“Soon after we came to a Methodist encampment. This was formed of three continuous lines, each occupying a side of a square and about one hundred feet in length. Each row was divided into six or ten cabins with partitions between. The height of the rows on the inner side of the enclosed area was…
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Daniel Boone, Boonesboro, and Boone’s Road into Kentucky – A Map and Record of the Expedition
In 1775, 20 million acres of land west of Virginia were purchased by Richard Henderson. The Transylvania Land Company was formed, and Daniel Boone was hired to etch a road through the wilderness into Kentucky. In his Boone’s Wilderness Road, Archer Butler Hulbert provides an account of that effort. Following is part of that account,…
Dr. Thomas Walker’s Expedition from Virginia to Kentucky in 1749
Although he was, by profession, a medical doctor, Dr. Thomas Walder was probably more of a land developer, and he explored the passage from Virginia to Kentucky for the Loyal Land Co. of London. By 1755, the boundary of Virginia had been extended to include all of the land west of the Ohio River and…
Boone’s Wilderness Road – Published in 1903
HISTORIC HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA VOLUME 6 [Pg 4] Cumberland Gap and Boone’s Wilderness Road [Pg 5] HISTORIC HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA VOLUME 6 Boone’s Wilderness Road y Archer Butler Hulbert With Maps and Illustrations THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY CLEVELAND, OHIO 1903 [Pg 6] COPYRIGHT, 1903 BY The Arthur H. Clark Company ALL…
What My Great Aunt Said about My Family’s Pioneer Days, Migrating to the Midwest from the East Coast
One branch of my ancestors, the Duvalls, were among the earliest people to settle in Virginia, and I have traced the route showing how another branch of my family, the Whitakers, were among the pioneers who moved westward from England down the East Coast to the midwest. My history is that of the people who…
Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road & the Cumberland Gap that Carried Pioneers from the East Coast to Middle America
“The Wilderness Road was one of two principal routes used by colonial and early national era settlers to reach Kentucky from the East.” “In 1775, Daniel Boone blazed a trail for the Transylvania Company from Fort Chiswell in Virginia through the Cumberland Gap. It was later lengthened, following Indian trails, to reach the Falls of the Ohio at Louisville. The Wilderness Road was steep, rough and narrow, and could be traversed…
My Whitaker Family Line from England to Pennsylvania through the Cumberland Gap to Missouri
Robert Sr. Whitaker [His grandson immigrated to America] Birth: circa 1604 Padiham, Lancashire, England 2. Robert Whitaker, Il MP Birth: March 29, 1637 North Yorkshire, England Death: February 6, 1741 (103) Grindletown, York, England Immediate Family: Son of Robert Sr. Whitaker Husband of Margaret Whitaker 3. Joshua Whitaker, Sr. MP Immigrated to America Birth: December 22, 1675 London, Middlesex,…
