Black's Stone

[bobpbx]

Guy, I found this tidbit in the library today. From an newspaper article Beck wrote:

"I asked about a stone with initials, W.B., which I had seen long ago, not too far from where Aserdaten rose and fell. I wondered if it was the tombstone of anybody, perhaps one of the Bransons. The Brittons laughed. "That was a survey stone", one of them said, "The land there was part of the Billy Black survey and he put 'W.B.' on his surveyor's monuments. Last time I was over that way, somebody had been trying to move the stone. It proved to be too big for them..."

Beck was told this while sitting in the home of James E. Branson on Lacey Road...."Seated in the warm kitchen of the little house on Lacey Road..." was the way he put it.

I thought it was T. Black on the stone. No?

 

[BEHR655]

Ol' Beck must have been smoking crack again.

 

[Teegate]

I agree with Steve. Somebody needed to reach up and pull him back to earth.

He made so many mistakes concerning that stone. He must have went home at night and tried to write from memory, which really made him look bad.

Guy

 

[Teegate]

Bob,

Can you get to the township and get a better copy of that old map this week? Or can you scan up the one you have and get it to me if possible?

Guy

 

[bobpbx]

Funny you ask that Guy. I was at the library and somebody had done just that already. They went to great trouble putting it all together. I made a quick copy a section of it and it came out a little dark. I'll email it tonite.

PS: you guys stop crucifying Beck! I love that guy, so what if he stretched things a little.

 

[Teegate]

PS: you guys stop crucifying Beck! I love that guy, so what if he stretched things a little.

I was not criticizing him...I was just wishing that he had the fact straight on that particular subject since it interests me so much. I have great respect for him, but disappointed that on two occasions he was in error with that stone. He still is in my mind the best of them.

Guy

 

[bobpbx]

I was not criticizing him...I was just wishing that he had the fact straight on that particular subject since it interests me so much. I have great respect for him, but disappointed that on two occasions he was in error with that stone. He still is in my mind the best of them.

Guy

When I read Beck, I go for the cozy color more than the accuracy. The part about......."seated in the warm kitchen of the little house on Lacey Road"...was my favorite in the article. He took me there, know what I mean?