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 >