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=== Route === | === Route === | ||
'''''Original trace south to north:'''''<ref>William E. Myers, ''Indian Trails of the Southeast'' (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 77-81. ({{ | '''''Original trace south to north:'''''<ref>William E. Myers, ''Indian Trails of the Southeast'' (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 77-81. ({{FSC|54678|item|disp=FS Library Book 970.1 M992i}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1523234referer=brief_results WorldCat entry].</ref> | ||
*Natchez, Adams, Mississippi | *Natchez, Adams, Mississippi | ||
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*Maysville, Mason, Kentucky | *Maysville, Mason, Kentucky | ||
'''Counties on the Natchez Trace''' ''(south to north)''<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 852. ({{ | '''Counties on the Natchez Trace''' ''(south to north)''<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 852. ({{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry.]</ref> | ||
*'''''Mississippi: | *'''''Mississippi: ''''' [[Adams County, Mississippi Genealogy|Adams]], [[Jefferson County, Mississippi Genealogy|Jefferson]], [[Claiborne County, Mississippi Genealogy|Claiborne]], [[Hinds County, Mississippi Genealogy|Hinds]], [[Madison County, Mississippi Genealogy|Madison]], [[Attala County, Mississippi Genealogy|Attala]], [[Choctaw County, Mississippi Genealogy|Choctaw]], [[Webster County, Mississippi Genealogy|Webster]], [[Chickasaw County, Mississippi Genealogy|Chickasaw]], [[Lee County, Mississippi Genealogy|Lee]], [[Itawamba County, Mississippi Genealogy|Itawamba]], [[Tishomingo County, Mississippi Genealogy|Tishomingo]] | ||
*'''''Alabama: | *'''''Alabama: ''''' [[Colbert County, Alabama Genealogy|Colbert]], [[Lauderdale County, Alabama Genealogy|Lauderdale]] | ||
*'''''Tennessee: | *'''''Tennessee: ''''' [[Wayne County, Tennessee|Wayne]], [[Lewis County, Tennessee|Lewis]], [[Hickman County, Tennessee|Hickman]], [[Williamson County, Tennessee|Williamson]], [[Davidson County, Tennessee|Davidson]] | ||
'''Overlapping and Connecting Routes: | '''Overlapping and Connecting Routes: ''' [[Jackson's Military Road]] followed the same path as the Trace from Nashville to Tupelo. [[Jackson's Military Road]] forked off south in Tupelo, [[Lee County, Mississippi]] headed for New Orleans. The north end of the Trace eventually linked to the [[Maysville Turnpike]] into Kentucky and beyond. The south end of the Natchez Trace starts in Natchez (a river port) on the Mississippi River, gateway to Baton Rouge, New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. | ||
=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||
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There is no known list of settlers who travelled the Natchez Trace. However, some of the early residents of Tennessee ''may'' have used the Natchez Trace to reach their destination, as well as several other routes like the [[Great Valley Road|Great Valley Road]], [[Wilderness Road]], [[Kentucky Road]], [[Avery's Trace]], or [[Georgia Road]]. For early Tennessee settlers see: | There is no known list of settlers who travelled the Natchez Trace. However, some of the early residents of Tennessee ''may'' have used the Natchez Trace to reach their destination, as well as several other routes like the [[Great Valley Road|Great Valley Road]], [[Wilderness Road]], [[Kentucky Road]], [[Avery's Trace]], or [[Georgia Road]]. For early Tennessee settlers see: | ||
*East Tennessee Historical Society, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44435788 First families of Tennessee: a register of early settlers and their present-day descendants]'' (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, c2000) [{{ | *East Tennessee Historical Society, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44435788 First families of Tennessee: a register of early settlers and their present-day descendants]'' (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, c2000) [{{FSC|976.8 H2ff}}]. | ||
{{Wikipedia|Natchez Trace}} | {{Wikipedia|Natchez Trace}} | ||
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=== FamilySearch Pages === | === FamilySearch Pages === | ||
* | *{{FSC|1141305|item|disp=Natchez Trace Collection, provincial and territorial records, 1759-1813}} | ||
=== Other Wiki Pages === | === Other Wiki Pages === | ||
*[[United States Overland Travel 1784 to 1839, Zanes Trace, Natchez Trace | *[[United States Overland Travel 1784 to 1839, Zanes Trace, Natchez Trace - International Institute]] | ||
*Many of the [[:Category:US Migration Trails and Roads|US Migration Trails and Roads]] | *Many of the [[:Category:US Migration Trails and Roads|US Migration Trails and Roads]] | ||
=== Internet Sites === | === Internet Sites === | ||
*[ | *[https://www.scenictrace.com/contact-us/visitors-guide/ Natchez Trace Visitor Guide] (brochure) photos, maps, exhibits, and historical sites. | ||
*[ | *[https://www.nps.gov/natr/planyourvisit/maps.htm Natchez Trace Parkway Map] detailed highway map by the National Park Service with easy-to-use viewer. | ||
*[ | *[https://www.nps.gov/natr/learn/historyculture/index.htm Natchez Trace] history and culture at the National Park Service. | ||
*[http://npshistory.com/publications/natr/index.htm Natchez Trace Parkway] at NPS History. | |||
=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
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