NEW thoughts on the Hight-James connection:
- There are similar names between our Hights and Robert Woodson HITE families. Examples: Henry Clay Hite vs. Rufus Henry and William Henry Hight Robert Woodson Hite vs. Dixie Wood Hight
- Possibly, Jim Hight or someone in that timeframe read the newspapers and discovered Jesse James had a cousin named WOOD HITE. It would have been a topic of local conversation so perhaps some people might have concluded Hights were kin to Jesse James. In reality, there is some data indicating is our Hights may be distant kin to WOOD HITE but only kin to Jesse by marriage…not blood…..Jesse’s aunt married a HITE and that’s as close as it gets.
- Furthermore, Goodman’s name is spelled H-I-T-E in Civil War records. This adds one more clue to the above speculation.
| Bessie Hight Craig and Lucile Hight Rice when little girls taken about 1900. 
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Bessie Hight Craig with children Rachel and Goodman Craig. Taken at Glendale 1923.  |
The kindest two people ever known.
Thrashers
The Thrashers lived moved around a lot. In 40’s and 50’s...(1) Lived at Nettie’s with Floyd and Bessie Craig (2) lived in Seavy’s rental house (3) lived at Fountain Heights near the school. (4) Franklin, Tenn. (5) Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Late 50’s or early 60’s , Hardison Thrasher bought 160 acres and built a house on Bee Kerr Road. It’s about half way between Nettie’s house and Park Station on the east side of the road. It is about the rockiest place ever seen. Mr. Thrasher had little ½ acre patches scattered around, wherever he could find a little spot that would grow something. In all maybe 8 or 10 acres was tillable on the whole farm. He sold this place about 1983.
More Thrasher items:
This picture is a solid oak halltree, under construction by Bill T. with a mirror that belonged to Grandfather Derryberry (my mother's Dad). It's dated 1923. The old blanket chest next to the halltree is the one from Granny's (Rachel) smokehouse. It was Money and Pepper's but it is not known if the chest originally belonged to Hights, Craigs, Rones or who. It's crudely made with square nails and is 6-board poplar. Both of these are indications of Civil-War period or earlier.
