I'm pretty sure the 1st move was to Bourbon-Montgomery Co, Ky n e of Lexington. FamilyHistory.com - Message Boards I ran into an early Ball-Batchley [Badgley?] marriage. These are [?] the 1st Baptists on the s Branch,Potomac, [?] by 1782 The Badgley Surname Message Board Message #35 Thursday, April 27, 2000 Subject:Reverend David BADGLEY Posted by:Nora Tocus Message:Reverend David BADGLEY was a Baptist minister who brought a colony of 154 people from Hardy CO VA (now WVA) to New Design/Kaskaskia IL in 1797. By some reports he was recruited by the American Baptist Mission Board to establish a Protestant church at Kaskaskia because young American soldiers, since the Revolution, were marrying French girls and entering the Catholic church at Kaskaskia, and the Baptist Mission Board wished to avoid this. In 1796 Badgley made an exploratory trip on horseback with several men and determined to bring a group of congregants, neighbors, and family members to settle in Illinois. They left Hardy CO in the spring of 1797 and arrived at Kaskaskia on July 4, 1797. This was a summer of torrential rains and flooding; much of the land was under water and as the group first took boats on the Ohio River to Massac then traveled overland through southern Illinois, the trip turned into a disaster. They then arrived at their destination to encounter an epidemic of "pestilential fever" which ki lled half of their party. Reverend Badgley survived to establish the first Protestant church in the Western Territories. Some of his party settled in Illinois while others returned to the East or to some point along the way back, believing (with some justification) that Illinois was a very dangerous place. Regarding a previous posting, I have not heard of the Badgley party stopping in KY but would be interested to hear details and documentation. Please contact direct Nora PS Much material is available on the history of BADGLEY in America---goes back to the arrival of Anthony Badgley in NY 1688. Replies: First Name Last Name Any AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY INTL L Copyright ©1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries. this is spacer text used to space the page to the proper width for your browser. this is spacer text used to space the page to the proper width for your browser. this is spacer text used to space the page Search > Record Type > Compiled Databases > Ancestry World Tree > Search ResultsJune 24, 2000 1820 finds some at Bellville,Ill. Search Results - Family Information Husband:David BadgleyFather: Anthony Badgley, Sr. Mother: This Anthony was on 1782 Hampshire Co,Va tax list] Wife:Rhoda ValentineFather: Ichabod Valentine Mother: Marriage Date:20 DEC 1769Marriage Place:Bedford, Hardy, VA Children:Ephrian Badgley Sarah Badgley Aaron Badgley Mary Badgley Rachel Badgley Elizabeth Badgley Ichabod Badgley Priscilla Badgley David Badgley, Jr. Job Badgley Isaac Badgley Abraham Badgley t Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries. Ancestry.com - Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)Member Search > Record Type > Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) > Search ResultsJune 24, 2000 [ SUSANAH DAYTON adjoined Thomas Brown on the 1787 [82?] Hampshire- Hardy Co Tax list Search Terms: BADGLEY (16), ANTHONY (1320) Database: Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) Combined Matches: 1 The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 163 page 265 Miss Elvenah Henry Jones. DAR ID Number: 162876 Born in Summit, N. J. Descendant of Stephen Conklin and of Jonathan Dayton, as follows: 1. Chester Neville Jones (b. 1870) m. 1898 Hester Gray (b. 1871). 2. Edward Conkling Jones (1842-1910) m. 1869 Harriet Meeker Badgley (1845-70). 3. Abraham Post Jones (1813-95) m. 1839 Elizabeth N. Conkling (1814-93); Dayton Badgley (1806-87) m. 1831 Sarah Lyon (1809-75). 4. Jonathan D. Conkling (1787-1842) m. 1810 Sally Neville (d. 1864); Anthony Badgley (1762-1842) m. Abigail Hedges (1769-1822). 5. Isaac Conkling (1761-91) m. 1784 Comfort Pitney (b. 1756); Uriah Hedges (1725-97) m. Phebe Dayton. 6. Stephen Conkling m. 1747 Deborah Dimon (d. 1774); Jonathan Dayton m. 1st Mary — (1702-34). Stephen Conkling (1721-91) was a minute man from Morris County, N. J., where he died. He was born on Long Island, N. Y. Also No. 160114. [p.265] Jonathan Dayton (1701-76) was a member of the Committee of Vigilance of Elizabethtown, N. J. He was born in East Hampton, L. I.; died in Elizabeth, N. J. Also No. 123109. Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.