Etheridge Farm in Weakley County

August/03/2005 15:19 Filed in: West Tennessee
Here is an email reply from Joe Connell who was reared in Weakley County:

I enjoyed the story about brother Etheridge. The road on the West side of one of my Dad's farms and on which my brother lives goes across Etheridge levy. I understand the Etheridge levy road was the way from Greenfield to the Sharon area in the early days before Sharon was a town and before 45 was constructed. That road turns and borders the south side of our farm. The road on the West side didn't exist until some years later. I am not sure this makes any sense. The Mt. Vernon cemetery is about a mile past my Dad's house on the Sharon/Kenton Road. I believe Mt. Vernon Methodist church is the oldest church in Weakley county and possibly the oldest in northwest, TN.

If you notice, when going up main St. in Sharon from old 45 to the RR tracks, there is a slight curve in the street. I understand they followed the old Indian trail when they built the stores. One of the stores just west of the bank was like a slice of pie to compensate for the slight curve.

Joe