George, A printed compilation of family histories for the Kearns, Allen, VanCleave, McMullen, Robinson, Mitchell,and Carson families suggests that some members of these families went first and others followed along, sometimes buying land from the ones who went on the initial venture. Some families doubled up in homes while the second family's land and home were being made ready. I'm guessing it may have been a case of "...the grass is greener..." Plus, I bet pioneer men (more so than their long-suffering wives) loved the challenge of moving on to untamed land, claiming it for their own at a bargain, and seeing what they could make of it. Sharon At 10:59 PM 12/14/1999 -0600, you wrote: >Sharon, > I tend to agree, cheap land was probably behind all this somehow but I >still see a lot of folks as having moved into IN between 1790-1816 - LOTS >from my Shelby Co., KY area in the 1811-1816 period. An interesting >problem. >Thanks >George >----- Original Message ----- >From: "mills" <mills@reliable-net.net> >To: <KYSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 9:40 PM >Subject: Re: [KYSHELBY] Moves to Indiana > > >> Have to add my two-cents worth. The BLM site is a great site. There are >> some records that will not show up on that site at the present time. >These >> are mostly early credit purchases before 1820 and military land warrant >> purchases. >> >> Volunteers at the Indiana State Archives are working on a first-of-a-kind >> project which is a cooperative database between the BLM and the ISA. We >> are adding Indiana information to the BLM data. When completed, the >> information will be shared between the two agencies. A prospective viewer >> will be able to see differences in data. >> >> The Indiana data will show date entered in Indiana, register of receipts >> number, military land warrant number, and residence of the purchaser. >> Often that is where the individual came from, a most helpful bit of data >> for geneologists. >> >> I work on this a couple of days a month and notice numerous significant >> differences..as simple as a different spelling(i.e., Taylor for Saylor). >I >> have also added entries that were not found in the BLM records for no >> apparent reason, as they were not credit or military warrant purchases. >> >> I agree with the previous purchaser who noted inexpensive sale of public >> lands in Indiana abt 1820. Except for some parcels that had been bought >> previously, these were actual auctions. Quite a bit of land was not >bought >> even then, because original land owners may be found in the registers into >> the early 1850's. >> >> I'm not sure how this enters in, but there were lots of land squabbles in >> KY over boundaries and ownership of parcels. Because IN was mostly >> measured off as a "metes and bounds" state, title difficulties would be >> minimal. >> >> Sharon Mills >> >> Sharon Mills >> >> At 04:00 PM 12/14/1999 -0500, you wrote: >> > >> >> George >> >> >> >> Not really sure why they moved from Ky to In however----- >> >> >> >> Clayton mythology says that one brother of three when he got to Indiana >> found >> >> plains of flowing grain/hay/grass up to his armpits and this was why >the >> >> Claytons moved to Indiana. Why they went first unknown except free >land. I >> >> found a book in the Ft Wayne Library that covered movement into Indiana >and >> >> had the Claytons in it. I am looking for the pages I copied because >there >> >> were other names in the article. When I find it and if there are any >other >> >> reasons I will let you know. >> >> >> >> Brock >> >> >> >> ______________________________ >> >> >> > >> >I can't speak to your ancestors' motives for moving to Indiana in the >> >early 1800s - but it probably has a great deal to do with the federal >> >government selling off land in the territory very cheaply beginning in >> >1820. That's why my ancestors made the move to Indiana, anyway. >> > >> >If you want to find out whether your ancestors participated in the big >> >land selloff, check the BLM site at >> > >> >http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ >> > >> >Sarah >> > >> > >> > > > >