A relative of Mac's explained it quite well when he said he had to make moonshine to survive and he considered it less evil than stealing and cheating -- which is a fact. The add is very interesting . You could be a jack of all trades if you bought that place -LOL From: Iley To: tnmarion@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] messages well betty maybe the following ad from 1831 might help you deside about the moonshining. FARM AND GOLD MINE FOR SALE. The subscriber offers to sell his farm, containing 88 acres, situated on the waters of Alston's creek, which empties into Green River. On said farm is a gold mine which as far as has been tested has proved to be rich and valuable. The same will be sold at private sale, for cash; and the purchaser may secure a bargain by examining and purchasing it. Also for sale, two new stills; one set of mill-stones. HAMPTON THOMPSON, White Oak, Rutherford Co., Sept. 3, 1831 Hampton was on the 1836 taxroll,had a place at the "Pot" over on the river ----- Original Message ----- From: <macbetty2@peoplepc.com> To: <tnmarion@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] messages > Mac and I were discussing this and he stated also a lot them came > south because Chattanooga was the only industrial city for that time. > He was saying that a lot , even in the 40's and 50's lived in a > boarding house in Chattanooga during the week and came home to Marion > and Franklin counties on the weekend . I asked why not just move the > whole family to Chattanooga-- He was telling me how dirty the air > was in Chattanooga was one reason ,and I assume that they owned property > in the other counties as well, but just couldn't make a living from > farming, logging or moonshining. Oh yes I am positive none of our > ancestors would have ever been moonshiners LOL yea right --LOL > It seems a long way to travel by the means available to them in those > days for a short stay though. Was there a railroad for passengers that > ran from Chattanooga to Marion and Franklin counties? > It just seems odd that so many would come from the northern counties > down to the most southern. As I know in the 1830's and 1840's era > there were a lot that went to Ill. from Al and Tn because of the free > land-- then it seems to have reversed it's self. I am aware the Civil > War was part of the reason . > The social aspect is indeed very interesting, especially when a lot of > them were so remote. Odd, but what we conceive to be true is what > we saw in the movies when we were kids too and this is definately not > necessarily so. Such movies as the infamous Scarlet O'Hara is one > example. > A lot of them were very clannish type and wanted to be left alone, as > you stated too. The country they came from had dictatorship type > rulers and they were not all that happy with the Government that was > formed here either-- trust was a big factor . > I know the winters are a lot colder the further north you go and the > growing season is not nearly as long either. The water in the west was > another reason it was undeveloped any where but along the streams and > rivers. For that matter it was a factor for anywhere. > Sorry if this was rambling but was also doing a lot of thinking out > loud too. uhmm????? > Any one else have an opinion or facts to contribute? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: bill > To: tnmarion@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 11:00 AM > Subject: [TNMARION] messages > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- macbetty2@peoplepc.com Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message