Josiah and Sarah Move to Gibson County, Indiana

  Sometime between 1832 and 1840, Josiah and Sarah moved from Xenia, Ohio to Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana.   In searching for why they moved to that particular place, I found some interesting neighbors.   They were not the only Davissons/Davisons or Davidsons in that area of Gibson County.  Is it a coincidence that Josiah's next door neighbors just happen to be connected directly or indirectly to Davisons?  In the 1840 Gibson Co. Census, one neighbor is Fieldin Colvin on one side and Peyton J. Colvin on the other.  Just above the name, Fieldin Colvin, is Richard Colvin.  Checking into these Colvins I found that Fieldin was married to Elizabeth Davison Whipps.  She was the daughter of John Davison of Mason Co., Kentucky and had married James Whipps first.   Richard Colvin married  Dorcas Hillman, niece of John Hillman from Mason Co., Kentucky.   John Hillman married  Mary Ann Davison, daughter of John Davison of Mason Co., Kentucky also.  Josiah's neighbor on the other side was Peyton J. Colvin who married Malinda M. Smith, a niece of Hannah M. Davisson Smith, daughter of Josiah Davisson of Greenup Co., Kentucky,  a former part of the old Mason Co. Ky at one time. 

   At first I thought Josiah moved to Indiana to live by relatives.  And this may be true but I also had to take into consideration the fact that other unrelated people of Greene Co., Ohio also bought land in Gibson Co., Indiana about the same time. Some of these were George Galloway, John McClelland, Hugh Watt, William Sterett and others.  Also Sarah's sister, Mary Todd Casebolt and husband, Robert, also moved to Gibson Co.and bought land in 1837 located in either Center or Columbia Twp.  

   I have yet to figure out why Josiah and Sarah moved to Gibson Co., Indiana.  Was it to live by Josiah's relatives or were they moving along with Sarah's relatives, the Casebolts, or did they join a general migration of Greene Co., Ohio people to Gibson Co., Indiana?