Can you picture your ancestors traveling during 1740? What roads did they take? Did they travel hundreds of miles? What did they experience as they embarked on their journey? We may never […]
Augusta County, Virginia Road Orders 1745-1753
Kentucky Land Grants Before 1782
When someone mentions the state of Kentucky, what is the first thing that pops into your mind? Daniel Boone and the early fort settlements? Or could it be the Shawnee tribes living […]
The Settlement of Roan Oke, Virginia
Today, the capital of the Blue Ridge Mountains began as a fork in the road. The footpath from the Potomac River through the Winchester area dating to 1728, had grown over the […]
Summer 2022 with the Great Wagon Road Project
Hold onto your hats; the wagons are coming fast down the Great Wagon Road. In June of 2022, the project studied the Shenandoah Valley area in Virginia. The groundwork continued well into […]
Great Wagon Road in North Carolina Revised Addition
Two updates from the Great Wagon Road Project in one day? That’s fantastic! We are going to correct a few paragraphs from our article dating 2018. As we stated earlier in the […]
What Is the Truth About Loyalists Versus Patriots in the Carolinas?
Over the next several months, new articles will be arriving containing details about the atmosphere in the Carolinas during the American Revolutionary War. How many of you can link your family tree […]
Loyalists In North Carolina: Segment One
People viewed Sir Henry Clinton’s proclamation as a forced resolution in 1780. Demand was current and required complete fidelity to the British crown. Vengeance became more prominent within the war and played […]
John Hickey’s Ordinary
Hickey’s Ordinary was the last stop on the Great Wagon Road before entering North Carolina for many years. Wagons filled with families usually camped somewhere along the Smith River in southern Virginia. […]
Genealogy & The Early Roads of Kentucky
Piedmont Trails shares the early roads of Kentucky during December 2021 using several different formats. Today’s article focuses on naming and identifying the Kentucky routes dating from the 1750s to the 1790s. […]
The Analysis Of Colonial Migration
Years of continuous research with early migration addresses the depth of reasoning on why the first massive migration in our nation’s history came into being. The studies and analysis allow a personal […]
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