Hello Jim Hartung and Richard Riddle, Since you are well aquatinted, I thought it would be appropriate to address this to both of you. First off let me thank you for your rapid reply to my posting and my apologies for taking so long to respond. An overload in outside commitments has been occupying my time. I do admit to being guilty of spending a few hours browsing both of your websites, going though the lineage of Tyre, John and Randolph Riddle, and reading Richard’s “ Riddle Newsletters”. Jim says your the expert Richard, but it’s clear it’s a labor of love for both of you. Weather my Mary and her parents James Riddle and Jane Br????n are descendants of this branch of Riddles, remains to be seen. Obviously is was the Britton connection that drew my attention since I’ve been unable to find out much about them. Mary Isabilla Riddle was b. Aug. 30, 1859 in Soddy, Hamilton Co, TN, As I stated before her death certificate list her father as James Riddle, also b. in Hamilton Co., TN. Her mother is also listed as being b. in TN. I had a USGENWEB volunteer search the 1860 census of Hamilton Co. for me and she found four Riddle families living in that county none were the right ones, but one was the family of Brittian Riddle age 46, wagon maker: Jane age 36: Worley age 21, blacksmith : Sarah age 18: Francis M. age 13: Kondis M. age 11: and Mary E. age 9. All were born in NC. I’m told that the spelling of Brittian is a variation of the Britton name, much like Boon and Boone. Mary Isabilla, married John Boone, July 20, 1875. I found Mary listed as Mary Boone age 21, in the 1880 census for Hamilton Co., TN, with son Robert age 3 (my name sake, I’m the fourth generation of Robert T. Boone) and daughter Ellen, age 1. She was living with the Alvin Posey family and listed as a daughter. Alvin Posey is listed as a farmer, age 85. His wife is Jane age 63 or 68 ( difficult to read), also listed are 3 Posey children ages 19, 16 and 15. While it hasn’t been proved yet, this tends to indicate that James Riddle died, (possible in the Civil War) and Jane Br????n remarried to Alvin Posey. This would put Jane’s birth year between 1812-1817. It also means that Jane would have given birth to daughter Mary at the advanced age of 42 or 47. One more thing; The Brittian Riddle listed in the 1860 Hamilton County census would have been born in 1814. Now the question is this; We have what appears to be two families with both the Britton/ Riddle names in TN., almost 40 years before Benjamin Britton Riddle. Do you think there’s a possible connection here?? Jim, with regards to my Boone’s: John Boone was b. May 21, 1852. His death certificate list his parents as “UNKNOWN”, but shows John born in TN. He was a coalminer. He and Mary moved their family to Morgan Co., Tn., sometime before Sept 19, 1907, as Robert Boone II was born there. There is also a can of worms attached to my Boone’s in the form of a family story, that says that John Boone, was really John Boone Ragsdale. As a young teen he got into some type of trouble, ran away from home and changed his name to John Boone. Using an 1860 census index as a guide, I have searched the census of every county in KY, TN and VA that has had a Boone or Ragsdale family listed and have found nothing. Well, That’s my story. I’m open to any thoughts, comments and suggestions either of you have. Looking forward to hearing from you, Bob Boone ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.