>Laura: > My ancestor, William BAKER, did the same thing. Came from North Carolina, to >Tennessee and on to Pope County, about 1816. I would like to know the answer >to that one also, "Why??" I have heard somewhere along the way that land in >Pope County was cheap for serving in the war. Don't know if that's true or >not. Anyone out there with the answers?? >Thanks, >Bonnie Don't ask me for the source on this, but someplace I have come across a reference to a really bad drought in North Carolina around that year (give or take one). Jon Musgrave jonm@midamer.net Check out Jon's Southern Illinois History Page at http://users.midamer.net/jonm Gallatin County ILGenWeb Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgalla2/index.html