This page will help you find the book in a library, perhaps near you.: http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/91191aa1ed0863a1.html Jimmie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dee Thompson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [SC] MIGRATION TO MS TERR. 1801-3 > I have the book. > 206. PASSPORTS OF SOUTHEASTERN PIONEERS, 1770-1823 - INDIAN, SPANISH, > AND OTHER LAND PASSPORTS FOR TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, GEORGIA MISSISSIPPI, > VIRGINIA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA > Dorothy W. Potter, Heritage Papers, Athens, GA 1982, $40.00. > > Every person mentioned is indexed. > > Dee > For details on the reference sources used for lookups, refer to this > link: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tree Mother" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 11:06 PM > Subject: Re: [SC] MIGRATION TO MS TERR. 1801-3 > > > Fred: > You have the correct answer. But I would like to add that Passports to > travel through the Indian lands to Mississippi Territory had to be > obtained > and that they are published in book form Southeast Pioneers Passport > or some > title close to that. Someone will have it correct. It is a good book > to have > in one's library as it contains much information regarding the > problems with > trespassers in the Indian lands and also contains information > regarding > passports through Tennessee. I have read it cover to cover and will be > adding it to my library as I often have to go back and check facts > from the > letters of Benjamin Hawkins and others who held the positions in > Tennessee. > Be aware that your ancestor's name may not be in the index but they > could be > included on the passport of some one who is indexed. That is another > reason > the book is a good acquisition. > No, I do not get a cut for the copies sold. Just think it is a good > resource. > Tree Mother > > "She is insane, of course. The family history has bcome a mania for > her." > Hercule Poirot > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred Swygert" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 8:06 PM > Subject: Re: [SC] MIGRATION TO MS TERR. 1801-3 > > > > Pardon me for butting in here but I too have been researching the > way west > > from South Carolina and the "Federal Road " seems to be the way > settlers > > went to Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Here is what I came up > with: > > > > The Federal Road began in 1806 as a postal road. The Creek Indians > by that > > time had given permission for the development of a horse path > through > their > > nation, its purpose being a more efficient mail delivery between > Washington > > and New Orleans. Although the Mississippi Territory was created in > 1798, > > only a handful of pioneers settled there before 1810. Migration into > the > > territory was slow in part due to the presence of the powerful Creek > and > > Cherokee tribes in western Georgia and the Choctaw and Chickasaw in > Alabama > > and Mississippi. In 1811, when conflicts with the French had reached > a > point > > where it seemed necessary to be able to move troops and supplies > quickly > > across the Mississippi Territory, the Federal road was widened and > improved > > for that purpose. This led to the Creek Indian War of 1813-14 and > then to > > the removal of the Indians to the West. By 1820, two hundred and > thirty > > thousand immigrants, both black and white, were living in Alabama > and > > Mississippi, raising cotton or erecting stores, warehouses, and > homes. > Some > > of these settlers had come by boat, but most had made the tedious > trip > over > > the Federal Road. Many came through Augusta, Warrenton, Sparta, > > Milledgeville, and Macon before reaching Columbus. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "JIM MOORE" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 12:19 PM > > Subject: Re: [SC] MIGRATION TO MS TERR. 1801-3 > > > > > > > Pauline: > > > Probably the "Federal Road", west from Augusta. > > > JIM MOORE > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 9:42 PM > > > Subject: [SC] MIGRATION TO MS TERR. 1801-3 > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know for sure what migration trails SC people used > to get > to > > > MS > > > > Territory when it opened up in early 1800s. What trail would > they > take > > if > > > they > > > > lived in Georgetown on the PeeDee. 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