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From: "Pat Mims" <>
Subject: Re: [SE Pioneers] "Wagon Trains" from N. Georgia to Texas?
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 21:48:30 -0500
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My grandparents came from AL to TX with most of my grandmother's family.
My mother said she remembered her mother talking about coming in a wagon and
cooking outside. My aunt said that they came on a train. I tend to believe
my mother's version because there were so many of them it would been too
expensive to take a train. This was in the early 1900's. They settled in
Comanche and Eastland counties. They were Whites and Authurs.
Pat in TX


Subject: Re: [SE Pioneers] "Wagon Trains" from N. Georgia to Texas?


> I can tell you of how my ancestors came from the Carolinas, settled in
> N.GA,. then went from there to Texas.....They traveled in large groups,
with
> oxen-drawn wagons--many as big as 18 ft. long; they traveled in these
large
> groups of family and friends usually, but I would imagine they may have
been
> joined by some others along the way.
> There were a few ways to travel across, but the safest by land would
have
> been approximately along the present day I-20 highway which goes through
> Atlanta, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Meridian, Jackson, across north
Louisiana,
> crossing around either present day Shreveport or Texarkana. They
usually
> left in the Springtime, hoping to get to Texas in order to begin thier
> settlement before the cold weather would start.
> Even as late as 1870, the trip from north GA to east TX would take about
6
> mos---as the traveling was very slow due to the number of people and
wagons
> that were involved. They would often have delays due to the weather, or
for
> repairs or supplies along the way.
>
> There were some who would go south along the GA/AL border, make it to
> Mobile, and from there they would be able to take a ship to Galveston,
which
> was the major port in Texas; many people arrived through there, and went
on
> inland to settle.
>
> Parker Co TX is situated in an area that would be convenient to either
way,
> but I'd say they likely went by land if they went in a group.
>
> Doris....A Texan in Georgia.....
> still shaking the family tree
> and dodging the nuts after 30+ years!!!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:25 AM
> Subject: [SE Pioneers] "Wagon Trains" from N. Georgia to Texas?
>
>
> > Are there any records or history of people migrating from N. Georgia
to
> > Texas? Who? What? When? How? Where?
> >
> > My gggrandparents, William and Rachel Webb, are shown in 1870 Murray
> County,
> > GA, census, and in 1880 Parker County, TX census.
> >
> > How did people exit GA? Were there 'wagon trains' from there. Did
they
> > travel in groups? Did they go it alone? What routes were taken? How
> long did it
> > take?
> > How developed were the areas through which they traveled? etc???
> >
> > Jenny DeLuna
> >
> >
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