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'''Counties on the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path''' (east to west)<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 851. ({{ | '''Counties on the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path''' (east to west)<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 851. ({{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry.]</ref> | ||
*'''''North Carolina: ''''' [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]], [[Gaston County, North Carolina|Gaston]] | *'''''North Carolina: ''''' [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]], [[Gaston County, North Carolina|Gaston]] | ||
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*'''''Georgia: ''''' [[Stephens County, Georgia Genealogy|Stephens]] | *'''''Georgia: ''''' [[Stephens County, Georgia Genealogy|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 through 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. ({{ | '''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 through 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. ({{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> | ||
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 Carolina 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 Carolina 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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:*[[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> | ||
=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||
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