Do you have U.S. pioneer ancestors? Join the Southern Pioneers Project! [closed]

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The Southern Pioneers project focuses on the people that left the original colonial settlements of America and ventured into the wilderness to expand our early nation. The project's mission is to preserve and protect the genealogy of these early pioneer families and to provide accurate connections between their immigrant ancestors and modern-day descendants based on careful research and reliable sources.

To join the project, please click on the 'answer this post' link below and say that you would like to join (please don't use the 'comment' link as it makes it hard to keep track - thanks!).

Note:  The Southern Pioneers Project is a sub-project of the United States Project; as such, it does not have a separate badge.  If you are already a member of the U.S. Project (or any other sub-project of the U.S. Project), you already have what you need.  Feel free to review the project page and add a sticker to your profile or those of your ancestors.

Here is a link to the project page:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Southern_Pioneers

If you would also like to join the project's Google discussion group, click here.  On your join request, please include your Wikitree ID number.

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I know this group has good members, doing a great job. I also know that most are the scots Irish from NC, Tennessee.,kentucky. In my reading of early Tennessee, Franklin county militia commanded by Col. Anthony Bledsoe, Under command of general Richardson, I believe, mustred the group of Tennessee mountain men known today as the Over the mountain men.

That part is known, but what is not known is. That land on the backside of Kings Mountain SC is also the plantation bought by his father Abraham Bledsoe, When their mother Kathryn Bledsoe married Their father.

Word was sent, They would burn the plantation. Anthony his brother Issac their slaves.  Their neighbors. The longhunters. Took those men over the mountain and killed the man who threatened that. Now you know.

The Douglas, Shelby, Cage, Bledsoe, lewis, Martin, King, all beat the British that day. Without the Bledsoe knowledge of that area, who knows?

Answer 1

Hi everyone, please add me to the Southern Pioneers Project. My great-grandfather was one of the last original pioneers in Manatee County Florida, his family came there in 1820 approximately. I look forward to adding to the project and helping sort out the questions/ sources.

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Hi Danielle, you already have the U.S. Project badge.  The Southern Pioneers Project, as noted, is a sub-project and, as such, doesn't have a separate badge.  Feel free to assist with the project.  Thanks.

Answer 2

Hi!  I would like to join the Southern Pioneers Project.  I descend from several families that moved westward out of the Carolinas and then further north into southern Illinois.  Surnames include: Russell, Guymon, Killgrove, Loy, Greenwood, Bradley, and Draper.

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Hi Joel, I've awarded you the U.S. Project badge.  The Southern Pioneers Project is a sub-project of it.  Thanks for joining us.

Answer 3

Hi, I would like to join the Southern Pioneers Project. I have a long list of settlers in Virginia, East Tennessee, and North Carolina. Some ancestor surnames include Hockaday, Perry, Shearin, Bell, Mangum, Cannaday, Wagstaff, Kimbrough, Alston, Hinton, Fuller, Bailey, Wingfield, Stewart, Morgan, Hart, Kidd, Chowning, Rose, Bright, Milligan, Cornwell and others. Thank you.

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I've awarded you the U.S. Project badge.  The Southern Pioneers Project is a sub-project of it.  Thanks for joining us.

Answer 4

Hello!  I'm Heather and my entire family has been in what eventually became Montgomery County, NC since at least the mid-late 1700s.  I would love to be a part of this project.

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Hi Heather, I've awarded you the U.S. Project badge.  The Southern Pioneers Project is a sub-project of it.  Thanks for joining us.

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Thank you!

Answer 5

Please add me to Southern Pioneers. I have the US Project, I have the Global. I would like invite to the G2G discussion group.

Thank you.

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Hi Alice,

There is a link in my G2G post that you need to click to get to the page to request to join the G2G group (being sure to include your Wikitree ID #).  This project is unfortunately dormant at present; there hasn't been an active discussion for three years...