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*Pre-statehood settlers of Kentucky were mostly of [[England|English]], [[Germany|German]] and [[Northern Ireland|Ulster Scots]] descent who migrated from the Atlantic seaboard states. | |||
Pre-statehood settlers of Kentucky were mostly of [[England|English]], [[Germany|German]] and [[Northern Ireland|Ulster Scots]] descent who migrated from the Atlantic seaboard states. Immigrants from [[North Carolina, United States Genealogy|North Carolina]] and southwestern [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] came by way of the Cumberland Gap and over the [[Wilderness Road|Wilderness Road]]. Immigrants from [[Maryland, United States Genealogy|Maryland]] and [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] came on flatboats and rafts down the Ohio River from [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]. | *Immigrants from [[North Carolina, United States Genealogy|North Carolina]] and southwestern [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] came by way of the Cumberland Gap and over the [[Wilderness Road|Wilderness Road]]. Immigrants from [[Maryland, United States Genealogy|Maryland]] and [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] came on flatboats and rafts down the Ohio River from [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]. | ||
*Other early immigrants included small groups of [[France|'''French''']], [[Switzerland|'''Swiss''']], and [[Wales|'''Welsh''']]. | |||
Other early immigrants included small groups of [[France|French]], [[Switzerland|Swiss]], and [[Wales|Welsh]]. During the mid-19th century the Ohio River brought many German immigrants and settlers from [[New England|New England]] and the [[Mid-Atlantic|Middle Atlantic]] states. Many [[Ireland|Irish]] settled in [[Jefferson County, Kentucky Genealogy|Louisville]] during this time. | *During the mid-19th century the Ohio River brought many '''German immigrants and settlers from [[New England|New England]] and the [[Mid-Atlantic|Middle Atlantic]] states.''' | ||
*Many [[Ireland|'''Irish''']] settled in [[Jefferson County, Kentucky Genealogy|Louisville]] during this time. | |||
<br>In 1790, historians estimate Kentucky's population was English (52%), Scots-Irish or Scots (25%), Irish (9%), Welsh, (7%), German (5%), French (2%), Dutch (1%), and Swedish (0.2%) in ethnicity.<ref name="purvis" /> | <br>In 1790, historians estimate Kentucky's population was English (52%), Scots-Irish or Scots (25%), Irish (9%), Welsh, (7%), German (5%), French (2%), Dutch (1%), and Swedish (0.2%) in ethnicity.<ref name="purvis" /> | ||