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=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||
The first European settlers in Aiken County either came up the Savannah River or Fort Moore-Charleston Trail starting about 1716. Around 1735 white settlers may have started arriving via the Fall Line Road. Many other trails converged here but most were Indian trails and were most likely used by fur trappers and traders rather than by settlers coming to the area. However, in later years whites settlers could have used all these trails for coming to or leaving the area. | The first European settlers in Aiken County either came up the Savannah River or Fort Moore-Charleston Trail starting about 1716. Around 1735 white settlers may have started arriving via the Fall Line Road. Many other trails converged here but most were Indian trails and were most likely used by fur trappers and traders rather than by settlers coming to the area. However, in later years whites settlers could have used all these trails for coming to or leaving the area. | ||
No complete list of settlers who used the '''Fort Moore-Charleston Trail''' 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 Fort Moore-Charleston Trail. | No complete list of settlers who used the '''Fort Moore-Charleston Trail''' 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 Fort Moore-Charleston Trail. | ||
For partial lists of early settlers who '''''may ''''' have used the Fort Moore-Charleston Trail, see histories like: | For partial lists of early settlers who '''''may ''''' have used the Fort Moore-Charleston Trail, see histories like: | ||
'''''in Aiken County, SC:''''' | '''''in Aiken County, SC:''''' | ||
*Harold S. Maness, ''Forgotten Outpost: Fort Moore and Savanah Town, 1685-1765'' (Beech Island, South Carolina : Beech Island Historical Society, c1986) ({{FHL|964651|item|disp=FHL Book 975.775 H2mh}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13527831 WorldCat entry]. | *Harold S. Maness, ''Forgotten Outpost: Fort Moore and Savanah Town, 1685-1765'' (Beech Island, South Carolina : Beech Island Historical Society, c1986) ({{FHL|964651|item|disp=FHL Book 975.775 H2mh}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13527831 WorldCat entry]. | ||
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