Doing a very quick search, I found the following that will answer some questions about our ancestors. We definitely can say the Boone's were blacksmiths! http://www.boonewroughtiron.com/Boones.html http://www.ncarts.org/ncfha/hensl_fa.html http://www.boonewroughtiron.com/ http://www.plummerdesignworks.com/files/boone.htm Thanks Georgia for asking........ very interesting reading here. Barbara Gill, Director The Boone Society