Lenora, You really need to check www.tngenweb.org and you can find all of the TN counties you need. If you look at a map of Tennessee and follow the Cumberland River, it runs from Eastern KY and "dips" into Middle Tennessee before leaving TN in Stewart Co and going back into KY and "emptying" into the Ohio River near Paducah. The Cumberland River was (and still is) very important for transportation in the "Upper Cumberland" area. Overton County is in the upper eastern portion of Middle Tennessee in an area we call the "Cumberland Plateau". This is "hill country"--my granddaddy called them "knobs" because they weren't as large as the mountains further east. The lay of the land wasn't very suitable for travel by wagon. Even today, you can travel many of the old roads--there is no "interstate highway" although they are almost finished with a nice, new road in Clay County--and they have finished the road in Overton County. The old roads are narrow and full of curves---up, down, and around those hills! The Obey River runs into the Cumberland very near the KY state line. There is a little town (smaller than Dover) there by the name of Celina---used to be known as the "Strawberry Capital of the World" before Portland! Celina is the county seat of Clay County and where Dale Hollow Dam is located. Your Mitchell Creek isn't too far from the dam--maybe 3-5 miles by water. It runs from Overton County into Clay County and into the Obey River (Dale Hollow Lake). Depending on the time period, you may be looking for records in Jackson, Overton, or Clay Counties in Tennessee! Since Mitchell Creek runs into the Obey River in Clay County, I think I'd start looking there but I wouldn't count Overton County out! Oh---this area is where the family I was researching (last year) lived. Mitchell Creek isn't far from "Hunter's Cove"---settled by my step-mom's ancestors. It's also not far from the cemetary I told you about where John Sevier's daughter is buried. It's beautiful country! (I keep telling you to come to Tennessee---the invitation still stands!) Sandy Ellis