Dear friends: Can anyone help us follow up a reference we found to Jacob Compton leaving Hopewell NJ in 1793 with 200 others from Hunterdon County on a trip over the Cumberland Gap to Tennessee and, eventually, the Scioto r. valley in Ohio. Our citation mentioned page 70 of "Comptonology". What is that? Are there other books or articles describing that trip? Was it connected in any way with the Scioto Company? Jacob was married to Orriminah Hyde, and we have been able to trace her through her father, John Hide. But we don't know Jacob's antecedents. We would relish knowing more about our Comptons in NJ. Boyd Compton boycom@mindspring.com 207 W. 106th St, NY NY 10025 (212) 222-2471