A Woman Walked from Shelby to Virginia Every Year

Isaac Robertson entered land on Grogg Creek and married Rebecca House. According to Mamie Jones, Rebecca made a trip every single year to visit her family in Virginia — and she made the entire journey on foot, walking all the way there and all the way back. This was not a one-time event but a regular habit. The detail stands out because it shows how ordinary long-distance travel by walking was in early Cleveland County, even for women, and how isolated families still were from one another in the early settlement period.
Source: Mamie Jones