Okay, I just have to get in on this conversation on the Rakes home in Patrick County. IF ANYONE OUT THERE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS HOUSE AND THIS FAMILY, WE WANT THIS STORY FOR THE PATRICK COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK THAT IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW! I must say I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all the queries and replies about this. WE WANT THIS STORY! Alpha Hiatt, Chairman Patrick County Heritage Book Volume 2 --- Barbara Stanley <[email protected]> wrote: > Clyde - I would love to know the Rakes - Brammer > connection. If you find out > anything about them please let me know. > > Thanks, > Barb S. > > ---------- > At 10:01 PM 3/7/2005 -0500, you wrote: > >All, > > > >Shooting Creek at one time was noted for being a > mighty mean place.� In "The > >Man Who Moved a Mountain" the area is described as > 2nd meanest, the meanest > >being Buffalo Mountain. > > > >The creek starts in Floyd County flows through > Franklin (there is a bridge > >across it on Route 40 a mile or so before the > Patrick County Line), and > flows > >into Smith River in Patrick County about a mile > above White Falls and > >eventually Philpott Lake. > > > >There were some Rakes families that lived along > that creek at one time and > >some also that lived within a couple of miles.� > Otter, Tharp are not that > far > >from Shooting Creek with another large creek > between them Runnet Bag (which > >starts at Smart View on the Blue Ridge Parkway.) > > > >There is a very beautiful large brick house on top > of a hill in Patrick > County > > >not far from the border w/ Franklin.� At one time > this was owned by a family > >with last name of Rakes.� Not sure on the > connection. > > > >These are my old stomping grounds.� I will ask my > father in a week or so > if he > > >knows anything about this family. > > > >Best, > > > >Clyde Kessler > >Radford, VA > > > >>===== Original Message From David > <[email protected]> ===== > >>Barb, > >> > >>Found this which seems to indicate there was a > Long Branch District with > >>Shooting Creek� in the area... > >> > >>THOMAS LEMON > >> > >>Tuesday, January 8, 1907 > >>Richmond, Virginia, January 7 - The public school > building at Shooting > >>Creek, in the Long > >>Branch School District of Franklin County, was > burned to the ground Sunday > >>night, January 6, > >>1907.� A young white man was cremated in the > building.� He was sleeping in > >>the school house and > >>has not been seen or heard of since.� The building > was located in a wild and > >>lawless district and > >>threats had been made more than once to burn the > building because of the > >>teacher ISAAC > >>LEMON, was unpopular.� THOMAS LEMON was sleeping > in the building as a guard. > >>The > >>school house at Ottar Creek, near Shooting Creek, > was recently burned and > >>not long ago, a barn > >>of C.T. SNEAD, together with all his live stock, > was burned in the > >>neighborhood.� There is no > >>clue to the identity of the perpetrators of the > outrage. > >> > >>David > >> > >> > >> > >>==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > >>Patrick Co., Va. Genealogy (VaGenWeb) > >><http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapatric/>http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapatric/ > > > > > >==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > >Patrick Co., Va. List Administrator > >Barb Stanley > >[email protected] > > > > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick Co., Va. Genealogy (VaGenWeb) > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapatric/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/