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)