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Subject: RE: FAMILY'S WHO CAME TO LOWER VA.& ON TO kY. THRU THE CUMBERLAND PASS
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:15:39 EST

EXPLANATION OF LARGE TYPE: I HAVE A BROKEN RIGHT WRIST --WILMA
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IN ODER TO GET INTO KY.THE MAJORITY WOULD HAVE TO GO THRU CUMBERLAD PASS.
THEY CAME FROM UPPER VA, AND PA. AND FROM SEVERAL COUNTIES IN N.C.(BUT THEY
TOO PROBABLY CAME FROM UPPER VA,to N.C.) AS EARLY AS THE 1770'S. BUT THE STOP
OVER AREA WOULD HAVE BEEN IN RUSSELL CO.WHICH WAS "HUGE" BEFORE IT WAS CUT
UP INTO SEVERAL COUNTIES.
I DO KNOW THAT THE BALL/THOMPSON/ MAY/MOORE'S AND MANY OTHER FAMILIES
STAYED A NUMBER OF YEARS IN RUSSELL CO,VA.NR.HONAKER,VA.WHICH WAS BROKEN UP
.THESE COUNTIES ARE TAZWELL/BUCHANAN/SCOTT/WYTHE/MONGOMERY(MAYBE MORE)
MOST OF THESE FAMILES THEN CAME TO FLOYD KY,WHICH WAS "HUGE" & IT WAS BROKEN
UP INTO MANY COUNTIES in @ 1820 OR SO.
iN KY.i AM COMPILING ON FIVE SONS ROBERT(CABELL CO.W.VA.)JAMES
B.(Law.Co.)/ WM.( Floyd-Whitley-McCreary CO.)/WESLEY (KY-Oh.)/MOSES THE
IIIrd..(PIKE CO.)/AND A DAU.,NANCY married DANIEL MAY (Pike Co.)CHILDREN OF
ELIZABETH (TUNNELL) AND GEORGE BALL SR.,He WAS BORN IN 1752 IN ALEXANDRIA,FAIRFAX
CO.VA.~~~~~~~~~~~~ SINCERELY,WILMA
P.S. I WILL RESPOND TO ALL E-MAILS.





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