This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2AB.2ACI/5168.1.1 Message Board Post: Link to map of Kentucky showing Little York and vicinity: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/kentucky/statemaps/kymap1.jpg Until 1823, the Little York area was part of Hardin Co. (it's one of the 4 townships listed for Hardin Co. in 1820, per post #645 on Hardin Co. Genealogy Forum - URL http://genforum.genealogy.com/ky/hardin/messages/645.html ). After 1823, it became part of Meade Co., which is why residents of this part of Hardin Co. in 1820 are found in Meade in 1830, though they hadn't moved. Little York was close to the Ohio River, with the port town of Brandenburg - I think - its largest community, at least in the 1800s. There's a bridge across the Ohio today from Brandenburg to Mauckport (Harrison Co.), IN. Finding marriages in Indiana for Kentucky residents 'way back in the early 1800s certainly suggests that people must have taken canoes or flatboats over to Indiana on a pretty routine basis... I even read somewhere that naturalist John James Audubon and his wife, while living in Louisville in the early 1800s, used to swim across to Indiana and back for their morning exercise!

The age of consent in Indiana was 13 while anyone under 21 needed parents consent in Kentucky. This cause a bunch of people to cross the river to marry. Boats were easier than wagons on a muddy road. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: <fford57@yahoo.com> To: <KYHARDIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:28 AM Subject: [KYHARDIN] Re: Hardin Co. residents married/licensed in Indiana, ca. 1810-1820 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2AB.2ACI/5168.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Link to map of Kentucky showing Little York and vicinity: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/kentucky/statemaps/kymap1.jpg > > Until 1823, the Little York area was part of Hardin Co. (it's one of the 4 > townships listed for Hardin Co. in 1820, per post #645 on Hardin Co. > Genealogy Forum - URL > http://genforum.genealogy.com/ky/hardin/messages/645.html ). After 1823, > it became part of Meade Co., which is why residents of this part of Hardin > Co. in 1820 are found in Meade in 1830, though they hadn't moved. > > Little York was close to the Ohio River, with the port town of > Brandenburg - I think - its largest community, at least in the 1800s. > There's a bridge across the Ohio today from Brandenburg to Mauckport > (Harrison Co.), IN. > > Finding marriages in Indiana for Kentucky residents 'way back in the early > 1800s certainly suggests that people must have taken canoes or flatboats > over to Indiana on a pretty routine basis... I even read somewhere that > naturalist John James Audubon and his wife, while living in Louisville in > the early 1800s, used to swim across to Indiana and back for their morning > exercise! > > > > ==== KYHARDIN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the > utility address KYHARDIN-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to > unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change > the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >