A map of evidence,
with room for the unknown.
This decade shows dated observations overlapping the chosen ten years. Story so far shows all observations up to that decade’s end. Older dots are historical records, not a claim that someone still lived there.
Birthplaces, ceremonies, census households and deaths remain distinct event types. Arcs connect observations for the same person only; they are not proof of a route, migration, intermediate stops or a precise move date. Conflicting or unordered observations are not joined.
Markers represent approximate towns, counties or states. Places such as Iron Hill and Willard use a broader Carter County point when a precise town position has not been verified. Modern map boundaries are not historical borders.
Dashed markers flag qualified dates or evidence. Open each story for the date wording, event type, location precision and record citation. Unknown dates and unmappable places stay in the list.
John Hicks and John Wesley Gollihue remain separate. No Hungary or Kenya routes are drawn without a sourced person, date and place. The map can accept worldwide evidence when it becomes available.
Initials are placeholders, not photographs. No verified portrait is currently available for the mapped people. Document images are labeled as records.