creek ownership in tennessee

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Cane Creek, a large wonderful long creek here in Tennessee, has been a wonderful place to take children to splash water and wade and catch minnows and find pretty rocks, for over 200 years.
It is clean water, shallow, wide and just the perfect place for kids in the summer especially since its a rural area and just about the only recreation that exist.
Yes, some folks do abuse it at times and there are beer bottles and refuge left, but it has never been such a problem that it interferred with the use in any way for children and residents of our county.
The creek runs parrell with a county road, only a few feet separate the creek from the county road.
This summer a rich man moved to the county. His property is on the opposite side of the creek from the county road.
He placed huge rocks along the creek way to prevent cars from parking on the side of the road way (opposite side of creek from his property) and when I walked with my 4 and 8 year old grandsons to the creek he came and advised us that he was going to have us arrested for trespassing if we did not leave immediately.
Can he do this?
Can he own the county road?
He says an association has been formed and he is the president and it has been voted that on one can swim or wade in the creek anymore. But he could not or would not produce any paperwork.
Someone please help me on this. My grandchildren need to experience the Creek, its part of their heritage. My ggg grandfathers on both sides, settled this area of tennessee over 200 years ago and its been a memory place for our family for much longer than ive been living. I have pictures of my family members jumping off those wonderful big rocks into 4 feet of water that are very very old. I hate to think that this man can come to our county and use his money to prevent making these memories and to destory the fun and adventure of our Cane Creek in Hickman County of Tennessee. judy