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The first European colonists settled in counties along this trail (north to south) as follows:<ref>South Carolina - The Counties, http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/sc_counties_alphabetical_order.html (accessed 7 April 2011).</ref> | The first European colonists settled in counties along this trail (north to south) as follows:<ref>South Carolina - The Counties, http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/sc_counties_alphabetical_order.html (accessed 7 April 2011).</ref> | ||
{{Block indent|*[[Charleston County, South Carolina]] 1670 by English and African Barbadians }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Dorchester County, South Carolina|Dorchester]] 1696 by New Englanders from Massachusetts }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Colleton County, South Carolina|Colleton]] 1682 by English, and French Huguenots }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Bamberg County, South Carolina|Bamberg]] 1750s by French Huguenots, and Scots-Irish (that is Ulster Irish) }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Barnwell County, South Carolina|Barnwell]] 1740s by Swiss/Palatines, and Scots-Irish }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Aiken County, South Carolina|Aiken]] 1715 by British military garrison, 1737 by Swiss/Palatines, and French Huguenots }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Richmond County, Georgia]] 1735 by British colonists from Savannah, Georgia}} | |||
'''Connecting trails.''' The Fort Moore-Charleston Trail linked to other trails at each end.<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. ({{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library 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). ({{FSC|54678|item|disp=FS Library Book 970.1 M992i}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1523234 WorldCat entry].</ref> | '''Connecting trails.''' The Fort Moore-Charleston Trail linked to other trails at each end.<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. ({{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library 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). ({{FSC|54678|item|disp=FS Library Book 970.1 M992i}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1523234 WorldCat entry].</ref> | ||
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The migration pathways connected at the ''south'' end in [[Charleston County, South Carolina]] included: | The migration pathways connected at the ''south'' end in [[Charleston County, South Carolina]] included: | ||
{{Block indent|*the Atlantic Ocean 1670 }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Fort_Moore-Charleston_Trail|Fort Moore-Charleston Trail]] about 1716 }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Camden-Charleston Path|Camden-Charleston Path]] 1732 }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[King's Highway]] built 1732-1735 in SC<ref>"South Carolina Counties and Parishes - 1740" in ''The Royal Colony of South Carolina'' at http://www.carolana.com/SC/Royal_Colony/sc_royal_colony_counties_parishes_1740.html (accessed 22 April 2011).</ref> }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Charleston-Savannah Trail]] late 1730s }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Secondary Coast Road]] late 1730s or early 1740s}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Old South Carolina State Road|Old South Carolina State Road]] 1747 }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail|Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail]] about 1765 }} | |||
The migration routes connected at the ''north'' end in [[Aiken County, South Carolina]], or in Augusta, [[Richmond County, Georgia Genealogy|Richmond, Georgia]] included: | The migration routes connected at the ''north'' end in [[Aiken County, South Carolina]], or in Augusta, [[Richmond County, Georgia Genealogy|Richmond, Georgia]] included: | ||
{{Block indent|*Savannah River pre-historic }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Occaneechi Path]] pre-historic }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Lower Creek Trading Path]] pre-historic }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Cisca and St. Augustine Trail]] (or Nickajack Trail) pre-historic }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Fort_Moore-Charleston_Trail|Fort Moore-Charleston Trail]] about 1716 }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Fall Line Road]] about 1735 }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Augusta-Savannah Trail]] 1739 }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Great Valley Road|Great Valley Road (south fork)]] 1740s }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Augusta-St. Augustine Trail]] }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[[Augusta and Cherokee Trail]] about 1777}} | |||
'''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the old Fort Moore-Charleston Trail start in Charleston, South Carolina. From Charleston, take Interstate-26 northwest to Exit 187. Turn south on SC-27 toward Ridgeville. Turn west onto US-78 to the Barnwell-Aiken County border where the road forks left and becomes US-278 into Augusta, Georgia. | '''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the old Fort Moore-Charleston Trail start in Charleston, South Carolina. From Charleston, take Interstate-26 northwest to Exit 187. Turn south on SC-27 toward Ridgeville. Turn west onto US-78 to the Barnwell-Aiken County border where the road forks left and becomes US-278 into Augusta, Georgia. | ||
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