Sixteen Volunteers met Nov 3rd on Old Cannon (Canon) Rd. The group toured the Farmer's Mountain area, also known as Leatherwood, (FS 92F). Information was given about the area, families and known house sites. Graves of Tom Meeler and Emily M. Smith Meeler Green were cleaned during the tour. Emily was killed by her second husband (Green). Also another grave was located next to the Tom Meeler gravesite during the cleanup and marked with stones. House sites and other known sites visited included Robert (Bob) Simmons, William Farmer, Glen Farmer, Seaborn & Isabell Farmer, Messer Farmer, The old Indian trading post, and the corn shed. Pearl Wilson was told the corn shed story long ago by the late Seaborn Farmer. Other known sites in the area before 1936 included Judson Simmons, Arch Brown, Liddie Simmons Kelly, Beards, Simmons-Farmer cemetery, Gibby, Milton Gunn, Hub Kelly, the old Rock Shelter. Also, Brown Baby grave, Cal Smith, Huge Brown, Buzzard Roost, Frank Kelly Richard Simmons and the old remains of still sites in every hollow. There were six known communities in the Lake Russell Wildlife Management Area before the final purchase of property by the government during the 1930's.
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