INMEMORIUM
LIVESAY FAMILY REUNION

All Livesay Descendants welcome
NO Registration Needed

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 28, 29, & 30, 2011

Hale Spring Inn
110 West Main Street
Rogersville, TN 37857
1-877-222-1616

The special rate is $125.00 per night with breakfast included.
Mention the Livesay Historical Society to receive the special rate.
(A Comfort Inn Suites and a Holiday Inn
are in the area if you cannot get a room
in the Hale Spring Inn.)

July 28, 29, & 30, 2010

Johanna Livesay
PO Box 26004
Bellerose, NY 11426
Tel: 718-468-0621

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Annual Meeting
INMEMORIUM
Motels - Rogersville-

Historic Hale Springs Inn                                1-877-222-1616  
   110 West Main St
   Rogersville Tn. 37857 $125- $165 per night (Discounts for family members)
    
http://www.halespringsinn.com/

Quality Inn                                                        1-423-272-1842
   7139 Hwy 11W
    Rogersville, Tn. 37857                                $70 - two beds up to 4 people

Comfort Inn                                                1-423-272-8700
   128 James Richardson Rd
   Rogersville, Tn. 37857                                  $70-$80
Activities for Livesay Reunion July 28-30, 2011

Early Check-in:    Eat at Inn or another of the fine eateries in Rogersville.

Friday, July 29th.   A visit to Kyles Ford is planned for Friday, July 29th.   We will have
lunch at River Place on the Clinch.  
www.clinchriverecotourism.com .    After lunch we
will visit the Livesay, Testerman, Baker Cemetery and any other of the many cemeteries
where family members are buried, as we have time.

You will be deep in Livesay country in the Kyles Ford area of Hancock County, Tenn.       
Livesay Road, Livesay chapel, and Chris Livesay’s old mill.   On the Kyles Ford,
Tennessee side and across the state line in Blackwater, Virginia, nearly everyone has a
Livesay-Testerman ancestor.  There are other family names with Livesay connections.  
Davis, Johnson, Baker, Anderson and more.  A map of these cemeteries and a group tour
will be offered.  

Saturday, July 30th. There will be a memorial service Saturday morning for our family
members who have passed on since our last gathering.  The banquet with be Saturday
evening at the famous and historic Hale Springs Inn.  www.halespringsinn.com  The
Hale Springs Inn was built in 1824 and has seen notables like President’s Andrew
Jackson, Andrew Johnson and James K Polk as guests.  It is newly restored and will be
a treat to stay here.  

Saturday will be a time for visiting w/family members, visiting interesting shops in
Rogersville, Touring this lovely old town, time for the Juno Alton Genealogy room at the
library and The Shepherd’s Center a regional ministry center operated by a Livesay
cousin.  

The following is about the newly renovated River Place on the Clinch; a very unique
place.  

Livesay’s were some of the first people into Tennessee traveling through southern
Virginia into the Kyles Ford Area.    Kyles Ford at one time was a thriving community.   
There was a mill, several restaurants, and three full service gas stations with
mechanics for repair, grocery stores, a general merchandise hardware store and post
office.   

Five years ago, all had disappeared and left just an empty space on the map.    Clinch
River’s RC&D purchased an old store on the river at the bridge.   They also manage the
Testerman House (a cousin) which has been turned into a conference center and the
1,000 farm.    The old store building has been revitalized as an old time country store
with an excellent restaurant.   Balconies have been built across the back and side
overlooking the river for additional appeal and on weekends at any given time, there
might be 100 people at River Place to hear old time country music or watch an outdoor
movie.   

In addition to the store and conference center, there are canoe and raft rides down the
river and chalet’s for tourist to spend the night and fish or just get away from the noise
of the city.  

The old Livesay mill is just around the corner that once was operated by Chris Livesay.   
It is closed now, but a reminder of the thriving community that existed many years ago.