Thanks Stan, This, of course, was information that Jimmie and I already new, but it makes us (or at least me) proud for the whole list to read of our Poes and Roarks...and she and I are only in-laws!!! Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone, and going out of your way to find that cemetery. Jimmie knows more about Puncheon Camp Creek Church than I. It is surprising that the area folk don't know where it was located. We have another relative heading down there this summer, we'll have a LONG list of places he'll have to visit for us. Melody >From: Yelowstone@aol.com >Reply-To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com >To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ROOTWALKER] Benjamin POE >Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 19:51:15 EST > >Hello Melody and other POE researchers, > >I did a bit of research today on Mr. Benjamin POE today. > >I discovered that he was a Revolutionary War soldier. I found that both he >and his wife, Comfort POE settled in and lived in Allen County, Ky. They >arrived in Allen County prior to 1800. > >I also discovered that Mr. POE signed the constitution of the Puncheon Camp >Church, which was on Puncheon Camp Creek. Puncheon Camp Creek is in both >Macon County, TN, and Allen Co., Ky. > >The constitution was signed in 1804. > >Some of the other people who signed the constitution were: ROARK, PIPKINS, >STINSON, and TAYLOR. Benjamin POE's wife, Comfort, also signed the >constitution. I bring this up because I found that several of these >families >still reside in the area. Particularly the ROARK family. > >Today, I discovered an old graveyard on Puncheon Camp Creek. I don't know >the name of it, but it covers an acre or more. This is an old pioneer >graveyard. Most of the graves are marked with fieldstones, but a few have >carved headstones. Some of the graves are unmarked or the stones have >fallen >and are covered up by ground cover. There are several surnames such as >ROARK >in the graveyard. A couple of the other surnames are MASSEY and MANION. >Because of the association of names and dates on the headstones, I am >suspecting that this graveyard was affiliated with the Puncheon Camp >Church. >I have yet to prove it, though. > >If this was near the location of the church, the church could have been in >Tennessee, but only by a couple hundred yards. The caption of an old photo >of >the church I saw today, though, claims the church was in Allen County, Ky. >None of the local citizens I spoke to today, though know exactly where it >was, only that it did exist. > >Perhaps Mr. POE lived on the state line near the location of this cemetery. >If that is true, he could have had land on both sides of the state line or >kin on both sides. Up here in the northern counties of Tennessee, we don't >really pay much attention to the imaginary boundary called the state >line....they forgot to paint it across the state to remind us that it >exists, >I suppose. > >I would suggest that you contact the Macon County Historical Society to >find >exactly why they chose to post a marker about Mr. POE. They will probably >be >happy to help. > >Thanks for being part of the ROOTWALKER family. > >Sincerely, > > > >Stan Magnesen >ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator > > >==== TN-ROOTWALKER Mailing List ==== >To change from list mode to digest mode, send the word unsubscribe to >TN-ROOTWALKER-L-request@rootsweb.com and then send the word subscribe to >TN-ROOTWALKER-D-request@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com