Search sites.....(con't) Transportation in Early Middle Tennessee http://www.tngenweb.usit.com/sumner/mdtntran.htm This article mentions a number of the early roads and something about the early settlement of the area. Route 6A The Old King's Highway A scenic byway winding through a century of Cape Cod history . . http://www.vsa.cape.com/~cccom/byway.htm Sugar Loaf Mountain once served as a sacred burial ground for the Minisink Indians but, the Wawayanda Patent and the building of King's Highway in the late 1730's began the founding of Sugar Loaf by colonial settlers http://www.hvnet.com/destinations/sugarloaf/history.htm The Migration of Civic Prominence in Early Colonial America This is a brief essay that discusses the reason centers of influence on the east coast tended to migrate from the coast to further inland. http://users.aol.com/MAist/civic.htm John Hacker 1743-1824 by Joy Gilchrist An interesting bit of historical trivia. http://www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/jhacker.htm Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745-1800 by Lyman Chalkley http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/index.htm These are court documents for a major area of territory. Bookmark it, come back and check it out from time to time. It’s not exactly about migration, but sites like these are few and far between! Here's an interesting place to check out while you're checking your family's westward migration: It's called Indian Captives, and it's a place to discover stories and post queries about people who were captured by various Indian groups...something which did happen on their way south and west. http://www.rootsweb.com/~indian/index.htm ................more to follow............. Chris