Anna, Maybe Willie and Gary could collabrate and put a book together on the Mountains Named For People, past and present with some of those beautiful scenic pictures. Those roads named after families would be interesting also, with one of those maps with names and grid numbers corresponding like in Gary's Overton County Roll Call book. Sure would be helpful in finding one's way around. I'd be waitin' to buy a copy. When I am down there and ask of my families, they always mention, oh they lived on such and such a mountain. It does help in finding cemeteries, old homesteads, etc. Here also, when someone new moves in, it is always referred to as them living on the old (whom ever owned the place) homestead. We didn't have road names in the country for years, just routes. So when an old homestead is mentioned we always knew where to fine ya. Patty ---- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Bertram" <abertram@heartoftn.net> To: <TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:16 AM Subject: [TNFENTRE-L] Mountains Named for People > Have been following this discussion with interest as I'm still trying to find RIGNEY Mountain which apparently is now called something else. I believe it was in the border area of what was once where the counties of Fentress (TN), Clinton (KY), and Wayne (KY) came together. I am looking for it to give me a place to look for graves of early ancestors, marked or unmarked. Part of the possible land where it could be is now Pickett Co., TN. > > It was not just mountains that were named for people. Roads, fields, hollows, and creeks, were among the land marks named for our ancestors. Even in recent years the town of Allardt in Fentress County, TN renamed (or named) roads and streets. It is my understanding it was done on a fee basis. Anyone could name a street for themselves or an ancestor for a fee, and on a first come first serve basis. The road where my husband was born and reared is now known by the name of a fairly new resident. > > In the rural Tennessee county where we live our farm is still known to the older locals as "The Arch Todd Place". We have owned and lived on it for 30 years and Mr. Todd has been dead about 50 years, but the name goes on. > > It's an interesting subject. I think someone could do a thesis on how places get names and how the names change, or stay the same, over a period of time. > > Anna Bertram > abertram@heartoftn.net > > > > > Anna Bertram > Chapter Officer - Murfreesboro > Tennessee Trails Association > abertram@heartoftn.net > Home Phone 615-765-5357 > "Come Hike With Us!" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Willie R Beaty > To: TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 10:31 PM > Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE-L] Angel family > > > Pickett County has Koger Mountain, named after Anderson Koger who settled > there before the Civil War. Fentress has Skinner Mountain, but I don't know > who it was named after. I have heard that the mountain behind my farm was > called Albertson Mountain and someone told me another name for it, but have > forgot. I know the Albertsons owned the land that I now own and a bunch > more. > > Willie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill and Patty" <ktfsandj@tznet.com> > To: <TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 6:29 AM > Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE-L] Angel family > > > > > > Can anyone out there name all the family names given to the mountains in > > Overton and Fentress Counties? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gary Norris" <gnorris@kih.net> > > To: <TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 12:08 AM > > Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE-L] Angel family > > > > > > > Were they the reason for the Angel Mountain name in Fentress County. > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > From: HelenD1939@aol.com > > > > Reply-To: TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:42:10 EDT > > > > To: TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE-L] Angel family > > > > Resent-From: TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:42:25 -0600 > > > > > > > > Hi, JW, > > > > I think you are right. Do you know what happened to the remainder of > > > > Margaret's siblings? I'll have to dig out my notes so we can > > compare. Maybe > > > > we > > > > can each add a thing or two. > > > > Helen > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TNFENTRE Mailing List ==== > > > > Fentress County, Tennesee USGenWeb Page > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnfentre/fent.htm > > > > 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. 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