This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Post Oak, Roane Co., TN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RgB.2ACE/245.3.1 Message Board Post: Slight correction needed here. Post Oak Springs is located about a mile north of modern day Rockwood. It has its place in history long before Roane was even a twinkle in someone's eye - or pocketbook. It was described in Ramsey's History, as a place where trappers and later, other travelers stopped to either camp out, or at least to get water for passengers and livestock. There are still two old Post Oak Cemeteries located there, but the original church has been replaced in more recent years. Quite early, there was also an "arbor church" erected in the area by the Methodists, but other groups used it. Rockwood was not identified by that name until 1872, when the iron smelting furnaces were built and mining became a major occupation for many - both iron and coal.