tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248183.post2603922405337763731..comments2023-05-20T11:57:14.506-04:00Comments on Smoky Mountain Family Historian: Reading Roundup - November 3Lori Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03818111640670098850noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248183.post-90475679253260827472007-11-17T17:21:00.000-05:002007-11-17T17:21:00.000-05:00According to my great great grandfather's Civil wa...According to my great great grandfather's Civil war pension file, he (James Monroe Thornton) was born in Jefferson County. That would have been in 1825. The family live right along the Walker County/Fayette County line until his father Richard Thornton died. Richard and his wife Agnes hailed from the Carolinas although they married in Georgia.Lori Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818111640670098850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248183.post-43156056557613407282007-11-17T09:44:00.000-05:002007-11-17T09:44:00.000-05:00Thanks for mentioning the BGS blog! And for keepi...Thanks for mentioning the BGS blog! And for keeping up with our "happenings" - do you have Jefferson County ancestors?<BR/><BR/>Melissa<BR/>BGS Historian/Blog Administrator<BR/>birminghamgenealogy.wordpress.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480574425706356919noreply@blogger.com