I stand corrected....... > Nope. Never was. That road wasn't even built until 1933 or so. The > Mayfield Rd is labeled on the 1836 map of Weakley Co. That is the first > known map of the county I think. It lies entirely west of the Meridian > line. And runs from Dresden to Dukedom Prior to 1933 Old Boydsville Rd > was > the route from Dresden to the area you are talking about. It ran across > Sprout's Levee. You can't trust the 1880 map on the County Web site; it > shows Lockridge Mill on Sprout's and everyone knows that is wrong. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pj [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:31 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Lockridge's Mill and Dresden-Mayfield Rd > > Garry, Ralph and I both think that the Dresden-Mayfield Road is Hwy 89 > that > comes out of Dresden to Palmersville to Sedalia, Ky on to Mayfield....we > think Hwy 381 or 383 when you hit the Kentucky state line....... > >> HELP from all you amateur historians. >> >> >> >> I have just read again the Dieter Ullrich account of the Civil War >> engagement at Lockridge's Mill recommended by Richard Saunders. It is a >> very good read for anyone interested in local history. It is not only an >> excellent account of the engagement but it also presents the divisions of >> loyalty among the local population very well. BUT, the author seems to >> think the road across the Obion River at Lockridge Mill was the >> Dresden-Mayfield Road. I am almost, but not quite, totally certain that >> is >> wrong. It is difficult to prove these things beyond a shadow of doubt. >> But >> I believe the Dresden-Mayfield Road has always been the route that today >> follows TN 118 from Dukedom to Dresden. This road crosses the Obion >> about > >> 4 >> miles downstream from Lockridge's Mill today and may have been a little >> further west earlier. I believe the Road across the river at Lockridge >> Mill >> may have been known as the Paducah Road in the 1830's but I am not >> certain >> of this. >> >> >> >> Are there any opinions out there? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > >