TN: A to Z (Round 5)

[Uncle Phil]

Grays Crossing For G -



The only history I could find -

Highway 49 from Gray’s Crossing to Bear Spring in Stewart County is the actual railroad bed between the two communities.

 

[aldntn]

(H)endersonville

Urban ride and not a lot of fun. But, time and temperament limit you sometimes.

 

[Uncle Phil]

Ivy Bluff For I -
What used to be the community center -



And a church across the street -


I can find no history for the community at all.

 

[aldntn]

Per Copilot:

Ivy Bluff is a populated place located within the Commissioner District 3, a minor civil division (MCD) of Cannon County, Tennessee 1. Ivy Bluff appears on the Hollow Springs U.S. Geological Survey Map 1. The population and other demographic data of Ivy Bluff are not available in the search results.

 

[aldntn]

(J)oelton Lucked up on this one

 

[Uncle Phil]

Kirkwood for K -


A couple of schools and this church (Kirkwood Church).
It appears the schools go back to at least 1935 but that's about all the history I could find.

 

[aldntn]

(L)a Vergne

 

[Uncle Phil]

Morrison for M (taken B.C. - Before Crash) -



Not much history that I could find.

 

[aldntn]

(N)orene OK day to be out; maybe the last until February.

 

[Uncle Phil]

Orlinda For O -


A little bit of history -

Orlinda was incorporated in 1965, and was originally called Crockers Crossroads until they had to change the name due to the area's proximity to Tuckers Crossroads, Tennessee. The name Centerville was proposed, but denied as a Centerville, Tennessee already existed, so Orlinda was proposed as no other community in the United States used that name.

 

[aldntn]

(P)leasant Shade

 

[Uncle Phil]

Well I had Quebeck For A Q Again Then I Got Adventurous -
Quito For Q (Yes There Is Another Q In Tennessee!



Not Much There Either Besides The Volunteer Fire Department And A Church!
No History That I Could Find.

 

[aldntn]

Rock Island

 

[Uncle Phil]

A Strange One I Happened Upon Along The Way ...
Sawyers Mill For S -


No history that I can find about it - and not much of nothing there either!

 

[aldntn]

(T)emperance Hall

 

[Uncle Phil]

A Bit Hard To See And Hard To Find -
Upper Sinking For U -


No History That I Could Find

 

[aldntn]

(V)ine is an unincorporated community located in Wilson County, approximately 12.9 miles (20.7 km) south of Lebanon in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It sits along U.S. Route 231, SR 10, and SR 452

 

[Uncle Phil]

West Union For W -




I can find no history at all on this one.
Not much there but the church and an old cemetery.
Some notes on the church which appears to have been started in 1849 -

Revd. D. P. Coffey offered the following, which was adopted,
Whereas there has been a congregation organized north of Big Creek Shelby County Tenn. known as West Union congregation,
Resolved that Presbytery recognize said congregation and receive it under her care.

Revd. I. S. Pickens offered the following which was adopted,
Whereas the Raleigh congregation has been so diminished by removals or otherwise,
Resolved therefore that said congregation be dissolved and the remaining members east of Raleigh be attached to the Green Bottom congregation, and all in Raleigh and west be attached to the Memphis congregation, and all the members north of Loose Hatchy [Loosahatchie] be attached to the West Union congregation.

[Source: Minutes of Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 1849, page 161-162.]

Interesting side note - The Cumberland Presbyterians were started 20 miles due west of where I live in what is now Montgomery Bell State Park.

 

[aldntn]

(Y)ell No X. TJ got this one last.

• Location: Yell is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, which is situated in the U.S. state of Tennessee1. It can be found at coordinates 35°22’9"N, 86°47’13"W12.
• Elevation: Yell stands at an elevation of approximately 902 feet (275 meters) above sea level1.
• History: The community of Yell was home to a post office that operated from 1882 until 19041. The name “Yell” pays tribute to Archibald Yell, who fell during the Battle of Buena Vista13.

 

[Uncle Phil]

Zion For Z -


And what the marker says -

About 1 mile south, in 1807, a Presbyterian colony from South Carolina built a log meeting house
and established a community around it. A school soon followed. A brick church was built in 1815,
the present structure in 1847. Many descendants of the founders are in the present congregation.

Nothing there much today but the church and the school -


One of the interesting things is my favorite writer about the Civil War that he experienced
attended the church and is buried in the cemetery. His name was Sam Watkins -





If you want a really good read about the civil war from a foot soldier's perspective, read his -

Company Aytch: A Classic Memoir of the Civil War: Watkins, Samuel R., Inge, M. Thomas: 9780452281240: Amazon.com: Books

It was put together from a series of newspaper columns he wrote in the local Columbia paper some years after the war.
His unit and my great great grandfather's unit fought in a lot of the same battles -

Uncle Phil - History 2019