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'''Counties''' | '''Counties or Independent Cities on the Occaneechi Path'''.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 852. ({{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry.]</ref> | ||
*'''''Virginia: ''''' [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George]], [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia|Dinwiddie]], [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick]], [[Lunenburg County, Virginia|Lunenburg]], [[Mecklenburg County, Virginia|Mecklenburg]] | *'''''Virginia: ''''' [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]], [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George]], [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia|Dinwiddie]], [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick]], [[Lunenburg County, Virginia|Lunenburg]], [[Mecklenburg County, Virginia|Mecklenburg]] | ||
*'''''North Carolina: ''''' [[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville]], [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham]], [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange]], [[Alamance County, North Carolina|Alamance]], [[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]], [[Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph]], [[Davidson County, North Carolina|Davidson]], [[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan]], [[Cabarrus County, North Carolina|Cabarrus]], [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]] | *'''''North Carolina: ''''' [[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville]], [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham]], [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange]], [[Alamance County, North Carolina|Alamance]], [[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]], [[Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph]], [[Davidson County, North Carolina|Davidson]], [[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan]], [[Cabarrus County, North Carolina|Cabarrus]], [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]] | ||
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No lists of settlers who used the '''Occaneechi Path''' are known to exist. However, local and county histories along the road may reveal that many of the first pioneer settlers arrived from places to the northeast along the route. | No lists of settlers who used the '''Occaneechi Path''' are known to exist. However, local and county histories along the road may reveal that many of the first pioneer settlers arrived from places to the northeast along the route. | ||
The Occaneechi Path or Trading Path was heavily used by traders, but sparsely used by white settlers before 1748. After that time Virginians from around Petersburg and inland southern Virginia would have used the road to move southwest. Also some people from southern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, eastern Maryland, and northern Virgina may have used remnants of the Path to reach the Yadkin River settlements (Daniel Boone), and the Waxhaws areas of North Carolina. Many of the settlers of South Carolina along the [[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]] reached there by way of the Occaneechi Path. It was also a way to reach the Augusta, Georgia area. | The Occaneechi Path or Trading Path was heavily used by traders, but sparsely used by white settlers before 1748. After that time Virginians from around Petersburg and inland southern Virginia would have used the road to move southwest. Also some people from southern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, eastern Maryland, and northern Virgina may have used remnants of the Path to reach the Yadkin River settlements (Daniel Boone), and the Waxhaws areas of North Carolina. Many of the settlers of South Carolina along the [[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]] reached there by way of the Occaneechi Path. It was also a way to reach the Augusta, Georgia area. | ||
=== Internet Sites === | === Internet Sites === | ||
*"History of Nations Ford," ''Catawba Riverkeeper'', http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/about-the-catawba/history-of-nations-ford (accessed 26 January 2011), describes the history of the Catawba River ford near present-day Rock Hill, South Carolina. This ford was prominent on the Occaneechi Path. | *"History of Nations Ford," ''Catawba Riverkeeper'', http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/about-the-catawba/history-of-nations-ford (accessed 26 January 2011), describes the history of the Catawba River ford near present-day Rock Hill, South Carolina. This ford was prominent on the Occaneechi Path. {{Wikipedia|Trading Path}} | ||
=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||