For more information see http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/sumnotcm.htm Here is some of it: "Approximately seven miles north of White House was Cheek's Tavern, a stand on the road between Nashville and Lexington at Red River, a natural location for the development of a town or small community. But the rumors and developing legend about the suspicious purposes of its owner Elisha CHEEK, were enough to thwart settlements in the area...." Diane