Betty/Gregg: I spent some time a few years back at the library and courthouse in Wayne County researching my mother-in-law's McGowan line that was in Wayne County before Russell County was formed. If your family was in Russell County prior to 1825 it is a good idea to look at Wayne and Pulaski counties. I don't know, it seems to me that I have almost been to almost every county in southwestern and southeastern Kentucky researching my family and my husband's family. His names are Wilson, Tucker, Nelson, Dunbar and Popplewell on his father's side. McGowan, Miller, Bowlin, Hart, Brown and Cain on his mother's side. These families as they relate to my husband all appear to have been in Russell County by the very early 1800's and stayed. My mother's family lines were all in Knox, Laurel, and Whitley County and over into Campbell County, Tennessee. I have done some research in Indiana because it appears some members of my Reynolds (Runnels) line migrated there before going on to Illinois in the years between 1810 and 1850. I am grateful every day for the progress that I have made as a direct result of the DNA projects. I would never have figured some of this out without it. Jan -----Original Message----- From: bettyputnam <bwadeputnam@fairpoint.net> To: wilson <wilson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Jan 13, 2012 2:55 pm Subject: Re: [WILSON] DNA Russell County, KY Wilson's Hi Gregg & Jan, Gregg, it would not surprise me one bit if we're related on several ifferent lines. A cousin did some genealogy many years ago and her bservation was, "if your surnames were Wilson, Hopper, Wade, Hart, Judd, or number of other names, you were related to everyone in Russell County." I ertainly believe it. Jan, I'm just getting into your Wilson info and will let you know what I ind. I know I'm going to need some dates to follow through with all this nfo. I'll get back to you. Betty ----- Original Message ----- rom: "Wilson, Gregg" <gw3@evansville.edu> o: <wilson@rootsweb.com> ent: Friday, January 13, 2012 8:49 AM ubject: Re: [WILSON] DNA Russell County, KY Wilson's Hi Jan & Betty, There is a web site called Find A Grave.com that is very useful. If you search for Wilson's in Russell and Pulaski Counties in Kentucky, there are listings for over 400 Wilsons buried in those two counties alone, with many of the dates from the 1800's. It seems that in terms of migration patterns, as settlers in Virginia moved west, that was more or less a route that many took. So, I would think that the chances are pretty favorable that more than one line of Wilson's travelled through this region. Something that Betty has really helped me to understand is how counties have changed boundaries over time. Depending on what time frame one is looking, Russell County in KY could be one name or another as lines were re-drawn (in fact, Kentucky was carved out of Virginia, so a particular area of KY may have actually been a Virginian county, again depending on the time frame). Betty is a great historian of these counties and how they evolved. Betty, there are Hoppers in my line as well. It seems that one group of Hoppers also moved into Warrick County, and married with the Wilsons. It would be interesting to see if this is the same family. We may be related in more ways than one! :) Gregory S. Wilson, P.E.D., FACSM Professor & Chair Department of Exercise and Sport Science Graves Hall University of Evansville Evansville, IN 47720 Tel: (812) 488-2847 Fax: (812) 488-2087 ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILSON-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message