shelving Rock to the Big Doe > River is at least one mile and a half where that stream > > flows through the rab Orchard, and route to it is over a > > rather high ridge and by a rough trail. But the Little > > Doe, with enough pure and refreshing water for all the > > men and stock then in what is now Tennessee, flows > within one hundred yards of the Shelving Rock, on which > > there has been placed a bronze tablet about two feet > square with the following inscription: > > > > First Night's > > Encampment of > > KING'S MOUNTAIN MEN > > SEPTEMBER 26, 1780. > > __________ > > They Trusted in God and > > kept Their Powder Dry. > > __________ > > Placed by John Sevier Chapter, D. A. R., > > 1910." > > I checked the GNIS site and did not find it. I'll keep > > looking for info about ti. > > Sharon > > > > > > D E Miller wrote: > > > > >Chapter V, page 58 > > > > > >"A Busy Forge.-- But he was right in stating that a man > > of the name of >Miller resided at the Shelving Rock and > shod their horses, for Squire W. H. > > >Ollis, of Ingalls, N. C., furnished this identical > > information to the >Historical Society of New Jersey in > 1872, saying that "Absalom Miller told > > >me that his father lived at Shelving Rock in September, > 1780, and shod the > > >horses of some of the King' Mountain men while they > > camped under the >Shelving Rock." > > > > > >Can anyone provide a clue as where "Shelving Rock" > > would have been >enumerated on the Federal Census of > > 1790?? > > > >Can anyone provide a clue as to what Absalom Miller's > > line was?? > > > > > > >D E Miller > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Larry and Sharon [mailto:[email protected]] > > >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 9:29 AM > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] RE: HISTORY - It's online! > > > > > >This IS a great book. That's why I've had it on the > > Watauga Site for >several years! > > > > > > >http://www.geocities.com/familysnooper/Arthur/contents.ht > > ml > > > >Holding a book in your hand is hard to beat. I love > > books. But if you >are going to > > >read it on a computer screen, why pay for it? Check > > out the above link. > > > >I didn't take time to Index this book, but it is > > searchable. > > > >The original copy of this book did not have an index. > > The index that is >currently > > >available in the reprints is under copyright, so I was > > not free to >include it online. > > > > > >Sharon > > > > > > > > > > > >[email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>THIS IS A GREAT BOOK, I HAD ENDED UP BUYING 2 OF THEM. > > WALMART ONLINE SELLS > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >>THEM. > > >> > > >>ANYONE WITH ANY TRIVETT INFO? > > >>THANKS > > >> > > >>ELISA TRIVETT > > >> > > >> > > >>==== NCWATAUG Mailing List ==== > > >>Wade Eller Index of surnames that were in northwestern > > NC. >>The area that is now Watauga County is included. > > >>http://www.geocities.com/familysnooper/Wade_enter.html > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >==== NCWATAUG Mailing List ==== > > >sketches of prominent families J.P. Arthur (Watauga > > County) > >http://www.geocities.com/familysnooper/Arthur/Sketches_in > > dex.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NCWATAUG Mailing List ==== > > Watauga County Cemeteries that have been video taped - > > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/8473/Wata_cemeteries.html > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.0/63 - Release > Date: 8/3/2005 > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.0/63 - Release > Date: 8/3/2005 > > > > > > > > > ==== NCWATAUG Mailing List ==== > > Watauga County Reference Books and Materials > > http://www.geocities.com/familysnooper/Wata_books.html > > > > > ==== NCWATAUG Mailing List ==== > Watauga County NCGenWeb > http://www.geocities.com/familysnooper/Wata_county.html >