The migrations are divided by state, of which there are usually patterns that are seen.
Ben and Patricia Plymale 1948 Portland, OR Seattle, WA Paul and Bettye Wadleigh 1961 Indianapolis, IN Bellingham, WA
From this it is apparent that most of the people that migrated to Oregon, came from the midwest, i.e. Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri.
William J. Martin and family 1846 Platte Co., MO Yamhill Co., OR William H. Riddle and family 1851 Sangamon Co., IL Douglas Co., OR William H. Merriman and family 1852 Sangamon Co., IL Douglas Co., OR Gabriel Plymale and family 1852 Knox Co., IL Jackson Co., OR James Murray and family 1871 Stephenson Co., IL Jackson Co., OR Henry W. Bixby and family 1909 Blue Earth Co., MN Marion Co., OR
Most of the emigrants to Minnesota seem to have come from farther east in the USA, usually in the midwest and Great Lakes region of the US.
Reuben H. Thurston and family 1856 Delaware, OH Garden City, MN Irvin and Lydia Thurston 1857 Salem, IA Garden City, MN Henry A. Bixby and family 1860-1866 Winnebago Co., WI Garden City, MN Henry Hoffman and family 1871 Greenfield, WI Mankato, MN Christian Kling and family c. 1879 Webster City, IA Mankato, MN
Most all of the settlers of Indiana came from the border states of Kentucky and Ohio. Others came from unrelated places like New Jersey, New York, and North Carolina. The earliest settler of Indiana in my tree seems to have been in about 1807, but there was a rapid rise after the War of 1812.
James L. Taylor and sister c. 1804 Cincinnatti, OH Wayne Co., IN Christian Fall and family c. 1807 Guilford Co., NC Wayne Co., IN Levi Willits and family 1808-1815 Fairfield Co., OH Wayne Co., IN Solomon Beck and family 1810-1818 Stokes Co., NC Wayne Co., IN Abner Chenault and family 1812 Rockingham Co., NC Wayne Co., IN Arnold Custer and family 1814 Fayette Co., KY Jefferson Co., IN Henry Dunham and family 1814-1820 Woodbridge, NJ Wayne Co., IN Samuel Ross and family 1819-1820 Garrard Co., KY Jefferson Co., IN John Hill and family 1830 Nicholas Co., KY Boone Co., IN Isaiah Custer and family 1836 Montgomery Co., OH Ripley Co., IN Odin F. Wadleigh and wife 1912 Binghamton, NY Indianapolis, IN
Most of the early settlers to Wisconsin came in the 1840's or 1850's and seem to have come by way of the Great Lakes, from New York, or just straight from foreign countries, of which Germany was prominent.
Henry A. Bixby c. 1845 VT Winnebago Co., WI Thomas Palfrey and family 1846 Erie Co., NY Winnebago Co., WI John Stroy and family c. 1857 Germany (via New York, NY) Milwaukee Co., WI Henry Hoffman c. 1858 Germany (via New York, NY) Milwaukee Co., WI
There seems to be no apparent pattern into the settlement of Illinois, as they came from Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Most seem to have come in around the 1830's or 1840's.
Reuben Merriman and family 1829 Scott Co., KY Sangamon Co., IL Gabriel Plymale and family 1834 Wayne Co., VA (WV) Knox Co., IL William Riddle and family 1838 Logan Co., OH Sangamon Co., IL James Murray 1845 PA Stephenson Co., IL Flora Barklow and family 1848 Union Co., PA Stephenson Co., IL
Most of the Missouri settlers came from slave states to the east of Missouri such as Tennessee and Kentucky.
Zaddock Martin and family c. 1816 Knox Co., KY Clay Co., MO Jeremiah Brown 1820-1830 Montgomery Co., TN Scott Co., MO Catherine Crobarger and family c. 1837 Jefferson Co., TN Platte Co., MO Martin Halliburton and family 1852 Dickson Co., TN Randolph Co., MO Vashti Dunham and son 1867 Leavenworth Co., KS Chariton Co., MO
There seems to be no specific pattern in the migrations to Ohio, but there seems to be a large number of immigrants from nearby Pennsylvania and nearby Kentucky.
John Bousman and family c. 1792 MD Champaign Co., OH Christopher McGill and family c. 1801 KY Champaign Co., OH Levi Willits and family c. 1805 PA Fairfield Co., OH William Riddle and family c. 1807 Nicholas Co., KY Champaign Co., OH Peter Thurston and family 1813 Fletcher, VT Granville, OH
Henry Parrish and family c. 1793 Franklin Co., NC Wilson Co., TN Hardy Hunt and family c. 1800 Franklin Co., NC Sumner Co., TN Martin Halliburton and family 1804 Person Co., NC Dickson Co., TN John Turner and family 1805 Person Co., NC Dickson Co., TN Jacob Foust and family c. 1806 NC Montgomery Co., TN Jeremiah Brown and family 1804-1808 Montgomery Co., NC Montgomery Co., TN John Brodie and family c. 1813 Granville Co., NC Montgomery Co., TN George Crobarger and family c. 1816 VA Jefferson Co., TN Thomas A. Jones c. 1844 Christian Co., KY Montgomery Co., TN Hugh A. Current 1850-1859 Iredell Co., NC Montgomery Co., TN
While most of the emigrants to Tennessee came from North Carolina, most of the emigrants to Kentucky came from Virginia, directly to the east of KY.
William Scholl and family c. 1779 Augusta Co., VA Clark Co., KY Arnold Custer c. 1788 Augusta Co., VA Clark Co., KY Samuel Gordon and family c. 1778 NV Woodford Co., KY Ambrose Ross and family 1780's VA Lincoln Co., KY William Allen and family c. 1790 PA Nicholas Co., KY Isaac Cowan and family c. 1790 PA Nicholas Co., KY John Hill bef 1796 DE Nicholas Co., KY Thomas Jameson and family 1796 Franklin Co., VA Madison Co., KY Zaddock Martin and family 1798-1802 Wilkes Co., NC Knox Co., KY William Sthreshley and family bef 1802 VA Fayette Co., KY Thomas Whitlock and family 1810 Buckingham Co., VA Green Co., KY Reuben Merriman and family 1812 Bridgeport, CT Scott Co., KY Anthony Jones and family 1816 Buckingham Co., VA Christian Co., KY Elizabeth Woodson and family 1816 Prince Edward Co., VA Christian Co., KY David Parrish and family 1833 Sumner Co., TN Christian Co., KY Thomas A. Jones 1880-1892 Montgomery Co., TN Christian Co., KY
Most of the settlers to Vermont came from other New England states, most usually from New Hampshire.
Manassah Bixby and family 1767-1769 Lancaster, MA Guilford, VT Thomas Butler and family c. 1771 Salisbury, CT Fairfax, VT Peter Thurston 1779-1787 Hollis, NH Fletcher, VT Nathan Brooks and family 1801-1803 Hancock, NH Underhill, VT Daniel Morse and family 1800-1808 Hancock, NH Underhill, VT