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/

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] >