Thank you LFLENT for your efforts and the look-up. It seems someone should have some records if, in deed, Richard E Reaves was a school teacher in 1870 at Broadies Landing. I don't know where to begin and I guess that is what I am trying to do now, is begin. Again, Thank You, Billy Reeves ----- Original Message ----- From: <LFLENT@aol.com> To: <tnhender@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [TNHENDER] Location crossing Re: Brodie's Landing from website of Decatur Co. TN Brodie's Landing Charles S. Brodie, an early settler who owned 5000 acres of land, gave his name to this landing. The big warehouse and store belonged to B. M. Maxwell and Poolie Bateman and later was operated by Frank Houston. The 1876 Gazetteer says that Brodie's Landing was located in the Howesville Precinct. Cotton, corn, wheat, and peanuts were shipped from here. This area was first settled about 1830. In 1876, the postmaster was J. F. Wood, I. N. Houston was a physician, W. T. Morgan had a general store, J. H. Thomas was the preacher for the Free Will Baptist Church, Walker and Wood had a general store. Also, check below website for some current information: http://www.city-data.com/county/Decatur_County-TN.html This website also list Brodie's Landing: http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/TN/Index/bl.htm And this website list post office at Brodie's Landing: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/statewide/history/tnpo1894.txt Try this to locate: http://www.topozone.com/states/Tennessee.asp?county=Decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHENDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message