The Stetsons owned a few slaves, and they fought for them.
"A Cumberland Vendetta"
John Fox, Jr.
The Stetsons had a good strain of Anglo-Saxon blood, and owned valley-lands; the Lewallens kept store and made "moonshine"; so kindred and debtors and kindred and tenants were arrayed with one or the other leader, and gradually the retainers of both settled on one or the other side of the river.
"A Cumberland Vendetta"
John Fox, Jr.
Above one of the spurs each family had its home; the Stetsons, under the seared face of Thunderstruck Knob; the Lewallens, just beneath the wooded rim of Wolf's Head.
"A Cumberland Vendetta"
John Fox, Jr.