Migrations
Westmoreland to American Frontiers

 

Between 1740 and 1850, Westmoreland County natives moved westward and south, looking for open land and more opportunities they were mostly tenant farmers who had become frustrated with their subordination to larger planters.  Some struck out with their immediate families, some alone and some with several family units, who formed wagon trains.  They had to be excellent marksmen, trackers and be able to deal with local Indians.

 

Early Settlers

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Grace died in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1717.  Thomas Grace, Jr. great grandson of John, who died in Burke County, Georgia in 1817, had the following children: William Grace who married Elizabeth Coxwell in 1811 and Nancy Grace who married William G. Wilcher in 1808.

Up Migrations Family Group A~G Family Group H~O Family Group P~S Family Group T~Z

 

 

In 1759, Virginia became involved in a War with the Creek and Cherokee Indian tribes.  Their lands covered all of North Alabama, North Georgia and South Carolina out to the Ohio River.  When the warriors returned through Virginia from Pennsylvania and harrying the forts there, they carried off some horses that were pasturing in the woods.  Several frontiersmen followed them and managed to kill 12; others were captured.

 

 

 

 

 

Westmorelanders John Pope (1749 - 1802) and wife Margaret Hunter Pope (1758 - 1836) migrated south to Wilkes County Georgia.  Benjamin Wilkinson, his wife Anne & family migrated with Jesse Heard.

 

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