In a message dated 12/8/04 7:05:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, AngelaMeadows3@aol.com writes: > Does anyone know if this is Anderson County? The names are Anderson County > > names: > > Three Boys Drowned. > KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 7. > While trying to cross the river at Johnson's island, > sixteen miles above here, two sons of William Maples and > a son of William Baker, were drowned. They were in a frail > boat which capzied and the lads perished before help could > reach them. > > Source: Decautur Morning Review, Decatur, Illinois, March 8, 1890 > > There is a Johnson Island immediately downstream of Melton Hill Dam, located in Roane County, near the intersection of Roane, Anderson and Knox counties.