A distant cousin in Huntsville, AL sent me the article this morning. How sad!!! Pat Sabin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Jane Hylton" <bjhylton@ureach.com> To: <TNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:48 PM Subject: [TNWASHIN-L] Broylesville Inn > Many of you have ties to the Broyles Family in Washington > County, TN. You can read more about the fire in the Johnson > City Press today. http://www.johnsoncitypress.com > > Betty Jane > > One of two smoldering chimneys, all that was left of the > Broylesville Inn after an early morning Wednesday fire. (Tony > Duncan / Johnson City Press)Historic inn lost - > 18th-century-structure fire called suspicious > By Sue Guinn Legg > Press Staff Writer > slegg@johnsoncitypress.com > The 18th-century Broylesville Inn, the oldest building in the > Broylesville Historic District of Limestone, was destroyed early > Wednesday by a fire authorities described as suspicious. > > The Limestone and Nolichucky volunteer fire departments were > called to the fire at the inn, located on the eastern bank of > Little Limestone Creek at the intersection of Gravel Hill and > McQueen roads, about 4:43 a.m. and found the building was fully > involved in flames. By daylight, all that remained of the > 207-year-old, two-story log and clapboard structure were two > brick chimneys rising out of its smoldering rubble. > > > > > Betty Jane Hylton > Editor, Bulletin for Watauga Association of Genealogists > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnWAG > Co-ocordinator, Washington County, TN TNGeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin > Member, Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee > http://www.cemeterysurveyteamofnetn.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Get your own "800" number > Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more > http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag > > > ==== TNWASHIN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send request to TNWASHIN-L-request@rootsweb.com > or TNWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com with only the word unsubscribe > in the body of the message. > >