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=== Migrants from the Eastern United States === | === Migrants from the Eastern United States === | ||
In his well researched article "The Tennessee Constitution of 1796: A Product of the Old West" (1943), 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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Barnhart concludes that these numbers reveal that the earliest settlers (there by 1818) had come principally from Virginia, while between 1818 and 1832, once road access improved, a larger influx of North Carolina migrants settled in Tennessee.<ref>John D. Barnhart, “The Tennessee Constitution of 1796: A Product of the Old West,” The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Nov. 1943): 532-548. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR ($)].</ref> | Barnhart concludes that these numbers reveal that the earliest settlers (there by 1818) had come principally from Virginia, while between 1818 and 1832, once road access improved, a larger influx of North Carolina migrants settled in Tennessee.<ref name="barnhart">John D. Barnhart, “The Tennessee Constitution of 1796: A Product of the Old West,” ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 4 (Nov. 1943): 532-548. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR ($)].</ref> | ||
This early history may have influenced many of our ancestors to venture out to this newly opening area of settlement: | This early history may have influenced many of our ancestors to venture out to this newly opening area of settlement: | ||