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A Families Legacy
Lots of interesting history from bee keeper, writer, cannonier, cooks, tobacco/corn farmers, tool & die makers, military service members, Immigration(ICE), FBI/Police/Marshall, and a meriad of other professions.
Our history is rich in Scottish, English, German, Finnish, Swedish, Irish, and more.
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“TRAVELING TO KENTUCKY”
The Copelands (wagons, 4 men, wives & children) left Chatham County, NC between 28Oct1806 and 27Sept1809.
They had to go through Cumberland Gap into southern Kentucky. Once there, the object was to get to Christian County, Ky. Only route available from here was the Cumberland River (no roads going across southern Kentucky).
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Lucas Wilder advises prior to 1800 it would’ve been unsafe to use river due to pirates. After 1800’s, it had been cleaned up and no more troubles. They took ferries down Cumberland River into Tennessee and followed up past Nashville going north where it takes an abrupt southern turn – Before turn, they could’ve gotten off near Clarksville, TN – which is just south of Christian County, KY.
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They stayed on ferries and followed up to Trigg County, Ky near Little River/Cadiz area and disembarked – Christian County is a short distance to the east. While in Christian County, Ky Elizabeth Copeland married Rev William Lee Holifield On 27Sept1809. There’s no exact date when they arrived or left Christian County – sometime in the four year period, they moved north into Henderson County, KY. Elizabeth’s sister, Sarah Rebecca Copeland married Thomas Watson in Henderson County, Ky just north on 5Aug1813. Lucas Wilder (Archaeologist/Historian)
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Copeland (Coplen) Ancestors allegedly lived here in this general area in the 15th and 16th Centuries.
Later migrated to the America's in th 17th Century
Copeland (Coplen) Families & Friends moved into the Jackson Purchase lands in around 1826
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Kentucky Map of 1804
The Copelands (Wagons, 4 men, wives & children) left Chatham County, NC between 28Oct1806 and 27Sept1809.
They had to go through Cumberland Gap into southern Kentucky. Once there, the object was to get to Christian County, Ky. Only route available from here was the Cumberland River (no roads going across southern Kentucky).