I think it was a land rush for the rich Miami's lands that was cut short by the defeats of Gen Harmar's 1789,and Gen-Gov St Clair's armies out of Cincinnati vs nw Ohio Indians. Gen Wayne finally won a marginal victory in 1794 that led to the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, and peaceful sttlements. Anyway, pre 1795-96, there was a string of family forts just se of se Clermont, in Mason,and Bracken Co,Ky. And a 2nd string of forts up the Little Miami valley 'from Columbia to Terrace Park. , and,partially, the same peoples from sw Pa, and from the German counties settled each place. So,to a degree,the people from Felicity to Higginsport had known the people from Milford to Loveland. Among the Germanic ,Christian Waldschmidt's Bolender wife was akin to the Bolender-Shinkles settlement. And Capt BEN STITES sw Pa militia company,in part,settled in se Clermont- Many families have members both places. For eastern Clermont Co,the most important feature was a Buffalo-Indian trail from spring to spring,called the Bullskin Trace, and later the Bullskin to Xenia trace,and then the Xenia Road,and finally,RT 133. Bethel,and Williamsburg were located on this trace. Edenton. Maybe Felicity. "But" I'll guess Smyrna Rd,and Presbyterian Cemetary was the old trace ,and east of Felicity. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.