Hoping some of our KY folks can help out here. Here in Transylvania County there has been an ongoing rumor that the county was named after a failed Transylvania Colony that Daniel Boone & Richard Henderson tried to establish in 1775. Many families are said to have been a part of the attempt, but somehow ended up here on the NC/SC line. Little bit lost? Anyway, families rumored to be from this expidition include: WHITMIRE, FISHER, GILLESPIE, GLAZENER, SUMMEY, MCCALL, AIKEN, GALLOWAY, LOFTIS, OWEN, REECE I haven't been able to verify a single family, and many seem to have really come from SC/GA direction, but the story had to have come from somewhere. I did find a list of pioneer settlers at Boonesborough on the Madison Co., KY GenWeb site. No Galloways, but a lot of Calloways. I did find a Gallespie, but that's about it. The Fisher info matches the exact migration pattern and events described by Daniel Boone, so this may be correct, and James Fisher just left the fort before ending up in any documents. This may be the case with some other families as well. Here is the migration pattern - The original settlers started from the Yadkin River area of NC, though some may have been in VA or PA. They settled Boonesborough in 1775 after building a 300 mile road through the wilderness from VA to east KY, which was still part of VA back then. by 1820, everyone had given up on the new town and moved elsewhere. One of my James Fishers (I've got three or four in a row back there) was scapled on a trip across the river to mine salt. Daniel Boone does tell of such an attack taking place. Local story says that many of the families ended up in present day Transylvania County, but doesn't give any specifics. Do any of you folks with a Gallloway or other listed surname have anyone who might follow this path? And have any of the KY folks heard such an ending to the Daniel Boone, Transylvania Colony adventure? Little bit of trivia - Did you know that Transylvania County, NC is the only Transylvania County in the US? No other US county has the distinction of being the only one of its kind. -- Linda Hoxit Raxter lraxter@citcom.net See Indexed Western North Carolina Cemetery Surveys http://www.geocities.com/~alextreehouse related to at least half the county - at least once ; )