Chuck Gibson asked: I was looking on the genweb page for Caswell and saw a Harris family that left for Madison Co KY. Was travel between the two counties common? I have a Elizabeth Harris married to a Uriah Davis in Madison Co KY. They named a son Tyre. Elizabeth was born in NC but I don't know where. A John Harris was both bond and oath of age for Elizabeth. Don't know if he's a brother, father or cousin. Response: Yes, quite a few North Carolinians migrated to Kentucky. One cannot always determine these migrations unless you study some of those with common names (Williams, Harris, Simpson, even Oldham) as a group. In Madison Co. (near Clark Co., KY) Boonesborough, named for Daniel Boone of western North Carolina, was founded [some may quarrel with that word] by Col. Richard Henderson of Granville Co. and a group of his associates, who were mostly from Granville Co. and Caswell Co., NC, with perhaps some from Orange Co. and that area. Some of these families were greatly intermarried, and that is why one has to study them as a group. There were many disputes about land claims in Kentucky, and a Kentucky court of appeals was set up. A couple of genealogists, Michael L. Cook and his wife [now widow] Bettie Cummings Cooke of Indiana, have transcribed and published some of the early court records of Kentucky, and one can find depositions of some early settlers, telling with whom they associated, etc. Access the LDS online catalog at <A HREF="www.familysearch.org">www.familysearch.org</A> to find the exact titles of these books. Perhaps you can interlibrary loan some of them through your public library, but probably NOT from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Films can generally be borrowed through a nearby LDS center, but not books. Also, in Caswell Co. deeds, I find sometimes that people who have already migrated elsewhere (say, to Tennessee or Kentucky), are selling their property in Caswell Co., and the deed may begin thusly: *Nathan Williams of Montgomery Co., TN..... * or *Joseph Williams of Madison Co., KY....* (This is how I discovered migrations of several sons of Henry Williams, deceased ca 1786 in Caswell Co.) Other Kentucky counties were also targets of migration--Henderson Co., KY was a magnet for many North Carolinians. In fact, the deed books describe some of the property "Henderson & Co. grant." I hope this helps you understand that our ancestors had wanderlust. Tobacco, I am told, wears out the soil, and people are on the move to find newer land. Our red-skinned brethren had to move on or cede [it is said] the land. Hope this helps. History goes hand-in-hand with genealogy. E.W.Wallace PS for Chuck: Suggest you subscribe to both Madison Co. KY rootsweb as well as Harris-Hunters. Ask me for addresses if you don't have them. I suspect John Harris, reported father of Elizabeth, MAY be the son of Christopher Harris the elder of Madison Co., formerly of Albemarle Co., VA. If so, then he is a half-brother of my Overton Harris (d. 1827 in Madison Co.). I have some info about John Harris but not about his children. I can follow these families only so far. John did have a sister named Elizabeth. From the info you give, I cannot determine whether Elizabeth is his sister or his daughter. EWW

From the Saline co Mo page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosaline/history.htm SETTLEMENT OF EDMONDSON'S BOTTOM - The first settler in this locality was he for whom it was afterward named -- Richard Edmondson .. Like the other bottoms, Edmonson's contained plenty of rush and peavine pasturage, and afforded fine range for stock, both summer and winter. Cattle and hogs 'boarded themselves' during the winter, and came out looking fat and thrifty in the spring. The soil was exceptionally productive, and furnished corn, beans, potatoes, etc., in abundance, and of good quality. At quite an early day, flat-boats and keel-boats took cargoes of produce, as well as other commodities, from the settlement -- bacon, corn, potatoes, furs, peltries, etc., -- down the river to St. Charles, St. Louis, Herculaneum, and other points on the Mississippi below. year of arrival if mentioned) pp156-158 Henry Brown 1818 James Brown 1818 James Burlison 1818 Richard Cummings 1817 (from TN) Uriah Davis 1818 (from KY) Rice Downey 1818 Samuel Duckworth 1820 Richard Edmondson prior to 1816 (native of Madison Co. KY) Abel Garrett 1816 (Loudon County, VA) Jonathan Harris 1819 (with sons Timothy & Wm. from KY) Adam Hopper 1817 (from VA) William Hopper 1817 (from VA) Isaiah Huff 1818 William Ish 1820 James Kuykendall 1820 William McDaniel 1818 (from TN) Thomas Rogers 1817 (from TN) Mr. Rucker 1817 Daniel Stout 1817 Daniel Tillman 1817 (from VA) Thomas Tillman 1817 (from VA) James Wells 1818 Mrs. Wheeler 1819 (widow of Thomas with sons Samuel, William and Alfred from KY) James Wilkinson 1818 William J. Wolfskill 1818 (from Madison Co KY) John Young 1817 (from VA) George Yount 1817 Chuck > Yes, quite a few North Carolinians migrated to Kentucky. One cannot always > determine these migrations unless you study some of those with common names > (Williams, Harris, Simpson, even Oldham) as a group. > > In Madison Co. (near Clark Co., KY) Boonesborough, named for Daniel Boone > of western North Carolina, was founded [some may quarrel with that word] by > Col. Richard Henderson of Granville Co. and a group of his associates, who > were mostly from Granville Co. and Caswell Co., NC, with perhaps some from > Orange Co. and that area. > > Some of these families were greatly intermarried, and that is why one has > to study them as a group. > > There were many disputes about land claims in Kentucky, and a Kentucky > court of appeals was set up. A couple of genealogists, Michael L. Cook and > his wife [now widow] Bettie Cummings Cooke of Indiana, have transcribed and > published some of the early court records of Kentucky, and one can find > depositions of some early settlers, telling with whom they associated, etc. > Access the LDS online catalog at <A > HREF="www.familysearch.org">www.familysearch.org</A> to find the exact > titles of these books. Perhaps you can interlibrary loan some of them > through your public library, but probably NOT from the Family History > Library in Salt Lake City. Films can generally be borrowed through a > nearby LDS center, but not books. > > Also, in Caswell Co. deeds, I find sometimes that people who have already > migrated elsewhere (say, to Tennessee or Kentucky), are selling their > property in Caswell Co., and the deed may begin thusly: > > *Nathan Williams of Montgomery Co., TN..... * or *Joseph Williams of > Madison Co., KY....* (This is how I discovered migrations of several sons > of Henry Williams, deceased ca 1786 in Caswell Co.) > > Other Kentucky counties were also targets of migration--Henderson Co., KY > was a magnet for many North Carolinians. In fact, the deed books describe > some of the property "Henderson & Co. grant." > > I hope this helps you understand that our ancestors had wanderlust. > Tobacco, I am told, wears out the soil, and people are on the move to find > newer land. Our red-skinned brethren had to move on or cede [it is said] > the land. > > Hope this helps. History goes hand-in-hand with genealogy. > > E.W.Wallace > > PS for Chuck: Suggest you subscribe to both Madison Co. KY rootsweb as > well as Harris-Hunters. Ask me for addresses if you don't have them. > > I suspect John Harris, reported father of Elizabeth, MAY be the son of > Christopher Harris the elder of Madison Co., formerly of Albemarle Co., VA. > If so, then he is a half-brother of my Overton Harris (d. 1827 in Madison > Co.). I have some info about John Harris but not about his children. I > can follow these families only so far. John did have a sister named > Elizabeth. From the info you give, I cannot determine whether Elizabeth is > his sister or his daughter. EWW