Hi Bob and Mary, Thanks for the details! Bob: since Nelson was originally so much larger, I am glad that you clarified the time/boundaries for your Virginia roots of Nelson Countians. Researching an obscure Brown, I am always looking for a bit more details on his origins... Thanks again, Kathie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:38 AM Subject: Re: [KYNELSON-L] Migration Patterns | Let me take "a stab" at Hardin Co???? | | southern part (that became LaRue in 1843) had the LaRues, Cambrons, | Jenkins, Enlows, Vittitoe, Merrifield, Essex, McDougal, Redman, | Medcalf (flopped over from Nelson), Boone(from Nelson), McDaniel (with | Rude), Welsh, Lincoln, Bush, McDonald, Hodgen, etc, | | Va, Md, Pa all represented by these families. "Two Centuries in | Hardin Co & Elizabethtown" by McClure gives real good insight into the | families of Hardin Co. | | The Rude/Ashby Family, lately from Pa. Know the Rude Family originated | in CT, to NJ to Pa before ending up in Nelson Co (to 1793), Hardin (to | 1843) then LaRue Co (from 1843). Rude descendants, that is!!!! Capt. | Stephen Ashby (his sister Mary Ann m Jesse Rude) was from Pa.; Bladen | Ashby m a Vanmetre (d/o Jacob from Fayette Co, Pa). They all inter- | married either before reaching Ky & further inter-marring once they | reached Ky!!! | | Jenkins families from Fayette Co, Pa, Va & Md & hard to sort them all | out Vanmeter/Vanmetre from Fayette Co, Pa (records of Redstone Ch | lists both Jenkins & Vanmetre Families). | | Know I am missing mentioning a whole lot of families-- but basically-- | they were from Va, Pa & Md with a few from NC, TN & SC thrown | in for good measure. | | South of Bardstown, I think, were heavily Catholic which come over/ | spread over into Washington & Marion Co. But don't forget the | Protestants!!! They were there too.. | | It is so much fun finding out just where they did come from. BUT when | you have a good idea of place of origin--it isn't too hard to chase them | down to Co. then you find out others came from the same area.!!! | | Mary Y. | | ---- Original Message ----- | From: "M. Kathleen Felsted" <[email protected]> | To: <[email protected]> | Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 9:40 PM | Subject: [KYNELSON-L] Migration Patterns | | | > Hello Bob, | > I hope this is not a stupid question, but would inhabitants of | > nearby-to-Nelson County, like Hardin, LaRue Counties also have the | > "predominance" of Northern Virginia settlers? I know that these two | > counties came from the original Nelson County. I guess what I am asking | > is: | > are you talking the original Nelson County? or the original Jefferson | > County?? or?? | > Thanks for sharing your knowledge, | > Kathie | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: <[email protected]> | > To: <[email protected]> | > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 8:27 AM | > Subject: Re: [KYNELSON-L] FW: [HH] Migration Patterns-NJ-KY-IA-Harris | > | > | > | Mike, you have a theory that would be intriguing were it accurate, but | > I | > | think you will find that it is not - at least in terms of the origin of | > the | > | settlers of northeastern Nelson Co. The overwhelming preponderance of | > settlers | > | in that area came from up and down the Potomac River. By far the | > greatest | > | proportion of these people came from the northern Virginia counties of | > Loudoun, | > | Fairfax and Prince William. | > | If you were to subscribe to the Nelson Co. Genealogist, a quarterly | > | publication of the Nelson Co. Genealogical Roundtable, you would find | > an | > article | > | that I wrote that would at least partially explain the reason for this. | > And | > | you would find many other articles of use to the researcher. | > | I should thank Mary Yoder for also mentioning my history of the | > area | > in | > | her response to you. Note also her explanation for the origin of the | > name | > | Bloomfield. This brings to mind another erroneous theory that I once | > had. It | > | is a fact that Bloomfield was first called Middleburg, the land on | > which | > it | > | grew up having first belonged to Leven Powell, the founder of | > Middleburg, | > Va. | > | Very near Middleburg in Virginia is a little village called Bloomfield. | > For | > | a time I thought that this was the explanation for the origin of the | > name | > of | > | our Bloomfield. Sometimes theories can be so wonderful until facts get | > in | > | the way! | > | Robert P. (Bob) Moore | > | Examples of the Virginia origins of the area: | > | Prince William Co. Bland, Calvert, Davis, Dial/Doyal, Foster, | > | Grant, Grayson, Grigsby, Hardin (Mark, Martin), Harrison, Hughes, | > Kincheloe, King | > | (Valentine), Milton, Overall, Randolph, Selec(t)man, Tennill, Thomas, | > | Whitledge, Wickliffe. | > | Fairfax Co. Berkley, Cotton, Dulin, Edwards, Ferguson, Gray | > (Drakeford), | > | Hall, Hammond (Gervis, Job), Hardin (Moses), Langley, McCrocklin | > (=McLaughlin), | > | Moxley, O'Neal, Owsley, Stone (Eli), Summers. | > | Loudoun Co. Bayne, Berkley, Bodine, Carter, Coombs (earlier of | > | Pennsylvania?), Connelly, Davis, Duncan, Fox, Fryrear, Gist, Gore, | > Grigsby, Hagerman, | > | Hibbs, Hopewell, Hunter (Eliphalet), King, Lane, Lewis | > (Vincent),Linton, | > | McMakin, Mason, Minor, Neafus/Nevius, Neale, Osburn, Parrish, Pash, | > Porter, Pullen, | > | Remey, Rhoads (Basil), Rightmire, Skinner, Shields, Simpson, Tyler. | > | Stafford Co. Bridwell, Humphrey (apparently all of them Summers | > | descendants), Kendall, desc. of Peytons, Stone (Josiah, Spilsby - around | > line with | > | Prince William), Wells, Wigginton. | > | Fauquier Co. Bullitt (or Prince William), Chinn, Bland (Thos., d. | > 1788), | > | Dawson, Glasscock, Thos. Kincheloe, Searles Lewis, Morehead, Ransdell, | > | Settle, Young, Singleton, Shumate, Wilkinson[?], Young, and Joseph | > Robinson's | > | descendants through the Murrays. | > | | > | > | |