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=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
The American Indians developed a network of eastern trade and warrior trails stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast. One of these trails, the Great Warrior Path from New York to the Carolinas, also served as the western boundary of British settlement until 1744. In that year a new treaty gave control of the east side of the trail to European colonists in Virginia. This opened the way for the trail to evolve into one of the most important roads for settlers in Colonial America.<ref>Dollarhide, 5.</ref> By 1765 the road was cleared for use by horse drawn wagons.<ref name="ComptonB">Brenda E.McPherson Compton, "The Scots-Irish From Ulster and The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road" in ''ElectricScotland.com'' at [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/wagon_road.htm http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/wagon_road.htm] (accessed 31 July 2010).</ref> | The American Indians developed a network of eastern trade and warrior trails stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast. One of these trails, the Great Warrior Path from New York to the Carolinas, also served as the western boundary of British settlement until 1744. In that year a new treaty gave control of the east side of the trail to European colonists in Virginia. This opened the way for the trail to evolve into one of the most important roads for settlers in Colonial America.<ref>Dollarhide, 5.</ref> By 1765 the road was cleared for use by horse drawn wagons.<ref name="ComptonB">Brenda E. McPherson Compton, "The Scots-Irish From Ulster and The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road" in ''ElectricScotland.com'' at [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/wagon_road.htm http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/wagon_road.htm] (accessed 31 July 2010).</ref> | ||
After 1744, the Great Valley Road was most heavily used by Ulster-Irish immigrants called Scots-Irish in America to spread through most of Appalachia bringing their [[United States Church Records#Presbyterian|Presbyterian]] religion.<ref name="ComptonB" /> Pennsylvania Germans also used the trail to spread into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Moravians of Pennsylvania followed the road to settle the Wachovia region of North Carolina starting in 1753. The first settlements of Virginians in Tennessee were associated with the end of the trail in that region in the 1760s. | After 1744, the Great Valley Road was most heavily used by Ulster-Irish immigrants called Scots-Irish in America to spread through most of Appalachia bringing their [[United States Church Records#Presbyterian|Presbyterian]] religion.<ref name="ComptonB" /> Pennsylvania Germans also used the trail to spread into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Moravians of Pennsylvania followed the road to settle the Wachovia region of North Carolina starting in 1753. The first settlements of Virginians in Tennessee were associated with the end of the trail in that region in the 1760s. | ||
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=== Route === | === Route === | ||
*[https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gentutor/genealogy/Valley.pdf The Great Valley Road]<br><br> | |||
''(Northeast to Southwest)''<ref>Dollarhide, 7, 12, and 13.</ref> | ''(Northeast to Southwest)''<ref>Dollarhide, 7, 12, and 13.</ref> | ||
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'''''in North Carolina''''' | '''''in North Carolina''''' | ||
* | *[http://www.fmoran.com/morav.html The Wachovia Settlement in North Carolina] | ||
* | *[http://www.fmoran.com/settlers1.html Early Settlers in the Wachovia Community] | ||
*[https://moravianarchives.org/ Moravian Archives] | |||
*[https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/the-wachovia-tract/ The Wachovia Tract] (North Carolina History Project) | |||
*Levin T. Reichel, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50623974 Moravians in North Carolina: an authentic history]'' (1857 reprint:Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing for Clearfield, 2002) [{{FHL|6015050}}]. Indexed in Elvert Ivey Memorial Library, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37577126 Index to Moravians in North Carolina, an authentic history]'' (Hickory, N. Car.: Elbert Ivey Memorial Library, [199?]) [{{FHL|975.6 F2mr index}}]. | *Levin T. Reichel, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50623974 Moravians in North Carolina: an authentic history]'' (1857 reprint:Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing for Clearfield, 2002) [{{FHL|6015050}}]. Indexed in Elvert Ivey Memorial Library, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37577126 Index to Moravians in North Carolina, an authentic history]'' (Hickory, N. Car.: Elbert Ivey Memorial Library, [199?]) [{{FHL|975.6 F2mr index}}]. | ||
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=== Internet Sites === | === Internet Sites === | ||
*Brenda E.McPherson Compton, "The Scots-Irish From Ulster and The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road" in ''ElectricScotland.com'' at [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/wagon_road.htm http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/wagon_road.htm] (accessed 31 July 2010). | *Brenda E. McPherson Compton, "The Scots-Irish From Ulster and The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road" in ''ElectricScotland.com'' at [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/wagon_road.htm http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/wagon_road.htm] (accessed 31 July 2010). | ||
*"The Old Wagon Road" at http://www.delmars.com/family/wagonrd.htm (accessed 31 July 2010). | *"The Old Wagon Road" at http://www.delmars.com/family/wagonrd.htm (accessed 31 July 2010). | ||
*Joe A. Morley, ed., ''The Way We Lived in North Carolina'' chapter excerpts "The Great Wagon Road" at [http://waywelivednc.com/before-1770/wagon-road.htm http://waywelivednc.com/before-1770/wagon-road.htm] (accessed 1 August 2010). | *Joe A. Morley, ed., ''The Way We Lived in North Carolina'' chapter excerpts "The Great Wagon Road" at [http://waywelivednc.com/before-1770/wagon-road.htm http://waywelivednc.com/before-1770/wagon-road.htm] (accessed 1 August 2010). | ||