Found this in same file. Leatherwood Community: (Written between 1970 and 1980) Leatherwood is a quiet community located off Highway 79. It is situated on the edge of Kentucky Lake and boasts a boat dock to serve the community. The first settlers were thought to arrive around 1850 with the surname of Hilmus. Leatherwood acquired its name from the leatherwood bushes in the area whose bark is like leather. The community is composed of many smaller communities located within the web of land Leatherwood covers. Asbury, Possum Hollow, and Largent Hollow are some of the smaller communities. One of the largest and earliest industries in this area was the LaGrange Iron Works. The mine was active until 1927 when the prosperity of the iron industry in the country was drawing to a close. Through the years many businesses have risen throughout this cozy community. Bait shops such as Leatherwood Bait Shop built by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gregory (1964) flourished with the attraction of nearby Kentucky Lake. Many small grocery stores sprang up around the area. LaGrange Plantation Store opened up around the area in the early 1900s. Stavely's Store owned by Clara and Thaxton Sullivan opened July 19, 1949 and still serves the community today. One general grocery store, Will Lanes, opened sometime in the 1920s and 1930s. Over the years there have been only two churches to serve the Leatherwood community, the Leatherwood Methodist Church, and the Asbury Church, which was disbanded a few years ago. Leatherwood has had three post offices over the years. The first, the Hart post office, was in operation during the early 1920s with a Miss Hart serving as postmistress. the second post office was the Stribling post office located between Leatherwood and McKinnon on the banks of the Tennessee River. Today Leatherwood is served by the Stewart post office operating out of Houston County. Clubs have always proven very active in the community. The Home Demonstration Club has been active for over fifty years. Midway school opened in the early 1900s in Leatherwood and some of the teachers who taught in this one-room school were Miss Myrtle Ellis, Louis Knott (1921), Mr. Willie Robertson (1928), Charles Hilmus (1929), Jimmy Majors (1930s), Miss Lura Russell (1940) and Ruby Moore (1941). The estimated population for 1928 was approximately one hundred and eighty people. Today Leatherwood contains nearly three hundred people. The first car anyone can remember was a 1918 "Baby Overland" owned by a Mr. Charles Satterwhite. Electricity is said to have come into this area in 1945 and phones in the 1950s. Dr. Abernathy of Stribling, served this community in the early 1900s and Dr. Scarbourough lived in the community for years serving as the local medical doctor. Information provided by Hilmus Bartels, Raymond Lane, H.E. Warden, Shellie Warden, Goodspeed, pg. 897.

Thank you very much for this info. Now I know why the Stavely's were buried in the Leatherwood Cemetery. I will print out your letters and keep them in my files. My grandma's sister married a Lane. Thank you Doris Pulley [email protected] wrote: Found this in same file. Leatherwood Community: (Written between 1970 and 1980) Leatherwood is a quiet community located off Highway 79. It is situated on the edge of Kentucky Lake and boasts a boat dock to serve the community. The first settlers were thought to arrive around 1850 with the surname of Hilmus. Leatherwood acquired its name from the leatherwood bushes in the area whose bark is like leather. The community is composed of many smaller communities located within the web of land Leatherwood covers. Asbury, Possum Hollow, and Largent Hollow are some of the smaller communities. One of the largest and earliest industries in this area was the LaGrange Iron Works. The mine was active until 1927 when the prosperity of the iron industry in the country was drawing to a close. Through the years many businesses have risen throughout this cozy community. Bait shops such as Leatherwood Bait Shop built by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gregory (1964) flourished with the attraction of nearby Kentucky Lake. Many small grocery stores sprang up around the area. LaGrange Plantation Store opened up around the area in the early 1900s. Stavely's Store owned by Clara and Thaxton Sullivan opened July 19, 1949 and still serves the community today. One general grocery store, Will Lanes, opened sometime in the 1920s and 1930s. Over the years there have been only two churches to serve the Leatherwood community, the Leatherwood Methodist Church, and the Asbury Church, which was disbanded a few years ago. Leatherwood has had three post offices over the years. The first, the Hart post office, was in operation during the early 1920s with a Miss Hart serving as postmistress. the second post office was the Stribling post office located between Leatherwood and McKinnon on the banks of the Tennessee River. Today Leatherwood is served by the Stewart post office operating out of Houston County. Clubs have always proven very active in the community. The Home Demonstration Club has been active for over fifty years. Midway school opened in the early 1900s in Leatherwood and some of the teachers who taught in this one-room school were Miss Myrtle Ellis, Louis Knott (1921), Mr. Willie Robertson (1928), Charles Hilmus (1929), Jimmy Majors (1930s), Miss Lura Russell (1940) and Ruby Moore (1941). The estimated population for 1928 was approximately one hundred and eighty people. Today Leatherwood contains nearly three hundred people. The first car anyone can remember was a 1918 "Baby Overland" owned by a Mr. Charles Satterwhite. Electricity is said to have come into this area in 1945 and phones in the 1950s. Dr. Abernathy of Stribling, served this community in the early 1900s and Dr. Scarbourough lived in the community for years serving as the local medical doctor. Information provided by Hilmus Bartels, Raymond Lane, H.E. Warden, Shellie Warden, Goodspeed, pg. 897. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message