Everybody knew what you were talking about when you mentioned the "big tree". We had an old log house on our property that was rented out to people, and standing about 60 feet in front of this old log house was the biggest tree in this part of the country. after talking with my remaining Brother and Sister we have decided that the Tree was 5 foot through . The limbs were about 18 to 20 inches through, and most were about 25 feet long. Once the old house got to where nobody would live in it, we kept all of our plow tools under this tree. If my daddy ever needed anything like a plow point, clevis, or something similar, he would tell me to run over to the "big tree" and get whatever was needed. I suppose that tree was every bit of 200 Years old. what happened was that the inside Rotted and it was Hollow and my Brother says that even the Limbs were Hollow, and that weakens the rest to the Point that it is easier Broken, anyhow Lightening was what finally brought it down.
One of my Daughters live at the Old Home Place, and my Brother Beryl Planted a little Water Oak there by the Pump where we got our Water and this we agree on was 1929, and it always has had plenty of Water and Today it is 81 years old and is approximately 4 ft through and has Big limbs and you can see this one Today for it is still Standing and Healthy looking and I don't believe it has ever been hit by Lightening yet.
Where I live now, the house is about 800 feet from the main road. Lightning struck a pretty big tree one day, and when it got done with it there remained only a piece standing about 15 feet tall - disentegrating the rest of it. There were a few limbs lying around, but no bark at all was left on the tree. It was laying in a circle around what was left standing, and that was certainly a very powerful bolt of lightning.
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