Tom, My ancestor was named Isaac WILLIAMS and he was apparently born and raised in Shenandoah Co., VA. He seems to have moved to Athens Co., OH in 1835 with a near relative, John WILLIAMS who was about 2 years older than Isaac. John and Isaac married into the same established Athens Co. family in 1836 and 1837 respectively. John would have been about 29 at the time of his marriage and Isaac about 28. (To the folks on the list: I'm sorry for the multiple replies to several who responded to my message. I returned home to find several replies scattered throughout many messages from other lists I'm on and it has taken me awhile to go through them; I've answered as I came to them.) Kym Williams Pitman -----Original Message----- From: Tom Pierce [mailto:tvpierce@infionline.net] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 1:30 PM To: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Shenandoah to Licking Co OH & Cass Co IN Kym, If you don't mind my asking, who were your ancestors that went to Athens? The movement that way started, I think, with the battle of Point Pleasant which had a lot of Shenandoah men in it. Then, one of the Steenbergens went out later and may have attracted some of their neighbors. Tom David & Kym Pitman wrote: >Tom, > >Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for describing what conditions were like >prior to the westward movement for those of us who have never seen the area >except in pictures. I had often wondered what motivated my ancestors to >move from the Shenandoah to Athens Co., OH. The portrait you paint gives >clues for further research. > >Kym > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tom Pierce [mailto:tvpierce@infionline.net] >Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 8:33 AM >To: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Shenandoah to Licking Co OH & Cass Co IN > > >Phyllis, >I think there are several good reasons for the earlier movements. > > >==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html