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=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
About 170 miles (274 km) from Philadelphia to Fredericksburg, and about 1030 miles (1658 km) from Fredericksburg to Montgomery.<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> | |||
a<ref name="DollarM">William Dollarhide, ''Map Guide to American Migration Routes 1735-1815'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1997), ???. ({{FHL|660781|item|disp=FHL Book 973 E3d}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38096564 WorldCat entry].</ref> | a<ref name="DollarM">William Dollarhide, ''Map Guide to American Migration Routes 1735-1815'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1997), ???. ({{FHL|660781|item|disp=FHL Book 973 E3d}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38096564 WorldCat entry].</ref> | ||
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=== Route === | === Route === | ||
Some consider the start of the '''Fall Line Road''' to be Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It follows the same route from there to Fredericksburg, | Some consider the start of the '''Fall Line Road''' to be Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It follows the same route from there to Fredericksburg, Virginia as the [[Great Valley Road]]. The [[King's Highway]] and '''Fall Line Road''' both spit off from the [[Great Valley Road]] at Fredericksburg. | ||
'''By Town''' ''(Northeast to Southwest)''<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Fall line" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_line (accessed 20 January 2011).</ref> | '''By Town''' ''(Northeast to Southwest)''<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Fall line" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_line (accessed 20 January 2011).</ref> | ||
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*Augusta, GA: Savannah R. | *Augusta, GA: Savannah R. | ||
*Milledgeville, GA: Oconee R. | *Milledgeville, GA: Oconee R. | ||
*Macon, GA: Ocmulgee R. | *Macon, GA: Ocmulgee R. | ||
*Columbus, GA: Chattahoochee R. | |||
*Tallassee, AL: Tallapoosa R. | |||
*Wetumpka, AL: Coosa R. | |||
*Montgomery, AL | |||
'''By County or Independent City'''<ref name="HBG" | '''By County or Independent City'''<ref name="HBG" /> | ||
*'''''Virginia:''''' [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]], [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania]], [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline]], [[Hanover County, Virginia|Hanover]], [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico]], [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield]], [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]], [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia|Dinwiddie]], [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick]] | *'''''Virginia:''''' [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]], [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania]], [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline]], [[Hanover County, Virginia|Hanover]], [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico]], [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield]], [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]], [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia|Dinwiddie]], [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick]] | ||
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*'''''South Carolina:''''' [[Marlboro County, South Carolina|Marlboro]], [[Chesterfield County, South Carolina|Chesterfield]], [[Kershaw County, South Carolina|Kershaw]], [[Richland County, South Carolina|Richland]], [[Lexington County, South Carolina|Lexington]], [[Aiken County, South Carolina|Aiken]] | *'''''South Carolina:''''' [[Marlboro County, South Carolina|Marlboro]], [[Chesterfield County, South Carolina|Chesterfield]], [[Kershaw County, South Carolina|Kershaw]], [[Richland County, South Carolina|Richland]], [[Lexington County, South Carolina|Lexington]], [[Aiken County, South Carolina|Aiken]] | ||
*'''''Georgia:''''' [[Richmond County, Georgia|Richmond]], [[McDuffie County, Georgia|McDuffie]], [[Warren County, Georgia|Warren]], [[Hancock County, Georgia|Hancock]], [[Baldwin County, Georgia|Baldwin]], [[Jones County, Georgia|Jones]], [[Bibb County, Georgia|Bibb]], [[Crawford County, Georgia|Crawford]], [[Taylor County, Georgia|Taylor]], [[Talbot County, Georgia|Talbot]], [[Muscogee County, Georgia|Muscogee]] | *'''''Georgia:''''' [[Richmond County, Georgia|Richmond]], [[McDuffie County, Georgia|McDuffie]], [[Warren County, Georgia|Warren]], [[Hancock County, Georgia|Hancock]], [[Baldwin County, Georgia|Baldwin]], [[Jones County, Georgia|Jones]], [[Bibb County, Georgia|Bibb]], [[Crawford County, Georgia|Crawford]], [[Taylor County, Georgia|Taylor]], [[Talbot County, Georgia|Talbot]], [[Muscogee County, Georgia|Muscogee]] | ||
*'''''Alabama:''''' [[Russell County, Alabama|Russell]], [[Lee County, Alabama|Lee]], [[Macon County, Alabama|Macon]], [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery]] | *'''''Alabama:''''' [[Russell County, Alabama|Russell]], [[Lee County, Alabama|Lee]], [[Macon County, Alabama|Macon]], [[Tallapoosa County, Alabama|Tallapoosa]], [[Elmore County, Alabama|Elmore]], [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery]] | ||
=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||