Thanks I will try that route. Susi On Apr 1, 2010, at 10:34 PM, Robin Holt wrote: > Was he from Logan County Ky? Have you tried the Gibsons and > Ancestors group? > Perhaps someone on there might know how to contact him. > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Gibsonsandancestors/) its free & so > are the > family lookups. Robin > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "susi c pentico" <susicp@cox.net> > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 9:17 PM > To: <kylogan@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [KYLOGAN] GIBSON Surname > >> I am looking for the Ed Gibson family that lived in MO during the >> 60's while husband was in the USNAVY. Ed Gibson was my husband's >> buddy. His nickname was "HOOT" in the service by buddies. I believe >> they served together both on Guam and Moffitt Field Sunnyvale, CA >> area. I met Ed at the Moffitt Field tour. HE introduced me to my >> husband. >> >> I wanted to let him know we have 50 years together and I am so >> thankful for Ed to do this. Our first child is named for him. The >> military lost my ADD book when they shipped us to HI 67 ,when Ed >> went >> civilian back to MO and a family. I have hunted off and on for more >> than ten years now. I suspect he to be near 80 years or + since >> husband just hit 75. >> Susi Pentico >> >> >> On Apr 1, 2010, at 10:34 PM, Robin Holt wrote: >> >>> Our Gibson's and related families migrated to that area from South >>> Carolina >>> where they had settled from NC and Virginia, from what I have read & >>> seen >>> they came up from Tn. There was an old wagon trail from Knoxville to >>> Nashville, then up through what is now the Hopkinsville area so I am >>> figuring mine probably came up that route from the best I can tell. >>> Thanks >>> Robin >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: <gpinkerton@gt.rr.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 5:26 PM >>> To: <kylogan@rootsweb.com> >>> Subject: Re: [KYLOGAN] Migration >>> >>>> Find this book! It is amazing. Will tell you all you need to know. >>>> >>>> Founding of the Cumberland Settlements, The First Atlas 1779-1804, >>>> Showing >>>> Who Came, How They Came, and Where They Put Down Roots >>>> >>>> Magnificent book. >>>> >>>> ---- Linda Holley <ljholley@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Thank you so much. My family came in 1812 or so. Quite a bit >>>>> earlier! >>>>> I am glad I didn't have to make that trip. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 1, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Jeannie Gregory-Fairchild wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I know my mother came to Logan County in a Covered wagon in 1925 >>>>>> age >>>>>> with >>>>>> her parents to visit her mothers, mother and father and uncle >>>>>> Bill and >>>>>> family >>>>>> It took them 7 days to make the trip Bailey Peyton Cassity, >>>>>> Callie >>>>>> Beatrice >>>>>> Climer Cassity, 6 children, Oakley, Aline, Manson, Hester, Laura >>>>>> Etta >>>>>> and >>>>>> Viola, also on the trip was William Stanton Climer and Wife >>>>>> Bessie and >>>>>> their children and she was pregrant at the time. They visited >>>>>> James >>>>>> Manson >>>>>> Climer and Viola Virgina Hughes Thomas Climer, and also visited >>>>>> Uncle >>>>>> William Jefferson Thomas Hughes and Margaret Isabell Duke Hughes >>>>>> >>>>>> I know some said it would tale about 2 or three months from >>>>>> Jackson >>>>>> County >>>>>> Tn by water to the red river meets the Cumberland close to >>>>>> Clarksville >>>>>> TN >>>>>> and then take a covered wagon and follow the red river to Logan >>>>>> County. >>>>>> >>>>>> As far coming from PA and VA, Sometimes they would stay in a >>>>>> place for >>>>>> a >>>>>> while and then move on. Other times they kept traveling and it >>>>>> took >>>>>> months. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is the best I can tell you from my research >>>>>> Jeannie >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: kylogan-bounces@rootsweb.com >>>>>> [mailto:kylogan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >>>>>> Behalf Of Linda Holley >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 2:55 PM >>>>>> To: kylogan@rootsweb.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: [KYLOGAN] Migration >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you have any idea how long the trip took them? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 1, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Jeannie Gregory-Fairchild wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I know my families from VA PA came into ky took the Cumberland >>>>>>> river >>>>>>> to an >>>>>>> area near Clarksville tn and took the red river into logan >>>>>>> county. I >>>>>>> am >>>>>>> sure they used the Cumberland gap and came into Logan some >>>>>>> families. >>>>>> Others >>>>>>> came the Ohio andup the Cumberland and red river. Lots of >>>>>>> familes in >>>>>>> tn >>>>>>> also followed the red river in tn to logan, and Simpson counties >>>>>>> KY >>>>>>> Jeannie >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: kylogan-bounces@rootsweb.com >>>>>>> [mailto:kylogan-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>>>>> On >>>>>>> Behalf Of Linda Holley >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 3:54 PM >>>>>>> To: KYLOGAN@rootsweb.com >>>>>>> Subject: [KYLOGAN] Migration >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Just wondering if pioneers moving into Logan Co. in the early >>>>>>> 1800's >>>>>>> used The Cumberland Gap to travel from MD? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Linda >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>>> KYLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>>>>> the >>>>>> quotes >>>>>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>> KYLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>>>> the >>>>>> quotes >>>>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>> KYLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>>>> the >>>>>> quotes >>>>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>> KYLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>>>> the >>>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> KYLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>>> the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> KYLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> KYLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> KYLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message