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Subject: Re: Muddy Creek
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 08:35:56 EDT

Dave,
I'm not sure if the John Luttrell Meads are the same or not. John Luttrell
Mead and Amanda Liles married in Roane County on August 18, 1851 and moved to
Missouri where Amanda died in 1881. Amanda was born on January 10, 1834 and
there was a 16 year old John Mead and 65 year old Elizabeth Luttrell living
with John and Sarah McReynolds in 1850 Roane Co,TN Census. I'm not sure of
exact relationship but John W. McReynolds married Melinda M. Luttrell on Oct
15, 1845 and Melinda evidently died young because a John W. McReynold married
Sarah Luttrell on August 31, 1848.

Other Meads and Luttrells married: William O. Mead married Polly B. Luttrell
on Nov 21, 1833 and Jason Mead married Lind Luttrell on Feb 15, 1838 (Both in
Roane Co)

There were at least three Mead families on the 1830 Roane Co Census.
William, William M. and John Mead.

>From article in 1970 Centennial Edition of Loudon/Lenoir City paper. "And so,
the Martel United Methodist Church, know historically as the Muddy Creek
Methodist Episcopal Church, is proud to trace its history, back to the early
days of Methodism in Tennessee."

There is an online listing for Martel Cemetery located at
http://user.icx.net/~websterl/loudon_cem/martel_umc_cem.html

Also from the article..."The community and meeting house evidently drew their
name from that of Muddy Creek which runs through the community and eventually
empties into the Tennessee River at present-day Lenoir City. How the creek
itself earned its name however, raises some question for the stream is
crystal clear except in times of heavy rain or flood. Tradition holds that
beavers once damed the stream and caused it to appear muddy. Another
suggestion holds that perhaps the muddy banks gave it the quaint name of
Muddy Creek."

The article was based on a booklet published in 1962 "Martel Methodist Church
1795-1962" compiled primarily and written by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duff.

I am interested in the Mead family because of their connection with the Liles
and the Luttrell families.

1. Amanda Liles, John Luttrell Mead's wife, is the daughter of my
gg-grandfather James Liles.
2. Annie Scarbrough and Ollie B. Scarbrough, both daughters of my
g-grandparents, James Monroe and Martha J. (Cook) Scarbrough married a Sam
Luttrell.
3. Edward Ross Fine and Fannie Fine, son and daughter of my husbands
g-grandfather Dan and Mary Jane (Greer) Fine married Luttrells. Edward Ross
married Katherine Luttrell and Fannie Fine married Fate Luttrell. Katherine
and Fate's parents are John and Margaret (Johnson) Luttrell.

My husband's g-grandparents are also buried at Martel Cemetery. It is about
a mile from where I live and there are some unmarked graves. According to
the newspaper article a lot of the old records were lost.

Sandy (Liles) Fine

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