Backroads of Barren County, KY, the newspaper articles of William Daniel 
Tolle, Sandra K. Gorin, Gorin Genealogical Publishing, copyright July 
1991. By permission of the compilist.

	The first settlers of Merry Oaks that we have any knowledge of 
were the DENTON brothers; Thomas, David and Charles. For many years they 
kept up a race track which was patronized by all the sportsmen of the 
country, far and near.  They ran a store, and as that was in which would 
be termed by some the good old days of pure whiskey and peach brandy, a 
sufficient amount of that was generally on hand.  A post office was kept 
there for many years.  The route contained four offices.  Started from 
Glasgow in the morning run to Merry Oaks, Smiths Grove, then turned 
north to Dripping Springs, which is on the Nashville pike six or seven 
miles below Glasgow Junctions (then Bell's Tavern), then on to Bells 
Tavern and on to Glasgow.

Denton Bell
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Smiths_Grove-Warren-KY

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