East Tennessee to Ozarks migration - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Kirkpatricks (E TN to Washington Co., MO)

TomACaulley — 2013-02-08 23:35:41Z

I am just finishing up my year-plus-long project of documenting the descendants of John "Hugh" Kirkpatrick. This is one of 9 volumes I plan to compile on the descendants of Hugh Kirkpatrick (b ca 1695 - d 1768 PA). (I have already completed the volume of Hannah Kirkpatrick Barclay). I am just waiting on 22 marriage documents from Jefferson Co, TN and 3 CDs from the National Archives.

Many descendants settled in Washington, St. Francois & Iron Counties, MO.

This volume is on 2 DVDs (book is in PDF format)and it has 3783 pages, 14392 individuals, 5.76 gigabytes of documents or 12111 individual documents on 2 DVDs (too much to put it all on one DVD). The book also contains Y-DNA data on this Kirkpatrick line.

Anyone interested in acquiring a copy of these 2 DVDs needs to contact me directly at tcaulleysgenmail[at]yahoo[dot]com and I'll put you on a "wait list."

Tom Caulley

Greenup Kentucky Migrations ?

wmlake1 — 2009-04-22 16:50:21Z

Where were the common distinations for people moving west from Greenup and neighboring counties during the 1850,s?Some members of my Brown family migrated to Edgar county,Ill.

Re: Migration route, time frame, destination Arkansas?

jlbreece — 2008-10-20 03:50:42Z

My gg-uncle kept a log. He came from Hickman County, Tennessee to Carroll County, Arkansas in 1857. He crossed the Tennessee River ar William O. Britts place (a large general store and warehouse on the east bank of the Tennessee) and then up to Columbus Kentucky where he crossed the Mississippi and across southern Missouri.

A ferry began operations at Columbus in 1825 and ceased operations in 1981. Belmont Mo. was just across the river from Columbus.

Re: Migration route, time frame, destination Arkansas?

waynemcvay75 — 2008-06-06 20:55:06Z

The migration route from eastern Tennessee was through Kentucky, the southern tip of Illinois to Missouri and over to Independence Missouri which was the starting point of the Oregon Trail that went west to the Gold Fields of California. Also the starting point for the Santa Fe Trail that went South
to Mexico. The Ozarks are about 200 miles south of Independence in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.In 1841 the Government passed the Premption Act which allowed people to buy land for 1.25 an acre and homestead on it.

Re: basic migration reference

stormdancer18 — 2006-05-01 20:13:18Z

Not sure right now. Am in process of migrating to the Ozarks, myself. Well, just south of them. If you will contact me at my email address in about a week, I hope I'll be moved and have the internet service installed by then. All my records are packed up, won't be unpacked for a week or two. Her name sounds familiar but not sure. Mom's maiden name was Christy. Barnes hung around with our Prince line so they might be related somewhere along the line. With both common surnames, Barnes and Christie/Christy, I do want to pursue this possibility.

Re: basic migration reference

Dell950 — 2005-01-07 04:33:23Z

I happened upon your message about the migration from Tenn to Arkansas -- and noticed the name Moore in your family. I had entered my grandmother's name, Cora Belle Norton (married William Jefferson Moore) born 4 july 1881 somewhere in Tenn according to my father's birth certificate. My dad also told me she was of Indian decent -- but all in my family have passed away -- so I have no other information. Is there a Cora in your family history. If so, I would appreciate hearing from you -- I have truly hit a brick wall trying to find some information on Cora -- Her parents, etc.

Migration route, time frame, destination Arkansas?

2004-07-25 13:28:43Z

Exactly what was/were the migration route(s) from TN to Ozarks?
What time frame for the bulk of the migration?
Are the "Ozarks" referring to Arkansas as the final destination? Some of the Ozarks are in MO, too, aren't they?
My family went from TN before 1838 to KY, then to IL by 1849, then to MO by 1858, then some straggled to AR by mid 1860s. Are they considered a part of the TN to Ozarks migration?

Re: basic migration reference

jgreen83 — 2004-04-20 00:34:12Z

Saw your post regarding the migration and noticed your surname BARNES.
Would you, by any chance, have any info on the family of John Barnes who married Mary Sabra Christie, a Cherokee from the Highwassee River area. He is said to have died on the Trail of Tears. They had two known children... John R. Barnes and Redden Lafayette Barnes. Sabra and the children ended up in Newton County, Arkansas about 1834-1835 where she remarried into my BOWERS family.
Any response will be GREATLY appreciated.
Joanne

Re: basic migration reference

jgreen83 — 2004-04-20 00:34:12Z

Hi Christy,
Hope your move went well. Just wanted to touch bases re: the Christy/Christie and Barnes genealogy. Let me know when you're ready to pursue these lines and see if we have any sort of connection.
Thanks, Joanne

Re: basic migration reference

2003-10-13 23:52:56Z

Ok, Joanne. If you want, use my email and put Christy/Barnes in the subject. I will try to find the census records where I find them sharing a household. The connection for my line seems to be our Prince family. Does that fit into your records, by any chance?

Re: basic migration reference

gloriawhitehouse35 — 2003-08-26 00:07:12Z

Thank you so much for the reply, if your families came from NC>TN to east AR. we may be family.Have heard stories that we came from Native blood, but could never find it, I guess it all depends on how popular it is "in the day". Will check it out. Thanks, GLO

Re: basic migration reference

2003-08-03 02:12:12Z

My Prince, Cooper, Barnes, Moore, Hydrick, Tyer/Tyre/Tyner, Stancil/Stancel/Stansel/etc, Henderson families were in NC,
TN, some in GA, and were in Eastern Arkansas by 1850. Some went ahead about 1834. I am convinced the reason was because of the indian blood some of them carried. Another reason, a few years later could have been feelings triggered by the War Between the States. A lot of Cherokees and Choctaws got off the trail of Tears as soon as they could, in Arkansas and never made it all the way to Indian Territory in modern Oklahoma, and, at that time, much of Ar was Indian Territory.

Re: basic migration reference

slcw1969 — 2003-04-27 17:27:01Z

Well part of them might have stopped to claim land and hold it for the others if they decided to come back. One of my families (also part of a large family migration group) left my gggggrandmother to stay with some of the children and other wives and she took care of the farming and business untill her husband and his brothers (and some of their wives and children) came back home from the gold rush in California. Their land was located in southern Missouri.

basic migration reference

gwhi13 — 2002-11-25 18:46:45Z

Hello board, I'm looking for a good book or any reference on migration to the ozarks. If a family or three came from NC. to TN. why stop in AR.? This would be the same time frame for gold in CA. HMMM? Thanks GLO

WILDERNESS ROAD OF THE OZARKS

jopet49 — 2001-06-27 05:35:41Z

A good site for history of the Wilderness Road of the Ozarks is at:

http://www.geocities.com/towr150/wildernessroadindex.htm