This is the headstone of Hannah Flinn Leatherwood James from Union Grove Cemetery in Sevier Co., TN. Hannah James is in one of the earlier pictures I posted of the John Leatherwood family. John Leatherwood was her son by her first husband, John Leatherwood Sr. Exactly how and why her husband died is a mystery. And where he is buried is unknown. Though the theories seem to abound.
I came across another "cousin" last week, on the Leatherwood side. He was gracious enough to take this picture and email it to me. After corresponding with him by email, I wondered if we will ever know what really happened to Hannah's husband.
Going through a relatives old notes I was given, I found written that John had died during the civil war. Then, I found notes where someone claimed he had been shot and was buried in Cocke County, TN. My new found cousin had heard that John had been scalped by Indians! Some notes said he died when his son John was about 3 years old. Some one else said that he died when his wife was pregnant with their son. I called my husband's great aunt to see what she knew about it. According to her sources, who she claimed knew the true story, John was killed by a neighbor who suspected he was having an affair with his wife! She also said he was buried in NC.
Of course, genealogy without documentation is just an entertaining story. Unless we can find proof, I guess we will never know.
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