This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Frankum Francum Francom Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5UB.2ACI/2700 Message Board Post: Fellow researchers and Carolinian kinsmen, I've been researching branches of my family tree and it appears that there was a lot of migration from Burke County and the surrounding counties to Northern Georgia. In particular, two Georgia counties (Habersham and White) seem to be full of Burke County emigrants who relocated between 1830 and 1860. I've looked on a several old maps to determine the fluctuating county lines but the counties in NC and GA aren't next to each other so I'm wondering why there was an exodus. Has anyone else noticed this? One reason may have been Pres. Jackson kicking the Cherokee from their lands and there were land lotteries? Also a gold rush? I'd love to learn more about this.