Hello Again; That may be so in some cases.. But Most people from Washington County , MD. were Brethren or German Baptist Brethren who didn't believe in war and were leaving that area due to the war that broke out in the early eighteen sixties.. History does not mention these reasons for such migrations... The large wagon trains arrived in Ogle Co., IL. from 1833 throughout 1864 with these Brethren, most of them paying for their farmlands as they farmed them... My Great Great Grandfather rented six farms from the government before he actually purchased them... Most the migrations were later than 1833, as in the case of my GG Grandmother's family who migrated in 1836. Their were a few lands given by the government, but most were paid for... I had no early relatives who served in the war (civil), who left a long time before the war ever broke out... At least twenty years... My question is: What war was it they gave lands for, or service...? Most of Ogle Counties residents who migrated would of had to serve after they arrived as the Civil War was 1861-1865. David Lee Zellers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Mclean West" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [ILOGLE] [OGLE] Question of Migration Patterns > If you study history you will find that these migrations follow that > openings of lands due to land grants some of which were payments for > services as war pensions and when the government had pay with land instead > of cash for other services rendered. Movements went on like this often and > account for large movements of groups of people from one state to another. > Amy > Genealogy: Finding out that the nuts don't always > fall from someone else's family tree. > > > ==== ILOGLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Ogle Co. Genealogy Web Site: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/ > Roger Cramer, List and Site Administrator: [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >