How about land. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [VABEDFOR] Re: VABEDFOR-D Digest V06 #34 > Probably because of a woman, more than any other reason. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 9:36 PM > Subject: Re: [VABEDFOR] Re: VABEDFOR-D Digest V06 #34 > > >> In a message dated 5/28/06 7:58:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >> [email protected] >> writes: >> >> >>> > Speaking of which, do any history buffs out there know why a young man >>> > in >>> > his early 20s would leave the Bedford county &/or Roanoke area to go >>> > over >>> > 200 miles over to Kanawha circa 1845? >>> > >>> >> My great-grandfather's four brothers left Floyd County, VA for then >> "west" >> Virginia about that time, 3 brothers to Fayette county and one to >> Kanawha >> County.I read somewhere that the New River (in Kanawha County) had been >> cleared of >> snags and boulders and was opened for major river travel southward (past >> Fayette County), continuing into southwestern Virginia near where they >> formerly >> lived. Also coal and salt mining had become major sources of employment. >> If you >> come to some conclusion, please let me know. The brothers lived there for >> about 2-3 years then returned to Floyd County, VA.. >> >> J.H. Wright [email protected] >> >> >> >> ==== VABEDFOR Mailing List ==== >> The archives of this list can be searched at URL: >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=VABEDFOR >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/354 - Release Date: 6/1/2006 >> >> > > > ==== VABEDFOR Mailing List ==== > The list administrator can be contacted at address: > [email protected] OR [email protected] >

Hi ! This is all FUN, and another reason is that once a particular county & environs was pretty well "bought up" by earlier folks, the youngsters looked "West" to find new land, and usually cheaper. Consider too, a Father who had land enough to leave by will to 8 sons or so, left the sons without enough land to make each one the kind of living they dreamed of. So on it goes. I copied this below from the Kanawha website. Bill H. "History Introduction: Did you know that originally, Kanawha County was one-third the size of present-day West Virginia, yet it had a population of less than 100? Or that Daniel Boone made his home here, and George Washington owned a great deal of its land (yet never set foot on his holdings)?" Find on your Browser. We invite you to learn more about Kanawha County and its historic courthouse - discover a little history, learn some interesting facts, and be glad that the 1749 French name for the river - Chinodahichetha - wasn't used for long! " ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sondra Foley" <[email protected]> How about land. (?) > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> Probably because of a woman, more than any other reason. ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> Speaking of which, do any history buffs out there know why a young man in his early 20s would leave the Bedford county &/or Roanoke area to go over200 miles over to Kanawha circa 1845? >>> My great-grandfather's four brothers left Floyd County, VA for then >>> "west" Virginia about that time, 3 brothers to Fayette county and one >>> to Kanawha County.I read somewhere that the New River (in Kanawha >>> County) had been cleared of snags and boulders and was opened for major >>> river travel southward (past >>> Fayette County), continuing into southwestern Virginia near where they >>> formerly lived. Also coal and salt mining had become major sources of >>> employment. If you come to some conclusion, please let me know. The >>> brothers lived there for >>> about 2-3 years then returned to Floyd County, VA.. >>> J.H. Wright [email protected]