[this sent privately to me from Bettye Hogue Bond] Rebecca > > I had posted a journal type article earlier from the > Woodward/Hilliard/Black/Gladney/Reep-Reap families that came to Drew co from > SC. It gave some good information, not exactly a trail. > > It states... > To leave SC they took the train to Atlanta, another to Mobile, boat to New > Orleans, another to Shreveport where they were met by a wagon train, on to > Rocky Mount, LA. > > It took 6 days to make the trip from Rocky Mount, LA to Drew Co. they crossed > the Saline river at Cornish Landing. the youngest & oldest traveled by > carriage. When they arrived at Tom Gibson's home (6 miles from their new > home) they spent the night except for two of the men and 25 Negro slaves > driving seven wagon. It was in Feb and there was freezing rain, they had to > take rocks to break ice off the harness. > Their place was a quarter mile due east of the old Harris place in Rock > Springs, AR. Mrs Harris being a member of the Methodist Ch. at Campground, > purchased their place 11-1854 & are buried there.. > Bettye