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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Fall Line Road|Fall Line Road]]'' | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Fall Line Road|Fall Line Road]]'' | ||
The '''Upper Road''' or "Piedmont Road" splits off from the [[King's Highway]] at Fredericksburg, Virginia. It is roughly parallel to, but farther inland than the [[Fall Line Road]] until it rejoined that road at Macon, Georgia. The Upper Road was especially popular among the Scots-Irish (or Ulster Irish) colonists who settled the backcountry mountains. In Virginia there is no modern equivalent road because reservoirs now cover the old trail. Interstate 85 is roughly the same as the Upper Road in the Carolinas.<ref name="BWhit">Beverly Whitaker, "The Upper Road" (1995) in ''Genealogy Tutor'' at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gentutor/upper.pdf (accessed 24 January 2011).</ref> | The '''Upper Road''' or "Piedmont Road" splits off from the [[King's Highway]] at Fredericksburg, Virginia. It is roughly parallel to, but farther inland than the coastal [[King's Highway]] and [[Fall Line Road]] until it rejoined that later road at Macon, Georgia. The Upper Road was especially popular among the Scots-Irish (or Ulster Irish) colonists who settled the backcountry mountains. In Virginia there is no modern equivalent road because reservoirs now cover the old trail. Interstate 85 is roughly the same as the Upper Road in the Carolinas.<ref name="BWhit">Beverly Whitaker, "The Upper Road" (1995) in ''Genealogy Tutor'' at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gentutor/upper.pdf (accessed 24 January 2011).</ref> | ||
As roads developed in America settlers were attracted to nearby communities because the roads provided access to markets. They could sell their products at distant markets, and buy products made far away. If an ancestor settled near a road, you may be able to trace back to a place of origin on a connecting highway. | As roads developed in America settlers were attracted to nearby communities because the roads provided access to markets. They could sell their products at distant markets, and buy products made far away. If an ancestor settled near a road, you may be able to trace back to a place of origin on a connecting highway. | ||