This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: shrp6 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.rogers/5944.2.2.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: LouAnn, My William Rogers was (ca. 1755 MD - abt 1830-34, Adams Co., OH). He may connect with the Rogers family of whom you write. I am aware of the following. There were many Rogers in MD and they were Quakers. A line with the common names, William, John, Thomas, did migrate from MD to Adams Co. OH (after 1800); I have not been able to find the kin link to mine, though I suspect there is one. Many of this family migrated to KY, then some came up to southeast IN. Others came to the Bluegrass ca. 1800 from VA (likely today's WVA). I am aware of a Rogers family (I think John Rogers, part Native American) who migrated into Brown Co., IN and operated a well-known restaurant near Brown Co. State Park, at Nashville, IN. I believe there was a Napolean Rogers in the line. Some of the KY Rogers were in Decatur Co., IN where mine moved in the 1800s. I know they were active in the religious reformation which required divestiture of slaves, and some persons were inheriting slaves where the legal instrument forbade them to free them, so some conscientious persons in these circumstances simply relocated so they could leave their slaves behind and moved to states where laws prohibited keeping slaves. I know one the Rogers family in the Bluegrass were leaders in religious reform. Though MO was not a free state yet, families migrated together as well. Some migrations across the Ohio and west were just about That is the only direction I can offer on your search. 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.