So many of our families passed through Bledsoe Co.TN.on their way to Southern IL.Was this a trail they followed? Mine starter in N.C.than Bledsoe CO.They were the Alfred Thomas Reed family.

My Murphy ancestors came from the Pendleton County area of South Carolina. I believe they left there about 1813, and were in Pope County, Illinois by 1818. They probably stopped in Tennessee for at least a short time, but I really don't have any info. I would be very interested in hearing about any migration patterns from the Carolinas into So. Ill. Margaret Reynolds Oliver ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Reeder STORIE" <SAMESTORIE@webtv.net> To: <ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [ILPOPE-L] What were your family's migrations patterns to PopeCounty? > So many of our families passed through Bledsoe Co.TN.on their way to > Southern IL.Was this a trail they followed? Mine starter in N.C.than > Bledsoe CO.They were the Alfred Thomas Reed family. >