I'm going to take a stab at it. This is strictly my own opinion however in the case of many from Georgia who moved to FLORIDA, these are the various reasons. I suspect the reasons would be very similar to the Florida case. Land was cheap and fertile. The Georgia land was becoming very poor in the fertility aspect. Cotton as it was raised in the days prior and just after the war, seriously depleted the soil. There was no such thing as fertilizer up until then. If the soil wouldn't produce, you had to move and find some that was fertile. Another contributing factor was that Georgia after the war was being run by a bunch of carpetbaggers. Not a pleasant situation. By the late 1880's and early 1890's that had improved but those were hard times. Banks failures were quite common in the early nineties and it was often difficult to make ends meet farming. When faced with these things and word began spread about cheap and plentiful land in a new place and an opportunity for a new start, I think many decided to take the leap. Florida and some of the western states also offered land grants to Civil War veterans. I'd be interested in hearing other thoughts on the reasons for the large migration. Harris ----- Original Message ----- From: "d h deci" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [GAMARION] Franklin family in 1850 census - Marion Co. > This interests me. > > Another family that moved from GA to MS?!?!?!? > > The Knowltons and Dranes did the same thing after the > Civil War. Can any one shed some historical reasons > that may have motivated the families to move west? I > am sure that economics played a major factor. Was the > economics so much better there? > > Diane > --- Virginia Crilley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think that the Quentius Franklin family moved on > > to MS... they're in the > > 1860 Census for Neshoba Co. > > > > I wondered what happened to Lockhart Franklin and > > Singleton Franklin. > > > > When Betsy Jinks father died in 1886 she was in > > Attala Co. MS. > > > > 58 Franklin, Singleton 63, m farmer $1300 GA > > > > Alex 21? m farmer GA > > > > Quentius 20 m student GA (probably married > > Betsy Ann Jinks) > > (family records say Lucius Cincinnatus Quentius > > (LCQ) was born in Hancock > > Co. 6 Nov 1828. Died in Chichot Co AR (in 1900 > > census) > > > > Ann 15 ? f GA > > > > 59 Franklin, Lockhart 24 m $1000 farmer > > Eliza 25 f > > Mary C. 4 > > Martha 1 f > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the > > new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > > to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ===== > D H Deci > Researching in GA: Hart, Drane, Knowlton, Mallory, Mundy, Ansley, Carter, Andrews > Researching in MS: Drane > Researching in AL: Knowlton > Researching in WI: Kaiser, Baumann, Meidl > > Visit my site: > http://www.geocities.com/familyhunter77/ > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. > http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Thanks, Harris, This make sense to me. I understood the carpetgagger issue but had not thought about the fertility of the soil. I wonder when occupation was over in MS and in GA. Does any one know of a good general history book (not real "heady" about Reconstruction in GA. I have a fairly good (not expert by any means, what it was like in GA during the War) knowlege but minimal knowledge after the War. Diane --- Harris Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to take a stab at it. This is strictly my > own opinion however in > the case of many from Georgia who moved to FLORIDA, > these are the various > reasons. I suspect the reasons would be very > similar to the Florida case. > > Land was cheap and fertile. The Georgia land was > becoming very poor in the > fertility aspect. Cotton as it was raised in the > days prior and just after > the war, seriously depleted the soil. There was no > such thing as fertilizer > up until then. If the soil wouldn't produce, you > had to move and find some > that was fertile. Another contributing factor was > that Georgia after the > war was being run by a bunch of carpetbaggers. Not > a pleasant situation. > By the late 1880's and early 1890's that had > improved but those were hard > times. Banks failures were quite common in the > early nineties and it was > often difficult to make ends meet farming. > > When faced with these things and word began spread > about cheap and plentiful > land in a new place and an opportunity for a new > start, I think many decided > to take the leap. Florida and some of the western > states also offered land > grants to Civil War veterans. > > I'd be interested in hearing other thoughts on the > reasons for the large > migration. > > Harris > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "d h deci" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 3:46 PM > Subject: Re: [GAMARION] Franklin family in 1850 > census - Marion Co. > > > > This interests me. > > > > Another family that moved from GA to MS?!?!?!? > > > > The Knowltons and Dranes did the same thing after > the > > Civil War. Can any one shed some historical > reasons > > that may have motivated the families to move west? > I > > am sure that economics played a major factor. Was > the > > economics so much better there? > > > > Diane > > --- Virginia Crilley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think that the Quentius Franklin family moved > on > > > to MS... they're in the > > > 1860 Census for Neshoba Co. > > > > > > I wondered what happened to Lockhart Franklin > and > > > Singleton Franklin. > > > > > > When Betsy Jinks father died in 1886 she was in > > > Attala Co. MS. > > > > > > 58 Franklin, Singleton 63, m farmer $1300 GA > > > > > > Alex 21? m farmer GA > > > > > > Quentius 20 m student GA (probably > married > > > Betsy Ann Jinks) > > > (family records say Lucius Cincinnatus Quentius > > > (LCQ) was born in Hancock > > > Co. 6 Nov 1828. Died in Chichot Co AR (in 1900 > > > census) > > > > > > Ann 15 ? f GA > > > > > > 59 Franklin, Lockhart 24 m $1000 farmer > > > Eliza 25 f > > > Mary C. 4 > > > Martha 1 f > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including > the > > > new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > Click > > > to learn more. > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ===== > > D H Deci > > Researching in GA: Hart, Drane, Knowlton, > Mallory, Mundy, Ansley, Carter, > Andrews > > Researching in MS: Drane > > Researching in AL: Knowlton > > Researching in WI: Kaiser, Baumann, Meidl > > > > Visit my site: > > http://www.geocities.com/familyhunter77/ > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. > > http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including > the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ===== D H Deci Researching in GA: Hart, Drane, Knowlton, Mallory, Mundy, Ansley, Carter, Andrews Researching in MS: Drane Researching in AL: Knowlton Researching in WI: Kaiser, Baumann, Meidl Visit my site: http://www.geocities.com/familyhunter77/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/