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The '''Lower Cherokee Traders' Path''' was an important trade route on the Piedmont connecting the Cherokee and other interior tribes with the Occaneechi tribe, middlemen traders in southern Virginia, to the early European colonists on the Chesapeake Bay. It was considered the west fork of the [[Occaneechi Path]] (Traders' Path) and became a major part of the [[Upper Road]]. For a list and map of other South Carolina roads see [[South Carolina Emigration and Immigration#Settlement_Patterns|South Carolina Emigration and Immigration]]. | The '''Lower Cherokee Traders' Path''' was an important trade route on the Piedmont connecting the Cherokee and other interior tribes with the Occaneechi tribe, middlemen traders in southern Virginia, to the early European colonists on the Chesapeake Bay. It was considered the west fork of the [[Occaneechi Path]] (Traders' Path) and became a major part of the [[Upper Road]]. For a list and map of other South Carolina roads see [[South Carolina Emigration and Immigration#Settlement_Patterns|South Carolina Emigration and Immigration]]. | ||
By 1748 the Upper Road was open and settlers began pouring in. At first a few traders, isolated farmers, or innkeepers settled along the path with Cherokee permission. Between 1750 and | By 1748 the Upper Road was open and settlers began pouring in. At first a few traders, isolated farmers, or innkeepers settled along the path with Cherokee permission. The first European settlement in counties along the Path happened as follows: Mecklenburg 1740s, Gaston 1740s,<ref>North Carolina - The Counties, http://www.carolana.com/NC/Counties/nc_counties_alphabetical_order.html (accessed 1 February 2011).</ref> York 1750, Cherokee 1750s, Spartanburg 1755, Greenville 1777, British Fort Prince George in Pickens 1753 , Oconee 1784,<ref>South Carolina - The Counties, http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/sc_counties_alphabetical_order.html (accessed 1 February 2011).</ref> and Stephens 1781.<ref>"Jesse Walton d. 1789," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=W012 (accessed 1 February 2011).</ref> Between 1750 and 1784 the Lower Cherokee Traders path through South Carolina had brought as many 250,000 settlers to the area as the Cherokee Indians ceded more and more lands. In 1760 there was a war between South Carolina and the Cherokee in which most lower Cherokee villages were destroyed. During the Revolutionary War the Cherokee sided with the British. After a Cherokee-British attack in 1776, a Patriot counter-attack drove most of the remaining Cherokee from South Carolina.<ref>Oconee County, Carolina" in South Carolina: The Counties at http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/oconee_county_sc.html (accessed 1 February 2011).</ref> | ||
Most European settlers were Ulster-Irish Presbyterians mostly from Pennsylvania, but plenty of English, Welsh, native Irish, native Scots, Swiss, French, and Germans were also included.<ref>"York County, South Carolina" in South Carolina: The Counties at http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/york_county_sc.html (accessed 1 February 2011).</ref> | Most European settlers were Ulster-Irish Presbyterians mostly from Pennsylvania, but plenty of English, Welsh, native Irish, native Scots, Swiss, French, and Germans were also included.<ref>"York County, South Carolina" in South Carolina: The Counties at http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/york_county_sc.html (accessed 1 February 2011).</ref> | ||