My gg grandfather Richard E Reeves/Reaves b.1790 NC is shown in the 1870 Decatur County Census as teaching school at Broadies Landing. I have hunted (to my limited ability) every place and can't find a trace of him or his wife Eliza. His wife was Eliza Miller and was 15 years younger. Richard had one son (Hezekiah) living before him and Dela Reeves living down the road from him. Dela was D. Lafayette Reeves and he is buried in the area. Hezekiah showed-up in the same area in the 1880 census but vanished after that. I am from Richard's son James Lee Reeves b. 1833 Darden, then coming on down through Samuel Wesley Reeves b.1876 at Darden. James Lee and Samuel went on to populate Dyer County with Reeves. I think Hezekiah's children are probably sprinkled all around Darden and out in Henderson and Decatur County and may spell their surname as Reaves. I think Richard is probably buried in some small private plot in someone's field between Darden and Broadies Landing. Some may have driven by a hundred times and have not thought anything about it. We started a cemetery here on our place and buried my mother-in-law there in 2004. It is the Dogwood Hill Cemetery. I am in Erin, Houston County, TN. How many are out there that only people that circulate through the area know about. I read someplace that meter readers are really good people to interview....I don't know. Have a great day on Jan 9th 2007, Billy F 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