Marilyn Stroh has written a great migration pattern for her Wilson's (not mine..but we are trying to connect). She just sent it to me. It gave me the idea that a "Migrations" page would be great on the Gibson site. I'm going to post Marilyn's to a new site called MIRGRATIONS and hope the rest of you will try and compose one, too. Just write whatever you know so far. You never know......it might help you make a connection!!! Here's Marilyn's essay she wrote: A WAY BILL FROM SAMPSON CO., NORTH CAROLINA TO GIBSON CO., TN For me, the fascination with genealogy is, not putting lists of names on a computer, but rather absorbing the flavor of the times, and understanding of the history of our country from the personal stories of our relatives. So when I came across this copy of the early 1800's version of a AAA trip-tick, I did a back flip. It was used by my childrens ancestor, James Wilson, to make the trek from Sampson Co to Gibson Co in 1839. I had wondered how they found their way unless they hired a guide, as was done on the much longer trips made by pioneers going out to Texas or California. James Wilson brought his family, consisting of his wife Elizabeth Ward Wilson and children ranging in age from 13 - 1. ( Shadrack, Horace, Bryant Becton, Judith Ann, John James, Susan Jane and Delilah Catherine). Along with them came other wagons including Kings, Wards, and Kornegays and probably others. It wasnt unusual for wagon trains to number 50 wagons. If you have relatives who made the trip from Sampson Co to one of the counties surrounding Gibson, get your Atlas out and follow their route. A WAY BILL FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO GIBSON COUNTY TENNESSEE Sampson county to Fayetteville Thence to Lawrenceville Thence to Sentersville Thence to Concord Thence to Bates Ford across Big Catawby River * Thence to Morganton Thence to Pleas Gardens Thence to Swannanoa Gap across the Blue Ridge Thence to Asheville Thence to Warm Springs Thence to the mouth of Chucky River Thence to Newmarket Thence to Knoxville Thence to Kingston Thence to Post Oak Spring Thence to Crab Orchard Thence to Spayta ** Thence to McMinnville Thence to Shelbyville Thence to Farmington Thence to Loves Mills Thence to Columbia Thence to Mount Pleasant Thence to Paryville on Tennessee River Thence to Lexington Thence to Independence Thence to Trenton Thence to Joseph Mainors, 15 miles from Trenton on the Troy Road * Catawba River **Sparta The above is a copy of the Way Bill used by the Wards, Wilsons and other in migrating from North Carolina to West Tennessee in 1839 from "Colonists And Pioneers" by Charles Edmundson Wilsons\Waybill.wpd