Yep. you make a good point about some moving in and then sending for their families later - I've noticed several of those too. I get a lot of this info from the Goodspeed bios on the Orange Co., IN Webpage - that's a really good site. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "mills" <mills@reliable-net.net> To: <KYSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [KYSHELBY] Moves to Indiana > > 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 > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > >