Generally speaking this movement was not atypical. On one of my non-Randolph County lines, most of my antecedents moved first from Orange County, VA to Bourbon County, KY and then to Marion County, MO. It seems this came together with an opening of the territory to settlement and families and neighbors moving together--especially those of the generation ready to set off on their own. I know that at one time a couple of U of Missouri professors had an interest in this migration--I think one was in the History Department and another in the Rural Sociology Department (but that was 20 some years ago when I was a student and I can't tell you how old it makes me feel to read of my professors retiring in the alumni magazine). If you are near an academic library you can likely find several well-written discussions of migration patterns across the US. Jane DeBellis Milton, FL -----Original Message----- From: Hamp Williams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MoRandolph] MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY TO MISSOURI So many families came from Madison County, Kentucky to Missouri - Johnson County, Boone, and Randolph. Does anyone know what prompted this movement??? ==== MORANDOL Mailing List ==== Questions for the List Administrator? Send them to Leslie at [email protected]

Who were your people in Marion Co?