Just for clarification - Aberdeen, OH, is directly across from Maysville KY. Manchester is about 10 miles east of Maysville. -----Original Message----- From: Pregraphic@aol.com <Pregraphic@aol.com> To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com <OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [OHADAMS-L] Maysville, Kentucky >In a message dated 5/7/99 6:59:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Lilac4me@aol.com >writes: > >> Does anyone know if it was common for families who decided to migrate >further >> >> west, from Adams Co, Ohio, specificly...to go down into Maysville, Mason >Co, >> >> Kentucky for supplies..or even flatboats..for a river journey?? > >Maysville is literally right across the river from Manchester, Adams County, >OH. Before all the dams were built on the Ohio, you could walk across the >river bottom. That is how the runaway slaves crossed the river to stations >along the Underground Railroad in Adams and Brown Counties. Maysville would >have been within walking distance from parts of Adams County. >Cathy >Pregraphic@aol.com > > >==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >