The following was posted on Ancestry.com in 2011 by Ancestry user dockie66 as a comment on the profile of John Thrasher in the
Spoone/Fields/Mazza Family Tree of user RonnieBFields
"Death of John Thrasher: John Thrasher actually died 8 Sep 1869. It took two years to settle his estate and his tombstone was marked incorrectly. I have seen his estate papers in the Bibb County, AL, courthouse and they confirm his death in 1869.
Helen Raye Thrasher, MD, third great-granddaughter of John Thrasher."