Please pardon me if you receive this on more than one list: I'm posting it everywhere I can think of for this footloose family! I am interested in trying to clear up some loose ends in my Slone/ Sloan line. Samuel Slone (it's spelled differently every time I see it) was born in Harlan Co. KY in 1825, son of Thomas Slone & Barthena Brock. He married 1st Elizabeth Clark, daughter of Alexander Spotswood Clark and Anna Vandeventer. Samuel & Elizabeth were married about 1850. They had 6 (?) children: 1. William J. Slone 2. Ann J. 3. John Charles Breckinridge 4. Ellen 5. Nancy 6. Mary Elizabeth Elizabeth Clark Slone died 12 Jul 1861 of typhoid fever. Samuel remarried a widow by the name of Susan in 1865 in Lee County, VA. Samuel is found in the 1860 census in Lee Co. VA. In 1870, he is in the Flat Lick precinct of Knox Co. KY. In 1880 he is in Menifee Co., KY, and in 1900 & 1910 he is found in Laurel Co. KY in the town of Pittsburg. He died later in 1910. Here are the loose ends: 1. Did Elizabeth Clark die in 1861 or 1862? I have trouble reading the microfilm copy that I have access to. 2. When preceisely was Mary Elizabeth born? Again, the microfilm is difficult, but it looks like she was born 7 Mar 1861 or 1862. Elizabeth is listed as her mother, Samuel as father. Residence is listed as Wallen's Creek, Lee Co. VA. (Mary Elizabeth is listed on 1870 census as age 8. Died in Menifee Co. KY in 1877). 3. Are there any tax records that might establish when Samuel moved from Lee county to Knox Co. KY? Does anyone know with what side of the War their sympathies might have rested? 4. Does anyone know what happened to the daughters: Ann J., Ellen, & Nancy? Mary Elizabeth died in 1877. 5. Does anyone have a record of William J. Slone's marriage? I have his birthdate as Feb. 1851, but there are sssssssssssoooooooooo many Will/Bill/etc Slone or Sloans! John C.B. Slone is my direct line, so I'm pretty well fixed on his info. His descendants married into some of the following families: Spears, Crowe, Noe, Carpenter, Irons, Brate, Palmer and many others. Any & all help gratefully appreciated & will be happy to share info. Pat Hobson