Paulette... My Travis family came into SC at Savannah in 1772....In the family records it states.."Aunt Rachal crossed the Cumberland gap on her 12th birthday, walking into Kentucky on Christmas Day, 1803"... So many of the pioneers walked into Kentucky...the forest was thick and the trails narrow, so using a hore to pack in goods was the best way..Wagon trains may have come later, after the paths became wider roads... Katharan >Knowledgeable listers, if a family were in S.C. about 1744 and by 1800 >were >in KY., what would be the like path they would have travelled? I'm >thinking >there couldn't have been more than a few ways to get from S.C. to KY. at >that >time but I have not been able to find anything. Thanks for any help. >*paulette* in SunnyFlorida/researching: Tanner-Newton-Wilkens-Glover: >SC-NC-KY-MO-ILL > > >============================== >Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate >your heritage! >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com