I've been poking around the Ingrams a bit, and have found that my great-grandfather Rebel Ingram's father was William M. Ingram, born 24 Oct 1848. But I have had no luck going back any further with that line.
William was supposedly born in Menifee County, Kentucky. There are also Ingrams in Bell County, Kentucky, and I discovered a "History of Bell Country, Kentucky" that lists several individuals. I have a lot of downloaded documents on my desktop and must find time to review them all, this one among them.
William's wife was Mary Ann Kash, and luckily there are some postings about her on the Family Search.org site of LDS. Her line goes back to John Kash, born 1746 in Morgan, Kentucky.
It's at times like this that I regret my ignorance of American history. I know 1746 was about 30 years prior to the American Revolution. I guess it just hadn't occurred to me that colonialists had pushed quite so far westward that early. It's fairly easy to see, however, how the colonials arrived on the Atlantic seaboard along the Virginia and North Carolina coasts, then pushed westward and south until they hit the mountains. The only way through was the Cumberland Gap. I have Samples ancestors who traveled that route as well, one group very likely with Daniel Boone - a real safari guide par excellence! ;-)
I surely would be happy to hear from some of you who can describe the state of settlement in Kentucky at that time - thanks in advance!
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