A good website to review migration pathways is on Rootsweb: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tqpeiffer/Documents/Ancestral%20Migration%20Archives/Migration%20Photo%20Galleries/%2810%29%20US%20MIGRATION%20MAPS/U.S.%20MIGRATION%20MAPS.html The map of Colonial Roads 1775 seems particularly interesting. One of the more surprising routes for me has been from Pennsylvania through the Shenandoah valley into Kentucky and western North Carolina. Many people who settled the Shenandoah Valley had their origins in Pennsylvania. Note this is the route of the Boone family. Note also that before the Revolutionary period a primary method of transportation was by water (thus early Westmoreland families like the Allertons moved around - with property in Massachusetts, Westmoreland, and the Caribbean). George On 2/19/2013 6:12 AM, George McKinney wrote: > There were also land developers. My ancestors left Westmoreland in the > 1780s to live on land that had been developed by Jeremiah Rust of the > Rust family of Westmoreland in Campbell County. He was gracious enough > to donate 50 acres of his land for the county seat in 1784 - now called > Rustburg! > > George > On 2/19/2013 6:01 AM, Charlie Weaver wrote: >> Mostly for free land, John. VA became relatively crowded, >> as did PA and parts of MD. Some of mine moved from PA, >> with brief stays in VA & NC, before moving on to Abbeville >> District SC. Charlie >> >> >> >> On 2/18/2013 9:21 PM, John Cullom Sr wrote: >>> Interesting, My ancestors left Sussex C o., VA about 1780 & moved 100 miles >>> away to North Carolina. Some of the sons continues on to SC TN, AR & TX. >>> Could they have been part of this migration? I've wondered why they left >>> VA. John Cullom, Westminster, MD >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: marsha moses >>> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 8:43 PM >>> To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] The post Revolution War migration - wheredid >>> they go? >>> >>> I would say YES! Everyone was moving to Kentucky! And often they stopped >>> in western Va before moving on to KY. I live in Huntington, WV. They did >>> not stop here! Our area was not settled this early. The place to go just >>> after the Revolution was Kentucky! And it is interesting. The traveling >>> church out of Culpeper met Indian troubles in KY. Ky was the hunting ground >>> of the Indian nations. But still Ky was the place to go! In the first >>> decade of the 1800's everyone was moving to Ohio and Indiana. But in the >>> time period between 1790 and 1800, everyone was moving to KY. I can give >>> you specifics if you want them. I have heard from professionals that part >>> of the problem was that Virginia had huge war debts. They raised taxes to >>> cover the war debts from the Revolution. Kentucky was made a state separate >>> from Virginia in 1792. You could move there and not pay Virginia taxes! >>> marsha moses >>> >>> >>> On Feb 18, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Craig Partridge <rfc974@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi folks: >>>> >>>> Here's a historical question I've been wondering about. Most counties >>>> in >>>> the Northern Neck (Richmond being the big exception and Westmoreland's >>>> population stats being unknown) lost population between 1790 and 1800. >>>> I'm assuming the reasons are similar to that of Charles County, Maryland >>>> (which is just across the Potomac and lost 20% of its non-slave population >>>> after the war): namely the failure of the agricultural trade with England >>>> and Scotland to resume after the war. >>>> >>>> The population reduction came from migration to somewhere else in the U.S. >>>> The question I have is whether there was a pattern (or set of patterns) >>>> for the migration. >>>> >>>> I ask because I'm descended from that migration -- my Partridge ancestor >>>> left his plantation near Kinsale (no record of the sale) and moved west in >>>> the late 1790s, first to western Virginia and then to Kentucky. So, >>>> apparently, did his brother-in-law. I'm wondering if they were following >>>> an established path, or whether folks set out in a number of directions. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Craig Partridge >>>> (non-work account -- for work issues send to craig@aland.bbn.com) >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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

Excellent information George...Thank you. Mary >________________________________ > From: George McKinney <genealogymck@aol.com> >To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com >Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:38 AM >Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] The post Revolution War migration - wheredid they go? > >A good website to review migration pathways is on Rootsweb: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tqpeiffer/Documents/Ancestral%20Migration%20Archives/Migration%20Photo%20Galleries/%2810%29%20US%20MIGRATION%20MAPS/U.S.%20MIGRATION%20MAPS.html > >The map of Colonial Roads 1775 seems particularly interesting. > >One of the more surprising routes for me has been from Pennsylvania >through the Shenandoah valley into Kentucky and western North Carolina.  >Many people who settled the Shenandoah Valley had their origins in >Pennsylvania.  Note this is the route of the Boone family. > >Note also that before the Revolutionary period a primary method of >transportation was by water (thus early Westmoreland families like the >Allertons moved around  - with property in Massachusetts, Westmoreland, >and the Caribbean). > >George > >On 2/19/2013 6:12 AM, George McKinney wrote: >> There were also land developers.  My ancestors left Westmoreland in the >> 1780s to live on land that had been developed by Jeremiah Rust of the >> Rust family of Westmoreland in Campbell County.  He was gracious enough >> to donate 50 acres of his land for the county seat in 1784 - now called >> Rustburg! >> >> George >> On 2/19/2013 6:01 AM, Charlie Weaver wrote: >>> Mostly for free land, John. VA became relatively crowded, >>> as did PA and parts of MD. Some of mine moved from PA, >>> with brief stays in VA & NC, before moving on to Abbeville >>> District SC.  Charlie >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2/18/2013 9:21 PM, John Cullom Sr wrote: >>>> Interesting,  My ancestors left Sussex C o., VA about 1780 & moved 100 miles >>>> away to North Carolina.  Some of the sons continues on to SC TN, AR & TX. >>>> Could they have been part of this migration?  I've wondered why they left >>>> VA.            John Cullom, Westminster, MD >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: marsha moses >>>> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 8:43 PM >>>> To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com >>>> Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] The post Revolution War migration - wheredid >>>> they go? >>>> >>>> I would say YES!  Everyone was moving to Kentucky!  And often they stopped >>>> in western Va before moving on to KY.  I live in Huntington, WV.  They did >>>> not stop here!  Our area was not settled this early.  The place to go just >>>> after the Revolution was Kentucky!  And it is interesting.  The traveling >>>> church out of Culpeper met Indian troubles in KY.  Ky was the hunting ground >>>> of the Indian nations.  But still Ky was the place to go!  In the first >>>> decade of the 1800's everyone was moving to Ohio and Indiana.  But in the >>>> time period between 1790 and 1800, everyone was moving to KY.  I can give >>>> you specifics if you want them.  I have heard from professionals that part >>>> of the problem was that Virginia had huge war debts.  They raised taxes to >>>> cover the war debts from the Revolution.  Kentucky was made a state separate >>>> from Virginia in 1792.  You could move there and not pay Virginia taxes! >>>> marsha moses >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 18, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Craig Partridge <rfc974@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi folks: >>>>> >>>>> Here's a historical question I've been wondering about.    Most counties >>>>> in >>>>> the Northern Neck (Richmond being the big exception and Westmoreland's >>>>> population stats being unknown) lost population between 1790 and 1800. >>>>> I'm assuming the reasons are similar to that of Charles County, Maryland >>>>> (which is just across the Potomac and lost 20% of its non-slave population >>>>> after the war): namely the failure of the agricultural trade with England >>>>> and Scotland to resume after the war. >>>>> >>>>> The population reduction came from migration to somewhere else in the U.S. >>>>> The question I have is whether there was a pattern (or set of patterns) >>>>> for the migration. >>>>> >>>>> I ask because I'm descended from that migration -- my Partridge ancestor >>>>> left his plantation near Kinsale (no record of the sale) and moved west in >>>>> the late 1790s, first to western Virginia and then to Kentucky.  So, >>>>> apparently, did his brother-in-law.  I'm wondering if they were following >>>>> an established path, or whether folks set out in a number of directions. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> Craig Partridge >>>>> (non-work account -- for work issues send to craig@aland.bbn.com) >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>>    >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>  >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > >