Thanks I will have to visit the Springs when I go to see him again. Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: <Yelowstone@aol.com> To: <TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:24 PM Subject: [ROOTWALKER] Bon Aqua, TN > Hi Dee, > > I believe Bon Aqua got its name from Bon Aqua Springs, which is really close > by. > > I have seen the springs and they still put out a lot of water. There is a > pipe coming out of the spring where you can fill your water jugs or canteens > or whatever will hold water. And....It's ccccold in the heat of summer. > > It seems that in 1837 a man named William Locke Weems found Bon Aqua Springs, > which is a mineral spring and a mineral resort was built there. The stone > dam, spring houses and I think one of the old houses built in the 1880's are > still there on the site. > > Vanessa's mother was born not too far away with a Bon Aqua address. Her > great-grandfather, Isaac Nathan DeBusk is buried close by, and a lot of the > people around there, the DeBusk, Mathis, Adams, Stuart, Reynolds and other > families are kin to her. > > I hope this helps answer your question about the name of Bon Aqua. > > Thanks for being part of the ROOTWALKER family. > > Sincerely, > > > > Stan Magnesen > ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > In a message dated 3/28/01 8:44:39 AM Pacific Standard Time, deew@hiwaay.net > writes: > > > Subj: Re: [ROOTWALKER] Communities > > Date: 3/28/01 8:44:39 AM Pacific Standard Time > > From: deew@hiwaay.net (Dee Wesser) > > Reply-to: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > > To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Just curious my grandson has just moved to Bon Aqua. I didn't know the > > County so appreciate knowing that. Would you perhaps know how it got its > > name? > > Dee > > North Alabama > > - > > > ==== TN-ROOTWALKER Mailing List ==== > Genealogy has a great power to bring people closer together, and can give a sense of family to those who lack it. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >