Here's a thread dedicated to the song titled, Clayton Boone: https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=117008 - doesn't seem to have generated much in the way of concrete results though.

Richie's Bluegrass Messengers site (http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/clayton-boone--jackson-wy-1961-rec.aspx) appears to have some solid information in its notes about the song, though