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I was passing through Morrison Tn. a week ago and stopped into a little store called the Four Corners market. The ladies working there looked Mennonite. But I wasn't sure and didn't ask.
I wish I had. It's got me so curious. I also stopped by a little Amish vegetable stand a couple miles away and asked if they were affiliated with the Four corners market. They said they were not. And that the ladies that worked at the market were Amish but drove cars. I don't think they're beachy Amish.
Does anyone know which church they're affiliated with?
Thanks

Eloise wrote:Hi
I was passing through Morrison Tn. a week ago and stopped into a little store called the Four Corners market. The ladies working there looked Mennonite. But I wasn't sure and didn't ask.
I wish I had. It's got me so curious. I also stopped by a little Amish vegetable stand a couple miles away and asked if they were affiliated with the Four corners market. They said they were not. And that the ladies that worked at the market were Amish but drove cars. I don't think they're beachy Amish.
Does anyone know which church they're affiliated with?
Thanks

I've heard of a plain church in Lobelville TN where cars are allowed- a mix of cars & horse & buggies-
I am not sure if this is it but from reading the article I think this is it- is that anywhere near Morrison TN?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believers ... Lobelville

Lobelville is about 100 miles away from Morrison.
Morrison is close to Manchester Tn.
I know there's a lot of tiny Amish / Mennonite settlements, if you can call them that. I know of some
that are just made up of 3 or 4 families that have moved into an area. The only way you'd ever know they are there is by word of mouth. They don't post anything in the Budget newspaper.

Eloise,

A list of Beachy Amish-Mennonites in Tennessee is at this link:

http://www.beachyam.org/churches/tn.htm

We are in Buffalo Valley, TN, between Carthage and Cookeville TN. We visit the Vernon Amish community near Hestand KY, just across the line from Celina TN. That is the closest "pure Amish" place that we know of. They have leather working, horseshoeing, a vegetable market, and a clinic that people come to from all over the world to visit. At the clinic they use Iridology to diagnose your illness, then tell you what herbs would be the best to help you find healing, at no charge and only accepting donations. Whenever I am stumped about a medical condition for me, my family, or my friends, I go there and use their diagnoses, as they have never been wrong so far. Absolutely amazing. They have a herb hike in the spring to help you identify the herbs you need in the wild. They have a horse powered sawmill for cutting firewood, and a horse powered drill for drilling wells. No electricity at all.

We also visit the Muddy Pond community, just east of Monterey TN, probably 50 miles north of Morrison - they have 2 or even 3 types of plain churches, one I think one is Holdeman Mennonites. I used to talk to John Guenther, who ran the sorghum mill there. They have a large general store with herbs, vegetables, and other items much cheaper than elsewhere. The sorghum mill is steam powered and is a huge operation in the fall. They also have a buggy manufacturing facility, also steam powered, with a turbine that turns an overhead shaft that runs all of the machinery using belts that can be engaged to the shaft. Most of the buggy making equipment is something out of a museum. Just amazing.

In Cookeville, there is the "Malco Produce Market" on Willow St, run by young ladies in long dresses and head coverings. Not certain what affiliation. I think their farm is near Standing Stone State Park, north of Cookeville.

My friends down the street from me dress plain, long beard for the man, headcovering for the women, have known them almost 20 years, they left the Church of Christ to live for Christ, and found that plain living was the right way to go. They have many Amish and Mennonite friends, a lot of them from Lobelville TN.

Etheridge TN near Lawrenceburg is another place where the Amish live.

My great grandmother is from Pelham, TN, and other family from Hillsboro, TN, south of Manchester near Morrison and Viola, TN. It is a beautiful part of Tennessee in that area. There are literally "plain people" everywhere here. We are just "born" that way here.

For the Amish to be successful, they have to find excellent farm land in a place with few people. This part of Tennessee is perfect for a plain lifestyle. But being "plain" does not mean you are always affiliated with a traditional Anabaptist sect.

I hope you enjoyed your visit to Morrison.

John

John
Well thank you for all that information!
I think I'm going to visit the Vernon Amish community in the near future. Sounds very unique.
I need to look up what Iridiology is. I wonder if an appointment is needed to visit their clinic?
I can understand the Amish wanting to find places with good farm land that is away from everything. But even in Manchester or Morrison Tn.land prices are fairly high, at least by my standards. Sometimes I go on the tennessee state website to see what people paid for their property. I was so surprised to see these Amish families can afford $300,000 for a 70 or 80 acre farm. You have to sell a lot of baked goods to save that much money. And I know they don't take loans out. And so many of them buying farms at such a young age. Just amazing.
I suppose land prices in tn.are still way less expensive than other parts of the country.

Eloise

Eloise wrote:John
...I need to look up what Iridiology is.
...

At best, quackery.
At worst, witchcraft.
Practitioners claim to be able to look at the patterns in the irises of your eyes and, based on the patterns, diagnose whatever ailment you might possibly have.

Witchcraft?
That's a pretty serious accusation!
You say they are practicing witchcraft in Hestand Kentucky!
And in an Amish community? My word! Wait till CNN gets a hold of that story!
They'll put it on the same network that's been running Amish mafia!
Lol!!!

Eloise wrote:I need to look up what Iridiology is.

There is nothing new under the MennoNet, though you may have to search for a more traditional spelling. Start here and here for previous discussions.

Couldn't hurt to give iridiology a try. We have health food stores all over the country. Apparently a large number of the population believe they are getting some benefit from those products.
I would be taking vitamins myself if I could find some place that sold supplements that were not made in China. Seems like all the vitamins at Walmart or GNC are made in china. And if you've read about the complete lack of government oversight in China in the food and supplement market, I don't think you would buy any of those kinds of products from there, ever! I remember reading about baby formula in china killing or making sick thousands of babies. And then the story of meat that was being sold as canned chicken. Which turned out to be something else entirely. And then the tryptophan that was coming out of China that was not trytophan. You never know whats in those pills. They could be selling harmless sugar pills. Or pills containing toxic waste. Theres no way to know.

Eloise wrote:Witchcraft?
That's a pretty serious accusation!
You say they are practicing witchcraft in Hestand Kentucky!
And in an Amish community? My word! Wait till CNN gets a hold of that story!
They'll put it on the same network that's been running Amish mafia!
Lol!!!

Yes, it’s a very serious problem. Some people who have joined my Mennonite church have had to repent of trusting in practices like witchcraft before joining our church. It’s sad indeed.

There are also many Amish people who are sincere believers and don’t do these things.