Thanks for trying... my great aunt was listed as Ratcliff on her marriage records, so the name could be Radcliff or Ratcliff. Anyway, I do know his name was Benjamin Franklin Rad(t)cliff, originally from NC. I was just told Patten Farms... I've studied this & thought perhaps it's the Ashland Farm (build by the some of the Pattens in the lst decade of 1900s). Supposedly my gr-grandfather was hired as a gardener/landscaper at about that time. My daddy told me the farm was in Flintstone area. Perhaps the body was taken to Chattanooga & he was declared dead there... might be buried there... just have no clue. Thanks... if you hear of these names again, let me know. Sheila :) p.s... those Pryors I keep seeing postings about, does anyone out there know if this Mitchell Pryor had a daughter named Matilda who married a Haney? These are related to me on my mom's side. The Pryors were from NC I believe, also the Haneys. I have a Joseph Pryor note (no info in it though) from a Cherokee application ... it's in my notes... it just got in there because of the association w/the Haneys, who my aunt was looking up. I was trying to draw a family tree & I have Matilda as the daughter of Mitchell Pryor, but don't know if it was correct, didn't have time to study it ... was working on too many other things.