Jerry, I know the area you are talking about, just north of House Mountain, but I don't know if Little Flat Creek was called the West Fork or not. However, after looking at a map, I would say that's a good place to look. Good luck, Terry At 06:59 AM 10/4/99 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Terry, > >Looking at your email below leads me to think you may live in the northeast >corner of Knox County. If, so do you know if the West Fork of Flat Creek and >Little Flat Creek are the same? My GGf, John Phillip Sharrits, bought 200 acres >there from Christian Foust in about 1818. Three years later he died there. I am >trying to locate his grave by locating the property or a cemetery nearby. I >can't find the West Fork of Flat Creek. > >Thanks, > >Jerry D Sharrett >1104 Buchelew Dr >Kingsport, TN 37663 >423-239-8975 >jsharrett@intermediatn.net >----- Original Message ----- >From: Terry Clift <tlclift@esper.com> >To: <TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 9:42 PM >Subject: Re: Location for Browns/Brockus perhaps Union Co. > > >> Hi, >> Lyon's Creek is in Knox County. Yes it is close to the Jefferson County >> line, but that area has always been in Knox County. My husband's ancestor >> received a land grant of several hundred acres in this area and donated >> land for Lyon's Creek Baptist Church. If fact, my family still attends >> Lyon's Creek Baptist Church. Look on a TN road map for the junction of >> Andrew Johnson Hwy (US 11E) and Asheville Hwy (25W & 70); due east of >> Knoxville. This area is called Trentville and Lyon's Creek runs through >> the middle of it. Sorry I don't recognize any of the names. >> Terry Clift >> > > > >==== TNUNION Mailing List ==== >Got any stories to tell? The Union County TnGenWeb Site is in search of stories about Union County Families from yesteryear. >