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 === Settlers and Records  ===
-The Great Valley Road was the trail leading to the north end of the Old Cherokee Path. A few colonists settled in Washington County Virginia in the early 1750s but decided to leave for safety reasons during the French and Indian War.
+The Great Valley Road was the trail leading to the north end of the Old Cherokee Path. A few colonists settled in Washington County Virginia in the early 1750s but decided to leave for safety reasons during the French and Indian War. The Lower Cherokee Villages on the South Carolina and Georgia part of the Old Cherokee Path inhibited most European settlements until the American Revolutionary War. Settlers prior to 1777 were most likely using trails other than the Old Cherokee Path to reach their new homes.
-The Lower Cherokee Villages on the South Carolina and Georgia part of the Old Cherokee Path inhibited most European settlements until the American Revolutionary War.
+No complete list of settlers who used the '''Old Cherokee Path''' is known to exist. Nevertheless, local and county histories along that trail may reveal pioneer settlers who arrived after 1777 and therefore who were the most likely candidates to have traveled the Old Cherokee Path.
-The first colonists in the two southern counties along what became the Old Cherokee 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 '''Old Cherokee 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 Old Cherokee Path from the Fort Charlotte area.
 For partial lists of early settlers who '''''may&nbsp;''''' have used the Old Cherokee Path, see histories like:
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 '''''in Washington County, VA:'''''
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+*Lewis Preston Summers, ''History of Southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870'' (1903; reprint, Baltimore: Regional Pub. Co., 1971) ({{FHL|353261|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 H2sLp 1971; Film 162046}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/212906700 WorldCat entry].
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-'''''in McDowell County, NC:'''''
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-'''''in Rutherford County, NC:'''''
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-'''''in Spartanburg County, SC:'''''
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-'''''in Greenville County, SC:'''''
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-'''''in Pickens County, SC:'''''
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 '''''in Oconee County, SC:'''''