In the 1860s and 1870s there was new land opening up out west. Oklahoma the land was
free...'first come' basis....Iowa they were selling land at $.10 per acre. Uncle
Sam wanted to get people to move westward. The civil war might have had something to do
with it, but most likely not. Morgan came through in 1863. Maybe it had something to do
with employment opportunities. What did the census say was their occupation?
Melinda
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Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:07:48 PM
Subject: Re: [INCLAY] A history question
The MOORE families were from Kentucky and are found in the 1820 census
there. The 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860 finds them in Clay County. In 1870, lots
of Indiana MOOREs and other families are found in an Illinois county west of
central. A few seemed to have stayed put after 1870 but many of the MOOREs
are gone and not back in IN, they moved to MO and possibly other places.
I was thinking there was a problem in Clay Co that have caused them to leave
(fire, drought, devastating storm) or something in IL that lured them there
(jobs, the market). They are all farmers though in both states in the
census. The time period can be narrowed down to between 1864 & 1868 for one MOORE
family group. Did the Civil War play a part?
Religion was another thought, what might have happened that they might have
felt the need to leave. I do not know what religion they were in that time
period so I am guessing and hoping those with the knowledge of Clay Co might
know of something.
Did something cause them to "break up" in IL and move on?
It was such a mass migration, it seemed like a it should be questioned.
(Like I needed more questions) :)
In a message dated 11/14/2006 8:35:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Mary2gard(a)aol.com writes:
Clay County, IN is only about 20 miles from the Illinois State line. It
wasn't uncommon for folks who moved West to move back to the old area in
Indiana.
In a message dated 11/13/2006 11:18:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
DoNotSPAM(a)aol.com writes:
The question: What made a large number of Clay Co, IL residents head to
Indiana together after the 1860 census?
I was taking 2nd and 3rd looks again at the Clay Co, IN censuses and the IN
county where they settled and found A LOT of Illinois families nearby.
Practically all in the one township had children born in IL. I need to do
more
research but many of the same names are in the Clay Co census that are in
IN
one near my family.
Thanks again!
Janice
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