In a message dated 12/29/2007 11:56:54 P.M. Central Standard Time,
Roundmt(a)aol.com writes:
Maybe they left Va when Williams
wife died. He and grown sons/daughters sold out and moved on.
Oh yes, but where oh where did they move on TO
If they traveled west from what was Bath/Greenbrier area in 1796 to get to
the central part of KY, it looks like they would have passed through Kanawha
Co. VA before getting to KY BUT I am thinking that they had to take a
waterway route because of the mountains.
For any of you who have visited Greenbrier Co -- you can picture how close
the New River Gorge was to Greenbrier at this time and at time Greenbrier was
much larger.
So the Greenbrier flows into the New River and the New River connects with
the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River. The Kanawha meets the Ohio River at
what is now Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV but at that time was Kanawha Co.,
VA
So on the off chance that any Callisons were in Kanawah Co. VA at that time
period, I'll check on that county. They do have personal property tax list
from 1792.
So the water route from WV to KY goes via the Ohio River which passes
between Ohio and Kentucky -- GALLIA CO., OH being located on the Ohio River.
One of the tributaries of the Ohio River is the Green River which goes to
Lincoln Co., KY. However it branches off from the Ohio pretty far west of
Lincoln Co -- Almost to Indiana -- but it is a possibility
There were only 9 Kentucky Counties in 1790 so I guess a starting place
would be to look at each of these.
Mason, Bourbon, Woodford, Fayette, Madison, Jefferson, Mercer, Madison and
Lincoln
Here is a GREAT map site to see how the counties of KY were formed.
_http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~phelps/kentucky-map/historical_...
.htm_
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~phelps/kentucky-map/historical_m...)
One jumping off place in KY appears to be Mason Co., KY where many early
settlers stayed before moving on into Ohio. Was there a route between Mason Co
and Lincoln Co at that time?
As far as a non waterway route -- the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland
Gap was probably all that was available at that time. It did however, go
through Crab Orchard which is in Lincoln Co and where William and Marian Chapman
Callison lived.
Just some thoughts. Take care, Marilyn
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