I am working on the history of the surrounding area and the people who have lived there. I plan on interviewing my neighbors, many of them are in their 70's and 80's and have lived here all their lives. When I came here in 1973, I was welcomed to the community with open arms. Many of my neighbors who were here then are now deceased. They treated me like family and helped me in any way they could. I really appreciated that.
Before 1973, the Hollow property (150 acres), was part of a larger tract of land and owned by John Ward who lived in a log-type house where County Road 52 crosses Brush Creek. On February 28, 1928, John Ward transferred the Hollow property plus additional acres outside the Hollow to his son Sam Ward who built a log cabin in the Hollow and lived there till sometime in the forties. Sam Ward then moved out of the Hollow right across the ridge to just above Brush Creek. He sold the Hollow's 150 acres of property that he had been given but retained the rest of his property. The 150-acre Hollow changed hands at least two or more times before I purchased it in 1973. During one of those times, in the fifties, one of the previous owners planted Kudzu in three different places on the cleared areas of the Hollow. I have had the task of trying to get rid of it for the last fifty years. When I purchased it in 1973, it was owned by the McSpadden's of Athens, Tennessee who owned the Napa Auto Parts there.