Following the death of his father, William the Preacher, in
March 1837, Henry Tapscott head north from Green County, Kentucky, traveling
through Indiana and ending up in Clark County Illinois in 1840. During this three-year
trip, Henry and his wife, Susan Bass, had two children, Sarah Ann Tapscott and Frances
Ann Tapscott, both born in Indiana. (Before making the trip Henry and Susan had
six other children born in Kentucky and after the trip, four additional born in
Clark County Illinois.) In a few weeks I will be making the same trip to
research a book on Henry and his descendants, but I face a serious problem. So
far I have been unable to determine what Indiana counties Henry passed through
or in which Indiana counties his children Sarah and Frances were born. It is
sometimes claimed that they were born in Allen County Indiana, but not only is
there no reliable evidence for this, Allen County does not lie on any
reasonable route between Green County Kentucky and Clark County Illinois. Does
anybody out there have any evidence of where Henry was in Indiana?
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