There was a major migration of families from northeastern NC and southeastern Virginia as early as the 1760's, 1770's and then after the American Revolution. Many of these families settled in Rutherford and Cleveland Counties. Others settled in eastern Catawba County in the Rehobeth Church community. The counties of origin for many of these migrants included in NC: Halifax, Orange, Guilford, Northhampton and in Virginia: Mecklenburg is the only one I remember. I have never researched these families but others who have include John Smith of Newton, Miles Philbeck of Chapel Hill, and Mills Y. Bridges of (I think) Chapel Hill area. I feel sure there are others on this list who could help you more. I also suggest that you post this on the Rutherford and Cleveland lists, if you did not do so. These settlers came in family groups as did many of our early settlers during migration. Some came almost as church groups. I hope this will give you some places to look. Robert Carpenter ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 8:41 AM Subject: [Catawba-West] migration of families from eastern NC > Hi, group, > I am looking to see if anyone knows anything about whether there was a large > migration of families from northeastern NC to the Rutherford/Lincoln area in > the early 1800s. > Thanks, > Lynn Wesson > Raleigh, NC > > > ==== CATAWBA-WEST Mailing List ==== > 781,000+ surnames =|= Archives =|= 16,100 discussion lists > Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > >