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[[Image:Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path.png|border|right|380px]]The '''Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path''' connected the [[South Carolina Genealogy|South Carolina]] colonial British military [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Charlotte_(South_Carolina) Fort Charlotte] near the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_River Savannah River] with several Indian trails, especially the [[Old Cherokee Path]] and the nearby Indian town of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugaloo Tugaloo] just across the Savannah River in what is now [[Georgia]]. Fort Charlotte was built 1765-1767 to help protect European settlers from Indian raids. Fort Charlotte was near the place where the [[Middle Creek Trading Path]] crossed the Savannah River from [[Georgia]] into South Carolina. Several other trails also radiated out from this fort. The Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path was probably opened to European '''''traders''''' shortly after 1765. It was not fully open to '''''settlers''''' until the Cherokee were forced out during the American Revolutionary War. It began in [[McCormick County, South Carolina]] and ended in [[Oconee County, South Carolina]]. The length of the trail was about 70 miles (113 km).<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 849. ({{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry.]</ref>