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Most settlers would have moved from the northeast to the southwest along the Upper Road. People from Pennsylvania (especially around the major port city of Philadelphia), southern New Jersey, eastern Maryland, and northern Virginia would be the most likely starting places for early Upper Road travelers. They would have settled in places like Amelia Court House in southern Virginia. Eventually travelers also reached Hillsborough, Salisbury, and Charlotte, in North Carolina, or Greenville in South Carolina. The Georgia portion of the Upper Road from the important Indian settlement of Tugaloo to Athens, and Macon was opened to most white settlers after a series of treaties and Georgia land lotteries from 1790 to 1826.<ref>Dollarhide, 33-36.</ref> | Most settlers would have moved from the northeast to the southwest along the Upper Road. People from Pennsylvania (especially around the major port city of Philadelphia), southern New Jersey, eastern Maryland, and northern Virginia would be the most likely starting places for early Upper Road travelers. They would have settled in places like Amelia Court House in southern Virginia. Eventually travelers also reached Hillsborough, Salisbury, and Charlotte, in North Carolina, or Greenville in South Carolina. The Georgia portion of the Upper Road from the important Indian settlement of Tugaloo to Athens, and Macon was opened to most white settlers after a series of treaties and Georgia land lotteries from 1790 to 1826.<ref>Dollarhide, 33-36.</ref> | ||
=== Websites === | === Websites === | ||
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gentutor/upper.html The Upper Road] (RootsWeb). Map, description, fact sheet. | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gentutor/upper.html The Upper Road] (RootsWeb). Map, description, fact sheet. | ||
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=24882 The Old Upper Road], The Historical Marker Database. | *[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=24882 The Old Upper Road], The Historical Marker Database. | ||