This site is lovingly dedicated to the history and genealogy of our ancestors who settled in the hills along the Cumberland River in southeastern Kentucky. They came from many places but the majority came through Virginia and/or North Carolina. They were strong, God-fearing people. Most of them came with very few material possessions. They were veterans of wars and rebellions. They were young and old. They were fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters. They suffered hardships we cannot even imagine. They lived, loved, and died in these hills and valleys, and here found their final resting places. They were "our people" and they gave us all a place that many of us have come to fondly call "down home."  ....Margy (Ball) Miles