MAPS AND TRAILS: MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF THE REGION OF AUGUSTA CO., VIRGINIA (1730-1800)

 These maps are important and illustrate that a) connection with Pennsylvania for marriage, legal concerns, etc. was possible to the Terry group found in the area around Roanoke (the old Augusta, Botetourt, and Montgomery County regions) and b) that geographic location may play a much larger role in who went where. In other words DNA appears to support that the eastern Virginia Terry's arrived in VA early, migrated down from NY and NJ early and similar migratory movements. They appear to be possible cousins or siblings from some early arriving group breaking them into I-01 and I-02 haplogroups - distant enough to be related but not revealing a close relationship in the DNA. c) This map supports a connection of John Terry who married Esther Brown Terry, presumed son of William Terry and wife Rachel Manson, to Terry's in Bucks Co., Pa who share a Haplogroup of I-02. The path illustrates migration down from Pennsylvania was not only possible but actively used by very early migrations and movements into the area.

The Cumberland Gap route out of Va into TN and KY

The early locations of Virginia Counties

Virginia Colonial settlements, 1700-1775. Note the route down from PA.

The major routes down from New England and NY showing the major threads of migration in the time period: eastern route into the deeper coastal South, a more central route into the deep south, and the more southwesterly route...

A map showing the clustering of current returns on DNA tests by Terry descendants. Into the center and west is also a group with a G-02 indicating a totally different group than the distantly (NY?NJ?) related eastern I-01 group and the southwesterly I-02 groups.

This map shows the travel route of George Washington from Philadelphia to the Roanoke area, clearly showing that the route was well known and used at an early date.