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A few thousand French settlers remained in the area after the United States bought Missouri as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, but most pre-statehood settlers were Americans of English and Ulster Scots origin. They came mainly from Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Settlement spread up the river valleys into central Missouri by the 1820s and into western Missouri by the 1830s. Mormon immigrants settled western Missouri in 1831 but were driven from the state in 1839. | A few thousand French settlers remained in the area after the United States bought Missouri as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, but most pre-statehood settlers were Americans of English and Ulster Scots origin. They came mainly from Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Settlement spread up the river valleys into central Missouri by the 1820s and into western Missouri by the 1830s. Mormon immigrants settled western Missouri in 1831 but were driven from the state in 1839. | ||
If your ancestor was an early settler in Southwest Missouri, Rising's books likely discuss your family and it's origin: | If your ancestor was an early settler in Southwest Missouri, Rising's books likely discuss your family and it's origin: | ||
*Rising, Marsha Hoffman. ''Opening the Ozarks: First | *Rising, Marsha Hoffman. ''Opening the Ozarks: First Families in Southwest Missouri, 1835-1839.'' 4 vols. Derry, N.H.: American Society of Genealogists, 2005. {{FHL|1326260|item|disp=FHL Books 977.8 D2rm v. 1-4}}. | ||
Rising learned that most early settlers in this section of Missouri had moved there from [[Tennessee]]. | Rising learned that most early settlers in this section of Missouri had moved there from [[Tennessee]]. | ||
Both the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail began at Independence, Missouri. Many Missourians followed these trails westward to California, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas. In spite of this emigration from the state, Missouri was the fifth most populous state in the United States at the close of the Civil War. | Both the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail began at Independence, Missouri. Many Missourians followed these trails westward to California, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas. In spite of this emigration from the state, Missouri was the fifth most populous state in the United States at the close of the Civil War. | ||