Willie, Thank you, thank you. Yes, I would appreciate a copy of the post card. That would just tickle my Uncle Fred to no end. I hope and pray he gets well enough to make one more trip with me next spring. That would be a special gift for both of us. I will have to go to the courthouse and look for some of the places that were covered by Dale Hollow and see if I can find a tract of the homeplace. Here we have plat books that show layouts of owner sites. I think Gary told me they didn't have them down there...?? I hope anyone interested in Grist Mills sends and gets a copy of your book. I read ever word tonight, and recognized familar names. The pictures, they reach out and touch the past inside your heart. The days I should have been born in. By the way I got an email with info of the Beaty's to my Pryor family, and Civil War info. I will forward that to you. Patty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willie R Beaty" <wbeaty@twlakes.net> To: <TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE-L] Spurrier > Patty, > > I talked with the owner of the Eastport Boat Dock Saturday, and asked him if > he knew exactly where Spurrier was, and he pointed across the lake (only a > few hundred feet across) and said it was over there. So I'm thinking that > Spurrier was nearer to Eastport than further up river, as I had indicated, > toward Robbinstown. However, either way, it was on the north side of the > Obey River (now backwaters of the Dale Hollow Lake). I have a picture of the > Spurrier post office taken in/about 1905, according to what is written on > the photo. Do you have that? If not, I'd be glad to email it to you. > > Glad you liked the Grist Mills book. I visited the site of another mill > Saturday, and found a broken, but pretty good shape, millstone. Another > photo or two to add to my next edition of the book. > > Will be very interested to see what you come up with on your visit down here > in June. > > Willie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill and Patty" <ktfsandj@tznet.com> > To: <TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 11:18 AM > Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE-L] Spurrier > > > > > > Hey Willie, > > > > Thank you for the info of Spurrier, I will put that and the others I > > received with my Uncle Fred's family history. > > > > I received your Grist Mills of Fentress County today. You really did a > > nice job of the putting it together, and I love the pictures. This > > evening I will get a chance to read it all. I'm glad your small > > project > > turned into a book. > > > > I talked with Lewis last night and he said he would tell me of the Grist > > Mills he knows of and where they were, who owned them, and if there are > > any > > pieces, part etc. left of them in Overton county. He said when he gets > > together for coffee again, he would bring up the subject to the men and in > > June when I come down we will go for a little look at things. > > > > I will put all the info I get to you in the mail while I am there. > > > > Patty----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Willie R Beaty" <wbeaty@twlakes.net> > > To: <TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 8:45 AM > > Subject: [TNFENTRE-L] Spurrier > > > > > > > Patty, > > > > > > I don't think you'll be able to get to Spurrier. As near as I can tell, > > the community was located on the north side of the Obey River between East > > Port and Robbinstown. I believe that it got covered up when Dale Hollow > > Lake > > was built. > > > > > > There used to be a road that went down to East Port from the north, and > > there was a small ferry that would haul one vehicle at a time. The last > > time > > I was across the ferry was in the mid-fifties, but I understand that it > > operated until about 1972. > > > > > > Maybe someone else has a better knowledge of Spurrier's location. > > > > > > Willie > > > > > > -------original message------ > > > From: "Bill and Patty" <ktfsandj@tznet.com> > > > To: TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > > > Message-ID: <001601c638ea$2a569d60$2342aa42@loftcomp> > > > Subject: Question of a Town > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > Could someone tell me if the town Spurrier in Pickett County had it's > > name > > > changed and how to get to it. I can't find it on any maps I have. > > My > > > Great-grandmother Rosa Lee Pryor and family were from there. Her > > father was > > > John Reed Pryor, and her mother was Mary Elizabeth Beaty from > > Grimsley, > > > Fentress Co. I know where that is. > > > > > > Patty Schulz > > > > > > > > > ==== TNFENTRE Mailing List ==== > > > Milly Piros, List Administrator > > > Any problems contact me MPiros1120@aol.com > > > To See Previous Posts > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/tnfentre > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TNFENTRE Mailing List ==== > > Please do not write your message with CAPS on. It is seen as anger.You may > > put Surnames in CAPS.Do not send your letter as a Forward and do not send > > Attachments. Rootsweb Does Not Accept Attachments. > > > > > > ==== TNFENTRE Mailing List ==== > Does Anyone Ever Read the Taglines ??? Just Curious..Also, Please change your Subject Line. We all tend to forget that.Self included. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/tnfentre > >