Follow the bouncing Isaacs to: NC, SC, KY, TN and beyond

There is one thing we notice with Isaacs: there are a lot of women and twins. Old Samuel I lived until about 1750 or so and had sons: Sam II and Elisha. Sam II died long about 1760 and his son Elijah I (Later Col Elijah of NC Militia fame in Am Rev War) executed the estate and his brother Godfrey stayed in Virginia while Elijah I and his Uncle Elisha I took off for NC. John had gone off to Kentucky about 1756 or so and liked it a lot. (That is when it was bloody Kentucky and was still a part of Colonial Virginia. In that day and age the French were stirring up Indians and The French and Indian War ensued. There is some history to suggest that John actually crossed over The Mighty Ohio River into Indiana and Illinois scouting for the British under Young George Washington's group. Washington was from the same area of Virginia and he bought 'Corn' from the Isaacs family back there.

Corn Whiskey was used as a medium of exchange and was traded with more constant value than any currency from anywhere. Washington was known to carry some for trade or medicinal purposes only. Later on upon John's return to Virginia, Godfrey was seeing a lady whose father made whiskey. It seems she had a thing with a Ferry Operator and 'Corn' purveyor got crossways with Washington for selling him bad (Rot Gut) Whiskey. Several of Washingtons finest soldiers got sick and some might have died. Gentle George never had that problem with Isaacs 'Corn.' Godfrey eventually married the girl and she became the Matriarch of Virginia Isaacs after the war in Southwest Virginia. Eastern Kentucky is populated with Godfrey and her offspring as is that county on the Clinch River in Virginia.