{"id":2851,"date":"2023-11-17T21:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T01:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2023-11-17T10:02:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T14:02:06","slug":"the-gun-battle-of-thorn-hill-tn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2851","title":{"rendered":"The Gun Battle of Thorn Hill, TN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DowntownThornHill-By-Unknown-author-Grainger-County-Historical-Archives-CC-BY-SA-4.0-https-commons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid92398129-300x234.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DowntownThornHill-By-Unknown-author-Grainger-County-Historical-Archives-CC-BY-SA-4.0-https-commons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid92398129-300x234.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DowntownThornHill-By-Unknown-author-Grainger-County-Historical-Archives-CC-BY-SA-4.0-https-commons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid92398129-1024x800.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DowntownThornHill-By-Unknown-author-Grainger-County-Historical-Archives-CC-BY-SA-4.0-https-commons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid92398129-768x600.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DowntownThornHill-By-Unknown-author-Grainger-County-Historical-Archives-CC-BY-SA-4.0-https-commons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid92398129-1536x1201.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DowntownThornHill-By-Unknown-author-Grainger-County-Historical-Archives-CC-BY-SA-4.0-https-commons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid92398129-2048x1601.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the turn of the 20th century a wealthy and politically connected man from Grainger County, Tennessee, lost a lawsuit filed by a widow and was ordered to pay her a sum of money.\u00a0 Failing to do that, the court ordered a sale of some lumber this man owed, which was bought by a blacksmith in the community of Thorn Hill.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Out of this came two murders, a prison sentence, a feud, and a deadly gun battle at the blacksmith&#8217;s shop five years later.<\/p>\n<p>That, dear listeners, is our story of Appalachia this week!<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to subscribe to the Stories podcast wherever you get your podcasts, or at our podcast home, spreaker.com&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening and for sharing our stories with your friends&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Photo of Downtown Thorn Hill by Unknown author &#8211; 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