Good Land and a less crowded environment plus if they served in the war they often got bounty land. McMinn County had lots of good hunting, good cropland with rich soil and perhaps the most important for some there were minerals that could be mined to earn money for other things. Sharon McCormack > Can anyone tell me something of the history of McMinn Co.? Why were people > leaving Virginia in the early 1800's and settling in McMinn Co.? What was > there that attracted settlers? >