For the benefit of those others that may be searching for similar "lost relatives"; Matthew Lyon, a man of considerable wealth and charisma left VT in the late 1790's or early 1800's to establish a settlement in Eddyville KY. Quite a number of family and friends from the Shaftsbury/Arlington area came with him. He settled on military grants there. While I could find no mention of the Grenard name, It is possible that he came after the original settlement or may have even been there when Matthew arrived. Take a look at the history of Matthew Lyon sometime if you want to see the exploits of a man who had every reason to stay put and reap the rewards of a prosperous life but choose instead to continue moving westward to new territories and new adventures, even in his 70's. I wish I could have known and talked to him. Brian Galusha At 05:24 PM 9/1/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Since you know he was in War why are u so shy., please help me here. Just >because people lived or orignated in one state does not mean that they didn't >migrate to another and serve their country. Bear with me. As a >researcher, >I have found these generations of people were every where> YES. IT took a >napsack, bedroll frypan and container of water. Two sturdy legs and lots >of will >and determination. But I have found people in PA all the way to OREGON to >IA to >OR to PA back to OH then back to IA then back to KY then OH . An Internerate >minister of sorts. In the years of 1812 people were in places many never >dreamt they could be in. I would look at that data of the Greenard and >see if >you can gleam any data from it. It was hop skip and jump to go down river a >couple times and be in KY . > >I am so thankful I have attended so many of George Schwietzers great talks. >HE gently reminds us we have to have an O P E N MIND to do >genealogy. About >the time we say can't be .. be ever watchful. I have seen many a good >researcher go awry with thoughts:" oh, their not in my area can not be >mine." > >This is in no way meant to berate anyone but to help everyone be more open >and receptive to ideas and places. I have learned most brick walls are >in our >mind. >O yes a few are in the lost misplaced pages of history. But we miss it >because of our thought process. > >I love doing a "BrickWall" chat and have everyone participate on that persons >brick wall, inveritably someone will find data some where to bring back and >share. The answer.. "Oh,I would not have thought of that at all." > >So if really stuck swap a name with someone else their thought prospective on >the situation. IT may surprise you. > >We are creatures of habit and rote.. Bad for genealogists. :<( > > >SusiCP >Family Historian >It's the Indian in me.....:>) > > >==== VTBENNIN Mailing List ==== >VTBENNIN is a forum for the discussion of genealogical and historical >research in Bennington County, Vermont > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237