This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: josum0534 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/8121.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: "Twenty years later the full force of the Kentucky migration was swinging down the Monongahela and Ohio in flat boats and all other means of travel. From around Fort Jackson alone more than 200 persons departed for Bracken County in 1789."(KY) pg 13-Tenmile Country and its Pioneer Families. Times were hard and game was scare so the time had come .to move westward. Most of the same families from Tenmile moved on to KY or OH between 1785-1789. My family travelled down the Ohio River on flatboats til they hit the Wabash River and went up to Illinois as told to me by my grandmother. One time they stopped and stayed in caves along the river in the winter and to hide from the Indians. But many stopped in Kentucky along the way. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.