Try getting the book WILDERNESS ROAD by Robert Kincaid. It's fascinating for someone who had folks who traveled it. Covers the Road from it being a buffalo trail until well after the Civil War. Kay ---------- > From: JHaynesNC@aol.com > To: VABEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VABEDFOR-L] Migration Routes - Bedford, VA to KY early 1800s > Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 7:30 AM > > Who out there has the information we need on these migration routes? > > 1. Who knows how they got from Bedford Co. across the Smokies (Cumberland > Gap?) > 2. If they travelled by the Ohio, how did they get to it? Forbe's Road to > Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh)? > 3. If by land, on the WIlderness Road? Where were the way-stations? > 4. Why did they all end up along the Ohio if they came by land? (My HAYNES > who left Bedford County, VA all ended up in Meade/Breckinridge Counties, on > the Ohio, or in Ohio/Daviess/Hardin Counties, again along the river.) > 5. Who is interested in swapping arrival/departure times to see who might > have travelled together? I find PATE, MOORMAN, ELLIS and other names > following HAYNES from VA to KY. > > John Haynes > John@Haynes.Net > > ========Original Message======== > > Subj: Re: Migration Routes > Date: 4/26/99 4:06:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From: gsdownr@geocities.com (Patrick Hays) > To: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com > > My mother is interested in studying migration routes, and I am starting to > do the same. One of our ancestors, Christopher Howard married Elizabeth > Reeder in 1811 in Bedford Co., VA. In a deed (will? I can't remember right > now), there is a statement made about a bank account in Lynchburg, VA. At > any rate Christopher Howard and his family moved from Bedford Co., VA to > Breckinridge and Meade Cos., KY. I can not connect them to anybody yet, but > if there is a common migration path there may be some keys to who they are. > Chrsitopher and Elizabeth Howard were the parents of: William Irvin, Robert > White, Elizabeth, Jane Ellen, James Hilary, Sarah, Martha, Harriet, Thomas > H., George Edward, John Richard and DeGrafton R. Howard. Most of these > moved on to Arkansas or Missouri except James H. who died in 1856 in Hancock > Co., and John >Richard< who died in 1903 in Hancock Co. Sorry, but I have > absolutely no information about any other Howards at all. > > Patrick Hays > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JHaynesNC@aol.com> > To: <WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 1999 2:40 PM > Subject: Migration Routes > > > > Hi Isabelle! > > > > My HAYNES also came from VA--->KY in early 1800s. My folk were from > Bedford > > County. I have no links that I know of to your line, BUT would love to > know > > how folks travelled from VA in general. I'm vaguely aware that they could > use > > the Ohio River and go around the top of the state, or come overland. > > > > Do you have any sources for migration routes for our VA folks? Ooops! I do > > have a Thomas H. Board, who m. Fanny Mae Haynes in 1862 in KY. One of > yours? > > > > John Haynes > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Searching HAYNES (VA, TN, KY,MS,TX), O'DONNELL (MA,IRL), BROWN (DC, NY), > > DALY/DALEY (MA/IRL), RUBBERT (NY,GER), SANDIGLIANO (ITALY), SCOTT(VA), > > HENDERSON (NY,DC), PANKEY (VA), VAN BUREN (NY, TX) WADE (VA), WELLS (NY, > TX) > > > > My Haynes Web site is at <A > > > HREF="http://members.aol.com/jhaynesnc/index.htm">http://members.aol.com/jha > yn > > esnc/index.htm > > > > ========Original Message======== > > > > Subj: Breckinridge and Meade Counties > > Date: 4/24/99 2:14:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time > > From: board-obert@erols.com (Isabelle Board Obert) > > To: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com > > > > I am researching the Board, Shrewsbury, and Coleman families. The > > Boards and Shrewsburys migrated from Virginia into Breckinridge County > > in the early 1800s. The progenitor of the Board line, John Board, was > > born in 1706. > > See http://www.bcpss.com/Board > > > > Isabelle Boarad Obert > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > > Return-Path: <WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L-request@rootsweb.com> > > Received: from rly-yd01.mx.aol.com (rly-yd01.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.1]) > by > > air-yd03.mx.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 02:14:47 -0400 > > Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) > > by rly-yd01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) > > with ESMTP id CAA24944; > > Sat, 24 Apr 1999 02:14:40 -0400 (EDT) > > Received: (from slist@localhost) > > by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA13804; > > Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:11:55 -0700 (PDT) > > Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:11:55 -0700 (PDT) > > Message-ID: <3721489E.5E7@erols.com> > > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 00:29:21 -0400 > > From: Isabelle Board Obert <board-obert@erols.com> > > X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01-C-MACOS8 (Macintosh; I; PPC) > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Old-To: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Breckinridge and Meade Counties > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Resent-Message-ID: <xDJMiB.A.fXD.qCWI3@bl-11.rootsweb.com> > > To: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com > > Resent-From: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com > > X-Mailing-List: <WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1306 > > X-Loop: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com > > Precedence: list > > Resent-Sender: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > Return-Path: <WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Received: from rly-yb03.mx.aol.com (rly-yb03.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.3]) by > air-yb05.mx.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 04:06:21 -0400 > Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) > by rly-yb03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) > with ESMTP id EAA15091; > Mon, 26 Apr 1999 04:06:15 -0400 (EDT) > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA15259; > Mon, 26 Apr 1999 01:04:27 -0700 (PDT) > Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 01:04:27 -0700 (PDT) > Message-ID: <005a01be8fbb$3e3b90e0$68b9dfcf@ix.netcom.com> > From: "Patrick Hays" <gsdownr@geocities.com> > Old-To: <WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com> > References: <deccad9e.2454e5e2@aol.com> > Subject: Re: Migration Routes > Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 01:03:06 -0700 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 > Resent-Message-ID: <bfz84B.A.QuD.L4BJ3@bl-11.rootsweb.com> > To: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1316 > X-Loop: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > ==== VABEDFOR Mailing List ==== > Remember to ALWAYS post messages to VABEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com > even if you're subcribed in digest mode. > ALWAYS use an appropriate Subject: line (NOT starting with Re: )