Migration Routes, Roads & Trails » Miscellaneous Trails

Cherokee Trail

Route from Arkansas, sw Missouri, east Texas, and Cherokee Nation to the California goldfields. Joined main California Trail at Fort Bridger, Wyoming. Used 1849 to 1900. See Cherokee Trail Diaries Vol I-II, and Vol III.

FamilySearch Wiki - Albany Post Road

1669 from New York City to Albany, background history, route, map, connecting trails, finding settlers and records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Avery's Trace

1788 from Knoxville to Nashville, Tennessee, background history, Indian disputes, route, map, connecting trails, finding settlers and records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Butterfield Overland Mail

1857-1861 from St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee to San Francisco, California via Texas and Arizona, background history, route, map, finding settlers and records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Camden-Charleston Path

1732 from Camden to Charleston, South Carolina, background history, route, map, connecting trails, finding settlers and records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

1598 from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico, historical background, route, map, and settler records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Catawba and Northern Trail

Ancient Indian trail used by whites by the 1740s from the Catawba Indian villages in the Waxhaws to the Yadkin River settlements in North Carolina, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Catawba Trail

Ancient Indian trail used by whites after 1777 from the Lower Cherokee villages in northwest South Carolina to the Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, background history, route, maps, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail

1765 from Charleston to Fort Charlotte, South Carolina, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Charleston-Savannah Trail

1730s from Charleston, South Carolina to Savannah, Georgia, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Fall Line Road

By 1735 from Fredericksburg, Virginia along the waterfall line in the southern United States to Montgomery, Alabama, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Forbes Road

1758 military road from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, background history, route, and map.

FamilySearch Wiki - Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path

1765 connected Fort Charlotte on the Savannah River with several ancient Indian trails, especially the Old Cherokee Path in far northwest South Carolina, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Fort Moore-Charleston Trail

About 1716 from Charleston to Savannah Town (now New Windsor Township) and important South Carolina fur trading center, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Georgia Road

Also called the Federal Road, was a toll road opened in 1805 from Savannah, Georgia across Cherokee Indian lands to Knoxville, Tennessee. Branches also extended to Nashville, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. Explains background history, route, map, and finding settler records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Great Genesee Road

1794 from Fort Schuyler (now Utica, New York) on the Mohawk Trail with Canawaugus (now Caledonia) and eventually Buffalo, New York, background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Great Indian Warpath

Was a network of ancient Indian pathways with many branches from Mobile, Alabama to Chattanooga, Tennessee to Knoxville, Tennessee to Bristol, Virginia to Roanoke, Virginia along the Appalachian Valley.and beyond by other names. Includes map and some connecting trails.

FamilySearch Wiki - Great Valley Road

By 1744 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Knoxville, Tennessee including a southern branch to Augusta, Georgia. Page shows background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.

FamilySearch Wiki - Jackson's Military Road

1814 from Tupelo, Mississippi on the Natchez Trace to New Orleans, Louisiana, including background history, route, and map.

FamilySearch Wiki - Kentucky Road

1779 from the Wilderness Road and Cumberland Gap, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee, historical background, map, and finding settler records.