I have found a similar migration pattern among my ancestors. BROCKMAN and BASTIN, from Orange County, and Amherst County, VA to Caswell County circa 1770, and then from Caswell County, NC to Barren County, KY and Sumner County, TN from about 1803 through December 1830. Related families are HARDY and SMITH, who also were in Pittsylvania County, VA (just across the state line from Caswell Co, NC) and who also migrated through Sumner County, TN on their way to Barren County, KY, too. The part of Barren County, KY that they ended up in mostly became Metcalfe County, KY when Metcalfe County was formed out of Barren. Interesting coincidences! -- Gary Bastin Original Message: ----------------- From: Mary Wiley Campbell ela2@ela-iet.com Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 11:12:15 -0600 To: NCCASWEL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Caswell to Sumner What a coincidence! I recently began listing names of Caswell Co. families who moved to Sumner Co. TN when I found a reference in a Caswell Co. estate file to relatives living there. The more I looked, the more familiar names I found. So far I have the following: Richmond, Boren, Greer, Motherall, Brown, Kimbrough, Noel, Carney, Sanders, Murphey, Rice, Dorris, Donoho, Graves, and Mitchell. I'm sure there are many more. Most seem to be centered around Drake's Creek. Some of these families moved together in the 1760s from Orange Co, VA to the area of Orange Co, NC that became Caswell Co. and then on to Sumner in the early 1800s. The Sumner Co., TN Bond Book (1787-1835) by Shirley Wilson abstracts several Power of Attorney documents from Sumner Co. people settling property matters in Caswell Co., NC. Mary Wiley Campbell ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .