This came to my mind ... I think it might be valid also. What about Indian displacements. Wasn't a lot of that going on even before the Civil War? I heard it was the goal of President Washington as well as others to displace the Indians to a point on the other side of the Mississippi. --- [email protected] wrote: > During ALL thde years between the end of the > Revolutionary War and the Civil > War there was movement from NC to Indiana. I know > because several branches of > my family participated in this migration. Some of > them didn't like slavery, > others movedfor religious reasons (?), who knows > what else? Maybe it was the > lure of free land. They usually walked alongside > their covered wagons and > made their way through the Cumberland Gap. > Cookie, a Hoosier in Florida > << [email protected] >> > > > ==== NCRANDOL Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the *NEW* RootsWeb/Ancestry Message > Boards yet? Take a > tour soon & learn how time-saving those "Gateway" > messages are compared > to trying to find the *new* ones on your own. > > ============================== > 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 >