Cherokee Towns Circa 1700-1740

Cherokee Towns Circa 1700-1740. Eastern TN and Western NC. , The Cherokee population in 1720 is estimated at 16,400 and inhabited about 60 towns in Western North Carolina, Northwest South Carolina, North Georgia and East Tennessee. Smaller settlements and hunting grounds extended into Alabama, Kentucky and Virginia. Modern Hayesville is located at the geographically significant site of Quanassee, which became a major trading "factory" or "post" around 1700. Quanassee and the other towns situated along the Hiwassee and Valley Rivers were known as the Valley Towns. , Quanassee was located at the junction of several ancient trails connecting the Overhill Towns of Tennessee, the Lower Towns of Georgia and South Carolina, the Middle Towns along the Little Tennessee River and the Out Towns in the vicinity of modern Bryson City and Cherokee, North Carolina. The Unicoi Turnpike passed through Quanassee and turned south into Georgia and followed its ancient corridor to Tugaloo Town on the Tugaloo River in South Carolina. The Quanassee Trading Path led across the Nantahala Mountains to Nikwasi, properly written Noquisiyi, now the town of Franklin.