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=== Westward Migrants === | === Westward Migrants === | ||
Migrations from Maryland began in the early years of the colony. Travelers generally followed the Cumberland Trail (Braddock Road) that led west to Pittsburgh and from there to the Ohio River. Many people also used the [[Great Valley Road|Great Trading Path]], also called the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road, that led southwest along the Allegheny Ridge into the Shenandoah Valley and beyond. Some Marylanders from [[ | Migrations from Maryland began in the early years of the colony. Travelers generally followed the Cumberland Trail (Braddock Road) that led west to Pittsburgh and from there to the Ohio River. Many people also used the [[Great Valley Road|Great Trading Path]], also called the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road, that led southwest along the Allegheny Ridge into the Shenandoah Valley and beyond. Some Marylanders from [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]] went to the Carolinas. A group of Catholics from [[St. Mary's County, Maryland|St. Mary's County]] settled in [[Nelson County, Kentucky|Nelson County, Kentucky]]. By the 1820s some wealthy young Marylanders were moving slaves from their home farms to open plantations in Mississippi and surrounding areas. | ||
Southerners fleeing the devastation of the Civil War and new immigrants from overseas helped to offset population losses. During the heavy period of immigration from 1830 through 1860, approximately half the immigrants were Germans, and a third were Irish. These immigrants tended to remain in the cities, especially Baltimore City, Maryland. | Southerners fleeing the devastation of the Civil War and new immigrants from overseas helped to offset population losses. During the heavy period of immigration from 1830 through 1860, approximately half the immigrants were Germans, and a third were Irish. These immigrants tended to remain in the cities, especially Baltimore City, Maryland. | ||
Peden has published books of Marylanders who migrated to other states and colonies: | Henry C. Peden has published books of Marylanders who migrated to other states and colonies: | ||
* | *''Marylanders to Carolina: Migration of Marylanders to North and South Carolina Prior to 1800''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1994. {{FHL|697531|item|disp=FHL Book 973 W2ped}}. | ||
*''Marylanders to Kentucky, 1775-1825''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1991. {{FHL|479508|item|disp=FHL Book 976.9 W2p}}.<br> | |||
*''More Marylanders to Kentucky 1778-1828''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1997. {{FHL|678345|item|disp=FHL Book 976.9 W2pe}}.<br> | |||
*''Marylanders to Ohio and Indiana: Migrations Prior to 1835''. Lewes, De.: Colonial Roots, 2006. {{FHL|1332047|item|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2phc}}.<br> | |||
*''More Marylanders to Ohio and Indiana: Migrations Prior to 1835''. Lewes, De.: Colonial Roots, 2006. {{FHL|1379744|item|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2phc v. 2}}.<br> | |||
*''Marylanders to Tennessee, 1775-1835''. Lewes, De.: Colonial Roots, 2004. {{FHL|1202774|item|disp=FHL Book 973 W2pm}}.<br> | |||
Free native-born Maryland, alive in 1850, who had left the state, resettled as follows:<br> | Free native-born Maryland, alive in 1850, who had left the state, resettled as follows:<br> | ||