Betty, It is funny that you say that. We were just recently speculating the same thing. Common names in this area of Warrick County include Wilson, Hopper, Bullock, Reed and Madden and it seems that all originated in Russell County and ended up in Indiana in the mid 1800's. I have relatives with all these names, and we've wondered if they knew each other in Russell County before arriving in Indiana. Gregg Sent from IPhone On Jan 13, 2012, at 1:56 PM, "bettyputnam" <bwadeputnam@fairpoint.net> wrote: > Hi Gregg & Jan, > > Gregg, it would not surprise me one bit if we're related on several > different lines. A cousin did some genealogy many years ago and her > observation was, "if your surnames were Wilson, Hopper, Wade, Hart, Judd, or > a number of other names, you were related to everyone in Russell County." I > certainly believe it. > > Jan, I'm just getting into your Wilson info and will let you know what I > find. I know I'm going to need some dates to follow through with all this > info. I'll get back to you. > > Betty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wilson, Gregg" <gw3@evansville.edu> > To: <wilson@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 8:49 AM > Subject: 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message