Alea and I have started heading east and we plan to stop in Salt Lake City on Monday and will perhaps stay over on Tuesday to do some research (we can stay longer, if needed). I have a general research outline put together and will create a list of specific microfilms and books to look for this evening. That way, I will be able to get to work right away after we get checked in to the local KOA.
From there we will work our way towards Murphysboro, and I suspect we won't be interested in doing more than about 350 miles per day. So once we leave Salt Lake, it will take us at least four or five driving days to reach there (perhaps longer if we opt to avoid the freeways). There is a possibility that we will stop around Ray/Carroll/Caldwell counties in Missouri, if we happen to pass through at a time when either the courthouses or local genealogy societies are open. We will have a better sense of that once we leave Salt Lake and have a chance to create a potential research list for those counties.
If anyone has any Davis related research ideas for Salt Lake City, please pass them on. I will mainly be focusing on Davis research in Moore and Cumberland Counties, North Carolina, but may also see if there are any family histories that may be of interest.
I still haven't heard from Carole Burroughs, but I will likely try again soon, as that is a big part of the reason for returning to Illinois. It would be great to see the surviving portion of James Davis' homestead. The remainder of my time there will mostly be focused on tracing the chain of title for that property, as well as possibly also for Aaron's property. The latter will depend upon what is shown on the 1907 plat maps - if the property hadn't been split too many times, that research could likely be done in a reasonable amount of time.
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