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*'''''Georgia: ''''' [[Stephens County, Georgia|Stephens]] | *'''''Georgia: ''''' [[Stephens County, Georgia|Stephens]] | ||
'''Overlapping and Connecting Routes.''' The [[Upper Road]], the [[Occaneechi Path]], and the [[Great Valley Road]] (south fork) all connected to the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path at Charlotte, North Carolina. The Lower Cherokee Traders' Path and [[Upper Road]] fork off to the west though Gaston County, North Carolina and all six of the northern-most counties of South Carolina. | '''Overlapping and Connecting Routes.''' The [[Upper Road]], the [[Occaneechi Path]], and the [[Great Valley Road]] (south fork) all connected to the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path at Charlotte, North Carolina. The Lower Cherokee Traders' Path and [[Upper Road]] fork off to the west though Gaston County, North Carolina and all six of the northern-most counties of South Carolina.<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. ({{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry.], and William E. Myer, ''Indian Trails of the Southeast''. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). ({{FHL|54678|item|disp=FHL Book 970.1 M992i}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1523234 WorldCat entry].</ref> | ||
The [[Catawba and Northern Trail]] (for a map, [[South Carolina Emigration and Immigration#Settlement_Patterns|click here]]) leaves the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path at York County, South Caroina and heads north to the Yadkin River settlements in North Carolina. The [[Cherokee Old Path]] and a branch of the [[Catawba Trail]] started north from the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path near Greenville County. | The [[Catawba and Northern Trail]] (for a map, [[South Carolina Emigration and Immigration#Settlement_Patterns|click here]]) leaves the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path at York County, South Caroina and heads north to the Yadkin River settlements in North Carolina. The [[Cherokee Old Path]] and a branch of the [[Catawba Trail]] started north from the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path near Greenville County. | ||
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*[http://gaz.jrshelby.com/cherokee-lower.htm Cherokee Lower Towns] has maps of town locations, a link to a Revolutionary War battle database, sources, and list of Revolutionary War battles involving Cherokees. | *[http://gaz.jrshelby.com/cherokee-lower.htm Cherokee Lower Towns] has maps of town locations, a link to a Revolutionary War battle database, sources, and list of Revolutionary War battles involving Cherokees. | ||
*[http://files.usgwarchives.org/ga/history/earlytrails.txt Georgia History Early Trails] describes westward migration on and route of the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path and other routes through Georgia. | *[http://files.usgwarchives.org/ga/history/earlytrails.txt Georgia History Early Trails] describes westward migration on and route of the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path and other routes through Georgia. | ||
*Wikipedia contributors, "Tugaloo," ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugaloo (accessed 5 April 2011). | *Wikipedia contributors, "Tugaloo," ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugaloo (accessed 5 April 2011). | ||