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=== Settlers and Records  ===
=== Settlers and Records  ===


The first colonists in the two southern counties along what became the Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path arrived before the fort or trail existed, usually by way of the Savannah River, the [[Middle Creek Trading Path]], or the [[Augusta and Cherokee Trail]]. The northern two counties were Cherokee Indian areas until the American Revolution when the Cherokees were expelled as a result of siding with the British. <br>
The first colonists in the two southern counties along what became the Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path arrived before the fort or trail existed, usually by way of the Savannah River, the [[Middle Creek Trading Path]], or the [[Augusta and Cherokee Trail]]. The northern two counties were Cherokee Indian areas until the American Revolution when the Cherokees were expelled as a result of siding with the British. <br>  


No complete list of settlers who used the '''Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path''' is known to exist. Nevertheless, local and county histories along that trail may reveal pioneer settlers who arrived after 1765 and who were candidates to have traveled the Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path from the Fort Charlotte area.  
No complete list of settlers who used the '''Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path''' is known to exist. Nevertheless, local and county histories along that trail may reveal pioneer settlers who arrived after 1765 and who were candidates to have traveled the Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path from the Fort Charlotte area.  
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For partial lists of early settlers who '''''may&nbsp;''''' have used the Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path, see histories like:  
For partial lists of early settlers who '''''may&nbsp;''''' have used the Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path, see histories like:  


'''''in Charleston County, SC:'''''  
'''''in McCormick County, SC:'''''  


*Thomas Petigru Lesesne, ''History of Charleston County, South Carolina: Narrative and Biographical'' (Charleston, South Carolina&nbsp;: A.H. Cawston, c1931) ({{FHL|53420|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7915 D3L}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3586631 WorldCat entry].
*Thomas Petigru Lesesne, ''History of Charleston County, South Carolina: Narrative and Biographical'' (Charleston, South Carolina&nbsp;: A.H. Cawston, c1931) ({{FHL|53420|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7915 D3L}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3586631 WorldCat entry].


'''''in Colleton County, SC:'''''  
'''''in Abbeville County, SC:'''''  


*"Colleton County, South Carolina Early History" in ''Colleton County SCGenWeb'' at http://www.oldplaces.org/colleton/colhistory.html (accessed 27 March 2011).  
*"Colleton County, South Carolina Early History" in ''Colleton County SCGenWeb'' at http://www.oldplaces.org/colleton/colhistory.html (accessed 27 March 2011).  
*Evelyn McDaniel Frazier Bryan, ''Colleton County, S.C.: a History of the First 160 Years, 1670-1830'' (Jacksonville, Florida&nbsp;: Florentine Press, 1993) ({{FHL|697866|item|disp=FHL Book 975.795 H2b}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29658563 WorldCat entry].
*Evelyn McDaniel Frazier Bryan, ''Colleton County, S.C.: a History of the First 160 Years, 1670-1830'' (Jacksonville, Florida&nbsp;: Florentine Press, 1993) ({{FHL|697866|item|disp=FHL Book 975.795 H2b}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29658563 WorldCat entry].


'''''in Beaufort County, SC:'''''  
'''''in Anderson County, SC:'''''  


*Lawrence S. Rowland, Alexander Moore, and George C. Rogers, Jr., ''The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina'' (Columbia, South Carolina&nbsp;: University of S.C., c1996) ({{FHL|776999|item|disp=FHL Book 975.799 H2r}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/490011675 WorldCat entry].
*Lawrence S. Rowland, Alexander Moore, and George C. Rogers, Jr., ''The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina'' (Columbia, South Carolina&nbsp;: University of S.C., c1996) ({{FHL|776999|item|disp=FHL Book 975.799 H2r}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/490011675 WorldCat entry].


'''''in Jasper County, SC:'''''  
'''''in Oconee County, SC:'''''  


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'''''in Chatham County, GA:'''''  
'''''in Stephens County, GA:'''''  


*Mary Granger, ed., ''Savannah River Plantations'' (Spartanburg, South Carolina&nbsp;: Reprint Co., 1972) ({{FHL|175915|item|disp=FHL Book 975.8724 H2w}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/402235 WorldCat entry].  
*Mary Granger, ed., ''Savannah River Plantations'' (Spartanburg, South Carolina&nbsp;: Reprint Co., 1972) ({{FHL|175915|item|disp=FHL Book 975.8724 H2w}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/402235 WorldCat entry].  
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