In a message dated 11/25/00 1:46:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << My understanding is that at one time Sharp's Chapel was called Magnetic >> May have been but that's the first I had heard of it. In the late 1700's (Pre-Tennessee) it was known as Sharp's Station. The larger area being called Big Valley. There are tons of lost town names in the area. Chip