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…

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,…