Westward Migration Log

"UNCLE " N's" IN TENNESSEE

When the trips to and from South Carolina and Texas were made, there were certain stops that were made on each trip for visits, for renewals of old acquaintances, and laying in of provisions. One such was a Fayetteville, Tenn. at NORVELL"S. One of the daughters of Henry Moores married a Norvell and they lived in Tenn.
Thomas Briggs Moores, one of the sons of Charles Moores and Mary Moores married his cousin on the last trip. The wedding was a festive occasion and the bride accompanied the Texas-bound immigrants.

(Westward the Tide of Empire Goes to Texas) Montague's file
(Bell Buckle, Tenn.)

This log entered by Ken Moore
Fresno, California

Ken Moore's note
The note (Bell Buckle, Tenn.) was just there at the bottom of the log. I found that Uncle Norvelle lived in Bell Buckle, Bedford County Tennessee. John B. Moores lived in Fayetteville. His daughter Mary Moores who married Thomas Hines also moved to Texas from LCT as did several other members of the family.
Ken

Ken Moore transcribed the following log book of a Westward Migration Log Book from SC-TN-TX in 1840. Tom King, of San Marcos, California, found it and shared it with us. Tom King wrote:
"Following is a copy of a migration log book. It documents the daily travel progress of a family from Fairfield Co. SC to Red River County, Texas in the spring of 1840. Their migration route was similar to the one's traveled by my KING and CLOUD family lines from SC to TN and AL during the early 1800's; and subsequently to Texas almost 80 years later. Added comments by related researchers states that the father and several son's made an initial trip to the area two years earlier to acquire land and clear it, and then build a new home place for the remainder of the family. They then returned to SC to escort the reminder of the family to Texas. The log book mentions layovers along the way to visit relatives in TN and old friends elsewhere along their route to TX. Their experiences in migrating westward through the Cumberland Gap to TN and points west were most likely similar to many other early southern migrants. Note that their daily progress westward was slowed considerably after they crossed the Mississippi River. Since that area was very thinly settled and there were many south flowing streams to be crossed along their way westward. I thought that the article might be of interest to fellow genealogical researchers. So I have copied it just as I received it. Tom King, Sr. San Marcos, CA

Ken Moore wrote:
Hi all, I have had several requests for this daily log of the trip from Fairfield South Carolina to Texas by the Charles Moores, the older brother of my Major John Brown Moores. These are two of the son's of Lt Henry Moores who was married in Rowan Co. North Carolina to Jean Brown Ross in 1775, and died in LCT in 1814. THIS RECORD IS TYPED JUST AS I RECEIVED IT, WITH NO CORRECTIONS

From Mrs. Montague's Records
	Charles Moores who married Mary Harrison, settled in Bowie County, Texas in 1837 was born in S.C. Mary Harrison, daughter of Ruben Harrison was born in VA., and who came to Richland district with relatives, the Kirklands, and others of Virginia. They are related to the Willou hby, Battaile and other prominent V. Southside families. Ruben Harrison served in the Revolutionary War, as is shown by the record in the War Department, Washington. In 1837, Charles Moores, accompanied by five of his sons, came to what is now Bowie County, Texas (at the time Red River County), and began to "set up" a home place, near Redwater. It _ook more than two years for them with the help of slaves to clear land, start fields to cultivation, build a home and slave quarters. In the winter of 1839 they returned to S.C. and in February of 1840, the journey to Texas began. The following is a true and exact copy of the log of the journey kept by Anderson Rochelle Moores. The original is in the possession of Mrs Wiley Linn Murie, Clarksville, Arkansas.

	The first day we came	7 miles
	28th we came to Winsborro	10 miles
	29th we crossed little River	10 miles
	,
	March 1st, 1840,
	1st we crossed Broad River	18 miles
	2, we passed Union Court house	20 miles
	3, we crossed Martinburg C.N.	20 miles
	4, we crossed packlett River	25 miles
	5, we crossed the blue ridge	18 miles
	6, we passed Ashville N.C.	24 miles
	7, we camped on the French Broad River	30 miles
	8, we passed warm springs	17 miles
	9, we passed newport	17 miles
		______
		226 miles
	End of 1st page,
	Page 2 of log of journey from S.C. to Texas,
	10, We passed Dandridge, Tenn	21 miles
	11, we came	18 miles
	12, we passed Knoxville, Tennessee	18 miles
	13, we passed Campbell station	34 miles
	14, we passed Kingston	16 miles
	15, we came to Cumberland Gap	19 miles
	16, we came	21 miles
	17, we passed Sparta, Tenn.	18 miles
	18, we crossed the Caney Fork	20 miles
	19, we passed ________ville	17 miles
	20, 21,22,23,24,25,26 we stayed at Uncle N's (Bell Buckle, Tenn.),
	27, we left Uncles N's	8 miles
		______
	End of second page	220 miles
	28, we passed Shelbyville, Tenn	20 miles
	29, we came	15 miles
	30, we passed Columbia, Tenn.	9 miles
	31, we passed Mt Pleseant	24 miles
	April 1840,
	1, we passed Murfreesboro	28 miles
	2, we came	19 miles
	3, we came	17 miles
	4, we passed Dardin	27 miles
	5, we passed Collierville	25 miles
	6, we passed Somerville,	22 miles
	7, we came	12 miles
	8 we passed Raliegh	16 miles
		______
		220 miles
	end of third page	______

	9, we lay over at Memphis	0 miles
	10, we ferried the Mississippi River	14 miles
	11, we came	5 miles
	12, we crossed Black Fish Lake	4 miles
	13, we came	3 miles
	14, we came	2 miles
	15, we came	5 miles
	16, we came	6 miles
	17, we camped,
	18, we crossed St. Francis River	14 miles
	19, we came,
	20, we lay by,
	22, we crossed L'Angulle River	14 miles
	23, we came	5 miles
		______
	end of fourth page	67 miles
	24, we came	13 miles
	25, we came	12 miles
	26, we came	8 miles
	27, we are camped on White River,
	28, we crossed White River	8 miles
	29, we came	10 miles
	30, we came	8 miles
		______
	Total	72 miles
	May 1840,
	1, we came	14 miles
	2, we came	6 miles
	3,4,5, we lay by,
	6, we crossed Bayou Meta	11 miles
	7, we lay by on Arkansas River,
	8, we come to the ferry	1 mile
		______
		32 miles
	end of fifth page,
	May 9, we crossed the Arkansas River and left Little Rock	2 miles
	10, we passed Benton	24 miles
	11, we lay by,
	12, we crossed Saline River	18 miles
	13, we crossed Wachita River	15 miles
	14, we crossed Caddo Creek	18 miles
	15, we crossed Antoine Creek	18 miles
	16, we crossed Little Missouri River	10 miles
	17, we passed town of Washington	18 miles
	19 and 20 we are water bound by Red River,
	21, we crossed Red River	5 miles
	22, we left lost Praire	6 miles
		______
		152 miles
	end of sixth page,
	23, we came to our place	14 miles
	24, we arrived home	10 miles
		______
		24 miles
	226,
	220,
	234,
	67,
	104,
	152,
	24,
	______,
	1027 miles,