Linn Camp, a branch of Peach Tree Run, was named by Michael STUMP, Jr., whose father was the first man to cut a tree on Steer Creek. He and his family came from Lewis Co., through Glenville. There was a man living there in a little, old house who kept them all night. The next morning, they came by Letter Gap and down Peach Tree looking for a place to settle. They went on to the right hand fork of Steer Creek and stopped for the night. It was dark when they stopped. The next morning Stump looked around and told his wife it was the kind of place he was looking for, and they would stay there. They built them a log house to live in.
One day they saw a deer coming out of the woods and Stump shot it. When he went to get it, it turned out not to be a deer, but a young steer. There was not another white man on Steer Creek, so he said it must have come from a herd of cattle somewhere else. Then Michael Stump, Jr. named it Steer Creek in the year 1804.
In about a year Stump came back to Linn Camp to hunt. He built himself a cabin about the mouth of the run. He made the roof of bark from a linn tree, and later named the run Linn Camp.
In a few years a man by the name of GREENLIEF came to Peach Tree. It was all woods then. He built himself a house, but it burned down, so he lived in his barn until he rebuilt the house. About the next family to come in was Billy KERNS and his family. Another early settler was Ben ALLTOP. Later Lewis SKINNER came from Lewis Co. in the year 1850. He came a while before the Civil War. In the early, settling years there were panthers here.One night a panther came on Skinner's porch and stayed a good while. They saw many panthers.
The first church ever built on Peach Tree was built on Elben JAMES'(1847-1925) farm. The first preacher was Elder Ben ARNOLD. He preached for some time before another preacher came. The people that were most interested in building a church were David SKINNER and Perry MARKS. Before the church was built, some of the people went to church at the Buckeye Church at Orton. There was an old log schoolhouse there and they had church in it. Sometimes the people would meet at each other's houses and have church.
The first blacksmith shop on Peach Tree was on E.J. James' farm. He owned the shop and did a lot of work because there was not another shop in the community. When he left there, he moved on down Steer Run. Later C.L. James moved in and fixed up the old blacksmith shop. He, also, did a lot of work for himself and the neighbors. The next blacksmith shop was built on Linn Camp on the Frank James farm. It was there for several years and he worked in it as long as he was able.
The first grist mill on Peach Tree was at the mouth of Peach Tree on C.L. James' farm. Before the mill was built, most of the people in Peach Tree went to mill at the SULLIVAN mill on the Camden MALLOHAN farm. The James mill was at the mouth of Peach Tree for a long time, but later they moved it up on Steer Run on Marshall ADAMS' farm. Cutlep BECKETT owned the mill last. When he quit running the mill and moved away, it was never used again.