I am a Lockridge descendant and am absolutely fascinated - Marshall Stone, owner of the Mill, is my 2nd great grandfather. My hope is to visit this site one day and maybe find a long lost family member. I understand that the Grissom family may still be in the area and have recently found out that a young Union soldier who survived the battle was wrapped in a quilt by my 2nd great grandmother, Mary Benson Lockridge,  so he could get through the Confederate lines without being recognized. After 122 yrs, his family found Betty Grissom who confirmed that her great-grandmother gave the quilt to their greatgrandfather.   Does anyone know anything of Betty? or her children? or of any Lockridges that may still be in the area?     --- On Fri, 8/27/10, Garry Brown <[email protected]> wrote: From: Garry Brown <[email protected]> Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Lockridge Mill To: [email protected] Date: Friday, August 27, 2010, 6:26 PM Joe is correct but let me add a comment or two.  The plaque is on Rd 118. The actual site of the main contact (it was a very small battle unless you happened to be in it) was about 1.5 miles north of the plaque at the mill site where there was also a bridge across the North Fork of the Obion River. You can drive to within 1/2 mile of the site on the road that runs north from the plaque. The bride washed out about 1950, I think, and was never replaced.  At that time there was a small store building where the former crossroads was, 1/2 mile from the mill, and at least three houses on the road to the river. The "plantation house" was just a large two story white frame farm house that was abandoned in the early 60's and since burned.  It was last owned by the Bondurant family and I think they had a store at the site prior to WWII.  Today the former road for the last half mile to the river is a line of trees with no evidence of the earlier houses.  I believe it is easy to get permission to go to the old mill site.  There are some signs of pilings for the old bridge and there are still very dim traces of the mill such as some foundation timbers.  The River was dredged and straightened in the late 1920's but this small section of the river where the old mill and bridge were is one of is one of the few stretches that follows the original river bed.  There was a mill in this area from the very beginning of the county and a community there with a Post Office named Black Oak at the time of the civil war and just afterwards. Garry Brown [email protected] Garry S Brown [email protected] ------------------------------- 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

Joyce Hurt, who was at one time the mayor of Dresden, is a descendant of the Lochridge line. Joe Stout -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathleen Wilczewski Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 5:39 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Lockridge Mill I am a Lockridge descendant and am absolutely fascinated - Marshall Stone, owner of the Mill, is my 2nd great grandfather. My hope is to visit this site one day and maybe find a long lost family member. I understand that the Grissom family may still be in the area and have recently found out that a young Union soldier who survived the battle was wrapped in a quilt by my 2nd great grandmother, Mary Benson Lockridge,  so he could get through the Confederate lines without being recognized. After 122 yrs, his family found Betty Grissom who confirmed that her great-grandmother gave the quilt to their greatgrandfather.   Does anyone know anything of Betty? or her children? or of any Lockridges that may still be in the area?     --- On Fri, 8/27/10, Garry Brown <[email protected]> wrote: From: Garry Brown <[email protected]> Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Lockridge Mill To: [email protected] Date: Friday, August 27, 2010, 6:26 PM Joe is correct but let me add a comment or two.  The plaque is on Rd 118. The actual site of the main contact (it was a very small battle unless you happened to be in it) was about 1.5 miles north of the plaque at the mill site where there was also a bridge across the North Fork of the Obion River. You can drive to within 1/2 mile of the site on the road that runs north from the plaque. The bride washed out about 1950, I think, and was never replaced.  At that time there was a small store building where the former crossroads was, 1/2 mile from the mill, and at least three houses on the road to the river. The "plantation house" was just a large two story white frame farm house that was abandoned in the early 60's and since burned.  It was last owned by the Bondurant family and I think they had a store at the site prior to WWII.  Today the former road for the last half mile to the river is a line of trees with no evidence of the earlier houses.  I believe it is easy to get permission to go to the old mill site.  There are some signs of pilings for the old bridge and there are still very dim traces of the mill such as some foundation timbers.  The River was dredged and straightened in the late 1920's but this small section of the river where the old mill and bridge were is one of is one of the few stretches that follows the original river bed.  There was a mill in this area from the very beginning of the county and a community there with a Post Office named Black Oak at the time of the civil war and just afterwards. Garry Brown [email protected] Garry S Brown [email protected] ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3101 - Release Date: 08/29/10 13:34:00