Born Sept 1821 Died after 1900. Interred here beside her husband Jacob Wilhoite b. 1819
I have additional info for the Bio. This info was sent to me by Betty Via(RIP).
Hi,
Zach (b. 1996) Wilhoite's father (I believe he said his father's name was Ed Wilhoite) told me a very interesting story on May 7, 2011, at Decoration Day at Mt. Hermon Cemetery in Bedford Co., Tennessee. This story had been passed down in his family. It seems that Malinda was a Cherokee(?) Indian being driven West on what became known as The Trail of Tears. As they were passing through the southern Bedford County area, she somehow encountered Jacob Wilhoite (b. 1819) and consented to marry him. It is not known whether her given name was originally Malinda or not (probably not), but the story is that she and Jacob, in an attempt to blend her into that southern Bedford County area, decided that she should adopt Burrow as her surname as that was one of the most common names in the neighborhood. Fascinating!
This story might very well be true since Burrow researchers have never been able to fit her in any of the Burrow family lines.
Betty Via
I have additional info for the Bio. This info was sent to me by Betty Via(RIP).
Hi,
Zach (b. 1996) Wilhoite's father (I believe he said his father's name was Ed Wilhoite) told me a very interesting story on May 7, 2011, at Decoration Day at Mt. Hermon Cemetery in Bedford Co., Tennessee. This story had been passed down in his family. It seems that Malinda was a Cherokee(?) Indian being driven West on what became known as The Trail of Tears. As they were passing through the southern Bedford County area, she somehow encountered Jacob Wilhoite (b. 1819) and consented to marry him. It is not known whether her given name was originally Malinda or not (probably not), but the story is that she and Jacob, in an attempt to blend her into that southern Bedford County area, decided that she should adopt Burrow as her surname as that was one of the most common names in the neighborhood. Fascinating!
This story might very well be true since Burrow researchers have never been able to fit her in any of the Burrow family lines.
Betty Via
Born Sept 1821 Died after 1900. Interred here beside her husband Jacob Wilhoite b. 1819
I have additional info for the Bio. This info was sent to me by Betty Via(RIP).
Hi,
Zach (b. 1996) Wilhoite's father (I believe he said his father's name was Ed Wilhoite) told me a very interesting story on May 7, 2011, at Decoration Day at Mt. Hermon Cemetery in Bedford Co., Tennessee. This story had been passed down in his family. It seems that Malinda was a Cherokee(?) Indian being driven West on what became known as The Trail of Tears. As they were passing through the southern Bedford County area, she somehow encountered Jacob Wilhoite (b. 1819) and consented to marry him. It is not known whether her given name was originally Malinda or not (probably not), but the story is that she and Jacob, in an attempt to blend her into that southern Bedford County area, decided that she should adopt Burrow as her surname as that was one of the most common names in the neighborhood. Fascinating!
This story might very well be true since Burrow researchers have never been able to fit her in any of the Burrow family lines.
Betty Via
I have additional info for the Bio. This info was sent to me by Betty Via(RIP).
Hi,
Zach (b. 1996) Wilhoite's father (I believe he said his father's name was Ed Wilhoite) told me a very interesting story on May 7, 2011, at Decoration Day at Mt. Hermon Cemetery in Bedford Co., Tennessee. This story had been passed down in his family. It seems that Malinda was a Cherokee(?) Indian being driven West on what became known as The Trail of Tears. As they were passing through the southern Bedford County area, she somehow encountered Jacob Wilhoite (b. 1819) and consented to marry him. It is not known whether her given name was originally Malinda or not (probably not), but the story is that she and Jacob, in an attempt to blend her into that southern Bedford County area, decided that she should adopt Burrow as her surname as that was one of the most common names in the neighborhood. Fascinating!
This story might very well be true since Burrow researchers have never been able to fit her in any of the Burrow family lines.
Betty Via
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