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=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||
The first colonists in the two southern counties along what became the Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path arrived before the fort or trail existed, usually by way of the Savannah River, the [[Middle Creek Trading Path]], or the [[Augusta and Cherokee Trail]]. The northern three counties were Cherokee Indian areas until the American Revolution when the Cherokees were expelled as a result of siding with the British. | The first colonists in the two southern counties along what became the Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path arrived before the fort or trail existed, usually by way of the Savannah River, the [[Middle Creek Trading Path]], or the [[Augusta and Cherokee Trail]]. The northern three counties were Cherokee Indian areas until the American Revolution when the Cherokees were expelled as a result of siding with the British. | ||
No complete list of settlers who used the '''Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path''' is known to exist. Nevertheless, local and county histories along that trail may reveal pioneer settlers who arrived after 1765 and who were candidates to have traveled the Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path from the Fort Charlotte area. | No complete list of settlers who used the '''Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path''' is known to exist. Nevertheless, local and county histories along that trail may reveal pioneer settlers who arrived after 1765 and who were candidates to have traveled the Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path from the Fort Charlotte area. | ||
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'''''in Abbeville County, SC:''''' | '''''in Abbeville County, SC:''''' | ||
* | *Ninety-six District (South Carolina), District Surveyor, ''Plat books, 1784-1803'' ([Charleston, S.C.]: S.C. Dept. of Archives and History, 1973) ({{FHL|381692|item|disp=on 4 FHL Films 1023684-87}}). No circulation to family history centers. | ||
'''''in Anderson County, SC:''''' | '''''in Anderson County, SC:''''' | ||
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'''''in Stephens County, GA:''''' | '''''in Stephens County, GA:''''' | ||
* | *Katheryn Curtis Trogdon, ''History of Stephens County, Georgia'' (Toccoa, Ga.: Toccoa Womans Club, [c1973]). ({{FHL|160782|item|disp=FHL Book 975.813 H2t}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/623349 WorldCat entry]. | ||
=== External Links === | === External Links === | ||