Daniel O'DELL

                   FROM "HISTORIC SITES OF SULLIVAN COUNTY" 1980 EDITION "ODELL HOUSE" " DANIEL ODELL, SONE OF THOMAS ODELL, GRANDSON OF WILLIAM ADELL, FIRST SETTLER ON KELLER'S CREEK, WAS ACCORDING TO C.T. HOPKINS, THE BEST CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY.  "WHEN SICKNESS OR DEATH OCCURRED, THE ODELLS WERE THE FIRST TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES, AND THE ASSISTANCE THEY GAVE THE COMMUNITY WAS ALWAYS FREE.  IT WAS UNCLE DAN WHO GAVE THE TITLE TO THE CHURCH SO THAT A WORSHIP HOUSE COULD BE BUILT.(HICKORY TREE UNION CHURCH).  BEFORE THE CHURCH WAS ERECTED HE EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC TO MEET AND HAVE SERVICES AT HIS OLD LOG HOUSE WITH ITS BIG FIRE PLACE THAT BURNED WOOD FOUR FEET LONG. PEOPLE GATHERED THERE, COMING FROM SEVERAL MILES DISTANT AT NIGHT TIME, CARRYING PINE TORCHES TO LIGHT THE PATH.""