Cabell Creek Community

             HISTORY OF CABELL CREEK COMMUNITY

 Written for Farm Bureau Country Life Conference by Mrs. Walter Mitchell

                                June 1925.

Physical Features

Cabell Creek Community lies between the waters of Bryant Creek on the

north, Lower Creek on the east, Mud River on the south, Little Cabell and 

Seven Mile on the west. Cabell Creek rises between the waters of Bryant on 

the north and Lower Creek on the east. It flows in a south westerly 

direction until it reaches Rush Fork, then south, and empties into Mud 

River near Howell's Mill. 

The principal tributaries of Big Cabell are as follows: Mud Lick, Jard 

Camp, Beelo Branch, Rush Fork, Cow Hollow, and Dennison Branch. 

Mud Lick, which flows through the Chas. Webb, Everett Venoy. Chas. Yoho, 

Walter Mitchell, and L. T. Arthur farms, was so named for the noted deer 

lick spring on the Mitchell farm, to which deer came from miles away. This 

spring has never been known to go dry. It is now piped to the Mitchell 

residence. 

Jard Camp Creek, better known by the younger generation as Gibson Branch, 

received its name from the fact that an old man by the name of Jard, years 

ago camped under a large rock along this creek not far from the Grandma 

Gibson residence. 

Beelo Branch, was named for a family who settled here about the year 1868, 

near where Henry Jordan now lives. 

Rush Branch, which flows from t he Jarvis, Petit, Simpson, Jackson and 

Nowlin Community was named for the large rushes which grew along its 

banks. These rushes are not as numerous nor so large as in early history 

due to more extensive cultivation. 

Cow Hollow", on the Billy Adams farm, was so named on account of its being 

noted as a favorite stamping ground for cattle which roamed at large in 

the early history of this community. Getting in the cows in those days was 

no little task. 

Dennison Branch, which lies between the Thompson and Roberts farm of 

today, was named for an early settler John Dennison. Along this branch 

stands the only mountain birch known in this community. 

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