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=== Migrants from the Eastern United States  ===
=== Migrants from the Eastern United States  ===
 
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In his well researched article "The Tennessee Constitution of 1796: A Product of the Old West" (1943),<ref name="barnhart" /> John D. Barnhart concluded that because of better road access, the largest percentage of East Tennessee pioneers had come to the area from Virginia. This, he believes changed over time. To reach this conclusion, he did a statistical analysis of the origins of Tennessee Constitution delegates and places of enlistment for Revolutionary War pensioners.  
In his well researched article "The Tennessee Constitution of 1796: A Product of the Old West" (1943),<ref name="barnhart" /> John D. Barnhart concluded that because of better road access, the largest percentage of East Tennessee pioneers had come to the area from Virginia. This, he believes changed over time. To reach this conclusion, he did a statistical analysis of the origins of Tennessee Constitution delegates and places of enlistment for Revolutionary War pensioners.  


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Dorothy Williams Potter in ''Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823'' ({{FHL|265121|item|disp=FHL Book 975 W4p}}) identifies some migrants from Tennessee into territories that are now [[Alabama|Alabama]], [[Florida|Florida]], [[Louisiana|Louisiana]], [[Mississippi|Mississippi]], and [[Missouri|Missouri]].
Dorothy Williams Potter in ''Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823'' ({{FHL|265121|item|disp=FHL Book 975 W4p}}) identifies some migrants from Tennessee into territories that are now [[Alabama|Alabama]], [[Florida|Florida]], [[Louisiana|Louisiana]], [[Mississippi|Mississippi]], and [[Missouri|Missouri]].  


Robertson made a study of Tennesseans and other Easterners who had settled in Kansas by 1860:  
Robertson made a study of Tennesseans and other Easterners who had settled in Kansas by 1860:  
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TENNESSEE - MIGRATION, INTERNAL  
TENNESSEE - MIGRATION, INTERNAL  


TENNESSEE - HISTORY
TENNESSEE - HISTORY  


== Web Sites  ==
== Web Sites  ==


== References ==
== References ==


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