Shirley, Thank you, What is the name of the book about the great wagon road that you mentioned? And that brings up another question. In about 1786 Hugh Gibbs is paid for guarding a group of people going to KY through the Cumberland Gap. But I would have thought it was easier to just float down the Ohio River and then over to Logan Co. Perhaps he went through the CG and then went and got his Mother and siblings. Stephanie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO] more on early record question > > In a message dated 6/14/2008 7:24:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > By 1792, Elizabeth and children > are in Logan Co., KY. Was there a good road between Westmoreland and > Cumberland Co. > > > You do need some good maps of migration routes. My ABRAHAMs traveled > that > route prior to the American Revolution and used the Ohio River to complete > their travel to Kentucky, then later simply (a tremendously dangerous > trip) > crossed the river into Ohio Territory and by 1811 had purchased land in > Indiana > Territory. > The general history of that period is fascinating, the travails and the > triumphs. I have a book that explains the southern route, The Great Wagon > Road, > from eastern colonial PA to the valleys of western colonial VA and around > the > mountains across the land the natives still claimed. It also talks about > the Cumberland Gap. > > One of my husband's ancestors spoke to his children and grandchildren of > his > passage over the mountains from Augusta Co., VA to Bracken Co., KY as a 19 > year old...traveling so slowly they would send back to the last stopping > place > to get an ember for that day's fire, dismantling the wagon and hauling it > by > hand up the side of a large hill/mountain (that day they traveled 3 feet, > he > said). Lewis Albert Harding wrote the official history book on Decatur > Co., > IN and wrote his grandfather's stories. > > Simple stories by simple people, not the rich and famous, give us a better > glimpse into our American experiences. There were so many more of us, > grin. > > I do envy the experience you will have learning this history. It's like > listening to Mozart's "Hallelujah Chorus" for the first time or seeing > Michelangelo's "David." > > Shirley Maynard > Hampton, VA > > > > > **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best > 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >