[2] Its headwaters are at Combs Lake in the Beech Creek Wildlife Area.

[3] The mouth of Beech is 8 miles (13 km) upstream of Oneida, at altitude 752 feet (229 m) above sea level.

[2] It was not named for themselves but for James' father, John M. Tankersley (born in 1810 and whose surname was spelled Tankisley in the 1870 census).

[4] The 232-acre (94 ha) Beech Creak Wildlife area surrounding Bert T. Combs Lake at the headwaters is adjacent to the Daniel Boone National Forest and is accessed by road from Littleton, although there are no roads within the wildlife area itself.

[7] It covers 60 acres (24 ha) and was built to supply water to the city of Manchester, which is further along the road down Hart Branch past Littleton and along Goose Creek.