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 :*[[Richmond County, Georgia]] 1735 by British colonists from Savannah, Georgia
-'''Connecting trails.''' The Fort Moore-Charleston Trail linked to other trails at each end. Other trails also crossed it in the middle.<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. ({{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry.], and William E. Myer, ''Indian Trails of the Southeast''. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). ({{FHL|54678|item|disp=FHL Book 970.1 M992i}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1523234 WorldCat entry].</ref>
+'''Connecting trails.''' The Fort Moore-Charleston Trail linked to other trails at each end.<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. ({{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 WorldCat entry.], and William E. Myer, ''Indian Trails of the Southeast''. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). ({{FHL|54678|item|disp=FHL Book 970.1 M992i}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1523234 WorldCat entry].</ref>
-The migration pathways connected at the ''north'' end in [[Washington County, Virginia]] included:
+The migration pathways connected at the ''south'' end in [[Charleston County, South Carolina]] included:
-:*[[Great Indian Warpath]] pre-historic (overlapped by the [[Great Valley Road]] opened to European settlers about 1744).
+:*the Atlantic Ocean 1670
-:*[[Fort Moore-Charleston Trail|Fort Moore-Charleston Trail]] pre-historic
+:*[[King's Highway]] about 1704
-:*[[Wilderness Road]] 1775
+:*[[Fort_Moore-Charleston_Trail|Fort Moore-Charleston Trail]] about 1716
+:*[[Camden-Charleston Path|Camden-Charleston Path]] 1732
+:*[[Charleston-Savannah Trail]] late 1730s
+:*[[Old_South_Carolina_State_Road|Old South Carolina State Road]] 1747
+:*[[Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail|Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail]] about 1765
+:*[[Secondary Coast Road]]
-The migration routes connected at the ''south'' end in [[Oconee County, South Carolina]], or in Tugaloo, [[Stephens County, Georgia|Stephens, Georgia]] included:
+The migration routes connected at the ''north'' end in [[Aiken County, South Carolina]], or in Augusta, [[Richmond County, Georgia|Richmond, Georgia]] included:
 :*Savannah River pre-historic
-:*[[Fort Moore-Charleston Trail|Fort Moore-Charleston Trail]] pre-historic
+:*[[Occaneechi Path]] pre-historic
-:*[[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]] pre-historic
+:*[[Lower Creek Trading Path]] pre-historic
-:*[[Coosa-Tualoo Indian Warpath]]
+:*[[Fort_Moore-Charleston_Trail|Fort Moore-Charleston Trail]] about 1716
-:*[[Tugaloo-Apalachie Bay Trail]]
+:*[[Fall Line Road]] about 1735
+:*[[Augusta-Savannah Trail]] 1739
+:*[[Great Valley Road|Great Valley Road (south fork)]] 1740s
+:*[[Augusta-St. Augustine Trail]]
 :*[[Augusta and Cherokee Trail]] about 1777
-:*[[Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path|Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path]] about 1777
-:*[[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>
-''Between'' those two ends the [[Fort Moore-Charleston Trail|Fort Moore-Charleston Trail]] was also crossed by several other important routes:
+'''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the old Fort Moore-Charleston Trail start in Toccoa, Georgia. From Toccoa, take US-123 east to Easley, South Carolina, then east on US-124 to Greenville. Go north on US-25 to SC-11. Turn east on SC-11 to Gowensville. Take SC-14 north to Landrum, then northwest on US-176/Asheville Highway to Tryon, North Carolina. Turn north and then east onto NC-108 to Rutherfordton. Take US-64 north to Lenoir, then go north on US-321 to Boone. Take US-421 to Mountain City, then turn northeast onto NC-91 to Damascus, Tennessee. From Damascus take US-58 northwest to I-81, the Interstate version of the Great Valley Road.
-:*[[Jonesboro Road]] after 1769 crossed the Fort Moore-Charleston Trail near the Burke/McDowell county border, NC. The Jonesboro Road connected New Bern, North Carolina to Jonesborough and Knoxville, Tennessee.
-:*[[Rutherford's War Trace]] opended in 1776 through the same place because it overlapped the Jonesboro Road there.
-:*[[Catawba Trail]] a pre-historic route met the Fort Moore-Charleston Trail near the North Carolina/South Carolina border. The Catawba Trail connected the Lower Cherokee villages with the Cumberland Gap and [[Wilderness Road]] into Kentucky.
-:*[[Old South Carolina State Road]] opened in 1747 and met the Fort Moore-Charleston Trail near the North Carolina/South Carolina border. The Old South Carolina State Road made its way to Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. A branch of the Old State Road also may have followed the Fort Moore-Charleston Trail to Fort Prince George, Keowee, and Tugaloo.<br>
-'''Modern parallels.''' The modern roads that roughly match the old Fort Moore-Charleston Trail start in Toccoa, Georgia. From Toccoa, take US-123 east to Easley, South Carolina, then east on US-124 to Greenville. Go north on US-25 to SC-11. Turn east on SC-11 to Gowensville. Take SC-14 north to Landrum, then northwest on US-176/Asheville Highway to Tryon, North Carolina. Turn north and then east onto NC-108 to Rutherfordton. Take US-64 north to Lenoir, then go north on US-321 to Boone. Take US-421 to Mountain City, then turn northeast onto NC-91 to Damascus, Tennessee. From Damascus take US-58 northwest to I-81, the Interstate version of the Great Valley Road.
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