This has probably been discussed before but can we discuss it again? My (Fitzgerald?) Gerelds/Gerald/Jerrells (there are 40+ various spellings even in the same families) ancestor stated in the 1850 Lincoln County, TN census he was 38 yrs. old (b abt 1812 in Vermont). He was in Lincoln County in 1842, married in January that year. He volunteered to serve in the War with Mexico and returned to Lincoln County. There are several Gerald/Geralds in New England who moved on and I have been told Tennessee was an unusual travel route. So, from Vermont to Lincoln County, TN (and probably on to Alabama and Texas), what makes this route unusual and what areas do you suppose he traveled? Many thanks. Betty