WOODFISHNV@aol.com wrote: > > Jeanine, > thank you for the information from the Century Review of Maury County on Cosby > Scott and Jane Anderson Pickens. The info on page 253 is about my family. It > even mentions Rock Springs where at least two of my relatives are buried. > Does anyone know where this particular Rock Springs is and is the cemetery > still there? I understand there are 4 Rock Springs. Their son Newt Scott > must be a brother of my great grandfather whose name I believe to be John > Scott. The info on page 261 concerning J. C. Scott does not appear to be any > relative. Other names I have picked from my letter are > Jasper Crawford married to a Elizabeth (Lizzie) Scott > Overton Scott > Tom Scott > William (Billie) Pickens married to a Charlotte (Lottie) Bruce > John Pickens > Tom Pickens > Margaret (Peggy) Pickens married to Robert (Robin) Henderson. > My grandfather's name was Walter Marcus Scott and he was one of 10 children. > He was born in Paul's Valley, Oklahoma in Feb. 1891. Some of his sibling's > names are Maury Scott married to Billie____ , > Morton Scott (worked for the railroad in LA...Southern Pacific or Santa Fe), > and > Catherine Scott > If anyone has information on any of these Scotts, I would appreciate it. > Is this Century Review book still for sale? > Thank you, Caroline Harkness > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > Visit the Maury County, Tennessee web site at http://www.tngenweb.usit.com/maury/index.html > Dear Caroline, Yes, Rock Springs Cemetery is still there. In fact, I buried my wife on the top of the hill in that beautiful rural cemetery in September and have a spot reserved for me which someday will be occupied. It is well-kept by a cemetery association of which my brother-in-law is a member. I do not know of another Rock Springs in Maury County but there is a large cemetery with that name in Nashville. The one in Maury Co. was originally the Barker family cemetery--my wife's family--but when the property was sold to the Rummage family it was noted in the deed that one acre of land was dedicated for a cemetery. By that time others from the community had been buried there and it became a community cemetery and has continued to be used by all those who desired to use it. The cemetery is located just off of Sowell Mill Pike in the north- eastern section of Maury County. The community no longer has a store or school and about the only thing that holds it together as a community is Rock Springs Baptist Church. Many new homes have been built in the neighborhood over the past few years as a result of the expansion of the county due to the arrival of Saturn Corporation. About the Scotts, I have no first hand information about them since I am not a native of this county. My wife's mother talked about them from time to time and said that for a couple of years her father rented and worked the Scott farm, which is located not far from the church and cemetery. (The church and cemetery are about a quarter of a mile apart.) As you note, CENTURY REVIEW OF MAURY COUNTY has an article about the W. F. Scott family. There are SCOTTS all over Maury County but I have no information as to any possible connection. I know that there was a Scott's Mill that functioned as one of the last grist mills in the county. It is gone now but you can still see the foundations of it in the southern part of the county. There are a total of 18 Scotts listed in CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS FROM MAURY COUNTY. I am sure that you could dig up much about the SCOTT family if you could visit our library, courthouse, etc. I hope that this informatin helps a little. Lottaluck. Fred Hawkins.