George Bollinger persuaded twenty other families to leave North Carolina in the fall of 1799 and settle in a region immediately west of what is now Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
dʒˈɔːɹdʒ bˈɑːlɪŋɡɚ pɚswˈeɪdᵻd twˈɛnti ˈʌðɚ fˈæmɪliz tə lˈiːv nˈɔːɹθ kˌæɹəlˈaɪnə ɪnðə fˈɔːl ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn ænd sˈɛɾəl ɪn ɐ ɹˈiːdʒən ɪmˈiːdɪətli wˈɛst ʌv wʌt ɪz nˈaʊ kˈeɪp dʒˈɜːɹɑːɹdˌoʊ, mɪzˈʊɹɹi.