So many families came from Madison County, Kentucky to Missouri - Johnson County, Boone, and Randolph. Does anyone know what prompted this movement???

I remember reading in a Biography years back of Daniel Boone, that the government offered him a huge amount of Land in Missouri, if he would lead a wagon train of people from Kentucky to settle it. Since he had just lost most of his land in Kentucky, he was eager to move westward. He was given a certain portion of land for each settler he brought with him. Since he himself was from Madison county at that time, most of the people he brought with him were also from Madison county. This was in the early 1800's, before Missouri was a state. He moved them to the St. Charles area originally. They were part of the Loutre Island group of settlers that eventually moved up into Howard/Boone county right before the War of 1812. As these families settled, they would send word home to relatives in Madison who had not come with the first group, of the fertile land and huge quantities available of good rich farmland, and their relatives would follow. Modern farming methods were not available at that time, and the soil in Kentucky, like the soil in Virginia, had been pretty well played out and wasn't producing the crops they had before. Many of the settlers in Madison county had come from the western hills of Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina, and were beginning to feel crowded out as Kentucky filled up. Many of the settlers in Madison also hadn't filed the proper paperwork and like Daniel Boone, were pretty much cheated out of their lands and they were forced to move on. Missouri was a good place to move, because the Missouri river made travel into the interior much easier than going overland. Since Boone and Howard both had considerable amounts of land right on the Missouri river, it was a natural place for the settlers to disembark. There are a lot of people who moved up from Barren county, Kentucky into the Howard/Cooper county area as well. Kathy Bowlin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hamp Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:23 AM 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] > >

Kathy Bowlin wrote: >>I remember reading in a Biography years back of Daniel Boone, that the government offered him a huge amount of Land in Missouri, if he would lead a wagon train of people from Kentucky to settle it. Since he had just lost most of his land in Kentucky, he was eager to move westward. << In a biography I read on Daniel Boone it stated that Daniel Boone was offered land in Missouri by the Spanish government before the US bought that area. It also stated that Boone failed to comply with the requirements of building a cabin and clearing land and he did not get a deed to it.. Congress later gave him some land which he promply sold and so died with no land anywhere.. the biography also stated that Boone died at the home of his son in law in Missouri from colic caused by eating too many sweet potatoes! I don't know what is truth or fiction. I do know that Daniel Boone didn't have a very good reputation here in southwest VA. or KY.. G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.

Suggested Reading: Daniel Boone by Bakeless... G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.