>THIS report says Elihu was born in Pennsylvania. I have seen reports that he >was born in Georgia. A migration ca 1820 from Georgia to Posey County, IN >doesn't make much sense to me but I guess it COULD have happened. Is their a >possibility that the census taker's handwritten PA could've been mistaken as >GA ? I know it's a stretch but if you play with it with pencil and paper you >might see it. Anybody have any comments ? Your help would be appreciated. >Cookie, in Florida Hi, Cookie, The other side of my Posey County relatives, the Mills came from GA also, Wilkes Co. Before that, they were in VA. I think it was a matter of where the next "Open" land was, rather than proximity. Harriette ============================================================================== Hoisington Family Web Site <http://www.genweb.net/~hoisington/index.htm> Sumner Co. KS <http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/sumner/index.html> Kay Co. OK <http://www.rootsweb.com/~okkay/okkay.htm> SURNAMES: HOISINGTON (w/28 variant spellings) anywhere, HATFIELD (OH>IN>IA> KS>OK), HARDIN (MO>OK), DAVIS (Posey Co. IN), MORRIS (KS), COMBS (KY,IN,KS,OK, CA), JONES (Brown Co. OH), PERKINS (VT>IA>KS>OK>TX), LATHAM (MO)