The "Old Field"

The "Old Field"

Number 6 on the Lincoln County Map from The First Thirty Years.

This was part of our small farm we called the "old field." We generally planted it in black eyed peas or sorghum cane, it was too poor to grow cotton or corn. it was referred to as the "old field" as early as 1830 in the deeds. An abundance of arrow heads were always found when we planted the field. It was adjoining a swamp that never went completely dry and may have held wild game once, that would account for the arrow heads. I made a path through the south east edge of this field from the time I was in the third grade, as I often visited my best friend Jack Simms who lived over on the Fayetteville Road. Helen and I used this same path in July 1941 shortly after we married, as we went over to Picketts on Flint River to go swimming. I remember on the way back to mother and dads it came up a cloud-burst and we got soaking wet. Guess this was part of our honeymoon.

A few pictures to share today:

A Young Timothy R. Marsh

Timothy Richard Marsh

Timothy Richard Marsh the day before marrying Helen Crawford Marsh (at her house)

Helen Crawford Marsh and Timothy Richard Marsh in 1942