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[[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston]] was founded in 1670 by English and African immigrants from the Caribbean island of [[Barbados|Barbados]]. It became the largest city and capital of the South Carolina colony. Many trails and roads radiated out from Charleston. | [[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston]] was founded in 1670 by English and African immigrants from the Caribbean island of [[Barbados|Barbados]]. It became the largest city and capital of the South Carolina colony. Many trails and roads radiated out from Charleston. | ||
The Westo Indians were the first known residents of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_Town,_South_Carolina Savannah Town], South Carolina, observed there as early as the 1670s. However, they were replaced by [[Shawnee Indians|Shawnee (Savannah) Indians]] because of a 1679-1680 trade war. This town became important to the South Carolina colony because it was a prosperous center for the western fur and deer skin trade. Pack trains of animal furs and skins arrived from the Appalachian (Blue Ridge) Mountains and beyond. Savannah Town was just below the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_line fall line], the farthest upriver an ocean-going boat could | The Westo Indians were the first known residents of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_Town,_South_Carolina Savannah Town], South Carolina, observed there as early as the 1670s. However, they were replaced by [[Shawnee Indians|Shawnee (Savannah) Indians]] because of a 1679-1680 trade war. This town became important to the South Carolina colony because it was a prosperous center for the western fur and deer skin trade. Pack trains of animal furs and skins arrived from the Appalachian (Blue Ridge) Mountains and beyond. Savannah Town was just below the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_line fall line], the farthest upriver an ocean-going boat could reach. Iron and manufactured goods were traded for the pelts. Skins from Savannah Town were shipped by boat to Charleston and from there to Europe. In 1715-1716 South Carolina built and garrisoned [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_Town,_South_Carolina Fort Moore] on the Savannah River to protect this trade from attacks by hostile Indians, [[New Spain|Spanish]], or [[New France|French]], and presumably about this time opened the Fort Moore-Charleston Trail. In 1730 the area was incorporated as [[New Windsor Township, South Carolina|New Windsor]] Parish and Township. In 1737 about 200 [[Switzerland|Swiss]] from the Canton of Appenzell settled the area.<ref name="Aug">Wikipedia contributors, "Savannah Town, South Carolina," ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Moore,_South_Carolina (accessed 12 April 2011).</ref> | ||
As a western pelt trading center many Indian trails converged on this area. An old Indian trading trail called the [[Occaneechi Path]] stretched from the former Indian village at New Windsor toward Camden, South Carolina, then north to Charlotte, North Carolina, and beyond to Petersburg, Virginia. The [[Lower Creek Trading Path]] extended from Savannah Town/New Windsor into the mountains all the way to Clarksdale, Mississippi on the Mississippi River. The [[Cisca and St. Augustine Trail]] (or Nickajack Trail) connected the Cumberland River at Nashville, Tennessee to the Savannah River at New Windsor, South Carolina to St. Augustine, Florida on the Atlantic Ocean. | As a western pelt trading center many Indian trails converged on this area. An old Indian trading trail called the [[Occaneechi Path]] stretched from the former Indian village at New Windsor toward Camden, South Carolina, then north to Charlotte, North Carolina, and beyond to Petersburg, Virginia. The [[Lower Creek Trading Path]] extended from Savannah Town/New Windsor into the mountains all the way to Clarksdale, Mississippi on the Mississippi River. The [[Cisca and St. Augustine Trail]] (or Nickajack Trail) connected the Cumberland River at Nashville, Tennessee to the Savannah River at New Windsor, South Carolina to St. Augustine, Florida on the Atlantic Ocean. | ||
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In 1735 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Augusta,_Georgia Augusta, Georgia] was founded five miles upriver from Fort Moore by British colonists coming up the Savannah River from Savannah, Georgia. The citizens of Augusta did what they could to deflect the fur and skin trade from Savannah/New Windsor, South Carolina to their Georgia city and their seaport at Savannah, Georgia. In 1740 a ferry service began between the two rival towns of New Windsor and Augusta. However, New Windsor declined in importance. By 1765 the town was abandoned and Fort Moore was closed.<ref name="Aug" /> | In 1735 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Augusta,_Georgia Augusta, Georgia] was founded five miles upriver from Fort Moore by British colonists coming up the Savannah River from Savannah, Georgia. The citizens of Augusta did what they could to deflect the fur and skin trade from Savannah/New Windsor, South Carolina to their Georgia city and their seaport at Savannah, Georgia. In 1740 a ferry service began between the two rival towns of New Windsor and Augusta. However, New Windsor declined in importance. By 1765 the town was abandoned and Fort Moore was closed.<ref name="Aug" /> | ||
As roads developed in America settlers were attracted to nearby communities because the roads provided access to markets. They could sell their products at distant markets, and buy products made far away. If an ancestor settled near a road, you may be able to trace back to a place of origin on a connecting highway. | As roads developed in America settlers were attracted to nearby communities because the roads provided access to markets. They could sell their products at distant markets, and buy products made far away. If an ancestor settled near a road, you may be able to trace back to a place of origin on a connecting highway. | ||
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