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The immediate area where I live in Marion County Mo was orginally heavily settled by people from KY, specifically Garrard Country in the 1830's.

They were rather overwhelming pro south in the ACW, yet the county they had moved from was heavily Unionist I read.

It seems an interesting contrast, I guess the social/economic differences between the areas over the next 20-30 yrs was responsible.

 

[Lubliner]

The immediate area where I live in Marion County Mo was orginally heavily settled by people from KY, specifically Garrard Country in the 1830's.

They were rather overwhelming pro south in the ACW, yet the county they had moved from was heavily Unionist I read.

It seems an interesting contrast, I guess the social/economic differences between the areas over the next 20-30 yrs was responsible.

It makes me wonder how they felt towards their former neighbors, and vice-versa. Do you feel as though differences of opinion may have been the cause, or was it after?
Lubliner.

 

[archieclement]

Hard to say, both were slave states, both border states. I know far less details on Garrard County Ky.

Perhaps both wanted to be left alone and neutral, and Confederate invasion of Ky swung the Ky ones Unionist, and Camp Jackson the ones here Confederate.

It's ironic though the ones here that became pro south had moved hundreds of miles north.

 

[TnFed]

Hard to say, both were slave states, both border states. I know far less details on Garrard County Ky.

Perhaps both wanted to be left alone and neutral, and Confederate invasion of Ky swung the Ky ones Unionist, and Camp Jackson the ones here Confederate.

It's ironic though the ones here that became pro south had moved hundreds of

Hard to say, both were slave states, both border states. I know far less details on Garrard County Ky.

Perhaps both wanted to be left alone and neutral, and Confederate invasion of Ky swung the Ky ones Unionist, and Camp Jackson the ones here Confederate.

It's ironic though the ones here that became pro south had moved hundreds of miles north.

Not so hard to understand. A lot of people from strongly unionist East TN went to Missouri. They were folks that were clannish and liked to mind their own affairs. With the start of the war both areas all of a sudden had governments that confiscated their property, taxed them and conscripted their sons to fight in a war that they really had no use for. I don't know about Missouri but most folks in the hills and hollers of East TN had all they could do, to scratch out a living for their families.

 

[archieclement]

They were probably more properous here, as the area is far more suited to agriculture then hill country. Most slaveowners came here because opportunity abounded.

 

[TnFed]

True, though West NC and East TN is some beautiful country. My family would stay there until WW2 was over.