Good morning Jeanne, The creek you mention sounds like Muddy Branch. I seem to recall my grandfather living on Muddy Branch for a while when he was younger. Just to the southwest of where the road crosses Muddy Branch there was once a huge amount of mistletoe. Every year my grandfather and I used to go there, cross the creek, and shoot mistletoe out of the trees to distribute among our family and friends. On the northeastern side of this creek crossing you can still see the old railroad bed where the local tram once ran. When he was younger, my grandfather plowed all of the bottom land around Mark's Bottom with mules. He worked for the Marks family for a number of years and his young shadow and became his lifelong friend, Dempsey Marks, former judge of Montgomery County. Being that Vanessa and I sometimes fish where my grandfather learned, I think I'll have to keep that location a secret. I learned a long time ago that if you tell of your favorite fishin' holes they soon get a bit overcrowded! The store at Hickory Point is where my grandfather once shot a man, and nothing about it was an accident. The story is a short one and I'll be glad to tell it if anyone wants to hear it. Wouldn't it be neat to find that our ancestors were acquainted with each other, or better yet, friends! Thanks for being part of the ROOTWALKER family. "Stars And Stripes Forever!" Stan Magnesen ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 4/6/03 7:53:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jeannemillman@msn.com writes: > Subj: Re: [ROOTWALKER] Reply to Jeanne - Hickory Point School 1930 > Montgomery Co > Date: 4/6/03 7:53:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:jeannemillman@msn.com">jeannemillman@msn.com</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com">TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com">TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hi Stan, > I will have to look at my notes from my 2001 trip to Hiscory Pt to verify > but I recall Lock B Rd as possibly being where my coakley's lived or > intersecting their rd. Our cabin was near where the creek crossed the road. > Where did your grandfather learn to fish? > That store does sound like the one my family walked to. > I wish my aunt was still living so I could mention your grandfather to her. > > She provided many genealogy clues in my search. > Jeanne

YES!! YES!! PLEASE tell us the story! Margaret Lyons Moore "The best things we give our children are Roots and Wings ! !" Researching:Cox,Crow(e),Lyon(s),Mullins,Norvell,Stinnett > > The store at Hickory Point is where my grandfather once shot a man, and > nothing about it was an accident. The story is a short one and I'll be glad > to tell it if anyone wants to hear it. > > Wouldn't it be neat to find that our ancestors were acquainted with each > other, or better yet, friends! > SECOND THAT, TOO!!!! mlm