I would be interested in knowing any families who may have traveled west between 1850 & 1853 from this area. My 3rd ggrandparents, Luther Roberts b abt 1790 m Phoebe Jagger b 1788 NJ show up in the 1850 census in Rochester twp shortly after leaving Licking Co., OH where they had lived since abt 1825. Their children: Isaac Roberts b 1820 NJ John Roberts b 1822 NJ m Malinda Brooks Elias Roberts b 1823 NJ m Nancy?, m Martha Steeves Orrin T J Roberts b 1829 OH Phoebe Roberts b 1829 OH (twins) There is another daughter out there somewhere, possibly Mary who appears near them married to Joshua Pence. Also, in John & Malinda's household is Royal Beales b 1788 MA - carpenter, Seth Graham b 1830 OH - wagonmaker and Richard Douglas b 1828 OH - Farmer. After this census, the entire family, including the 3 seemingly unrelated people, disappears until my gggrandparents, John Roberts m Malinda Brooks turn up in Jackson, Jacksonville, OR - 1853 (a gold-strike town). If indeed, the entire family decided to take off for Oregon, surely, they did not go alone - I would like to find other families who traveled with them - the trail split at Utah and some may have gone on to California. One in 10 people died along the Oregon trail, but I have lost the entire family! Any advice would be greatly appreciated - they probably do all lie in unmarked graves along the way, but I keep hoping to find that someone else survived. Thanking everyone in advance, Teri