The Hughes family has lived on Flat Top Mountain since the late 1800's.  The family farm has many homesteads dating back to the original Hughes settlers.  Hezekiah Hughes, the founder of the Hughes farm, laid claim to 15,000 acres, and is buried on his original homestead.  His headstone can still be seen today.

The present day Hughes, Terry and Diane Hughes, now own a small part of the original farm.  Terry Hughes owns just over 1000 acres which he has been farming for many, many years.  He and Diane had 1 son, Adam, and 2 girls, Tera and Kerry. 

Adam Hughes is currently serving his country at Fort Campbell, KY.  He is the oldest of the three kids and has 2 kids of his own, Christopher and Gracie.  Tera and Kerry still live on the family farm.  Even from a very young age, the girls were "horse-crazy".  Though Terry tried to get them interested in cattle, they had minds of their own.  Kerry, the youngest, began riding at the age of 7.  She was barrel racing by the age of 14, and by the age of 17, she had acquired no less than 6 horses.

Tera, also actively involved in the equine world, went on to get an agricultural degree from Tennessee Tech where she joined the equestrian team.  She competed is both barrel racing and western pleasure.

Kerry continued to pursue her love of barrel racing and went on to join NBHA (National Barrel Horse Association) and road the circuit for several years.  She and her husband Chase Dodd both road the circuit actively competing until the birth of their daughter, Lily in 2005, and their son, Lane in 2006.  Kerry, not to be deterred from her love of horses, now manages Triple H.