I don't have any specifics on this issue but I have long been fascinated
that my grandparents and their families all seem to have settled at various
points along US 27. It's my guess your family did the same with a different
road out of Kentucky. Still to this day, many of my relatives live somewhere
along this US 27.
Many did migrate to Indiana because of the slavery issue, especially
Quakers. It only makes sense that they, or anyone else heading north, would
have taken the nearest road north. They would have likely continued to
follow that road until they reached a satisfactory area. Consider the many
European immigrants who settled in New York--they got to America and
stopped. Later...
Sam
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Carter [mailto:rcar37@prodigy.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 1:22 PM
To: INMORGAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [INMORGAN] Re: Migration Trends
I received many, many responses... There seemed to be no particular
reason
for the pattern or destination of the migrants...Everything from Anti
Slavery beliefs, Free or low cost land, Sickness at the old home, for their
health,(Someone told them to get out of town) Wanderlust, religious
beliefs,(Such as the Mormans)
Some went because relatives had gone before them...
The particular route chosen apparently was due to the roads or
trails that
existed, (the National Road, The buffalo Trace from Jeffersonville to
Vincennes, etc.)There was a trail early that ran along what is now US231,
from Rockport to Lafayette.
I did not really come up with any new reasons for the group, follow
the
leader type, migrations. Perhaps I will in the future.
Best regards, and thanks for the responses.
Dick Carter
rcar37(a)prodigy.net
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