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=== Route === | === Route === | ||
The first European colonists settled in counties along this trail (north to south) as follows:<ref>South Carolina - The Counties, http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/sc_counties_alphabetical_order.html (accessed | The first European colonists settled in counties along this trail (north to south) as follows:<ref>North Carolina - The Counties, http://www.carolana.com/NC/Counties/nc_counties_alphabetical_order.html (accessed 7 April 2011), and South Carolina - The Counties, http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/sc_counties_alphabetical_order.html (accessed 7 April 2011).</ref> | ||
:*[[Washington County, Virginia]] | :*[[Washington County, Virginia]] | ||
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:*[[Johnson County, Tennessee]] | :*[[Johnson County, Tennessee]] | ||
:*[[Watauga County, North Carolina]] | :*[[Watauga County, North Carolina]] 1760s by Scots-Irish | ||
:*[[Caldwell County, North Carolina]] | :*[[Caldwell County, North Carolina]] 1760s from Burke and Wilkes Counties, NC | ||
:*[[Burke County, North Carolina]] | :*[[Burke County, North Carolina]] 1760s by English/Welsh, and then Scots-Irish | ||
:*[[McDowell County, North Carolina]] | :*[[McDowell County, North Carolina]] 1760s from Burke and Rutherford Counties, NC | ||
:*[[Rutherford County, North Carolina]] | :*[[Rutherford County, North Carolina]] 1750s by Scots-Irish | ||
:*[[Polk County, North Carolina]] | :*[[Polk County, North Carolina]] 1760s from Rutherford County, NC | ||
:*[[Greenville County, South Carolina]] | :*[[Greenville County, South Carolina]] 1777 by Scots-Irish, and Revolutionary War Veterans | ||
:*[[Pickens County, South Carolina]] | :*[[Pickens County, South Carolina]] 1753 by English and Scots-Irish | ||
:*[[Oconee County, South Carolina]] 1784 by Germans, and Revolutionary War Veterans | :*[[Oconee County, South Carolina]] 1784 by Germans, and Revolutionary War Veterans | ||
:*[[Stephens County, Georgia]] about 1777 by Revolutionary War Veterans | :*[[Stephens County, Georgia]] about 1777 by Revolutionary War Veterans | ||
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:*Savannah River pre-historic | :*Savannah River pre-historic | ||
:*[[ | :*[[Old_Cherokee_Path]] pre-historic | ||
:*[[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]] pre-historic | :*[[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]] pre-historic | ||
:*[[Coosa-Tualoo Indian Warpath]] | :*[[Coosa-Tualoo Indian Warpath]] | ||
:*[[Tugaloo-Apalachie Bay Trail]] | :*[[Tugaloo-Apalachie Bay Trail]] | ||
:*[[ | :*[[Old_Cherokee_Path|Old Cherokee Path]] about 1777 | ||
:*[[Upper Road]] about 1783 | :*[[Upper Road]] about 1783 | ||
:*[[Unicoi Trail]] or Turnpike 1813<ref>William E. Myer, ''Indian Trails of the Southeast''. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971). ({{FHL|54678|item|disp=FHL Book 970.1 M992i}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1523234 WorldCat entry].</ref> | :*[[Unicoi Trail]] or Turnpike 1813<ref>William E. Myer, ''Indian Trails of the Southeast''. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971). ({{FHL|54678|item|disp=FHL Book 970.1 M992i}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1523234 WorldCat entry].</ref> | ||
Between those two ends of the [[ | Between those two ends of the [[Old_Cherokee_Path|Old Cherokee Path]] it also crossed several other important routes: | ||
:*[[Jonesboro Road]] after 1769 crossed the Old Cherokee Path near the Burke/McDowell county border, NC. The Jonesboro Road connected New Bern, North Carolina to Jonesborough and Knoxville, Tennessee. | :*[[Jonesboro Road]] after 1769 crossed the Old Cherokee Path near the Burke/McDowell county border, NC. The Jonesboro Road connected New Bern, North Carolina to Jonesborough and Knoxville, Tennessee. | ||
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:*[[Old South Carolina State Road]] opened in 1747 and met the Old Cherokee Path near the North Carolina/South Carolina border. The Old South Carolina State Road zig-zagged its way to Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. | :*[[Old South Carolina State Road]] opened in 1747 and met the Old Cherokee Path near the North Carolina/South Carolina border. The Old South Carolina State Road zig-zagged its way to Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. | ||
'''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the old Old Cherokee Path start in Mount Carmel. Go north on SC-81 to a little north of Iva where it forks left onto Good Hope Church Road. Follow that road onto SC-187/SC-24. Continue to follow SC-24 and it will eventually become the West Oak Highway. Follow it north to Westminster and the Toccoa Highway. That Highway will take you southwest to the Savannah River near where the old village of Tugaloo was at the confluence of Toccoa Creek and the Tugaloo River. | '''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the old Old Cherokee Path start in Mount Carmel. Go north on SC-81 to a little north of Iva where it forks left onto Good Hope Church Road. Follow that road onto SC-187/SC-24. Continue to follow SC-24 and it will eventually become the West Oak Highway. Follow it north to Westminster and the Toccoa Highway. That Highway will take you southwest to the Savannah River near where the old village of Tugaloo was at the confluence of Toccoa Creek and the Tugaloo River. | ||
=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||