I suspect your theory is as good as any. The desire for land and the personal desire to move west was also felt by my faMILY LINELANHAM's which like yours moved out of Madsion County to MO near St Louise later to Nottaway Co and then to Texas. I suspect your folks were like mine, famers. Thomas LANHAM of Boonesbough, KY Cliff LANHAM On Mon Jul 23 17:32 , 'samuels' <dwsbgs@centurytel.net> sent: >I have a theory, Land, both as military payment and because theirs had "worn >out" and Missouri offered a chance to start over. The itch for a "better" >place. What has always fascinated me was the complacency with which the >females went along. I have read many diaries and it seems they suffered in >silence. > >-----Original Message----- >From: madky-bounces@rootsweb.com [madky-bounces@rootsweb.com','','','')">madky-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >Behalf Of CGarr34@aol.com >Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:20 AM >To: madky@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MADKY] Exodus to Howard Co. Mo. in early 1800's > >It appears that my ancestor, James Johnson, was among many others that moved > >from Madison Co. Ky. in very early 1800's to Howard Co. Mo. > >Does anyone know what caused this group to move there together? > > > >at >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MADKY-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 MADKY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

No one has mentioned the chaotic land speculation in frontier Kentucky. Two large companies took their claims to court resulting in lawsuits over conflicting land claims. I forget which land company won but many lost their land through the Kentucky courts. Daniel Boone was one of these. He ended up in Missouri also. Batha May Risher Karr

Looking for and reading land records will expand knowledge of family and many other whys. The series called The American Papers are a source of many disputed Mo. land claims . -----Original Message----- From: madky-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:madky-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Batha Karr Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:28 PM To: madky@rootsweb.com Subject: [MADKY] Exodus to Missouri No one has mentioned the chaotic land speculation in frontier Kentucky. Two large companies took their claims to court resulting in lawsuits over conflicting land claims. I forget which land company won but many lost their land through the Kentucky courts. Daniel Boone was one of these. He ended up in Missouri also. Batha May Risher Karr ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MADKY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message