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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee_Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]''[[Image:{{NatchezT}}]] <br><br>The [ | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee_Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]''[[Image:{{NatchezT}}]] <br><br>The [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/United_States_Emigration_and_Immigration United States Emigration and Immigration] article lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants to this country. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Tennessee. The [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] FamilySearch Wiki article introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor’s original hometown. {{Adoption TNGenWeb}} | ||
=== Migration Trends === | === Migration Trends === | ||
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Tennessee continued to attract settlers from the Atlantic Coast into the 1830's and received Irish and German settlers during the European immigrations beginning at that time. However, most of the overseas immigrants preferred the industrialized North rather than the agricultural South. Many settlers moved from Tennessee to areas further west, most notably to Arkansas and Texas. | Tennessee continued to attract settlers from the Atlantic Coast into the 1830's and received Irish and German settlers during the European immigrations beginning at that time. However, most of the overseas immigrants preferred the industrialized North rather than the agricultural South. Many settlers moved from Tennessee to areas further west, most notably to Arkansas and Texas. | ||
'''African.''' The African-American population comprised about 10 percent of the total population in the first federal census and is only a little above that percentage today. For information on African-Americans in Tennessee, see [[African- | '''African.''' The African-American population comprised about 10 percent of the total population in the first federal census and is only a little above that percentage today. For information on African-Americans in Tennessee, see [[African-American Resources for Tennessee|African American Resources for Tennessee]]. | ||
'''Native American.''' The Chickasaw and Cherokee Indians had nearly all been exiled from the state by 1839. For further information on the tribes and their records in Tennessee, see [[Indians of Tennessee|Indians of Tennessee]]. For information on specific settlement patterns, see county and local histories. | '''Native American.''' The Chickasaw and Cherokee Indians had nearly all been exiled from the state by 1839. For further information on the tribes and their records in Tennessee, see [[Indians of Tennessee|Indians of Tennessee]]. For information on specific settlement patterns, see county and local histories. | ||
'''Major Ports of Entry.''' Most foreign-born immigrants arrived at the ports of New Orleans, New York, or other Atlantic and Gulf ports. The major port of entry for the Mississippi River was New Orleans. Passenger lists for these ports are at the Family History Library and the National Archives. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] and [[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] articles give details about those records. | '''Major Ports of Entry.''' Most foreign-born immigrants arrived at the ports of New Orleans, New York, or other Atlantic and Gulf ports. The major port of entry for the Mississippi River was New Orleans. Passenger lists for these ports are at the Family History Library and the National Archives. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] and [[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] articles give details about those records. | ||
=== Immigrants from Europe === | === Immigrants from Europe === | ||
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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 ($)].</ref> | Barnhart concludes that these numbers reveal that the earliest settlers (there by 1818) had come principally from Virginia, while between 1818 and 1832, once road access improved, a larger influx of North Carolina migrants settled in Tennessee.<ref>John D. Barnhart, “The Tennessee Constitution of 1796: A Product of the Old West,” The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Nov. 1943): 532-548. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR ($)].</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: | ||
*Smith, Daniel. ''A Short Description of the State of Tennessee: Lately Called the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio; to Accompany and Explain a Map of that Country''. Philadelphia: Printer for Mathew Carey by Lang and Ustick, 1796. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/shortdescription00smit Internet Archive]. | *Smith, Daniel. ''A Short Description of the State of Tennessee: Lately Called the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio; to Accompany and Explain a Map of that Country''. Philadelphia: Printer for Mathew Carey by Lang and Ustick, 1796. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/shortdescription00smit Internet Archive]. | ||
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TENNESSEE - MIGRATION, INTERNAL | TENNESSEE - MIGRATION, INTERNAL | ||
TENNESSEE - HISTORY | TENNESSEE - HISTORY | ||
== Web Sites == | == Web Sites == | ||
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{{Tennessee|Tennessee}} | {{Tennessee|Tennessee}} | ||
[[Category:Tennessee|Emigration]] | [[Category:Tennessee|Emigration]] | ||