Hi Don, Here's a hunch as to the eastward migration--perhaps they were in Posey/Gibson County in the early 1800's, left about 1840 and went to Iowa, didn't like it and came back to Posey Co. My Land relatives went to Crowley Co., KS, in the 1870's--tried homesteading, and came back to IL. In 1862 the Homestead Act was passed giving a person 160 acres of land free IF they would farm it for 5 years. That was the hard part--farming in the prairies for 5 years. This affect Kansas and Nebraska and I don't know about Iowa. Another possiblity I just thought of--IA was an earlier abbreviation of Indiana. So I bet your relative was born in Indiana. Helen Zuber Keusch Snooping in the ZUBER, GOODART, LAND, EDWARDS, CRABTREE, BENNETT, GOODWIN, CHAPMAN, EAKINS, FORD, SANDEFUR, MELTON, WALCUP, HANDLEY, EZELL, and THOMASSON family lines -----Original Message----- From: djones <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 8:47 AM Subject: [INPOSEY] Migration >I have finally located my Great Uncle, Robert Davidson in Posey on the 1860 >census. It shows his place of birth as Iowa. I also noticed the majority of >the people listed on the Census are from Iowa. >Does anyone know the reason for such a migration EAST to Posey from Iowa? > >Thank You > >Don Jones >Sandusky Mi > > > >==== INPOSEY Mailing List ==== >This INPOSEY list is currently available for adoption! >Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/clusters/adoptcounty.html > > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >