After a long family search I am about to make a breakthrough …… I think. Here is my story. My Grandfather’s name was Charles Wesley Slone, b abt 1873 in Sip, Johnson, Co., Ky. He m Calista Boggs, from Webbville, Lawrence Co. abt 1899. They took up housekeeping in Lousia. He raised a family in Pike Co. and died in a mining accident in Garrett in Floyd Co. in Nov, 1930. Faded family history has it that Charles’ father was named Thomas and he had a sister named Mary. Mary married a Boyd and moved to Catlettsburg. Clues in his children’s names; first son named Hartman and a dau named Mary. My father’s name was Joseph. I would like to stop and thank Monita Horn and Mary Goodyear for their research on the Slones. It has been so helpful. There was a Thomas in Johnson Co. at the right time but I can’t find anything about his children. His brother, John M. has a son named Charles b abt 1871. He had moved to Lawrence Co. by 1880. Could this be him I wonder. This family came from Scott Co. Va, Their father was Harkman Sloan. I want to claim this family but I need to get it straight. Someone please help me with this before I have a stroke! Questions: Is anyone reserarching Thomas or John M.? Where is Slone’s branch, and the Slone Cemetery in Johnson Co.? How would I get there. Does anyone have a listing from the Slone Cemetery there? Thanks Mary for telling us where Hoods Fork is. I have not been there… yet. Why are there 13 donuts in a baker’s dozen? <g> It has taken me so long to get to here, I think my ancestors came over in the Juneflower. Thanks in advance for helping fill an empty spot in my heart. Chuck in Augusta, Ga.