Nancy Jane, I have read the same account somewhere. I didn't believe it then and still don't. Unless they had to be in New Orleans for some reason, they traveled through hostile territory perhaps as much as 2000 miles to get from NC to Warren Co., TN when it was probably less than 200 miles away as the crow flies. The French Broad River flows out of the Ashville NC area through Knoxville TN and with the Holston, forms the Tennessee River at that point However, your boat might bounce on some of those big rocks over around Ashville and through the Smoky Mountains. David Hardin Co., TN Njbalmer@aol.com wrote: > This is just a short note I found in John G. Cagle's book > > Valentine 1750, & Jacob 1755. the two brothers moved to from North Carolina > to Tennesse in 1812 the trip was made overland , through the Gap of the > Appalachian Mountins from Charleston, South Carolina to New Orleans, LA. and > then to Mississippi and then Tennessee rivers to Warren County, Tennessee. > > Nancy Jane > Tarzana , CA > April > > ==== CAGLE Mailing List ==== > > Ground Work One Of My Favorites > http://members.aol.com/ssmadonna/index.htm