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From: "Jan & Gary Dunham" <>
Subject: Re: Why did everybody go to Texas?
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 20:35:30 -0600


One reason for the "rush to Texas" was the fact that Texas was then declared
a REPUBLIC (after they won freedom from Mexican rule) and land was open for
settlers. There were many references of people in the eastern states
leaving their homes with just a note pinned to their doors stating "gone to
Texas."



-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Caswell Cloninger <>
To: <>
Date: January 07, 1999 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: Why did everybody go to Texas?

>Jack and Judy Damewood wrote:
>>
>> I hope someone can tell us why they went--our Smyer family left Catawba
County for
>> Texas County, Missouri in the 1850s.
>> Judy Damewood
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I've long been aware of the Missouri destination of many sons and
daughters of
>> > Catawba County, but as I read Catawba-West messages I'm seeing more and
more
>> > evidence of Catawbans and probably Lincolnians ending up in Texas ca.
>> > 1850-1870. Anyone know what the attraction was?
>> >
>> > David Witherspoon
>> > Durham
>> >
>> > (I know of Danner and Witherspoon cousins in Texas, but haven't yet
made any
>> > direct connections between those who left Catawba and families now in
Texas. I
>> > have met on-line members of both families who spent time in Missouri.)
>> >
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>
>REASONS TO ROAM.
>
> The early settlers as you have noticed generated very large
>families so there was not enough land here to divide so that the new
>family could earn a living. Their type of farming needed more space.
>If you begin to study history you will find LAND was the reason for
>moving west. Our ancestors shared their good fortune and immediately
>helped others to follow them west.
> I received a copy of "The Life of Daniel Boone" for Christmas.
>This work is finally puting the Draper research into print. This book
>will tell you what it was all about even before the settlers moved in
>and drove out the Indians. I highly recommend that you read this book
>if you are interested in learning about your extended family. Of coaurse
>this was Kentucky and then west of the Mississippi.
> Some moved through Tennessee and others moved through Georgia
>and then west.
> A good History book gives loads of answers.
>
> May you have good Searching.
>
> Pat C. Cloninger
>
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