You probably had to have parents that sharecropped! Mine did. Dad recalls living on the Denby place in western Oklahoma, and the Rushe (sp?) place, possibly others. He recalls his life history by which 'place' they lived on. One theory about why they kept moving on is that (supposedly) his dad didn't do any work but sent the kids (as young as 5) into the fields to do it, and he was therefore looked down on by the neighbors (as well he should). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] Need an old Okie history buff > Hello, just to clarify, I've been a native Okie for all my 50 years and I > have never heard of a rented or sharecropped a farm being referred to it by > the owner's name. > Debbie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene Philips" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 4:34 PM > Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] Need an old Okie history buff > > > > At 03:39 PM 2/1/03, you wrote: > > >Does anyone know of a place near Chelsea, Tulsa, Pryor Creek called Nap's > Place? > > >It (at that time) had a Large Orchard on it. And they had borders & hired > hands living with them. > > >At 19 she lived 5 1/2 miles North of Chelsea (abt. 1926) What area would > be there? Then & Now? > > > > Apparently you aren't a native Okie or you would understand the reference > to Nap's Place. When you rented or sharecropped a farm, you always referred > to it by the owner's name. Therefore Nap's Place was owned by someone named > Nap, more likely Knapp. If Mr Nap or Knapp was deceased, it would be known > as the Old Nap Place even if you now owned it. > > > > 5-1/2 miles north of Chelsea will place you 1-1/2 miles within Nowata or > Craig county depending on which way from north you deviated. The road that > runs north from Chelsea jogs to the east at the Nowata County line about > 2/10 of a mile and is the countyline between Nowata and Craig County. > > > > >Where would Dog Creek hills be? At one place they lived was a qtr. mile > from an old coal mine. > > > > The only Dog Creek I found in this area is northwest of Inola about 3 > miles. The mine could be any one of the hundreds of mines around this area. > I visited cousins in Inola once and I saw evidence everywhere of the mines. > Piles of slag & coal was all over. > > > > Gene > > > > > > > > > > ==== OKGEN Mailing List ==== > > OKGenWeb - The Place To Start Your Oklahoma Search > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/index.htm > > > > > ==== OKGEN Mailing List ==== > Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! >