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    1. [GA-Roots] Early Georgia Roads
    2. Jeffrey L. Armstrong
    3. Until recently, I didn't understand why my ancestors followed the path that they did to get to Georgia. Then I found several sites on early migration routes, such as those at : Early American Roads and Trails: http://members.aol.com/RoadTrails/roadtrai.html Closer map of the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road: http://members.tripod.com/philnorf/mapofthe.htm Migration Routes from Pennsylvania to Virginia: http://www.indwes.edu/Faculty/bcupp/genes/migrate.htm I realized that nearly all my lines seem to have followed the course of either the King's Road, Fall Line Road, or the Philadelphia Wagon Road before they got to Georgia. The Fall Line Road and Philadelphia Wagon Road lead to Augusta. The best map showing the early roads through Georgia is at: http://www.intl-research.com/images/eastbig.gif I would like to know if they continued following the Fall Line Road through Georgia. The general course of the Fall Line Road seems to follow the right path, but has anyone seen a book or reference that describes exactly what the course of the Fall Line Road was through Georgia? Or the course of the "Cisco Road" from Augusta to Nashville? And has anyone seen a reference on what was the name and exact course of the road going from Athens into Southwest Georgia and Florida? Jeff Armstrong

    06/11/2000 03:27:16