Virginia Migration

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United States Virginia Migration Routes

Online Resources

• Scots-Irish in Virginia, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, ($), index/images
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. VI: (Virginia), ($), index/images
• Virginia Early Quaker Records, ($)
• Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia 1745-1800, index
• List of original Germanna settlers

Migration Routes

• Atlantic Coast Ports
• Chesapeake Bay
• James River
• Potomac River
• Rappahannock River
• York River
• Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
• Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
• Cumberland Road (or National Road)
• Fall Line Road (or Southern Road)
• Great Indian Warpath
• Great Trading Path
• Great Valley Road
• Kanawha Trail
• King's Highway
• National Road (or Cumberland Road)
• New River and Southern Trail
• Occaneechi Path
• Old Cherokee Path
• Old Northwestern Turnpike
• Pamunkey-New River Trail
• Pioneer Road{
• Richmond Road
• Richmond-Williamsburg Road
• Saura-Saponi Trail
• Secondary Coast Road
• Fall Line Road (or (Fall LIne Road)
• Upper Road
• Wilderness Road
• Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail