My, Coats family came we believe from Maryland to South Carolina, then to Logan County KY and then on into TN...showing up in Smith County TN...my Baker family came from Virginia to South Carolina, then Logan County KY and then on to first Bedford County, TN then Wilson County TN...all in the mid to late 1700s...and by 1817 they were all in Callaway County MO or at least my family...some stayed in TN... So migration patterns may all be different with different families...my John Baker was in the Rev and fought some battles in SC...so I'm wondering if some of them might have been exposed to other locales and after the wars moved into some of those area...it is all sure interesting....:) as young men they might very well have rode horse back as well...and those with a family probably in wagons... Char On Feb 11, 2008 10:11 AM, Joan Cruz <jeanndearc@hotmail.com> wrote: > My Mullins relatives came by wagon train it is said from Virginia through North Carolina to Rutherford Co TN around 1820. My great-great-great grandfather Joel Mullins was also in the War of 1812 and was crippled and walked with a cane the rest of his life. I don't know if they came through the Cumberland Gap...maybe...since most of them did, didn't they when crossing the mountains. This has been handed down and I have no real proof. > -- A shameless plug for my web activities: Support Authentic Cherokee Art - ask for the Artist's Tribal registration number before you buy!! Cherokee Style, Cherokee Heritage and Cherokee Descent all mean non Indian! Indian Arts and Craft Act: http://nativeamericanlawus.blogspot.com Cherokee Basket Weaver's Association: http://www.cherokeebasketweaversassociation.org Cherokee Basketweaving Books: http://www.lulu.com/groups/indianbasketweaving Cherokee Artists Association http://www.cherokeeartistsassociation.org Cherokees of Orange County http://www.cherokeesoforangecounty.org Visit the Family History Store at LuLu: http://www.lulu.com/groups/pagesthroughtime or http://www.pagesthroughtime.us Can't find the records you need and you're a male surnamed Coats or varitation, order a DNA kit to join our DNA project: http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=A59642&special=True Coats Archive http://www.coatsarchive.us