Is there a list some where that tells who the men were who were a part of this. I was told that some of my "BRYANT" relatives may have traveled with this group. Thank you, Nancy Aiello -------Original Message------- From: D&R Date: 08/30/08 01:12:46 To: tennessee@rootsweb.com Cc: tnoverto@rootsweb.com; tn-upper-cumberland@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNOVERTO] AVERYS TRACE TN. In an effort to encourage settlers to move west into he new territory of > TN. the mother state , N.C. --- > from Clinch Mt ( east TN) to French Lick (Nashville) > > A hunter Peter Avery, was selected to direct the blazing of this new trail > through the wilderness. The trail was laid out following buffalo trails > which the Cherokee Indians had frequently used as a war path. > > It lead from Fort Southwest ( Kingston area) thought he Cumberland > Mountains up into what is now Jackson County to Fort Blount (Gainesville > Area) > > From there it rambled along through the hills and valley of upper Middle TN. > to Bledsoe's Fort at Castilian Springs , then to Mansker's Fort and finally > to Fort Nashborough, > These five forts provided shelter and protection>" In 1787, the Assembly of > N.C. provided that 300 solders would be available for protection at the > Cumberland Settlements. ....." > " a portion of the Trace passed through Cherokee Land and the Cherokee > demanded a toll for use of the road...." The N.C. legislature ordered that > militia details of 50 men each would be kept in readiness to escort > travelers when large enough groups had grater at the Clinch River to head > west." > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- > > From another source they ; "would grater in Roane County N.C for the trip > west. as the military details, were as much for the new settlers as to keep > the squatters off Cherokee Lands" > > That area even after statehood till about 1840 had numberless Cherokee > families living there. Trace 200 years of TN History in 200 miles. Historic Avery Trace 1788 > Appears to have been published by "Historic Avery Trace Association > P.O. Box 177 > Gainesboro TN. 38562 > Ph 931-268-0971 comes from a pamphlet I may have picked up at the "Rock > House " in White County TN. > Located just a bit east of Sparta on Hwy 70. Rose C ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNOVERTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I would say contact Fort Blount (Gainesboro 931-268-0971]Or The : Historic Avery Trace association also in Gainesboro TN 931-268-0971 their address I wrote in the other email. Or maybe the TN Archives. rose C ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Aiello" <nnaiello@ptd.net> To: <tnoverto@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 6:29 AM Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] AVERYS TRACE TN. > Is there a list some where that tells who the men were who were a part of > this. I was told that some of my "BRYANT" relatives may have traveled > with > this group. > Thank you, > Nancy Aiello > > -------Original Message------- > > From: D&R > Date: 08/30/08 01:12:46 > To: tennessee@rootsweb.com > Cc: tnoverto@rootsweb.com; tn-upper-cumberland@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TNOVERTO] AVERYS TRACE TN. > > In an effort to encourage settlers to move west into he new territory of >> TN. the mother state , N.C. --- >> from Clinch Mt ( east TN) to French Lick (Nashville) >> >> A hunter Peter Avery, was selected to direct the blazing of this new >> trail >> through the wilderness. The trail was laid out following buffalo trails >> which the Cherokee Indians had frequently used as a war path. >> >> It lead from Fort Southwest ( Kingston area) thought he Cumberland >> Mountains up into what is now Jackson County to Fort Blount (Gainesville >> Area) >> >> From there it rambled along through the hills and valley of upper Middle > TN. >> to Bledsoe's Fort at Castilian Springs , then to Mansker's Fort and > finally >> to Fort Nashborough, >> These five forts provided shelter and protection>" In 1787, the Assembly > of >> N.C. provided that 300 solders would be available for protection at the >> Cumberland Settlements. ....." >> " a portion of the Trace passed through Cherokee Land and the Cherokee >> demanded a toll for use of the road...." The N.C. legislature ordered > that >> militia details of 50 men each would be kept in readiness to escort >> travelers when large enough groups had grater at the Clinch River to >> head >> west." >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------- >> >> From another source they ; "would grater in Roane County N.C for the >> trip >> west. as the military details, were as much for the new settlers as to > keep >> the squatters off Cherokee Lands" >> >> That area even after statehood till about 1840 had numberless Cherokee >> families living there. > > > Trace 200 years of TN History in 200 miles. Historic Avery Trace 1788 >> Appears to have been published by "Historic Avery Trace Association >> P.O. Box 177 >> Gainesboro TN. 38562 >> Ph 931-268-0971 > > comes from a pamphlet I may have picked up at the "Rock >> House " in White County TN. >> Located just a bit east of Sparta on Hwy 70. > Rose C > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNOVERTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNOVERTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message