Groups, I am including a number of emails regarding the migration of S. Jersey families to Clermont Co., OH. (remember Bracken Co., KY is just across the river) and what were the (many) reasons that these families made this journey, which I am sure was not a Sunday drive in the park. I have one (at least) kin that had money problems and left to go with family already in Clermont Co. It has been suggested that there is the possibility that some of the families had been/were loyalists and were getting out of town, because the kitchen was too hot. I suspect the later group did not follow the group they were living with in Jersey. We also know there were land patents for those that qualified. I apologize in advance for those that will receive this as subscribers to other lists. NJATLANT, NJCAPEMA, NJGLOUCE, [email protected] & OHCLERMO. Everyone's feed back is welcome on migrating families and reasons. The more documentation you provide the better the results. Please sent to your responses to your respective list AND to Glenn Bingham at [email protected] These lists are all subscribe type lists and not everyone is in all the lists. Those who have already posted please provide all the documentation you have for the original post Thanks to you all and best of hunts, Jack Dole DOLE-L, IAJEFFER-L and NJATLANT-L list coordinator Subj: [njgf] Clermont Co, OH Date: 2/29/00 1:23:14 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Glenn J. Bingham) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Dear researchers, I have contacted Jack Collins, speaker of the NJ Assembly, and asked him to draft a bill adding Clermont Co, OH, as an honorary county of NJ. It seems that NJ has peopled that county quite well, and we certainly have an attachment. Suddenly, this mass migration has intreagued me, and I think we should pursue it. 1. Does anyone have motives for the migration more specific than the fact that there was open land there to settle on? What spurred so many to leave NJ? 2. Is there any digitized information on CCo, OH, as far as census records, tax records, cemetery records, military records, or anything else we can access as a group? 3. I understand there were some secondary (much shorter) migrations by some of these folks. Does anyone have any information on these? A good way to track this migration would be to document individuals, maybe in this manner: show NJ records for the person prior to the move (of course we know the general families of the area for the most part), show records soon after in OH, and then corroborate with any connecting records, such as deeds administered from afar, letters home, Bible records, naming traditions, etc. This project--properly documented--sounds like a prospective book to me. Anyone have thoughts on this? Note: I was just kidding ;-) in the opening paragraph, although the state legislature will waste its time on such things while car insurance rates soar and public education fails. Glenn Subj: [njgf] Ohio Bounty Land Warrants from Revolutionary War Date: 2/29/00 1:46:39 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Ronald W. Cook) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] A reason to move to Ohio. A cousin, Samuel Waples, fought several battles with Washington as a young Lieutenant. Captured by the British and imprisoned at the Walnut St. prison Samuel noted the Quaker minister frequently appearing to minister to them. One visit, he donned the winter garb of the minister when he visted and walked out of the prison returning to fight with George. He received, along with Custis, 1000+ acres of land. Many of his kin went, while he stayed in Accomac, VA. More at the http://cowaro.com/Genealogy/Surname_file/Wapl es.html Ron E mail Jack Dole to Clermont list Clermont Co. Group, I am part of a group of Clermont Co., OH immigrants from the State of NJ. Our old South Jersey family names are to be a new part of the County of Clermont in the State of Ohio. I am forwarding an email from Glenn Bingham, [email protected], one of our interested and learned nonimmigrant. Some Clermont Co./ S. Jersey names that I do remember are Dole (but of course), Doughty, Blackman, Scull, Lukemire, Steelman, Page (I think is S. Jersey), Higbee, Leeds, Strickland, Brown, etc. How about Conover, Garwood, Edwards and Ingersoll? I suggest posts to the Clermont Co. Rootsweb list would be best and a copy to Glenn Bingham, [email protected] What you think, cuzins? Jack Dole ubj: Re: (njgf)Clermont Co. Date: 2/29/00 3:59:02 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Pat Mount) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Cuz Jack: How could you forget....Ely, Mount and Applegate from Monmouth and Middlesex Counties???*G* Pat Subj: Re: (njgf)Clermont Co. Date: 2/29/00 4:07:16 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Claudia Cox Welton) To: [email protected] And how about Thompson, Hendrickson and Harris from Toms River and Monmouth County that settled in Edenton? http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/e/l/Claudia-C-Welton/ ubj: Ancestors from New Jersey/Clermont Co, OH Date: 2/29/00 5:05:24 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Marilyn Schmidt) To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Dear Jack, Glenn and Clermont Group: The roots are spread even further. My Revolutionary War ancestors, the Williamsons and Terhunes moved from Hunterdon and Middlesex Counties in NJ ca. 1800 settling initially in Fleming (then Mason) County KY. Some opted to cross the river and die in Brown County. In the next twenty five years the Williamson family spread all over Clermont and Hamilton Counties. I hope you will include Midddle New Jersey in the group. Marilyn Schmidt [email protected] ubj: Elijah Cornwell/Phebe Edwards--From NJ to OH Date: 2/29/00 6:18:23 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (janine robinson) To: [email protected] According to the 1850 Clermont Co. OH census, my ggg grandfather, Elijah Cornwell and my ggg grandmother, Phebe Edwards Cornwell, were born in NJ. I think they were in Clermont Co. by 1830-32 and all ten of their children were born in OH. I do not know anything about their parents or siblings or what part of NJ they came from or why they left and came to OH. I wish I had all this info. I don't know when Elijah and Phebe died or where they are buried. Most of my direct line from them are buried at Tate Twp. Cemetery Has anyone printed a book with listings of all the graves at Tate Twp? Any help appreciated. Subj: [njgf] Clermont Co, OH Date: 2/29/00 7:20:03 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (chas a) Sender: [email protected] (chas a) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] (INTERNET:[email protected]) A bit history of clermont county, townships, villages, early settlers, etc can be found at http://www.co.clermont.oh.us/history/histbody.htm Clermont County does have a GIS system, but i do not think it is online Clermont County is part of the Virginia Military District, "1781 In return for Virginia ceding its land claims, Congress granted this section between the Scioto and Miami rivers to Virginia to pay Revolutionary War veterans." this site gives a little history of early Ohio http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/build/his/hisvamd.html to search for original land patents, try http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/search.asp?s=22 chas a. mitchell [email protected] Subj: NJ Clermont links Date: 2/29/00 7:32:55 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Speeking of NJ to Clermont Co., OH. links I have one too! Catherine (Danbury?) Hickson born NJ. married Samuel E Glenn and they both lived and died in Clermont Co., they were residents of Stonelick Twp. it is said Samuel died in Fathers. As of this date we do not know where Samuel was born. Subj: [njgf] Re: Clermont Co, OH Date: 2/29/00 10:08:09 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (John Ivan Gromer) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Glenn: I was tracking my SHARPS from NJ to OH. My Sharp line was in Burlington, Gloucester and Cumberland Counties. The following note concerns the one from Burlington Co., but it might apply to others as well. I don't know if this would be a lead or not, but I'll pass it along. "Job Sharp was one of several Quaker families who moved from Burlington Co., NJ, to Culpeper Co., VA, then on to Logan County, Ohio, about 1801. The family became Methodist Episcopal in Ohio. Job and his brother John were not satisfied in VA so the land grants they had there from the Rev. War were traded for land in Ohio. Since they were raised in a Quaker family the presence of slaves probably played a part in the move to Ohio." If any of our families received land grants from the Rev. War they might have gone to VA then OH or perhaps directly to OH. My SCULL and MART connections seem to have gone directly from NJ to OH and then to IL. It looks to me as if their motive for the move was land. Carol Subj: NJ to Clermont Co. Date: 2/29/00 11:30:53 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Mille H H Emmitt) To: [email protected] David Homan & his sons also came from New Jersey to Clermont Co. Wmsbg. Twp. in 1816 Subj: {not a subscriber} Present Atlantic Co,NJ>Clermont Co,Oh Date: 3/1/00 12:51:02 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (HERMON B FAGLEY) To: [email protected], [email protected] I include the north bank of the Mullica River folk. Collins,String,Albertson,Higbee,McCollum, Frambes,Lake, Leeds,Doughty-1803 Later, Conover,Blackman,Champion,White,Jenkins, Mathis, Johnson,Sooy, Strickland,Giberson, Leeds [13 adult Leeds];Smith, Cordrey,Dole, Steelman, Ingersol,Townsend,Strickland,Godfrey,Clark, Ely,McClain,English, Homan, - I should be working from the 1794 militia lists of Galloway and Egg Harbor Townships-Conover,Burdsall, Burnett,Scull, Carter, -there were multiples of some of these. 100+ families. Peterson, Gale, Belangee, Bosier,more Subj: [njgf] Ohio Date: 3/1/00 9:15:51 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Karpolorich Family) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] (New Jersey Genealogy Forum) Hi gang, Just thought I's add some more South Jersey names to this mass migration. Hann, Veal, Fithian, Dindlespike or Denelsbeck ( when they got to Ohio they changed it to DeBeck) and Morgan. Leslie Subj: Stonelick,Clermont [and Bracken,Ky] Pattison's Patterson's Date: 3/1/00 11:09:01 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (HERMON B FAGLEY) To: [email protected] Of the several Pattison's early near Owensville [Boston] from 5 miles from Augusta,Bracken,Ky, was Elizabeth Patterson ,of Thomas m 8-4-1817 JOHN SELLERS the Elizabeth Sellers ,who m 1837 James Glancy,and 1840 John A Moore, s Batavia,miller The latter's Elizabeth Sellers b 1802. A john SELLERS M in Bracken,in 1798,Elizabeth Fee-TOO early. Subj: NJ to Clermont Co. Date: 2/29/00 11:30:53 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] (Mille H H Emmitt) To: [email protected] David Homan & his sons also came from New Jersey to Clermont Co. Wmsbg. Twp. in 1816 ________________________________________________________________