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EAST TEXAS FMILY RECORDS FALL 1981
In early American history, the love If your ancestor became the"pathfinder"
of adventure was on the frontier. We into Texas, perhaps the foregoing descripknow
that the first two decades of Ameri- tion of The Old Texas Road and other mican
inland exploration were momentous gration routes will be helpful. Hopefully,
because they established the routes along it may give you greater insight as to how
which westward migration would proceed. your ancestor arrived in the area from
The basic significance of these early which your family originates, and some idea
trails was that it drove a "wedge" into of the route he may have followed to get
the West. here.
Charles Steger has been referred to as an amateur historian by Texas Monthly. He has
researched genealogy since high school days and has written a booklet recalling the
history of his ancestral church. He was born in Cass County, Texas and is presently
restoring a turn-of-the-century house in Longview. He is employed by Lone Star Steel
Company as an inventory co-ordinator.
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Editor's Note: In looking at an atlas, tracing the route from Macon, Georgia to Tyler,
Texas, it appears that emigrants passed through some of these present-day counties:
Macon, Bibb Co. GA Meridan, Lauderdale Co. MS Monroe, Ouachita Psh. LA
Columbus, Muscogee Co. GA Forest, Scott Co. MS Mt. Lebanon, Bienville Psh.
Tuskegee, Macon Co. AL Jackson, Hinds-Rankin-Co. Minden, Webster Psh. LA
Montgomery, Montgomery Co. AL Vicksburg, Warren Co. MS Shreveport, Caddo Psh. LA
Selma, Dallas Co. AL Chunky, Newton Co. MS Marshall, Harrison Co. TX
Demopolis, Marengo Co. AL Raymond, Hinds Co. MS Tyler, Smith Co. TX
Some of the counties passed through taking the "Lower Creek Trading Path" were:
LaGrange, Troup Co. GA, Tuscaloosa, Tcalaloosa Co. AL, Columbus, Lowndes Co. MS to
Greenville, Washington Co. MS
Counties on the "Trail from Natchez to the Lower Creeks" from Montgomery, AL were
Natchez in Adams Co. MS to Natchitoches, Natchitoches Psh. LA over "El Camino Real"
to Nacogdoches Co. TX
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East Texas Genealogical Society. East Texas Family Records, Volume 5, Number 3, Fall 1981, periodical, 1981; Tyler, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38052/m1/6/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting East Texas Genealogical Society.