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THE STALEY's creek AND 



Marchaut 725 acre tract on the south; east of these, the Caiiipl)ell 147 acre tract on 

 the north, the C!ampl)ell 4 acre tract in the middle and the HenderUte 1200 acre tract 

 on the south; east of this last, the Wright (300 acre tract ; and eastermost of all, the 

 Campbell main tract of 3550 acres. There are besides within the region a part or 

 the whole of a I^ichols tract south of G. II. Williams and some land northeast of 

 the Campbell 147 acre tract. 



I. AY OF THE I, A N P. 



The southern boundary of the parallelogram w^ould be at the top of Brushy Moun- 

 tain, for the most part about a thousand feet high above the loAvest level (in this 

 region) of the waters of Staley's Creek. About a mile and a quarter north of this 

 mountain runs parallel to it through the whole length of the region a range of nearly 

 the same height cut into three parts by the cross gaps of Staley's and Nick's Ci'eeks; 

 the western part is called Pond Mountain, from a pond somewliere upon it, and the 

 two other parts are called Chestnut Mountain ; but as this last name is also some- 

 times given to the Avestern part of Brushy Mountain and gives rise to confusion, it 

 Avould be convenient to drop it altogether. The Staley's Creek gap is at about the 

 middle of the range, and the J^ick's Creek gap at about the middle of the 

 eastern half. Both creeks fork near the upper (southeast) end of the gaps, and 

 their forks extend in either direction east and west on the north side of Brushy 

 Mountain. The West Fork of Staley's Creek is something over three miles long, 

 heads near the Avestern limits of the region, and has to the south of its head a 

 small monntain called Minton's Ridge between it and Brushy Mountain, The East 

 Fork of Staley's Creek is a little OA^er tAvo miles long; and one of its branches is 

 separated only by a low diAdde from the West Fork of ]^ick's Ci'eek, which is but 

 td^out half a mile long. The East Fork of Nick's Creek is perhaps something more 

 than a mile long. Nick's Creek tioAVS northerly through the gap towards the Middle 

 Fork of Holston BIa er, and Staley's Creek flows into the same riA^er at Marion by a 

 nortliAvesterlA' course after leaving its gap in Pond Mountain. North of the Pond 

 Mountain Range are smaller parallel hills or mountains, amongst Avhich on the north 

 some of the Avaters of Staley's Creek take their rise ; Avhile in the northeast they are 

 drained by two small streams that run northerly across the northern boundarj^ of the 

 ( 'ampbell main tract. The South Fork of the Holston River flloAVS westerly past the 

 southwestern corner of the parallelogram ; and betAveen it and Minton's Ridge is 

 another small parallel ridge called CaA'e Ridge separated fi-om Brushy Mountain by 

 a small A'^alley called Rocky HoIIoav. South of the riA^er, at the southwestern corner 

 of the Thomas' tract, is still another small parallel mountain called Stone House 



