Michael Have you ever found if there was ever a mass exodus(of sorts) that left Robeson county, but headed towards Indiana between 1820-1830? If so what route would they have taken? To all: Is there any descendents of a Thomas Bryan who lived in Bladen Co and near/on Bryan's Swamp? believed married to Sophia Simpson Thanks William Bryan Mesa, Az ---- MeWalt7@aol.com wrote: > For those researchers that are searching for ancestors that disappeared from > Robeson County between 1830 and 1840, some of my ancestors were here in > 1830 and in 1840 had disappeard. They turned up in Montgomery County, Alabama. I > have learned that there was a mass exodus of families that left Robeson and > Columbus Counties in 1832 and move South. > > Michael Walters > Robeson County, NC > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not Michael, but this outmigration looms largely in my Pitman, Israel, Taylor Ancestors in Lumberton/Robeson including my own family branch who migrated to another county within the state in the early to mid 20th century losing touch with most Robeson Relatives. A great number of my Israel Ancestors moved to Sumter, Georgia in the 1830's all being listed in the1840 Census where my cousin descendents remain until this day. Pitmans and Taylor of course migrated with them. Others went to Mississippi where I have found family branches from the 1840's and again after the War For Southern Indepencence which devastated economically many families who had no choice but to seek greener pastures elsewhere in places such as Texas, Indiana and Louisana. Even today in the latest report on Outmigration in the United States Lumberton, North Carolina ranks third in the 25 largest Metropolitian Areas of its citizens who relocate elsewhere for whatever reason: See Report at: http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:sbvCESF5qpgJ:www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p25-1135.pdf+robeson+nc+migrations+to+other+states&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us which has a pdf which can be downloaded and saved for study. Sam West's and that of the other members who produced the book "Our Heritage: Robeson County 1748-2002 has very detailed information on many of these migrations. The book unfortunately is out of print and can't be purchased or obtained for love or money, I know having tried repeatedly. Perhaps you can visit the Robeson County Library which I had to do in order to find and document the many sources on dozens of members of my family in Robeson virtually copying half the book. I haven't seen any of the Bryans. Hopefully, someone else on the Robeson Forum will respond with information. Good Luck in your search. Terry Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: <wlbryan2@cox.net> To: <ncrobeso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [NCROBESO] Robeson County & Columbus County > Michael > Have you ever found if there was ever a mass exodus(of sorts) that left > Robeson county, but headed towards Indiana between 1820-1830? > If so what route would they have taken? > > To all: > Is there any descendents of a Thomas Bryan who lived in Bladen Co and > near/on Bryan's Swamp? believed married to Sophia Simpson > > Thanks > William Bryan > Mesa, Az > > ---- MeWalt7@aol.com wrote: >> For those researchers that are searching for ancestors that disappeared >> from >> Robeson County between 1830 and 1840, some of my ancestors were here in >> 1830 and in 1840 had disappeard. They turned up in Montgomery County, >> Alabama. I >> have learned that there was a mass exodus of families that left Robeson >> and >> Columbus Counties in 1832 and move South. >> >> Michael Walters >> Robeson County, NC >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's free at >> http://www.aol.com. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message