after I answered Jim, I thought maybe someone on the list might be able to help. I am trying to document an old 1936 article about a group who left Patrick Co Va in the spring of 1809 and arrived in Smith Co TN in July of that year. How did they get thru the mountains, did they connect at some point with the trail coming into eastern TN from Shenandoan Valley of VA? A lot of questions. mary At 05:57 AM 7/1/99 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 7/1/99 1:51:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: > >> Smith Co Tn at that time was much larger- includes what >> is now Dekalb, Cannon, etc. > >Sorry I can't help you w/any info on the migration route. But I seem to have >read somewhere that, starting in 1808, the area now in Cannon Co was actually >part of Warren Co. In any event, I am very interested in the migration routes >into Warren Co at that time, so I wish you much, much luck in getting some >answers to your query! > >Best regards, Jim Brown Isaac Turney land was in Smith till 1830s, then it was Cannon. His father lived very close and his land was Smith till 1830s when it became Dekalb. They were near Liberty and Gassaway - in that area. Warren is SE of Cannon, so maybe you are talking about further south than I am. I think that the whole area was Smith at one time - in 1808, 1809. I think Macon Co also came out of Smith. Seems the time between the 1830 and 1840 census is when a lot of new counties were formed. I also think the migration routes into Warren might be similiar. What I am finding is this...... There is an article written in 1936 and is an account given by Sterline Spurlock Brown. He says he had heard his parents talking about the migration route. Indian Trail - "came from Kentucky into Tennessee through what is now Macon County by Red Boiling Springs to Lancaster where Temperance Hall, Dowell Town, and Liberty now are. From Liberty up Clear Fork to the Big Overall Spring. This was a good camping place and the Indians had bard shanties built to camp in. Their trail ran or went up the creek from the Big Spring to the Adamson branch then up the branch to the Lige Adamson cave. Then up the Long Hill where the Billy Bryant and Presley Adams farms now join. then on out Pla Ridgeand to the Half Acre Spring. There through Warren County, then Grunda County and over in Sequatchie Valley and on into Virginia..." This was route taken in July 1809 of a group from Patrick Co VA - - of course reading the above, this group would have come out of Patrick CO - thru???? - then Sequatchie County, Warren, etc. In reverse of what he said. The group settled around the Big Spring area. The names mentioned are: Jacob Adams SR Abe Overall Wells Adamson Zachariah Keaton Sam Fuson Isaac Turney seems they left Patrick Co VA in the spring when the grass would support feeding their animals. So would that be around April? Then they arrived in TN in July - so we are talking a trip of from 2-4 months approximate. Now how they got from Patrick Co VA to Sequatchie is what I am trying to find. Someone told me the route out of Patrick Co west was approximate highway 58. If so, they must have gone thru a cap in the mountains and picked up the route used by peopled coming thru Shenandoah Valley into eastern TN. That route I know. But we are talking about 1809, and I think they might have had a different way. So anything you find about from southern VA to Warren Co TN - let me know cause we are looking for same route. Thanks. Mary [email protected]