Yes, indeed. The name Muddy Branch just popped back into my brain at night. I don't have my directions from my trip back there but I believe after you cross the creek with Lock B Rd behind you my family lived on the hill on the right. Coakley and Crotzer were the 2 households. My aunt probably knew about the shooting. We have a Coakley shooting but I haven't found that story's details yet. j >From: Yelowstone@aol.com >Reply-To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com >To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ROOTWALKER] Reply to Jeanne - Hickory Point School 1930 >Montgomery Co >Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:02:12 EDT > >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 > > > >==== TN-ROOTWALKER Mailing List ==== >Visit the ROOTWALKER web site at >http://www.rootwalker.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus