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Many settlers moved from Kentucky to areas further west. In 1816 a small army of settlers began moving to Indiana, then on to Illinois. In the following years many more people migrated westward from the state, giving Kentucky claim to the title "Mother of Western States." | Many settlers moved from Kentucky to areas further west. In 1816 a small army of settlers began moving to Indiana, then on to Illinois. In the following years many more people migrated westward from the state, giving Kentucky claim to the title "Mother of Western States." | ||
Free native-born Kentuckians, alive in 1860, who had left the state, resettled as follows:<ref name="Lynch">William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):303-327. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref> | |||
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| bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''State''' | |||
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Persons Born in Kentucky''' | |||
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| Missouri | |||
| 99,814 | |||
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| Indiana | |||
| 68,588 | |||
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| Illinois | |||
| 60,193 | |||
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