{"id":490,"date":"2021-09-01T23:16:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T23:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/?page_id=490"},"modified":"2021-09-01T23:20:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T23:20:43","slug":"hensley-settlement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/hensley-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Hensley Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/HensleySettlementSample.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Sherman Hensley moved his family in 1904<br>To have a peaceful place to live and raise a lot of corn<br>He said town made him fidget like a little boy in church<br>He\u2019d find freedom on Brush Mountain before the crowds and dust got worse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No road, no houses or other folks to see<br>They had what they could carry on a trail between the trees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up on Hensley Settlement<br>They tried to be content<br>But it\u2019s hard to make it living all alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raising crops and children were their primary jobs<br>They rowed the babies in their beds like kernels on a cob<br>But as the youngins grew up, they had questions about the world<br>Down in town there were movie shows, dance halls and fancy girls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kids sat on the cliffs and watched the bright lights beam<br>They\u2019d go to bed and sleep all night with the future in their dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up on Hensley Settlement<br>They tried to be content<br>But it\u2019s hard to make it living all alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They followed their wives, and they followed the mines<br>They all climbed down or they died<br>\u2018Til Sherman was by himself in \u201851<br>He\u2019d just sit and watch the setting sun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up on Hensley Settlement<br>They tried to be content<br>But it\u2019s hard to make it living all alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Words and music by Jason Davis and James Hamilton<br>\u00a9 Between the Trees Music (ASCAP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Litton &#8212; Lead Vocal, Guitars<br>Bryan Turner &#8212; Harmony Vocals, Bass<br>Mitchell Cosby &#8212; Mandolin<br>Rachell Schott &#8212; Fiddle<br>Jason Davis &#8212; Egg Shaker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sherman-hensley-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-491\"\/><figcaption>Sherman Hensley<br><a href=\"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/hensley-settlement-liner-notes\/\">Click for liner notes and photos<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sherman Hensley moved his family in 1904To have a peaceful place to live and raise a lot of cornHe said town made him fidget like a little boy in churchHe\u2019d find freedom on Brush Mountain before the crowds and dust &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/hensley-settlement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-490","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justoffthewildernessroad.com\/Main\/Welcome.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}