Tag: Ohio River

• 15 September 1829 – Twentieth Entry

  

  from William Campbell’s journal…with the slave Archer Alexander…moving from Virginia to Missouri,,, Hard rain in the morning. Very wet. Proceeded to Flemingsburg, a flourishing town of about 1,000 persons. It has a large proportion of well built brick houses. Saw a cotton factory, on a small scale. Encamped at Sulphur Spring one mile from Flemingsburg……

  Dorris Keeven-Franke

  September 15, 2020

  Journey

  Archer Alexander, Fleming County, Flemingsburg Kentucky, Ohio County, Ohio River, Sulphur Spring Kentucky, William Campbell

• 12 September 1829 – Seventeenth Entry

  

  Today’s entry describes a recent uprising against a slave trader named Gorden, that had occurred nearly three weeks earlier. His partner Petit, and his wagon driver named Allen had been killed. Six slaves were to be hung for their murder. This is the same road that Campbell and thousands of other families are using to…

  Dorris Keeven-Franke

  September 12, 2020

  Journey

  Allen, Archer, Gordon, Greenup, murders, Negro traders, Ohio River, Petit, salt furnaces, Vanceburg

• 9 September 1829 – Fourteenth Entry

  

  This is the journal entry of William Campbell who was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and kept a journal the fall of 1829 as he and four other families: Alexander, McCluer, Wilson and Icenhower moved to Dardenne township, in Saint Charles County Missouri. This entry shares the roads, rivers and villages they encountered. What it…

  Dorris Keeven-Franke

  September 9, 2020

  Journey

  Archer Alexander, Big Sandy, Burlington, Cabell County, Guyandotte, Lawrence County, Mud River, Ohio, Ohio River, Twelve Pole