There were probably various reasons...the availability of land...the lure...the adventure, maybe even more "elbow room".You might already know this but in the older days when someone would visit someone else they'd spend the night with them because even as neighbors they lived long distances apart. That's why many times you'd see neighbors marrying each other, they didn't see many others. Also a lot of times other family members preceded them going from Tennessee to Kentucky. I don't know how many letters I've read that talk about how good the crops were here or there compared to "back home". That would encourage some in itself. In can visualize wagons traveling together for protection, stopping from time to time to rest and spend the night. I have one of my families that traveled that way (by wagon) from Virginia into Kentucky. They spent a night on the trail. A strong storm came up and blew a large tree over onto the wagon and one of our family members died, crushed by that huge tree. They experienced many hardships including the weather. -----Original Message----- From: deb <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [KYMONROE] Families from Washington Co, Tn >Do any of you have any idea why so many families moved from Washington Co., >Tn to Monroe Co. Ky? I have several lines that follow the same migration >pattern. My Page family was in Washington Co.,Tn in 1840 then show up in Ky >in 1850. My Golden Family were in Washington Co., Tn until 1846/47. I see >that the Pitcock family followed the same migration pattern as well. I am >seeking information on the parentage of Nathan Page born about 1837 in Tn. >Elizabeth Page b. abt 1821 in Tn, Catherine Page (mother of Nathan I >believe) b. in Tn about 1810. I am also researching the parentage of John >Golden b. abt 1805/1808 who married Sarah Pitcock b. 1812 in Washington Co. >Tn, married 8-1-1835. thanks for any help. Debbie > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.1 - Release Date: 11/19/2004 > > >==== KYMONROE Mailing List ==== >KYMONROE-L is the Rootsweb mailing list focusing on the history and genealogy of Monroe County, Kentucky. > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >_____________________________________________________ >This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm >