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=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
By the 1740s another road beside the Fall Line Road into the interior of Virginia and the Carolinas was needed. By 1748 the original trails were improved enough to be considered wagon roads. This set of trails came to be called the '''Upper Road''' or Piedmont Road and provided major access to interior farm lands. During the Revolutionary War these roads were important to both sides moving troops in the campaigns of the southern states.<ref name="DollarM">William Dollarhide, ''Map Guide to American Migration Routes 1735-1815'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1997), 6, 7, 33, and 36. ({{ | By the 1740s another road beside the Fall Line Road into the interior of Virginia and the Carolinas was needed. By 1748 the original trails were improved enough to be considered wagon roads. This set of trails came to be called the '''Upper Road''' or Piedmont Road and provided major access to interior farm lands. During the Revolutionary War these roads were important to both sides moving troops in the campaigns of the southern states.<ref name="DollarM">William Dollarhide, ''Map Guide to American Migration Routes 1735-1815'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1997), 6, 7, 33, and 36. ({{FSC|660781|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 E3d}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38096564 WorldCat entry].</ref> | ||
Both the '''Upper Road''', and the [[Fall Line Road]] ended at Macon, Georgia. In 1806 the federal government signed a treaty with the Creek Indians authorizing a "horse path" (mail route) through Indian land from Macon to New Orleans, Louisiana. The Creek Indians were postmasters along this extension to the west.<ref name="DollarM" /> | Both the '''Upper Road''', and the [[Fall Line Road]] ended at Macon, Georgia. In 1806 the federal government signed a treaty with the Creek Indians authorizing a "horse path" (mail route) through Indian land from Macon to New Orleans, Louisiana. The Creek Indians were postmasters along this extension to the west.<ref name="DollarM" /> | ||
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'''Upper Road Counties'''<ref name="BWhit" /> | '''Upper Road Counties'''<ref name="BWhit" /> | ||
*'''''Virginia: | *'''''Virginia: ''''' [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]], [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania]], [[Louisa County, Virginia|Louisa]], [[Goochland County, Virginia|Goochland]], [[Powhatan County, Virginia|Powhatan]], [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia]], [[Nottoway County, Virginia|Nottoway]], [[Lunenburg County, Virginia|Lunenburg]], and [[Mecklenburg County, Virginia|Mecklenburg]]. | ||
*'''''North Carolina: | *'''''North Carolina: ''''' [[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville]], [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange]], [[Alamance County, North Carolina|Alamance]], [[Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph]], [[Davidson County, North Carolina|Davidson]], [[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan]], [[Cabarrus County, North Carolina|Cabarrus]], [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]], [[Gaston County, North Carolina|Gaston]]. | ||
*'''''South Carolina: | *'''''South Carolina: ''''' [[York County, South Carolina|York]], [[Cherokee County, South Carolina|Cherokee]], [[Spartanburg County, South Carolina|Spartanburg]], [[Greenville County, South Carolina|Greenville]], [[Pickens County, South Carolina|Pickens]], [[Oconee County, South Carolina|Oconee]]. | ||
*'''''Georgia: | *'''''Georgia: ''''' [[Stephens County, Georgia Genealogy|Stephens]], [[Franklin County, Georgia Genealogy|Franklin]], [[Madison County, Georgia Genealogy|Madison]], [[Clarke County, Georgia Genealogy|Clarke]], [[Oconee County, Georgia Genealogy|Oconee]], [[Morgan County, Georgia Genealogy|Morgan]], [[Putnam County, Georgia Genealogy|Putnam]], [[Jones County, Georgia Genealogy|Jones]], [[Bibb County, Georgia Genealogy|Bibb]]. | ||
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'''Overlapping routes.''' From about the Virginia-North Carolina border to Charlotte, the '''Upper Road''' and the [[Occaneechi Path]] followed the same route. From Salisbury to Charlotte, North Carolina the southern fork of the [[Great Valley Road]] was also the same as the Upper Road. And from Charlotte, North Carolina to Tugaloo, Georgia, the Upper Road followed the [[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]]. For a map showing these overlapping trails see [[South Carolina Emigration and Immigration#Settlement_Patterns|South Carolina Emigration and Immigration]]. | '''Overlapping routes.''' From about the Virginia-North Carolina border to Charlotte, the '''Upper Road''' and the [[Occaneechi Path]] followed the same route. From Salisbury to Charlotte, North Carolina the southern fork of the [[Great Valley Road]] was also the same as the Upper Road. And from Charlotte, North Carolina to Tugaloo, Georgia, the Upper Road followed the [[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]]. For a map showing these overlapping trails see [[South Carolina Emigration and Immigration#Settlement_Patterns|South Carolina Emigration and Immigration]]. | ||
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:*[[Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path|Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path]] after 1765 followed the northeast side of the Savannah River from the [[Old Cherokee Path]] in [[Oconee County, South Carolina|Oconee County]] down to old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Charlotte_(South_Carolina) Fort Charlotte] in northwest [[McCormick County, South Carolina]] | :*[[Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path|Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path]] after 1765 followed the northeast side of the Savannah River from the [[Old Cherokee Path]] in [[Oconee County, South Carolina|Oconee County]] down to old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Charlotte_(South_Carolina) Fort Charlotte] in northwest [[McCormick County, South Carolina]] | ||
:*[[Upper_Road]] about 1783 (overlapping the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path) connecting [[Fredericksburg, Virginia]] to [[Macon, Georgia]] | :*[[Upper_Road]] about 1783 (overlapping the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path) connecting [[Fredericksburg, Virginia]] to [[Macon, Georgia]] | ||
:*[[Unicoi Trail|Unicoi Turnpike]] opened to a few European traders 1690, but the wagon road was not opened to settlers until 1813 from near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugaloo Tugaloo] headed northwest to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhill_Cherokee Overhill Cherokee villages] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee Knoxville] in [[Tennessee, United States Genealogy|Tennessee]]<ref>Lowell Kirk, "The Unicoi Turnpike" at http://www.telliquah.com/unicoi.htm (accessed 3 May 2011).</ref><ref>William E. Myer, ''Indian Trails of the Southeast''. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971). ({{ | :*[[Unicoi Trail|Unicoi Turnpike]] opened to a few European traders 1690, but the wagon road was not opened to settlers until 1813 from near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugaloo Tugaloo] headed northwest to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhill_Cherokee Overhill Cherokee villages] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee Knoxville] in [[Tennessee, United States Genealogy|Tennessee]]<ref>Lowell Kirk, "The Unicoi Turnpike" at http://www.telliquah.com/unicoi.htm (accessed 3 May 2011).</ref><ref>William E. Myer, ''Indian Trails of the Southeast''. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971). ({{FSC|54678|item|disp=FS Library Book 970.1 M992i}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1523234 WorldCat entry].</ref> | ||
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