Hi Listers! I would love to see a more active dialog going on our Pope County rootsweb site. Pope County is near and dear to my heart because so many of my ancestors converged in PC and chose it for their home. I have a question for our listers: What were the migration patterns for your ancestors before coming to Pope County? I first pick up my John Rogers in Amelia County, VA ca 1750. Then he went to Fairfield District, SC with at least several of his children--including my ancestor Joseph Rogers. Joseph fought in the American Revolution for SC and then after the war moved for a short time to Fayette Co., KY (ca 1792-1795). He then went to Oglethorpe Co., GA (1795-1809). He then went to Rutherford County, TN for a short time and finally lived out the rest of his life in Bedford Co., TN. His grandson, Daniel Willis Rogers, came to Pope County from Bedford County, TN in 1870 (listed on the Massac Co., IL census but came almost immediately to Pope County). He had married Keziah Maxwell in Bedford County. Their first two children married in TN but came to Pope County with the family. Their children were: Samantha Elizabeth Rogers married William Houston Hopkins Martha K. Rogers married James Edward Gibson Sarah Green Rogers married Andrew Jackson Dickens (their daughter Martha married Morris Allen "Bud" Robinson and had 13 children. There are many, many Robinson descendents of this couple in Pope County today). Lavina C. Rogers married Fountain P. Fisher William Jefferson Rogers married Margery Sistler Susan Jane Rogers married Lewis Cass Ellis James Franklin Rogers married Ellen Elizabeth Ragsdale (my g-grandparents) John Thomas Rogers married Mary Elmira Grisham Nancy Tennessee Rogers married William Wiley Grisham Newton Alfred Rogers married Euphamy Barbara Linson I would love to read about your family's migration pattterns on their way to Pope County, Illinois! Linda Rogers Grinnell

Migrations is a very good topic. I haven't absolutely established the pedigrees of my pre-1840 Pope County ancestors and their in-laws, but I've been researching the ancestry of "likely candidates." From that research I've discovered that a number of families in old Pope, Franklin, and Gallatin counties circa 1815-20 came from the vicinity of Nashville TN and also were members of military units there during the War of 1812. In researching my "probable" ancestors I found a large number of families where there was a forefather who fought for the Revolution in Virginia and then moved the family to Tennessee, where the sons fought in 1812, and then there was a migration to southern IL. I have not seen confirmation of my suspicion, but I keep wondering if there was some incentive provided for men who fought in the War of 1812 to take up homesteads in southern IL. Judy Armstrong (researching Wagoners, Dees, Whitakers, Halls, Musgraves, Belfords, Adams, Smees, and Shufflebargers) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Grinnell" <fultimers@yahoo.com> To: <ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:58 AM Subject: [ILPOPE-L] What were your family's migrations patterns to Pope County? > Hi Listers! > > I would love to see a more active dialog going on our Pope County rootsweb > site. Pope County is near and dear to my heart because so many of my > ancestors converged in PC and chose it for their home. > > I have a question for our listers: What were the migration patterns for > your ancestors before coming to Pope County? > > I first pick up my John Rogers in Amelia County, VA ca 1750. Then he went > to Fairfield District, SC with at least several of his children--including > my ancestor Joseph Rogers. > > Joseph fought in the American Revolution for SC and then after the war > moved for a short time to Fayette Co., KY (ca 1792-1795). He then went to > Oglethorpe Co., GA (1795-1809). He then went to Rutherford County, TN for > a short time and finally lived out the rest of his life in Bedford Co., > TN. > > His grandson, Daniel Willis Rogers, came to Pope County from Bedford > County, TN in 1870 (listed on the Massac Co., IL census but came almost > immediately to Pope County). He had married Keziah Maxwell in Bedford > County. Their first two children married in TN but came to Pope County > with the family. Their children were: > > Samantha Elizabeth Rogers married William Houston Hopkins > > Martha K. Rogers married James Edward Gibson > > Sarah Green Rogers married Andrew Jackson Dickens (their daughter Martha > married Morris > Allen "Bud" Robinson and had 13 children. There are many, many Robinson > descendents of this couple in Pope County today). > > Lavina C. Rogers married Fountain P. Fisher > > William Jefferson Rogers married Margery Sistler > > Susan Jane Rogers married Lewis Cass Ellis > > James Franklin Rogers married Ellen Elizabeth Ragsdale (my g-grandparents) > > John Thomas Rogers married Mary Elmira Grisham > > Nancy Tennessee Rogers married William Wiley Grisham > > Newton Alfred Rogers married Euphamy Barbara Linson > > I would love to read about your family's migration pattterns on their way > to Pope County, Illinois! > > Linda Rogers Grinnell > > > > > >