I don't know where the information came on the families in that wagon train, but some of them weren't from Meigs Co. Perhaps a big train was being put together and the word got around, but they were not residents of Meigs Co. Jacob and Mary Lappin Hawk were married in 1854 in Wayne Co. Illinois. They came from Vinton Co. OH. Mary with her parents Robison and Phebe Starkey Lappin and family. Mary was born in Morgan and Jacob in Vinton, but I think they might have known each other back there as this family was in both counties. Amos and Miriam Davis Smith came from Monroe Co. OH about that time. They had lived there for about 10 years and had been in Belmont a few years before that. They were originally from Bucks Co. PA. Sarah Smith States did come later as she didn't leave Monroe Co Ohio until some time after her husband died in 1861. Don't know if this helps or hinders. I think there were a few other families that came from Monroe Co about that time, but not sure if they came together or not. That would be Bazzle and Matilda Dye Leak, William D. and Jane Smith Waller, John and Synthia Smith Waller came right after 1853. She later married Edward Burroughs, Naomi Weddle came shortly after 1860 with her children and married Thomas Caudle shortly thereafter. Also would have been William and Maria Mitchell Dye who came about that time. Alice Lappin Montgomery probably came about the same time as Robison and Phebe Lappin. Her husband died in Vinton Co in 1842 and she brought most of her children with her. If anyone has a letter, ad or anything saying they all came together via Meigs Co I would love to know it as always wondering how many at a time crossed the country and if they came via the Ohio River and then over land or over land the whole trip. Jerilyn