Craig & Lou Ann: A good many RevWar people from NC, previously from Tidewater/Northern Neck, populated TN as far as the Mississippi. For instance, my g+uncle Maj George DOHERTY was granted about 6000a in what is now Davidson Co/Nashville. He died before he could occupy the land, but his widow and children did. The migration route from n.central NC was usually through Horse Gap or Deep Gap NC. Several of my ancestors got to their TN land that way, down the Watauga River gap to the TN River. A few moved out of NC before the mountains and then thru Cumberland Gap, then into e.TN and c.TN along what is now I-81. My wife's KY ancestors from w.VA, Botetourt, Allegheny, etc. went thru the gap at what's now Clifton Forge and a route generally what is now I-64. Charlie On 2/19/2013 11:48 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: > Yes indeed, Lou Ann. For Virginians, those were in Kentucky which was still part of Virginia at that time (until 1792). But you didn't need to be a Rev. War soldier to move there, or to take up land. It was more likely one would simply sell their bounty warrant to someone else, who would sell it to someone else, and so on. Kentucky to this day is land title nightmare. It's a complicated subject, to say the least. The land warrants are in Virginia, but the land is in Kentucky. A mess. > > Craig > > On Feb 19, 2013, at 11:37 PM, Brondak@aol.com wrote: > >> I haven't heard anyone mention the land grants for their Rev War Service. >> Many got those >> and the migrations had a lot to do with that. >> Lou Ann >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >