My family went to Newark, Licking Co., OH. I am not sure of the date, although Mary HUPP m Joseph ENGLISH in 1819 in Newark, so they were certainly there by then. I show one of Mary's brothers as being born in Kanawha VA in 1812, but I don't know right offhand where I got that? Joseph was said to be a soldier in the War of 1812, but somehow the Nat'l Archives has lost his records. They have a card that says where to find it, but it has not been there for many years. Now that is the HUPP family that went to Newark. I don't know if the WILSON family went, too. I know families went in groups, and the ENGLISH family had been in New Market in VA. My great grandmother was named Virginia because the family remembered that area with so much happiness. She was Sarah Virginia (or Virginia Sarah, not sure which name came first!) ENGLISH b 1841, Licking Co., OH. Joseph ENGLISH was the son of Job ENGLISH and Jane VANCE. They also went to Newark and are buried there. Samuel HUPP and Margaret WILSON went to Newark also and died there. Her father had died bef her marriage so I don't know if any other of her family went. That is something I could research. Frederick Co. is another place I show in my records that my family lived. It would be interesting to know why they all left at that time. Joyce > Joyce, > Where did your Wilson family move to in Licking County, Ohio? My third > great grandparents were both born and raised in the Shenandoah Valley in > 1790. They sold out in 1837 moving with all their children to Licking County, Ohio > where Stephen and Mary "Polly" Ritter/Rutter helped found the village of St. > Louisville. Stephen owned the whole northside of St. Louisville where he > farmed as well as running a stageline from Mt. Vernon to Zaneville. This included a > tavern and inn. > We were elated to find a sign upon entering St. Louisville on the #13 > (north of Newark and on both sides of the village) stating St. Louisville > Founded by Stephen Ritter and John Bell in 1839 when we first visited this last > February. > I found many of the names in these tax and land records of Shenandoah > and Frederick Co., VA in the cemeteries in and around St. Louisville. > Anyhow, I hope that the information I sent helps to paint a better > picture of your family. > Happy Hunting, > Chocy