Edwin Deadrick wrote: > > > According to "An Historical Sketch of Wilson County" by James V. Drake > > 1879 there was a Cedar Lick Creek in Wilson County. I have been unable > > to locate it either on a Geological Survey map or in a gazetteer. > > > > Does anyone know where it is/was? Ed, I don't have the answer for you, but I do note that there are two Cedar Creeks in Wilson Co. Perhaps one of these was once called Cedar Lick. One is in the northwest part of the county. It enters the Cumberland at a point almost due north of Mt. Juliet. The other is in the northeast part of the county and enters the Cumberland just northeast of Hunters Point. I think that my ancestors lived along or near this Cedar Creek in the 1st half of the 1800's, but I haven't been able to determine exactly where. "The Goodspeed History" (see reference below) mentions "Cedar" and "Cedar Lick" also and says: > On Cedar Creek: Hugh Roane, John Provine, Alex Aston, Samuel Calhoun, > Perry Taylor, John L. Davis, Mathew Figures, David Billings, Irwin > Tomlinson, Joseph Trout, Hooker Reeves, Nathan Cartwright, Lewis Chambers, > Andrew Swan, William Harris, William Wilson and Joseph Weir. > On Spencer Creek: John Walker, William White, Brittain Drake, Lewis > Kirby, William Gray, Joel Echols, Robert Mitchell, Philip Koonce, James > McFarland, Moore Stevenson, Jere Hendricks and Richard Drake. > On Cedar Lick Creek: Theophilus Bass, Clement Jennings, John Everett, > John Gleaves, Reuben Searcy, Joshua Kelley, James Everett, James H. Davis, > Thomas Davis, Howell Wren, William Ross, Edmund Vaughn, George Smith, > Harmon Hays and Daniel Spicer. From: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwcogs/docs/goodsp01.html THE GOODSPEED HISTORY OF WILSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE Originally published 1886 submitted by William C. Colley Jr. source: Woodward & Stinson Printing Co. Edition, Reprint 1971 For noncommercial use only. Hope this helps. If you get an answer off list, would you please share it with us. Best Regards, Bill TROUTT Katy, TX

"The History of Wilson County, Tennessee," edited by Frank Burns in 1987, page 128, speaks of Cedar Lick Creek in talking about Mt. Olivet Baptist Church: "Mt. Olivet Baptist Church at Leeville was the first Baptist church in Wilson County, constituted April 25, 1801. It was first called Cedar Lick after the creek nearby. When an arm of this church was extended to another point and named Little Cedar Lick, it became known as Big Cedar Lick until 1843 when the name became Mt. Olivet. About 1848, a commodious stone church house was built. It still stands..." Leeville is just north of present I-40, just west of Hwy 109. The "Tennessee Atlas and Gazeteer", page 54, shows the name of the creek near Leeville now simply as Cedar Creek. I've found this current atlas and gazeteer, by DeLorme Mapping quite helpful, although I often have to locate the old names in other works such as the Wilson County history. Hope this helps. Joy Mask, Amarillo, TX BillTroutt wrote: > Edwin Deadrick wrote: > > > > > According to "An Historical Sketch of Wilson County" by James V. Drake > > > 1879 there was a Cedar Lick Creek in Wilson County. I have been unable > > > to locate it either on a Geological Survey map or in a gazetteer. > > > > > > Does anyone know where it is/was? > > Ed, > > I don't have the answer for you, but I do note that there are two Cedar > Creeks in Wilson Co. Perhaps one of these was once called Cedar Lick. > > One is in the northwest part of the county. It enters the Cumberland > at a point almost due north of Mt. Juliet. > > The other is in the northeast part of the county and enters the Cumberland > just northeast of Hunters Point. I think that my ancestors lived along or > near this Cedar Creek in the 1st half of the 1800's, but I haven't been > able to determine exactly where. > > "The Goodspeed History" (see reference below) mentions "Cedar" and "Cedar > Lick" also and says: > > On Cedar Creek: Hugh Roane, John Provine, Alex Aston, Samuel Calhoun, > > Perry Taylor, John L. Davis, Mathew Figures, David Billings, Irwin > > Tomlinson, Joseph Trout, Hooker Reeves, Nathan Cartwright, Lewis Chambers, > > Andrew Swan, William Harris, William Wilson and Joseph Weir. > > On Spencer Creek: John Walker, William White, Brittain Drake, Lewis > > Kirby, William Gray, Joel Echols, Robert Mitchell, Philip Koonce, James > > McFarland, Moore Stevenson, Jere Hendricks and Richard Drake. > > On Cedar Lick Creek: Theophilus Bass, Clement Jennings, John Everett, > > John Gleaves, Reuben Searcy, Joshua Kelley, James Everett, James H. Davis, > > Thomas Davis, Howell Wren, William Ross, Edmund Vaughn, George Smith, > > Harmon Hays and Daniel Spicer. > > From: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwcogs/docs/goodsp01.html > THE GOODSPEED HISTORY OF WILSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE > Originally published 1886 > submitted by William C. Colley Jr. > source: Woodward & Stinson Printing Co. Edition, Reprint 1971 > For noncommercial use only. > > Hope this helps. If you get an answer off list, would you please share it > with us. > > Best Regards, > Bill TROUTT > Katy, TX > > ==== TNWILSON Mailing List ==== > The Wilson County Genealogy Depot > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwcogs/ > <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwcogs">The Wilson Co. Depot</A>