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Originally an Indian path, this trail connected North Carolina's European Yadkin River settlements with the Waxhaws settlements and the Lower Cherokee towns mostly in South Carolina. These eventually provided as much as 1/4th of the European settlers in what became Tennessee. | Originally an Indian path, this trail connected North Carolina's European Yadkin River settlements with the Waxhaws settlements and the Lower Cherokee towns mostly in South Carolina. These eventually provided as much as 1/4th of the European settlers in what became Tennessee. | ||
The first European colonists settled in counties along this trail as follows:<ref>North Carolina - The Counties, http://www.carolana.com/NC/Counties/nc_counties_alphabetical_order.html (accessed 1 February 2011).</ref><ref>South Carolina - The Counties, http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/sc_counties_alphabetical_order.html (accessed 1 February 2011).</ref> | |||
*[[Wilkes County, North Carolina|Wilkes NC]] 1750s | |||
*[[Alexander County, North Carolina|Alexander NC]] 1750s | |||
*[[Catawba County, North Carolina|Catawba NC]] 1740s | |||
*[[Lincoln County, North Carolina|Lincoln NC]] 1740s | |||
*[[Gaston County, North Carolina|Gaston NC]] 1740s | |||
*[[York County, South Carolina|York SC]] 1750 | |||
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Revision as of 16:14, 3 February 2011
United States 
Migration Trails and Roads Catawba and Northern Trail
The Catawba and Northern Trail connected the Lower Cherokee towns (Lower Cherokee Traders' Path) and Catawba Indian villages in the Waxhaws with the Yadkin River settlements where it turned into the New River and Southern Trail. The Catawba and Northern Trail began in York County, South Carolina and ended in Wilkes County, North Carolina. The length of that journey was about 100 miles (160 km).
Historical Background[edit | edit source]
Originally an Indian path, this trail connected North Carolina's European Yadkin River settlements with the Waxhaws settlements and the Lower Cherokee towns mostly in South Carolina. These eventually provided as much as 1/4th of the European settlers in what became Tennessee.
The first European colonists settled in counties along this trail as follows:[1][2]
- Wilkes NC 1750s
- Alexander NC 1750s
- Catawba NC 1740s
- Lincoln NC 1740s
- Gaston NC 1740s
- York SC 1750
Route[edit | edit source]
Counties on the Catawba and Northern Trail.[3]
Connecting trails. The Catawba and Northern Trail forks off north from the Lower Cherokee Traders' Path in York County, South Carolina. The Catawba and Northern Trail heads due north to the Yadkin River settlements (North Carolina) where it joins the New River and Southern Trail in Wilkes County.
Settlers and Records[edit | edit source]
No lists of settlers who used the Catawba and Northern Trail are known to exist. However, local and county histories along the road may reveal that many of the first pioneer settlers arrived from places to the northeast along the route.
Most of the colonists in the the Yadkin River settlements and Waxhaws settlement were from the southeast corner of Pennsylvania. Many were from the Ulster part of Ireland. Other colonists may have reached the area from Maryland, or Virginia especially those areas near the Great Valley Road or Upper Road.
Sources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ North Carolina - The Counties, http://www.carolana.com/NC/Counties/nc_counties_alphabetical_order.html (accessed 1 February 2011).
- ↑ South Carolina - The Counties, http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/sc_counties_alphabetical_order.html (accessed 1 February 2011).
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 848. (FHL Book 973 D27e 2002). WorldCat entry.
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