tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41626850212168185392024-03-16T13:52:41.372-05:00Hill Country HOGS BlogHistory, Observations, Genealogy, and Stories from the Hill Country of Monroe County MississippiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-27029377804162861932010-08-14T10:20:00.005-05:002010-08-14T10:32:13.842-05:00Obituary: Dr. William Terrance ThorntonDr. William Terrance "Terry" Thornton (1939 - 2010) Dr. William Terrance “Terry” Thornton, 71, died at his residence on August 9, 2010. Born on July 26, 1939, to the late Garfus Sherman and Letha Hollingsworth Thornton, he was a native of the Parham Community in Monroe County. Terry attended public school in Monroe County and graduated from Hatley High School, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-12774304654226925122010-06-28T20:38:00.002-05:002010-06-28T20:44:28.481-05:00Coming Soon: GENEABLOGERATTI -- THE 100Watch soon for GENEABLOGERATTI --- The 100.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-8946589370715979292010-06-26T07:07:00.009-05:002010-06-26T07:37:25.998-05:00Three articles: Polygamy; Mississippi Saints; Morman Springs, Monroe County, MSby Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Illness continues to prevent me from researching and writing new articles for both Hill Country (the blog) and Hill Country (the newspaper column in Monroe Journal). During this time I'm pulling out some of my previous articles and republishing them here. The articles selected for today are: Polygamy in the Hill Country from JuneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-25435893202170773522010-06-18T07:53:00.002-05:002010-06-18T08:03:43.078-05:00PICA (Eating Dirt) IN THE HILL COUNTRY: Parts 1 and 2by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Because of illness, I'm not posting new articles at the blog Hill Country nor at my newspaper column at MONROE JOURNAL. Here at the blog I am presenting some of the older articles from HILL COUNTRY (available on CD, Volume 1 --- click here to see contents of the CD and how to order). Today is Part 1 and 2 about dirt eating, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-85434310648476145962010-06-17T19:21:00.002-05:002010-06-17T19:28:29.342-05:00Thank you from Todd Palmer: CSA MARKER MEMORIAL LANN CEMETERYPosted by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Todd Palmer, Festus, Missouri, has requested the following "thank you" notice be placed at HILL COUNTRY. He was unable to personally thank everyone who assisted with the David Z. Palmer, CSA Marker Memorial Service, held recently at Lann Cemetery at Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi. Says Todd "Please post a thank you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-58128593202054538572010-06-14T19:14:00.004-05:002010-06-14T19:28:56.191-05:00Comments on "Shhhhhhhhhh!, Let's not talk about this. . ."by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com I recently received two Anonymous comments to the previous article, "Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! Let's not talk about this. . ." Because my response to Anon 1 was too long to be included in the comment section, I've elected to respond to both Anon 1 and Anon 2 in a separate article below. From Anonymous 1: Thanks for sharing your family Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-48903621531553189422010-06-13T20:34:00.005-05:002010-06-14T19:31:36.314-05:00Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! Let's not talk about this . . . by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.comOne of the most widely read and discussed articles from the original HILL COUNTRY blog is my short personal essay entitled "Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! Let's not talk about this . . ." I have been amazed and pleased by the reception this article has received from numerous students of Southern history, from family members, from Southern UnionistUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-39398820067536010632010-06-13T06:08:00.002-05:002010-06-13T06:12:11.588-05:00Confederate Memorial Rededication Ceremony in Sandusky Bay, Ohioby Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com If you have Southern relatives who were prisoners of war during the Civil War interred at Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, you will be pleased to learn of the Rededication of the 100-year-old bronze statue, a memorial to the Confederate soldiers buried at the cemetery --- as well as a memorial to the CSA POWs once held at Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-7570837150373465692010-06-08T17:05:00.004-05:002010-06-08T17:35:56.038-05:00AMAZING GRACE by Piper Jean E. OrcuttPosted by Terry ThorntonEmail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.comRecorded Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Lann Cemetery, Splunge, Mississippi, at the Monument Dedication Ceremony for David Z. Palmer, CSA, Amazing Grace performed by Bagpiper Jean E. Orcutt.Click the start button at lower left to view the video, AMAZING GRACE.I apologize in advance for the poor recording quality of both the audio and videoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-38618797812990428412010-06-07T19:55:00.008-05:002010-06-07T21:27:19.672-05:00DAVID Z. PALMER: Monument Dedication CeremonyDAVID Z. PALMERJanuary 3 1817 - June 21 1887PrivateCompany BThird Battalion, Mississippi InfantryConfederate States of AmericaLann Cemetery, Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi, was the setting for the June 6, 2010, monument dedication ceremony and memorial service for David Z. Palmer. Numerous family members and guests attended this moving and colorful ceremony.Some of the family and guests atUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-67266913636547790532010-06-07T12:10:00.002-05:002010-06-07T12:15:02.761-05:00Blackberries in the Hill Country, June 6, 2010by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Yesterday while driving home from the Palmer Memorial Service at Lann Cemetery, I notice alongside Thornton Road that wild blackberries were getting ripe. "Too early," I thought. "I need to ask an old-timer if June 6th is not very early for blackberries to be getting ripe." Then it dawned on me that at almost 71 years of age,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-7868490140760140222010-06-06T17:39:00.004-05:002010-06-06T19:57:49.832-05:00Bagpipe piping at the grave marker of Terry ThorntonPosted by Terry Thornton, Fulton , MississippiMusic by Jean E. Orcutt, Piper, Lauderdale, MississippiVideo made at Terry Thornton's Grave Marker, Lann Cemetery, Splunge, Mississippi Click start button to view and to hear the video/bagpipes.No, my pre-need marker wasn't needed yet. I was at Lann Cemetery Sunday afternoon, June 6, 2010, for the monument dedication/memorial ceremony for David Z. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-6767662819804777062010-06-03T15:43:00.002-05:002010-06-03T15:48:58.802-05:00Reasons why Family Historians should read SALVATION ON SAND MOUNTAINby Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com I've come late to the reading of Dennis Covington's little masterpiece, Salvation on Sand Mountain. Although the book was published in 1995, I had only read bits and pieces of the major theme of his work (snake handling as a religious practice) and only knew of his coverage of the Scottsboro, Alabama, trial involving attempted Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-79401931316663842352010-06-02T15:21:00.002-05:002010-06-02T15:36:55.310-05:00In Memory of Hattie LaRue Thornton, age 14: She was a good catby Terry Thornton Hattie LaRue Thornton died June 2, 2010, at age 14. She was a good cat and will be missed tremendously. Hattie LaRue was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She and her half-brother Lewis Thornton lived there with her first master James G. Thornton. When she was about 8 - 10 months old, illness, perhaps poisoning from the apartment complex's monthly extermination man, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-54629018363239892462010-05-31T19:10:00.001-05:002010-05-31T19:12:11.542-05:00An Invitation to the Memorial Service for David Palmer, CSA Veteran You are invited to a memorial service for C.S.A. Veteran David Z. Palmer to be conducted at Lann Cemetery, Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi, at 2:30 PM, Sunday June 6, 2010. Palmer served in Company B of the 3rd Battalion of the Mississippi State Troops and the service is to mark his grave and to honor his memory. David Palmer was born January 3, 1817 and died June 21, 1887. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-2562419525974591822010-05-22T20:56:00.003-05:002010-05-22T21:01:49.655-05:00Strike-overs on grave markers: Mark the perfect man . . .by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com A favorite Bible verse is Psalms 37:37 --- "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace." I found this verse as an epitaph on a grave marker recently in a cemetery in Itawamba County, Mississippi. On closer examination, however, the "strike-over" on the stone mason's work made me ponder the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-34991664413955722582010-05-20T00:05:00.002-05:002010-05-20T00:05:00.221-05:00Two little angels . . . (left click for a large image) by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The two angels above were photographed recently in Fulton Cemetery, Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi. The image was intriguing and I made a close-up photograph of the marker. (left click for a large image) Look at the marker. At first glance it appears to mark the death of one child Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-73054252080201326712010-05-19T00:15:00.001-05:002010-05-19T00:15:00.093-05:00LANN CEMETERY, Monroe County, Mississippi: A Videoby Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The video below was made Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010, at Lann Cemetery near Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi. Click the start buttons to view.As expected, it was cool at Lann Cemetery. SOURCE: Lann Cemetery. Video. Terry Thornton, Fulton, Mississippi. May 16, 2010. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-41604108103983065192010-05-19T00:10:00.001-05:002010-05-19T00:10:00.087-05:00Lann Cemetery Road Part 2 --- A Through-the-Windshield Videoby Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The video below was made Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010, on Lann Cemetery Road, Monroe County, Mississippi. Click the start buttons to view.The video starts on Lann Cemetery Road about 3/4 mile north of the cemetery. After a short distance along the ridges of the Hill Country, the route takes us past "Splunge International Airport"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-67505517068619940142010-05-19T00:05:00.002-05:002010-05-19T00:05:00.399-05:00Lann Cemetery Road Part 1 --- A Through-the-Windshield Videoby Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The video below was made Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010, on Thornton Road and Lann Cemetery Road, Monroe County, Mississippi. Click the start button to view.The video starts on Thornton Road; at the junction of Thornton and Lann Cemetery Roads, a right turn takes us south on Lann Cemetery Road along the high ridge that runs west of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-72869811592197870512010-05-18T00:10:00.001-05:002010-05-18T00:10:00.047-05:00Thornton Road Part 2 --- A Through-the-Windshield Videoby Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The video below was made Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010, on Thornton Road, Monroe County, Mississippi. Click the start buttons to view.The portion of Thornton Road shown in Part 2 is from the high ridge overlooking Weaver's Creek, down into the bottom and across Weaver's Creek (named for my great-great-great-grandfather Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-28232846958743973872010-05-18T00:05:00.001-05:002010-05-18T00:05:00.263-05:00Thornton Road, Part 1 -- A Through-the-Windshield Videoby Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The video below was made Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010, on Thornton Road, Monroe County, Mississippi. Yes, the road is named for me! Click the start buttons to view the video.The portion of Thornton Road shown in Part 1 is from the intersection of Hatley-Detroit Road, through Thornton Farm, and ends about 1.2 miles down the road Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-49871816236897042202010-05-17T00:05:00.000-05:002010-05-17T00:05:00.522-05:00Hills, Horses, and High-flying Flags: Hill Country Ramblin'sby Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Sunday afternoon, May 16, after an evening of heavy rains and flash flood warnings, Sweetie and I decided to drive through the Hill Country of eastern Monroe County. And we were so glad we did --- the roads were passable and the trees were all washed clean of the pollen and so brilliant in their new greens for summer. Never have IUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-81157766642669112802010-05-16T12:21:00.003-05:002010-05-16T12:27:48.653-05:00Itawamba Historical Society: May 18, 2010 MeetingThe public is invited to the regular monthly meeting of the Itawamba Historical Society, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at 6 PM. The meeting is in the auditorium of the society's complex at Mantachie, Mississippi, on the corner of Church Street and Museum Drive. A light meal will start the program followed by a short business session after which the program will begin. The program, My Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162685021216818539.post-37110356939327414752010-05-16T11:37:00.001-05:002010-05-16T21:14:28.225-05:00Fulton Cemetery, Itawamba County: An Inventory of Names on Grave Markers by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com An inventory of the names on the grave markers at Fulton Cemetery has been posted at Itawamba County Mississippi Book of the Dead. The alphabetized listing of the names is based upon a photographic record of the cemetery done May 13, 2010. The list contains 463 names, year of birth and death, as well as a link to the photograph Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0