Hi,

I put info about that song on my blog: http://richardmattesonsblog.blogspot.com/


But you're right- I have it as Virginny as well. The song is supposedly AP's first song and he wrote it when he was away from home working. He got sick and had t ocome back home. That's when he sang "My Clinch Mountain Home."

I have precise details on my blog. Whwether AP wrote the song we'll never know. He frequently collected songs and changed them. In this case he would have changed to place to Clinch Mountain.

The Stanley brothers, Carter and Ralph, are also from Clinch Mountain, VA.

Richie