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'''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. | ||
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. | |||
''Origins of Tennessee Constitution Delegates (1796)'' | |||
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="200" | |||
|- | |||
| '''Origin''' | |||
| '''No.''' | |||
|- | |||
| Virginia | |||
| 16 | |||
|- | |||
| Unknown | |||
| 12 | |||
|- | |||
| Pennsylvania | |||
| 8 | |||
|- | |||
| North Carolina | |||
| 7 | |||
|- | |||
| South Carolina | |||
| 4 | |||
|- | |||
| Maryland | |||
| 3 | |||
|- | |||
| Ireland | |||
| 3? | |||
|- | |||
| England | |||
| 1 | |||
|} | |||
''Revolutionary War Tennessee Pensioners (1818)'' | |||
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="200" | |||
|- | |||
| '''Place Enlisted''' | |||
| '''%''' | |||
|- | |||
| Virginia | |||
| 47 | |||
|- | |||
| North Carolina | |||
| 27 | |||
|} | |||
''Revolutionary War Tennessee Pensioners (1832)'' | |||
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="200" | |||
|- | |||
| '''Place Enlisted''' | |||
| '''%''' | |||
|- | |||
| Virginia | |||
| 37 | |||
|- | |||
| North Carolina | |||
| 45 | |||
|} | |||
Barnhart concludes that these numbers reveal that the earliest settlers (there by 1818) had come principally from Virginia, while between 1818 and 1832, a larger influx of North Carolina migrants settled in Tennessee, once road access improved.<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> | |||
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